Bleh

Just a quick post, because I'm very tired and I want to go to bed.

Today was a weird day. I got up later than usual, which I figured was ok since last night Leslie told me we were meeting at 9:30 for service, due to the snow. Well, unfortunately for me, the snow all actually melted during the night. I never actually looked out of my window while wearing my contacts, and so I had no idea that the roads were completely ice-free and that the weather was windy and warm-ish, like spring. And so while I was still getting ready to go, everybody else was meeting at the kingdom hall at the regular time, 9:00.

So when I got there, everyone else was already in service. I called Shirley, and she and Tanya came back to pick me up. Unfortunately, they were planning to go on a Bible study together at 10:30, which left me nobody to work with. I called around, and managed to make plans with some people from the Narrows congregation. I met up with them in a coffee shop parking lot, and spent the rest of the morning doing calls with Christa, Lindsey, and Tracy. It was a pretty fun morning. I had never officially met Tracy before and she turned out to be really fun to work with. Christa was complaining that now that she's no longer a Catholic (she was raised in a divided household and went to Catholic school up through 8th grade), she needs a gesture to replace crossing herself. You know how in the movies, somebody will be getting ready to jump off a building or something, hoping their parachute will work, and they will cross themself just before taking the leap? Christa wants a new, nonreligious gesture to use in those kinds of situations. (Not that she's in the habit of jumping off buildings, but I'm sure you know what I mean).

In the afternoon I worked with Shirley and Tanya again, and also Luke. We did more calls, until about 3:00. It was fun, but what with waiting around for people to show up, meeting up at the hall or elsewhere, and then needing to take bathroom & coffee breaks, I only ended up with about 3.5 hours of service for the entire day. Which was very frustrating, especially since I left my house at 9:25 and didn't get home until almost 3:30. When I got home I felt really tired and sort of achey, like I was coming down with a head cold. I didn't end up doing any of the things on my to-do list, such as cleaning out my car or finishing the laundry. Instead I curled up on the couch with a blanket and pillow and watched TV. I felt guilty but I didn't want to be tired again tomorrow. I really have to do 100 hours this month.

I hope it will be easier to get up tomorrow. But I don't feel too optimistic about that.