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I’m Feeling Dauncy – I wasn’t sure if I was going to do QT today since I am a little under the weather. On Wednesday I was up all night with what I thought was food poisoning, even though no one else in the family was really sick and we all basically ate the same thing. Brian said there is a flu bug that is going around and maybe I caught it. I don’t know. I went for my walk this morning and I barely made 1.3 miles. I am still a bit queasy, have a head ache and ache a little. Not really sick but not my normal self either. I double checked my NFP chart…just in case but it is very unlikely. So maybe I do have a bug. Hopefully it is short lived.

Movie Date… without a date – Brian said I should get out of the house this weekend and just relax and go to the movies or something. (He knows how I love going to the movies.) I used to be phobic about going to places like the movies alone. I always wanted someone with me but ever since I was dying to see the Hunger Games last March, I went to the movies solo for the first time. I kinda loved it. I checked the movies playing at our local theater and all the movies I wanted to see aren’t playing anymore. How is that possible? They barely came out a few weeks ago. Well, I think it came down to either Magic Mike – not gonna happen – or Spiderman. So it may be me and Spidey this weekend.

Summer Reading – Last year I started reading the book Rachel’s Contrition and although I was enjoying it, I switched over to a Kindle and started reading my books on there. The book was not available as an e-book so it was forgotten on my bookshelf. I found it recently and decided to old-school it and read it in the evenings with a book light. I really enjoyed the story. It is sad but there is a lot of hope and I loved the way St. Therese was helping Rachel to heal and change her way of thinking. I’d find myself during the day thinking, “Remember what St. Therese was saying in that book? You should try having the same attitude, Bobbi.” I have to remind myself like that. I have spiritual ADD.

I’m A Big Boy Now – The reason I have time to read in the evening for 10-15 minutes is because we’ve switched sleeping arrangements for the kids. Bella used to sleep in the same room with Andrew because he would get afraid to be alone at night. John-Paul and Matthew slept in our room. By the time one of our kids is over two years old, we move them out of our room. JP was at the age but we waited until summer to transition him since we anticipated crying, sleepless nights and didn’t want to deal with that on school nights. I am pleased to say that the transition has gone great. After night prayers, teeth brushing, and book reading JP and Andrew are tucked in and ready to knock off. I turn off the light but to ease them into sleep I stay in the room 10 minutes (and read with my book light.) Slowly, the time is decreasing until I kiss them goodnight and just leave.

WARNING: THIS IS A TMI – NFP TAKE SO SKIP IT IF THAT’S NOT YOUR THING. The other day Brian and I were laughing because when I talked about NFP in a previous post, I mentioned ways to get “in the mood” on green days. I now discovered a top way – transitioning out of the “family bed.” Having a sleeping baby in between you and your husband (literally) can dampen the mood. However, sleeping right next to my husband again has made any “prep time” unnecessary. I’m not saying a family bed is wrong, I am just saying the season after it is really, um, nice. I told Brian it is a good thing we have shared our bed these last twelve years or else we’d probably have 12 kids by now. Which makes me think…that queasiness I have been feeling…am I sure I’m not…no, I still don’t think I am.

A Guy’s View – Speaking of NFP, I read two NFP posts this week that I really enjoyed. The first is from Camp Patton: Natural Family Planning: A Husband’s Perspective by Michael Hahn (As in Scott Hahn’s son.) It was nice to get a guy’s perspective of NFP. The second post is from Stephanie at Littles Make the World Go Round. Check out her NFP posts where she tells the story of how she got off the pill and placed her trust and fertility into the hands of God.

Come, Holy Spirit – And speaking of controversial church teachings like the use of artificial contraception, here is an excellent article from Jen at Conversion Diary called A Conversation with My Gay Friend. To be honest with you, I struggle a great deal with church teaching about this subject but this is one of the best down to earth explanations I have read so far. Thankfully, in our faith journey you don’t have to completely understand (or completely agree with) a church teaching but you can humbly trust in the Church’s wisdom as you try to better understand and accept with both your head and your heart.

That’s it for today. Have a wonderful weekend!!