Instead of writing a lengthy life update, I’ve decided to post my December facebook status updates… it’ll give you a general idea of what’s going on in my life… or at least demonstrate the extent of my facebook addiction.

1-December

• Amy is sad for her friend.
• Amy is finally feeling well enough to go into public. Watch out world, here I come! *cough cough*.
• Amy took her kids to school and is now *cough cough* having second thoughts about her last status update.
• Amy completed 7 days of Levaquin and 7 days of Amoxil antibiotics and her lungs still make funny noises with each breath. Sigh… also it’s the end of the semester.
• Amy has lots of homework.

2-December

• Amy thinks Alan Hirsch should use more periods and less commas.
• Amy is praying for Dr. McGee.

3-December

• Amy is getting ready for school and actually feeling a bit better… kinda like I have a bad cold instead of pneumonia.
• Amy is going to wear a ‘Christmas’ shirt to class. This is a one time event people… blame it on the medication.
• Amy opened Pandora’s gift wrapped box with the Christmas music and t-shirt… Joel’s bringing home a real Christmas tree… our first in 13 years of marriage.
• Amy is being forced to participate in Christmas Tree activities against her will….
• Amy just got her ASU http://www.army.mil/asu/.
• Amy just heard her son say, “maybe we just shouldn’t have a Christmas tree…it’s too much trouble for us.” After it fell over… AGAIN.

4-December

• Amy needs to write a few papers today.
• Amy listening to Dustin Kensrue and making breakfast.
• Amy listening to Dustin Kensrue and eating breakfast.
• Amy put homework on hold to clean the house… people really shouldn’t live like this.
• Amy has the Christmas tree standing again… and is reapplying the Decor.
• Amy has repaired and Decorated the pagan pine. She will now pay penance for yesterday’s humbug by serving her kids hot chocolate when they get home from school.
• Amy is looking forward to a break from school.

5-December

• Amy really needs to start feeling better. She has an entire semester’s worth of work to do in less than a week.
• Amy is missing Dr. McGee.
• Amy says, “Go Army beat Navy!” Judi last year’s winner has to buy the pizza. .

6-December

• Amy is getting ready for the Army Navy game.
• Amy got a fantastic care package from a fantastic friend. I feel better already!

7-December

• Amy was up sick last night and is sooo tired of being sick and sooo tired of missing church.

8-December

• Amy keeps blocking all snowman, snow ball, Christmas gift, Christmas tree, Christmas ornament applications…how many are there?!
• Amy would love to have the mp3 of the message at the AGTS Christmas banquet.
• Amy is going to rent lots of PSP2 video games to keep the kids busy during finals week… good parenting? I don’t know but it’s better than duct tape.

9-December

• Amy is about to study church history and is praying for Dr. McGee.

10-December

• Amy is terribly sad.

11-December

• Amy is missing Dr. McGee but excited for him.

12-December

• Amy woke up 8 minutes before she normally takes the kids to school…
• Amy is still awfully sick.
• Amy needs someone to watch her kids during Dr. McGee’s memorial service Saturday at 1 p.m.
• Amy has lots of homework to do.
• Amy is missing her husband.

13-December

• Amy is getting ready to go to Dr. McGee’s memorial service.
• Amy just got home from Dr. McGee’s memorial service. Thanks to Kayla for watchin’ the kiddos.

14-December

• Amy almost forgot to take the psp game back.
• Amy is listening to all the songs I downloaded in summer of 07.
• Amy just talked to her man on the phone. Goodness, I miss him… [He's only been gone since Friday morning... but he's a good guy and I like to have him around.]
• Amy wants a wood carving set for Christmas… yes I say that every year… No I don’t actually carve wood but maybe that’s cause I don’t have the right tools.
• Amy is making pancakes with her kids… and her kindergartener is totally awesome with fractions.
• Amy is hoping the rest of the day will go much betteer.
• Amy has officially been driven crazy.
• Amy is hungry!
• Amy is drinking out of a 2 Liter bottle cause no one does dishes round these parts any more.
• Amy is studying about suffering.
• Amy is dizzy from tackling her kids during a study break.
• Amy is not taking classes next semester.
• Amy is going to do some dishes, laundry, kid-tucking-in, studying and then go to sleep.

15-December

• Amy disappointed in herself for getting so little done today. Going to sleep.
• Amy is glad the kids still have school today but not exactly looking forward to driving.
• Amy played slip and slide all the way to the elementary school and back.
• Amy makes wonderful coffee.
• Amy is impressed every time she is curious about something, googles it and finds the answer on gentlewhisper.com of all places.
• Amy really enjoyed Dr. McGee’s memorial service at AGTS today.
• Amy is on hold with Geico… someone ran into our car… yeh… fun day. No one got hurt though.
• Amy is finally home, with a rental car and two crazy children.

16-December

• Amy is remembering when her husband was deployed. He’s gone for a week and life is complicated. Oh and I need to call the tow truck.
• Amy says, “Delayed obedience is disobedience.”
• Amy says the tow truck cometh.
• Amy is studying!
• Amy just said, “Find yourself some new Christians and I think you’ll like God better…”
• Amy is studying Chinese Religion and drinking Genmai Cha.

17-December

• Amy is praying for Joy Krajicek’s back.
• Amy has hit that point where she’s not sure if she’s still improving or if she’s actually getting sick again.
• Amy is really upset about insurance, who Tricare will cover and who they won’t.
• Amy believes God works in our unbearable suffering and uncomfortable inconveniences.
• Amy is finally talking to her man on the phone.

18-December

• Amy is in love with a great guy who she happened to marry over 13 years ago.
• Amy is having a hard time thinking of a hilarious, eloquent, inspiring, thought provoking, conversation inducing facebook status.
• Amy is venturing out into the damp frozen wasteland to collect her children from the government provided education known as elementary school.
• Amy is craving some pizza from Za’s in Columbia, SC.
• Amy is torturing her fashion conscious kindergartener by wearing a grey knit hat… she says it doesn’t ‘go with my outfit.’ I told her I’d wear it to her wedding.
• Amy is downloading tons of music from www.noisetrade.com.
• Amy is going to a 2nd grade Christmas play… and forgot to tell Judi when it is… um Sorry… it’s at 7:30.
• Amy may have finally found an effective discipline for Sarah… timeout from her big brother.
• Amy thinks parenting is rather… challenging.
• Amy got to talk to Jami Cook on the phone. .
• Amy just heard her daughter plead, “Do not put it on facebook!!!”
• Amy would really appreciate a babysitter on Friday night.

19-December

• Amy has a sick little boy…
• Amy ’s son thinks his little sister should stay home and take care of him. Sarah is worried about being at school without him. Sometimes they like each other.
• Amy is looking forward to seeing her husband.
• Amy is having a hard time getting motivated.
• Amy ’s boy is feeling better… and now driving her crazy.
• Amy is happy her husband is on his way home!
• Amy is so happy her man came home. I’ve missed him!
• Amy is thinking, “Wow, I can not believe I’m this sick again.”

20-December

• Amy is waking up late on Saturday morning… must be the cough syrup.
• Amy is thinking about getting a mountain bike. Any suggestions?
• Amy is making ’survival bracelets’ out of 550 cord for her nephews.
• Amy is tempted to soak all of Sarah’s shirts in chocolate milk so that the stains won’t show up anymore.