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What we've been up to

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So, we've been really busy around here! Not in the we-have-had-so-much-going-on way, but in the changes/little things way. Our friend who has moved in with us for the time being is the world's best cook. For real. Unfortunately, I am also a good cook... and so some times, we just sit around and cook .  I say unfortunately, because I am going to get very fat. This weekend, we made double thick lemon bars... Baked churros.... Strawberry ice cream... And our normal array of pizza, salads, soups, etc. Results? The double thick lemon bars, based on my recipe, were a huge success. Friend really loved the bars, but asked if I'd be willing to double up the lemon custard ad see how it worked. I never turn down a baking challenge... Again, a huge success. Baked churros were a recipe inspiration, but we sort of messed it up since we didn't pay enough attention to the puff pastry defrosting.  While they were delicious, we are going to have to try again, with

Next week!

Next week I start my new job at Wishard. What?!?!?!  I am getting excited. But I am mostly getting nervous. I feel woefully unprepared to start a new chapter, probably because I didn't seek out this particular change.  This job is a lot of things I've always wanted.  I'll be doing something I love, I'll be using a part of my degree (unheard of, right?), I'll be working in healthcare, I'll be serving the under-served.  It's so many things I have worked so hard to do.  And I don't want to mess it up. I don't want to suck.  I didn't realize that getting what you wanted could be so intimidating.  Our pastor preached on having faith in God like a child on Sunday. He gave the example of how his children will blindly jump off the stairs into his arms, trusting that each and every time they will be caught. This made me feel a little better. On Saturday, I took Nephew to the airport to meet his parents, who just came back from a 2 week missions t