Sep. 5, 2009 - Man Plans but God Laughs
I believe this is a modern "twist" on the Bible verse found in Psalm 33:10:
"The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices of the people of none effect."
It sure describes my summer! Remember my plan to continue homeschooling my children in the 4R's through the summer without them even realizing it? Yeah, well here's what happened instead:
June -
- We tie up all the loose ends of our formal school year and I take a few days to plan out our summer.
- We spend a week camping with our extended family.
- I decide to postpone my secret summer-schooling until after our 18 year-old son's Open House on July 11th.
July/August -
- My 88 year-old grandma (who raised me) goes into the hospital with pancreatitis and diverticulitis.
- My 89 year-old grandpa (yeah, her husband) goes into the hospital to have some polyps removed from his bladder.
- We spend lots of time totally renovating our family room in preparation for the upcoming open house.
- Somehow, said open house happens, with very few hitches.
(Hitch 1: Not checking your church bulletin to make sure the starting time is not listed as an hour earlier than it really is!)
(Hitch 2: Forgetting that if you're going to have an outside, evening bonfire/open house, you should probably string up some lights. It was pretty funny watching people holding their open cell phones over the food table trying to find the potato salad!)
- After coming dangerously close to losing her, both my grandparents are out of the hospital and come to our house to recuperate.
- A few days after they get settled in, I end up in the ER with a kidney blockage and stone.
- Not just a normal kidney stone ... nope, not me. I have a type that will require the placement of not one, but two stents, 3 separate procedures, and basically 7 weeks of bedrest.
Which brings us to now ... Labor Day weekend ... the end of summer ... the time when school begins. Anyone hear God still chuckling a bit?
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