Ok, if anyone of you know me, you would probably know I'm not into the whole "Karma" thing, but I think I just got what was coming to me.
Jonathan--Remember when I heard about your birthday and I thought you were quite a bit older than what you actually are? Today a guy at work who is in his early 30s could have sworn I was "at least my age", as he put it. I usually have people think I'm a few years younger than I actually am, or still mistake me for a college student--but being thought of as 30+ is a first!
Oy. I feel old. (-_-)
8.04.2009
8.02.2009
[sigh]
...this has been one challenging, tiring, fun, and emotionally charged weekend. Not all at once though. It just hasn't been a "normal" weekend, if you will. I feel extremely drained right now (and still hot, as the A/C won't be fixed until Monday).
On a happy note (those have been few this weekend), in visiting with Mom this afternoon, she used her magic mom powers to pretty much eliminate all ink pen stains from my clothes. It was pretty unbelievable. I wish I had taken pictures of the clothes before she did her magic, because I was certain that it wasn't coming out. There is still visible stains that wouldn't come out of one pair of work pants, but if that's all the damage that's done, I've come out pretty well.
Immersion (Discipleship class I've been attending for the last 4 weeks) has been great, and we wrapped up our final meeting tonight. It was a really great experience...there wasn't a whole lot of "new revelations" or things I hadn't heard before, but it was good to hear it all again. Tonight especially, with the detailed breakdown of the process of discipleship. Discipleship isn't a title or status to finally "reach" or "obtain". It's an ongoing process. Ongoing. Doesn't end. And there are several different stages of the process that you could be in at any point in your life depending on the circumstances. This post isn't meant to get into all the nitty-gritty of what we talked about, but perhaps I'll delve into that later this week as I try to reflect on what we talked about and let it sink in some more. In short--I'm glad I went.
Have a good week, friend(s).
-B
On a happy note (those have been few this weekend), in visiting with Mom this afternoon, she used her magic mom powers to pretty much eliminate all ink pen stains from my clothes. It was pretty unbelievable. I wish I had taken pictures of the clothes before she did her magic, because I was certain that it wasn't coming out. There is still visible stains that wouldn't come out of one pair of work pants, but if that's all the damage that's done, I've come out pretty well.
Immersion (Discipleship class I've been attending for the last 4 weeks) has been great, and we wrapped up our final meeting tonight. It was a really great experience...there wasn't a whole lot of "new revelations" or things I hadn't heard before, but it was good to hear it all again. Tonight especially, with the detailed breakdown of the process of discipleship. Discipleship isn't a title or status to finally "reach" or "obtain". It's an ongoing process. Ongoing. Doesn't end. And there are several different stages of the process that you could be in at any point in your life depending on the circumstances. This post isn't meant to get into all the nitty-gritty of what we talked about, but perhaps I'll delve into that later this week as I try to reflect on what we talked about and let it sink in some more. In short--I'm glad I went.
Have a good week, friend(s).
-B
8.01.2009
"You got red on you."
Ah, the classic line from the comedic zombie horror movie "Shaun of the Dead". This weekend's theme continues to ring loud and true with things going wrong for me. I was pretty successful today in getting things done like yard work and all of my laundry. What went unnoticed though, whilst washing and drying clothes, was the Pilot branded Precise V5 rolling ball extra fine point pen still clipped to one of my work shirts. Color: Red.
I now have two pairs of red splotched work pants, one red splotched work shirt, three red splotched non-work t-shirts (that I happen to really like), red splotched favorite jeans, and red splotched boxer-briefs (yea, that's how I roll, what of it?). All of the underwear looks like something horrible happened down there. TMI? Maybe. But this is my blog, and I'm miffed so tough cookies.
I now have two pairs of red splotched work pants, one red splotched work shirt, three red splotched non-work t-shirts (that I happen to really like), red splotched favorite jeans, and red splotched boxer-briefs (yea, that's how I roll, what of it?). All of the underwear looks like something horrible happened down there. TMI? Maybe. But this is my blog, and I'm miffed so tough cookies.
A turn for the worse...
So, it turns out that the A/C compressor is out on our A/C unit, not the freon. This means that they won't be able to get the part until Monday morning, which also means it's going to be hot in this household until probably late afternoon Monday. Oy. Not my weekend apparently.
It's Hooooooooooooooooooooooooot!
Yesterday I had the busiest work day of my life I think. Aside from my Pizza Hut days when every friday/saturday was a madhouse.
Came home yesterday to broken A/C in the house. Well maybe more like "non-functioning". Nothing appears to be broken. We think it's just out of freon. My landlord came by and assessed the situation though, and he's got someone coming in today to fix it around 2PM. Let's hope it happens, because as much as I hate heat, I can't take much more of this. Didn't sleep here last night--thanks to Clay and Heidi who opened their home and welcomed me to their extra beds.
Today I needed to do yard work, because, let's face it, if you've seen our yard recently, you'd agree that it looked pretty nasty. Our grass hadn't gotten mowed in a couple weeks since the one good mower I was borrowing I had to bring back, and the freebie mower recently given to me will notcrank (what is this...I'm not southern!) start. Really doesn't start now that the pull starter string snapped whilst trying to start it initially. So Bill, my neighbor was kind enough to lend me his electric mower today. So that's what I've been doing...cutting grass, trimming bushes and hedges, etc. I'm feeling a little lightheaded though because its not much cooler inside the house. I think I need to rest a bit.
Until next time, blogger.
Came home yesterday to broken A/C in the house. Well maybe more like "non-functioning". Nothing appears to be broken. We think it's just out of freon. My landlord came by and assessed the situation though, and he's got someone coming in today to fix it around 2PM. Let's hope it happens, because as much as I hate heat, I can't take much more of this. Didn't sleep here last night--thanks to Clay and Heidi who opened their home and welcomed me to their extra beds.
Today I needed to do yard work, because, let's face it, if you've seen our yard recently, you'd agree that it looked pretty nasty. Our grass hadn't gotten mowed in a couple weeks since the one good mower I was borrowing I had to bring back, and the freebie mower recently given to me will not
Until next time, blogger.
7.29.2009
Snail Mail!
I received the first of what I hope will be several hand-written letters from Katie in the mail (read: mailbox, not inbox) on Monday. She's so great! There's something extra special about reading, writing, and sending mail the old fashioned way. Maybe it's the fact that you won't find "FW:FW:Fw:Fwd: tHiS iS sO tRuE OmG!1" anywhere in the message. Perhaps it's each imperfect pen stroke, unbound by their margins, that add so much more character to it. But whatever it may, it sure makes a person feel good!
7.26.2009
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