I am supposed to be meeting Darci Kirk in an hour. Darci is a very cool pioneer, very fun to work with. I called her yesterday morning when I needed someone to meet up with. She couldn't meet me, but we made plans to get together this morning at 11:00. I was pretty happy about that. Only when I woke up this morning, I felt sick. Like, super sick. Tummy sick. Yucky.
I had Zack bring me a slice of bread around 5:30. Sometimes when I'm sick to my stomach, it's just acid, and a slice of bread will take care of it. I asked for another slice of bread around 8:30. At 9:30 I got up and walked around a little, hoping the yuckiness would go away. Nope. Instead, it got worse. So I called Darci and left a message telling her I was staying home. And now I feel icky and sad.
I will drink some peppermint tea and study for meeting.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
A Party, Snow, And a Petite (But Treacherous) Daddy
Well, it's the first Sunday of January, and our meeting time changed to 10:00 am. I have to say I'm not too excited about this. Last year was sooo nice because we had the 4:00 meeting. 4:00 meeting, I miss you! We got to sleep in till 11:00 every Sunday, then have a nice leisurely brunch, study the Watchtower, and putter around the house or watch TV until 3:00, when we started getting ready for meeting.
For the next year, there will be no more sleeping in. On the other hand, we are done with meeting by 12:00 now, and have the rest of the day to do what we like. That's nice too. It's a trade-off.
Well, this evening we went to the auxiliary pioneer party at the Agues'. This was a party for all the members of our congregation who auxiliary pioneered in November. It was a coffee and hors d'oeuvres kind of thing, so Zack and I brought bagel bites. We were supposed to be there at 6:00, and when we looked out the window around 5, it was snowing! A lot! An hour later almost an inch had accumulated. We set out anyway, and pretty much slid down Center Street, which was super slippery. It's a very wet, slushy snow, and the streets are slick. It was pretty fun.
The McOmbers were at the party, with their two tiny girls, Ava and Elsie. Ava is three and a half, and Elsie is two. They have wispy, curly blonde hair and are seriously adorable. Tonight their mom was telling us how Ava is mastering the concept of opposites. "Ava, is Daddy big or little?" she asked. "Daddy is little," Ava answered. Everyone started laughing, of course, and teasing Jason, calling him petite. "Ava," he said, flexing his bicep, "is Daddy strong?" Ava shook her head,"No!" Jason tried to bribe her with treats into changing her answer, but she only laughed at him like he was the silliest person alive.
We didn't stay too late, since it was snowing the whole time. Our neighbor Valerie decided to follow us home, just to be safe, in case she got stuck. As we were brushing the snow off our cars, who should come running up but Jason McOmber. He had left his car idling in the street to come and throw snowballs at us! I was so shocked. I mean, he's our service overseer, and he totally ambushed us. It was pretty funny. I would have got him back, but he ducked at the very last second - I'm pretty sure my snowball brushed his shoulder, though.
And now we're home, and not sure whether the snow will stick around, or melt away by morning. Zack is hoping for a snow day, of course. I wouldn't mind having to stay home if he does, too. But if he goes to work then I want to be out in service. I need my time. I'm afraid to drive to our kingdom hall, though, if the roads are slippery. It's at the bottom of a pretty wicked hill, and I do not drive in snow. At all. So, we will see.
For the next year, there will be no more sleeping in. On the other hand, we are done with meeting by 12:00 now, and have the rest of the day to do what we like. That's nice too. It's a trade-off.
Well, this evening we went to the auxiliary pioneer party at the Agues'. This was a party for all the members of our congregation who auxiliary pioneered in November. It was a coffee and hors d'oeuvres kind of thing, so Zack and I brought bagel bites. We were supposed to be there at 6:00, and when we looked out the window around 5, it was snowing! A lot! An hour later almost an inch had accumulated. We set out anyway, and pretty much slid down Center Street, which was super slippery. It's a very wet, slushy snow, and the streets are slick. It was pretty fun.
The McOmbers were at the party, with their two tiny girls, Ava and Elsie. Ava is three and a half, and Elsie is two. They have wispy, curly blonde hair and are seriously adorable. Tonight their mom was telling us how Ava is mastering the concept of opposites. "Ava, is Daddy big or little?" she asked. "Daddy is little," Ava answered. Everyone started laughing, of course, and teasing Jason, calling him petite. "Ava," he said, flexing his bicep, "is Daddy strong?" Ava shook her head,"No!" Jason tried to bribe her with treats into changing her answer, but she only laughed at him like he was the silliest person alive.
We didn't stay too late, since it was snowing the whole time. Our neighbor Valerie decided to follow us home, just to be safe, in case she got stuck. As we were brushing the snow off our cars, who should come running up but Jason McOmber. He had left his car idling in the street to come and throw snowballs at us! I was so shocked. I mean, he's our service overseer, and he totally ambushed us. It was pretty funny. I would have got him back, but he ducked at the very last second - I'm pretty sure my snowball brushed his shoulder, though.
And now we're home, and not sure whether the snow will stick around, or melt away by morning. Zack is hoping for a snow day, of course. I wouldn't mind having to stay home if he does, too. But if he goes to work then I want to be out in service. I need my time. I'm afraid to drive to our kingdom hall, though, if the roads are slippery. It's at the bottom of a pretty wicked hill, and I do not drive in snow. At all. So, we will see.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Just A Quick Post
Not much happened today. I finally got caught up on sleep, did some writing, a little laundry, and spent time with Zack. We went for a walk, up and down the hill a couple of times, which I am happy about. I also did a little workout later on while watching an episode of House. I haven't started reading my new book yet. Why is that, I wonder? I was so excited about buying it, and now I'm putting off actually opening it up and reading it. Maybe it's because I know I'm going to be brought face to face with certain aspects of my personality that I don't really like. Such as, my tendency to be lazy and procrastinate.
Anyway, not much else to report. I leave you with this:
Anyway, not much else to report. I leave you with this:
Friday, January 2, 2009
Newsies: The Blueberry Yogurt Edition
Last night I dreamed that I was eating one of those little fruit-flavored yogurt cups, only in my dream, the yogurt was a movie, which played in my mind while I was eating. It was like renting a movie and eating at the same time. The movie was Newsies, and I was very excited in my dream because the blueberry yogurt edition had a deleted scene which I had never seen before. I really wanted my mom to see the scene, but the problem with yogurt movies is that you can't rewind. Once you've eaten through a scene, it's gone, obviously. I was extremely disappointed about that. It seemed like a complete waste of money.
In other news, we went to Borders tonight, and I got a new book. It's called People Are Idiots, And I Can Prove It. Oddly enough, this is a book written by a motivational speaker, and it's really funny and awesome. I had skimmed through it yesterday at the Borders in Southcenter, so I already knew I wanted to buy it. Now I can't wait to read it all the way through.
Devin met us at Borders, and we hung out in the cafe, catching up. That was pretty cool. Zack and Devin bought snacks - a lemon bar and an apple tart - but I was good and stuck with a few sips of Zack's soda (since I am determined to lose the weight I've gained since the wedding, post haste!!! ). We ended up talking about a whole lot of random things, like pagan symbols, the weirdness of Catholocism, time travel, and building half pipes (Devin is into skateboarding and Zack likes bmx biking). I like Devin because he's one of those people that I feel at ease with no matter how long it's been since I've seen them last. He's back in Tacoma now, so I guess we'll have to invite him over for poker sometime soon :)
In other news, we went to Borders tonight, and I got a new book. It's called People Are Idiots, And I Can Prove It. Oddly enough, this is a book written by a motivational speaker, and it's really funny and awesome. I had skimmed through it yesterday at the Borders in Southcenter, so I already knew I wanted to buy it. Now I can't wait to read it all the way through.
Devin met us at Borders, and we hung out in the cafe, catching up. That was pretty cool. Zack and Devin bought snacks - a lemon bar and an apple tart - but I was good and stuck with a few sips of Zack's soda (since I am determined to lose the weight I've gained since the wedding, post haste!!! ). We ended up talking about a whole lot of random things, like pagan symbols, the weirdness of Catholocism, time travel, and building half pipes (Devin is into skateboarding and Zack likes bmx biking). I like Devin because he's one of those people that I feel at ease with no matter how long it's been since I've seen them last. He's back in Tacoma now, so I guess we'll have to invite him over for poker sometime soon :)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
2009!
Well, it's 2009. I had a pretty long day today. It was the last day of Amaya's visit, so we decided to go up to Seattle for the day and hang out before we had to get her to the airport. Her flight wasn't until 9:00 pm, so that gave us the whole day to go sightseeing. That was the plan, anyway. The problem is, we hadn't realized that on New Year's Day, everything in Seattle is closed. I mean, everything. Even Starbucks. There were a few shops open down on the waterfront, but that was it. No Pike's Place, no nothing. Pioneer Square was dark and gloomy, and overrun with very scary-looking people who asked us for money. I wanted to get out of there as fast as possible. Zack wanted to take pictures of every dank and gloomy alleyway. I was seriously afraid we were going to get mugged.
Anyway, after wandering aimlessly for a while and getting very cold, we finally went back to our car and drove to the Southcenter Mall. I had never been there before. It's huge! I bought a couple of calendars on sale at the calendar booth. One Winnie the Pooh, (classic Pooh, not Disney Pooh), and one page-a-day by Thomas Kinkade, which is really pretty and has space on every page for writing notes. Amaya and I looked at lots of jewelry, scarves, and bags, Zack looked at camera equipment and electronics, we got sandwiches at Subway, and spent some time reading in the Borders Cafe. Then we took Amaya to the airport. I can't believe her visit is over already! It's been nice having her here, like having a little sister. I like having someone around to talk to, especially when Zack is at work or busy on his computer. I'm going to miss that.
Sometime in the past couple of weeks, Pongo learned to say "bye." He says it whenever we're getting ready to leave, and he sounds so sad that it makes us feel terrible for leaving him at home all alone. It's really, really cute though.
I can't believe it's 2009. This past year went by in the blink of an eye.
Haha, that rhymed.
Bye for now.
Anyway, after wandering aimlessly for a while and getting very cold, we finally went back to our car and drove to the Southcenter Mall. I had never been there before. It's huge! I bought a couple of calendars on sale at the calendar booth. One Winnie the Pooh, (classic Pooh, not Disney Pooh), and one page-a-day by Thomas Kinkade, which is really pretty and has space on every page for writing notes. Amaya and I looked at lots of jewelry, scarves, and bags, Zack looked at camera equipment and electronics, we got sandwiches at Subway, and spent some time reading in the Borders Cafe. Then we took Amaya to the airport. I can't believe her visit is over already! It's been nice having her here, like having a little sister. I like having someone around to talk to, especially when Zack is at work or busy on his computer. I'm going to miss that.
Sometime in the past couple of weeks, Pongo learned to say "bye." He says it whenever we're getting ready to leave, and he sounds so sad that it makes us feel terrible for leaving him at home all alone. It's really, really cute though.
I can't believe it's 2009. This past year went by in the blink of an eye.
Haha, that rhymed.
Bye for now.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Hi, Remember Me?
So. I've been avoiding my blog. The reason: guilt. I meant to become a steady blogger. I really did! But it's been hard to fit it in with everything else that's been going on lately. I can't believe how fast November has gone by. We had the campaign, Zack's been auxiliary pioneering, we photographed a wedding, oh, and I did NaNoWriMo, writing about 50,000 words of a new novel in my "spare" time.
I need a vacation.
Haha, I'm not getting one, though. We have our CO visiting this week, and I should be out in service every day. Oh, a cool thing that happened this month: a good friend of mine threw a pioneer party at the beginning of the month, and I got officially initiated as a pioneer of the Fircrest congregation. The initiation involved a game, but I can't say anything more because it's a secret. It was really fun, though. The same friend who threw the party, Leslie, who lives two doors down, got really, really sick afterward, and missed the second half of the campaign. She volunteers at a local hospital in the bloodless medicine program, so I'm guessing that's where she picked up her bug. Zack and I brought her flowers, a get-well card, a pack of Night Time Airborne, and a bunch of funny movies, while other people supplied homemade soup, more movies, groceries, etc. etc. She's doing much better now, I'm happy to say.
So this week should be pretty busy. Zack's taking Wednesday off and we're going to be working like crazy to get the rest of his hours in. We have the CO starting tomorrow night. I've heard that on Thursday the talk he gives is AMAZING: seriously, about 5 different people from other congregations have told me that over the past couple of months. So I'm really eager to hear it, now. I hope it's as good as I've been led to expect! I will report on it next time.
In other news, Pongo is doing very well. He likes barking at the neighborhood dogs in the evening. Because he only hears them from a distance, he does very quiet, far-away sounding barks. It's so funny! My mom gave us a new book on African Greys and with it, Zack is determined to get him rehabilitated, sane and happy. Also, we are hoping to spring for a roomy new cage in the new future. He needs some space to stretch his wings, poor guy.
OK that's it for now. Got to get up early tomorrow.
I need a vacation.
Haha, I'm not getting one, though. We have our CO visiting this week, and I should be out in service every day. Oh, a cool thing that happened this month: a good friend of mine threw a pioneer party at the beginning of the month, and I got officially initiated as a pioneer of the Fircrest congregation. The initiation involved a game, but I can't say anything more because it's a secret. It was really fun, though. The same friend who threw the party, Leslie, who lives two doors down, got really, really sick afterward, and missed the second half of the campaign. She volunteers at a local hospital in the bloodless medicine program, so I'm guessing that's where she picked up her bug. Zack and I brought her flowers, a get-well card, a pack of Night Time Airborne, and a bunch of funny movies, while other people supplied homemade soup, more movies, groceries, etc. etc. She's doing much better now, I'm happy to say.
So this week should be pretty busy. Zack's taking Wednesday off and we're going to be working like crazy to get the rest of his hours in. We have the CO starting tomorrow night. I've heard that on Thursday the talk he gives is AMAZING: seriously, about 5 different people from other congregations have told me that over the past couple of months. So I'm really eager to hear it, now. I hope it's as good as I've been led to expect! I will report on it next time.
In other news, Pongo is doing very well. He likes barking at the neighborhood dogs in the evening. Because he only hears them from a distance, he does very quiet, far-away sounding barks. It's so funny! My mom gave us a new book on African Greys and with it, Zack is determined to get him rehabilitated, sane and happy. Also, we are hoping to spring for a roomy new cage in the new future. He needs some space to stretch his wings, poor guy.
OK that's it for now. Got to get up early tomorrow.
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