It's the Weekly Recap!

*Last Sunday, I had lunch with Amber (had to stop by her house to pick up the finished project we started a couple of weeks earlier) and then I went to Mom and Dad's house to pick up some stuff they had for me...including this picture:
Perhaps some foreshadowing of my future? Yes indeed, that is yours truly back in 1987 - when WBCL moved into its new studio and had an open house. Dad, whose radio program was on the station at that point in time, wanted to go see the new digs. Who knew they'd one day be my digs?

* Monday I learned about working the phones during a show. Since the show is live, sometimes they take callers for questions/comments, and sometimes they take callers for giveaways. Jamie took this picture through glass, so that's why it looks a little fuzzy. She was in the studio where the engineering takes place, and I was in the middle studio. Lynne hosts in the far studio - right under that heart on the wall.

* Tuesday was my first day to engineer the show. Oh goodness. I was sweating like crazy! Jamie helped me and it was a two person operation, but I did a good chunk of it. Lynne thought I was pretty funny...she told the listeners it looked like I was commanding the launch of a space shuttle when I pointed to her to signal that her microphone was on. LOL!

* Wednesday I overslept (not enough to be late, but enough to be cranky) and the whole day was just questionable. I didn't feel very well either. BUT never fear...I still managed to do my first on-air appearance! I listened to it later and asked Jamie - Do I really sound like that out loud? So weird to hear my own voice. It was only two or three minutes on the air with Lynne, but it was so much fun! AND...when I came home, look what had arrived! My brand new sassy lunchbox I ordered from Etsy!
* Okay you're going to think I'm a total dork for this, but it was seriously exciting to me. Thursday I got a comment on my blog post, and I didn't know the person, so I went over to her blog to meet her. She has my name on her blog roll. I've never been to a stranger's blog and seen my name there. It was like a blog rite of passage!

* Friday night was a huge night for me, which I sorta spilled the beans about in yesterday's post. I was baptized in what I think was a beautiful service. A great group of my friends and family came over for it, the weather was perfect, I cried like a beauty pageant queen (not kidding) - and I think there were even some tears shed among those watching. There's far too much to share about it to say it all here. But check back this week! More to come! But to start out the festivities - this was the sunrise Friday morning. I knew it was going to be the perfect baptism day when I saw that. * Saturday I took a much deserved break. I slept in and didn't even get out of bed until 1 pm. (I was awake before then. Just not out of bed.) I got caught up on blogs, did some reading, worked on pictures, and took it easy the whole day. And I stopped by Ronda's for dinner and to see her friends that I met during the Florida vacation. (Remember the gated community/Bekah in her swimsuit fiasco?) It was a good low-key day. Loved it.

Books I'm Reading: There wasn't a ton of time for reading this week, since I had so much baptism prep to do, but I did squeeze in more magazines, plus Sparkling Gems from the Greek, Jesus Calling, and Forever in Love with Jesus.

Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: I think the baptism stands on its own as the biggest moment of the week, but of the "unexpected," I'd have to say it was Thursday morning. I prayed as I drove to work, and God put on my heart that this job is His calling for me and that it's more than I can see from here. And within about ten minutes of arriving at work, I had a conversation with Lynne (without telling her about my prayer time) in which she said she felt like God had called me to this job and proceeded to share some of what she hoped might be part of that bigger picture vision. Talk about goose-bumps!

Update on Last Week's Goals: I did well preparing for the baptism (except I failed to get proper rest which led to me feeling pretty sick one day). I worked hard so I could really enjoy the day OF the baptism with no stress. And I'm SO excited that I felt like I grasped some of the technical stuff this week. I had begun to worry that it was just beyond me. But I grasped a bit of it!

Goals for the Coming Week: This is my last full week with Jamie and I still have much to learn. So I want to pack in as much as I can during those hours. And off the clock, I need to go through this house from top to bottom and pull out anything and everything I might want to put in a moving sale. My sister has offered (bless her) to come out here and do the whole sale for me. Sort it, price it, sell it. All I have to do is point at the pile I want her to sell.