To whom much is given...

Last week was a successful one in the Kreamer house (errr...condo). Jonathan was offered a great winter job opportunity to teach Macroeconomics at UMD for the first three weeks of January. This works out great, since Stefanie will already be back in school by then, and Jonathan doesn't start until late January. Stefanie aced her set of Monday exams, and ended up winning 300$ in a school raffle. Lots to be thankful for. Luke 12 serves as a good reminder for us of how much we really do receive:

And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? ...Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also...

...Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

To celebrate a successful week, and to kick off a weekend that was less work-filled then most, Friday night was a date-night out in Georgetown.

Dinner at Martin's Tavern.

Walking along the Potomac river after dinner.

Potomac River at sunset.

The plan for the night was a second attempt to go to Georgetown Cupcake for dessert, since we continually hear good things about it. The line, however, wrapped around the corner. Jonathan pointed out that the female to male ratio in line was approximately 8:1, and the only men leaving the store carrying bright pink boxes of cupcakes were accompanied by their girlfriends or wives. We decided to ditch the cupcake idea and headed back to our neighborhood for delicious frozen yogurt (see above). This is exactly what we did last time we attempted to go to Georgetown Cupcake. We think we just like frozen yogurt better.

We're spending next weekend at Rehoboth Beach in Deleware. Stefanie can't wait to see the ocean, even if it isn't the Pacific. That means that the rest of this week will be extra work-filled so that we can enjoy some free time over the weekend.