Yesterday, Lorena and I had a long conversation about what we do for ourselves. Its genesis was a brief chat Christian and I. What “for ourselves” meant was what we do, not out of a sense of responsibility, but solely for joy. It is a little easier to figure that out for me than for Lorena. I find joy in taking on big projects like the houses in Mexico, the Ph.D., and writing a book. I also love my job and want to keep doing it. If I can see the kids and Grandma Conchita every couple of months and talk to them more frequently than that. I am happy. Lorena’s interests are broader than mine. She loves to go travel and do things out of the house more than me. In talking about it, though, we both agreed that doing it on our own is great and we hope to do that more as the kids continue to get more established, but if we are going to travel now, we prefer to go do something with the kids or visit Grandma Conchita in Mexico. Lorena leaves the house to go into town for shopping and other stuff almost every day, but I sit at my desk almost every day and never leave the house because of work and projects. Honestly, that makes me kind of stir-crazy, so we have been going on outings almost every weekend to visit Lorena’s brother Rigo in Austin, to Fort Worth to the zoo, museums, events, etc. We know that things will change and maybe change quickly, but right now we are very happy with the way we live.

BIBLE: Whole Bible Read #39 (King James Version) — Started