I have had 6 trips to Huntsville in the past 9 weeks since Mother's Day in May... plus 2 weddings, a baseball game (in a 3-day stretch), a trip to Cartersville (and Adairsville to Barnsley Gardens) on another weekend, and a trip to Mentone over Memorial Day weekend (where I got engaged).  This is a very busy and tiring nine week stretch...

After the trip this past weekend, I felt "beaten, broken, and tired."  So much so, that I had to take a sick day on Monday because I think I made myself sick... I just need to rest (the second straight Monday I have done so).  I have taken time off of the gym to rest.  I got some rest on my sick day but not as much as I need... so this weekend, there will be a bit of rest but so much to do at home, probably not as much as I would like.

The trip home on Sunday was almost entirely in the rain... much of it heavy.  It really started to wear on me.  Seemed like I was never  going to get home.  And then, on GA 9 (North Main Street in Alpharetta), I had just passed a car and got back in the right-hand lane when I noticed a truck in the left lane facing me with a turning signal on... as if the driver thought they were in a turning lane... but it wasn't.  Another time, I really feel like God was protecting me.   This is the third time I have felt this way.

[The first time, I was like 19 or 20 in my old Ford truck... sitting at the red light to exit my (then) neighborhood in Huntsville... as the light turned green, I hit the gas but the truck stalled... as I started the truck, a vehicle ran the red light right in front of my eyes...

The second time was when I did wreck my truck, but the car swerved just in time to not hit me directly in the driver's side door... though the truck was totalled, I was only in shock.  Not hurt.  Not even a scratch.  But if the other vehicle hadn't have swerved in time, I would have been crushed.  (By the way, another car that ran a red light... this time, the truck didn't stall but got hit...).

Maybe I have nine lives like a cat... I am on my fourth now... only five more to go ;)]

After I got home, I didn't bother to unpack the truck and just got inside and got a hug from my fiancee and just wanted to sink into the couch... after doing some thinking, I feel like God saved me because it is my purpose to marry Dana... to be her partner for life... and that's exactly what we are going to be doing next May... :)