The Shafferland Shuffle

What a very life-changing week it has been, hasn't it? On big and small scales, life looks a whole lot different this morning than it did last Sunday morning. But I'm really thankful for God's grace and peace, and I'm thankful for the life Ryan and I have been able to live this week, despite all the ups and downs around us. Here's a sampling!

* Last Sunday afternoon, Ryan hung the mirrors in our new bathroom so we could begin to use it in earnest! (This was especially important because he took the faucet out of our master bathroom to install in the new bathroom so it would have matching faucets. He needed to be able to see to shave his head the next morning!) We also tried a Coke with coffee, which is an actual thing in Ecuador. One of the couples from our church who went there on a mission trip brought it back especially for us! And I made new fruit smoothie packs for the freezer, in preparation for another work week!

* I spent part of Monday taping together Easter eggs that refused to stay shut. I'm telling you - paper clipping cards to bulletins and taping eggs are two things that totally fell under "other duties as assigned." I also had to don my #notquiteabagail nametag again that day. People were so excited to have her back that they were ready for her to already be there! That night, the final (and possibly most important) piece went in the bathroom: the toilet!! I promise that the pictures are coming soon. I still have to decorate.

* Tuesday was a double laptop day for me in staff meeting. I could NOT get the office computer to cooperate, so I had to supplement with my own! The coffee truck parked near our building for a few days, so I "had" to go get some coffee! And while I led small group that night, Ryan went to his very first board meeting at church! Though there are no photos of it, Tuesday afternoon was also when I was offered an ongoing job at the church!

* Wednesday was Abagail's first day back, and EVERYONE was so happy to see her! I spend the day sitting beside her, helping her get reacclimated to the office and teaching her the changes that had come about since she'd been gone. After work, I celebrated my last day in this job by going on a shopping trip to Hobby Lobby, where I got the last of the spring/Easter décor that I plan to purchase this year. Wednesday was (unfortunately) also the day we learned that the big bad virus had entered our county, and I told Ryan I was so afraid that everyone would panic and clean out the grocery stores. So I hurried to make a grocery list and we went out to get what we needed. Ryan thought having an economy sized pack of Reese's eggs topped the list. ;)

* Thursday was my first day at my new job (sorry that I still don't know my title, so I can't tell you what it is!) and Ryan took my first day of work picture! It was such a pretty day outside, with a beautiful sunset, and because we'd done our grocery shopping on Wednesday, we were able to be home and rest that evening, and I loved that.

* Friday was crazy at church as the leadership tried to make decisions about what we should do for our services on Sunday. I hung out with Abagail and did my work at her desk, since the person training me wasn't there that day. After work, Ryan and I had a delightful at-home date, which I'll have to tell you all about this week. (We also enjoyed sitting on the sun porch, which was almost 70 degrees!)

* It may have been 70 in that room on Friday, but we woke up to snow on Saturday. Oh, Indiana. You slay me. Ryan didn't have to work, so we slept in until NINE! (No one even texted me before then, so I ACTUALLY slept that long. It was glorious.) Ryan cooked breakfast, and then we got to work on our project for the day, which was cleaning and reorganizing the closet in the master bedroom. It took us the entire day, and we still didn't quite finish, but we were so happy with the way it was turning out by the time we ran out of day.