why do we make our lives so busy?

My life can be crazy at times, and yet, I continue to pile more and more things on. It's like I feel I'm not productive unless I am busy, going from one thing to the next, until I come home late at night and crash in my bed. And I hear that this condition worsens with age. So much to look forward to, I mean, I love stretching myself too thin. No realy, it's just a good reality check to see what things are piling up in your daily schedule and what things you can go without "doing", and how amazingly your life is still ok. At the moment, I feel as if I am Super Woman, balancing these many jobs on my shoulders. And the sad thing is, I bring it all on myself. This type of behavior would be normal for me under any other circumstance, but these next weeks in particular, we have American students coming out to Perth, which I will be for the most part, leading around the city. So Amy and I have decided to run off to Lancelin(1 1/2 north of Perth) and veg for three days next week. All of my important business will be put on hold for a mini-holiday, which I'm really looking forward to. Sorry world; Super Duty needs a vacation.

Ok, I probably exaggerated a little bit, but this past week has been pretty, as they say in Perth, chocker blocked! I've done a lot of babysitting at odd times during the day, and meetings on top of meetings, and errands on top of errands, etc... Last Friday night we combined youth groups with Mt. Lawly, and had a get-to-know you night at my friend Rob's house. It was such a great night, full of pool, ping-pong, cards, and lots and lots of pizza. Oh and we managed to fit in a devo somewhere in the mix of things. Saturday, Cath and I decided to go on a massive run, all the way from Trigg beach to Hillary's, we were spent afterwards! Saturday evening I had the priveldge of participating in a progressive dinner and then I met Cath for a movie. Sunday was the most hectic out of the weekend with church, then lunch together, on to Lipscomb plans, and back to church for a combined singing night with several churches. And this past week has been a balancing act to say the least. Tomorrow night we're going bowling for youth group, Saturday I have a dinner with people I went to Exmouth with in December, Sunday is church, and afterwards is babysitting the rest of the day. But things are great, they really are! Josh and I are getting super stoked about the students coming out, but we know that the month of July will be draining. So enjoy the posts! I'll try to keep them up, but if I am slack, could you cut me some slack?

Oh...I almost forgot to mention...I found a Borders bookstore in the city! It's amazing, just like the ones in the states. It's like my little sanctuary in Perth. I plan to move my office into Borders and camp out there during the week. If you need me, I'll be sitting on the floor in the travel section, reading...