Last day of my sabbatical, others told me that the time will fly by but I honestly feel like time didn’t fly by. Looking back on my sabbatical I accomplished a lot of goals I had set for myself and even accomplished a few I had no clue were coming. Since my last blog a lot has changed in regards to our living situation but lets start off by talking about the weekend.
Stephanie & I as well as our dog Ellie traveled 3 hours south back to my hometown of Durand, IL. Saturday was all about Stephanie, my mother threw her a lovely bridal shower in the afternoon and Stephanie got to meet a lot of extended family members for the first time. While the girls were having their fun my dad and I vacuum sealed the cheese that we smoked a few weeks back. Upon multiple quality control tests I can officially say the cheese turned out amazing! That night we were invited to have dinner at my uncles house and I got to catch up with a few family members that I haven’t seen in ages.
Sunday We had a huge family reunion on my mothers side out at my uncle’s pond. We had around 50 family members attend and some drove from as far away as Alabama! We grilled out and shared stories about the past as well as what’s currently going on in our lives. I even met some 3rd cousins of mine that live a few towns over from me who own and operate a honey bee farm.
Monday through today have honestly been kinda stressful. This new living situation has had me running all over town. Long story short after dozens of emails, phone calls and meetings I received an email today that the sellers of a house I was looking at accepted my offer and we will close on December 15th, which is a long closing date but that’s probably a good thing because now we can focus our attention on the wedding and worry about moving once the wedding is done. My landlord told me last night that he accepted an offer for the house we are currently living in and that the buyer doesn’t want to move in until the spring of 2018, so hopefully the buyer will let us stay here until December. I was hoping to spend a few more days at the Hunger Task Force but this whole housing situation made it impossible to donate more time. I would like to spend more time with the Hunger Task Force in the future though, they are awesome people helping out so many families in the community.
Overall my sabbatical was a success, It had its ups and downs but God works in mysterious ways and it appears everything is going to work out. I am blessed to work for an amazing company and want to say thank you for allowing us to participate in this event. I will be honest though, I think I enjoyed my time away from work just a little too much. I had no problems letting go of work duties and could easily get into a groove of not having to go to work everyday :+) However I’m ready to go back to the funeral home and start helping out families again, I assume the first few days are going to be crazy but I will take it one day at a time and try not to get too overwhelmed.
Thanks again to everyone at FDLIC. This will be a month that I will never forget.