birthdayness

Since I last posted, David and I traveled back up to Inverness last Monday for his classes.  On Tuesday he had a systematic theology exam in the morning and a dreadfully long committee meeting for the remainder of the day, and then we came home on Wednesday evening.  Thursday we were so exhausted and David was still struggling health-wise. . . so we were very lazy! 

On Sunday David preached at a local Glasgow congregation in the morning and we were both thankful that his voice held out long enough for him to get through the sermon.  David is just now beginning to feel like he might be "kicking" this nasty cold and lingering chest cough that has gripped him for more than two weeks now.

My birthday was yesterday.  I was awakened by several felicitous birthday texts on my mobile phone!  :-)  Around noon I left for Shettleston as usual to help with the children's Bible club.  When I arrived at church, I found that our minister and his wife had left a beautiful bouquet for me.  :-)  After the Bible club finished I got the bus home.  David had done the dishes for me while I was out, and bought pizza for dinner so that I didn't have to cook!  And he bought a delicious Bavarian chocolate torte for dessert - yum, yum!  I am spoiled to have such a wonderful husband!  Sometime in the next week or so when the weather is clear we are planning to enjoy a day trip to Edinburgh, too.

I am planning our Thanksgiving dinner. . . I think I am going to fix turkey legs (not a whole turkey - partly because of my small oven, and partly because in the UK turkeys are not so affordable at this time of year!) and mashed potatoes, and broccoli casserole, and pumpkin pie (of course!).  We are just having a few friends over, wanting to keep it a small and simple gathering.

Thankfully we will not be traveling anywhere for a couple weeks at least.  It's a welcome chance to rest, and David needs time to thoroughly focus on his studies and the dissertations he has to write this term.  Our schedule has been so unpredictable since we moved here due to preaching obligations and frequent travels.