Beginning Dec. Update - Sharon

Hey Family,
The beginning of December has treated us well. Here are the highlights.
* Anthony's graduation!!!! Not walking with a cap and gown till spring (maybe), but he is finished, done, completely free and moving forward from school! Yay! Friday was his last day with any school obligations, a major presentation. I came home from work that night to 4 loads of laundry already done. What a hunk. :)
* Wedding: My friend from work has been engaged for over a year and has shared every joy and misery of wedding planning with her coworkers. This was both Ant and my first Catholic wedding. It was fun to go with kind of anthropological eyes. Lots and lots of ritual. At the reception there was loads of fancy food and lots of drinking. I think I'm still naive enough to not recognize when people are drunk as opposed to just being silly. But I found it interesting to still feel the spirit on this happy occasion. Marriage is of God.
* Church: Sang in the ward Christmas presentation today. Had a really fun pajama brunch Christmas celebration. And hit a sweet Christmas concert organized by the stake, I think most of the performers were CMU and Pitt students, most of which are probably not members.
* Pregnancy: I must be noticeably huge now, because funny things are starting to happen. When we met some of Ant's Indian friends for lunch, the waiter brought me a mango lassi that as far as I know no-one ordered, and it didn't show up on our bill. People have been asking to touch my stomach, or just doing it without asking. One of the toddler mom's at work saw me in the hallway, looked at my abdomen, and just started laughing...kind of a sympathetic laugh I guess. :) Etc, etc. Anyway, I've been feeling pretty good. My cold (which I now attribute to just plain being allergic to Pittsburgh) acted up a lot this last week, so I drove to work instead of walked. I'm feeling well enough to walk there and back now, as long as the sidewalks aren't icy.
So that's some of life in a jiffy. We're excited for Christmas! Woohoo!
Love you guys. You are all in our prayers,
Sharon