Sunday!

This morning our Bible study class was centered around the fact that we should not try to rush ahead in God's plan for our life.  Sometimes we get impatient so we think that we can maybe arrange something to happen even when we know that it isn't exactly what we are supposed to be doing, and it just isn't right.  We need to do what we are led by God to do, and do things in His time, not ours.  One of the stories used as an example was the story of Abraham and Sarah and their having children at older ages, and the situation with her servant Hagar. It was a good lesson.

I was in the nursery during church service.  There was only one baby.  He was super fussy. He is only about 5 weeks old and I think he is being overfed.  His mom said he is always fussy and crying.  From what I observed, it seems like they are putting too much food into his little tiny tummy.  He finally settled down about 10 minutes before service was over and slept peacefully until his mom picked him up from me, at which point he started screaming his little head off again. 

After church my friend, her son, my son, and myself all took a drive up north of town to a park.  This park has a splash pad, a little train that goes around the park, and a giant playground area.  We stayed a couple of hours.  We could have stayed longer but my son wasn't into it.  He just kept saying he wanted to come home.  I felt bad about that, because I didn't want to spoil the fun of my friend and her son-but I could tell he was tired.  He had a long day on Saturday and I think he is just pretty much worn out and needed some time at home to recover.  We ended up getting home about 4:30 or so, and we've just been relaxing ever since.

I finished a book called Mango Bob a few days ago.  That is one strange little book.  It really isn't anything like the cover description would lead you to believe, and I felt more like it was an RV driving manual than a story book.  Strange.

My life has been taken over by football.  Exhaustion!   hehehe- be back as soon as possible! 

Church was a bit amusing today.  The guy who wanted to date me and was a little bit creepy as far as showing up at my work and things like that....well, he got a new girlfriend!  He picked her up off of an online dating site, and today he brought her to church.  It was great fun to watch people watch them.  Everyone was surprised because although I happen to know he has been dating her for four weeks, he hasn't mentioned a word of that to anyone, and lots of people still knew him to be trailing along after me, so this was a bit shocking for some people.  He brought her to Bible study class as well as service.  She was fine, of course she was quiet because she didn't really know anyone.  I had to almost vomit into my purse a couple times when he would speak to the class and she would gaze at him with that big starry-eyed look of adoration.  It was funny.  Of course, there was a lot of furtive handholding beneath the table, and that kind of thing.  Either way, I told another friend later that this was the most relaxing church service I've been to in months because he was occupied with that and didn't really spend lots of his time talking to me.  It was nice. 

Last night my son had a birthday sleepover at his friend's house.  It is actually the handsome soldier's house, and his son.  Anyway, I dropped him off yesterday around 3, then picked him up at 8:30 this morning.  Of course all the kids stayed up way too late playing and watching videos so he has been something of a moody disaster today, but I'm glad he had fun!

After church I went to lunch with a friend and her kids. That was fun, but kind of got cut short because her son needed a ride to a friend's house.  After that my son and I came home. I took a short nap and he has been playing his video game ever since.  For some reason I am HOT! The air conditioner is on, but it just seems so hot in here.

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Yesterday I got an email from the lady who manages my rental house.  She said the tenant had some car problems and then ended up changing jobs, so she wants to know if I will let her make her rent payment by the 15th of the month instead of by the 1st until she gets caught back up, which is going to be at least through the end of the year.  I went ahead and said yes.  I don't really want to do it, but then there really isn't a good reason for me to say no.  Since it will obviously help her out, I went ahead and said yes.  I haven't had any problems with her so far and she seems to go by her word, so I'm just praying for the best. 

I started again on The Shack last night.  I've started the book 3 or 4 times and then actually lost it each time.  I unearthed it and picked up where I left off (still had my marker in it) and read four chapters last night.  At first I just thought it was terribly depressing, but the more I read, the better it is getting.  I will see how it goes!  I know lots of people who read it and really liked it a lot.

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Tonight football practice was from 5:30 to 7:30, like usual.  For the first hour of that time, I went to the coach's house with 3 of the other moms, and we sorted out and separated everyone's cookie dough order for them.  That was actually pretty fun!  I like those three ladies so it was a good time.  I was also happy about doing it because otherwise everyone had to go to the coach's house right after practice which would have put us getting home even later, and I don't like that.

Work was sooooo busy today! This was the first day of our flu vaccine clinics.  It had been arranged that I would cover that during the busy time, and then go back and forth to my desk and do my regular work in between things.  They had asked if I could just sit there all the time, but I said no.  I mean...I have a busy full time job as it is, so I'm not sure what the thinking was there to begin with, because there isn't anyone who can cover all of the things I do, but I agreed to try to keep up with both jobs for a short time.  The morning worked well doing it that way, but the boss ended up switching it by noon, because the doctors decided they wanted someone sitting there literally all day long even if no patients are booked, because that way if there is a work-in, it would be a quicker process.  She recognized that I cannot possibly sit there all day every day, so they pulled another girl to do it, and then yet another girl will cover that girl's position, and they will just close the phone booth and operate phones from the front desk.   It really all works out better this way, so there aren't any problems with that.  In the meantime, my shift has been switched from 7:30 to 4:30 so that I can cover here and there as needed.  I don't mind that, it is only half hour off from my old shift and it is kind of nice to have that extra half hour in the morning. 

I read the forecast on the internet this morning and it looks like it is supposed to stay below 100 degrees for the next 10 days. Yayyyy!!!  I love that!

I would like to make a sort of... vague comment, I guess you could say.  Without going into specifics, I have a good thing to report!  I have had something that has been nagging at me for a long time, actually off and on for years.  It is about a certain person that I am friends with-but wasn't exactly sure of my true feelings for.  I went back and forth with deciding if this particular person is even a good friend or just one of those people who use others when they need something, and if I should stay in contact, etc.  Anyway it really had been on my mind off and on for a long time, and I was just hit with such a feeling of peace about that situation.  It happened all of the sudden, and I can pinpoint the exact time even...  it was awesome.  I was sitting there thinking about said person/situation, and I remember actually tilting my head sideways like a curious dog, and it just hit me .... this doesn't really matter.  This situation is unimportant.  It is ok to be friendly with this person but to just let it go at that and don't expect more than that.  Some friends are true friends, and some people are just people you are friendly with.... and I think here the latter applies.  It took me such a long time to receive the clarity and peace that I had been praying for about this one, and I'm just so relieved.  I was describing this to my best friend, and while here I kind of think I'm not making it clear what I mean, she understood and said that she thinks it is great that I've been able to just accept it and let it go. 

25 minutes until bedtime! 

The weekend went flying again! 

Saturday-had the football from 6 am to 10am.  The game was great! The kids gave it a really good shot and made lots of great plays, although they still ended up losing.
After that I went straight to work and worked until 5:00pm.  I thought about doing some grocery shopping or something after that but when I got home and sat down, I ended up getting super sleepy and went to sleep by 8:45 and was asleep by 9:00 for sure.

Sunday-Got up and went to church.  I went to lunch with 3 people after church and then over to my friend's house.  She has joined an online dating site and wanted to have some pictures available should the need arise.  I don't know much of anything about online dating, but she has done it for years and is comfortable meeting people that way.  Anyway, she needed some help getting pictures, so I helped her with that for a long time and headed back to my house at 4:00.  Then I went and met the handsome soldier for dinner at our usual mexican food spot.  That was fun-I got home about 7:30 and didn't even bother to turn the TV on.  I went straight to bed as soon as I got my face washed and stuff, and was asleep by 8:30.  I know that for sure, because I had received a text message at 8:24 pm and never got it until I woke up this morning.  I am glad-I needed to catch up on sleep I guess!!

I just joined the Goodreads.com website a few minutes ago, and I played around with it for a few minutes.  I think it will be a fun way to keep track of titles and view other peoples' recommendations on books and things like that.  I only played on the site for a few minutes but I think it looks pretty cool.

I have to go to the store and get some milk and things like that, so I guess I better get running again. I hope everyone had a fantastic Monday!

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Tomorrow will be another early start to the day, even though it is Saturday.  We have to be at the football field at 6:00 in the morning! The game starts at 8, and should end at 10.  After that I have to be to work by 11, at job #2, so I will have a busy day.

Tonight after work I came home and did laundry and cleaned my whole place!  Well, I didn't vacuum, but I did everything else.  That way I don't have to be stressed out about it all weekend long, so if I get time to do anything extra I can, but won't feel like a complete slacker if I don't.

I'm watching the Wedding Planner on TV.  It has Jennifer Lopez in it.  I really like this cheesy little movie.  My sister can't stand to watch Jennifer Lopez in movies and thinks she is a terrible actress, but I like her.  Something about her is endearing.

My grandma's birthday was this week. She turned 77 years old.  She is continuing to do well in the nursing home.  She is staying active and helping in the activities department, and the little greeting committee that they have.  I am really glad to see that, I was really worried that the inactivity would give her depression and make her worse off, but thank goodness she has found her niche!  Happy birthday to her!!!!

I am tired-I think I'll go to bed.

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Yesterday we had a 10:00 game for my son.  That meant we had to arrive to the field at 8:00 because they practice, warm up, and do weigh ins for the two hours prior to the game.  The kids had a really bad game-they lost, but aside from the score, they just played badly.  They all just looked like they were fumbling around on the field and no idea of exactly what it was they were supposed to be doing.  I personally am not into sports in such a hard core fashion, but some of the parents seem to be just outraged at the lack of skill on the part of the coaching staff, and various other things.  I think that at this age, they should be learning the basics and having fun, but apparently that is not the case.  Either way, it sounds like at practice on Tuesday they are going to be doing lots of work and running to try and get better and overcome these things that keep happening at the game.  I don't know, I certainly wouldn't know how to begin coaching a team of kids in an organized sport, but to me, making them run extra and do up downs isnt' going to fix the fact that they don't know enough of the basics to be able to effectively run plays.  But, like I said, I don't know enough about it myself to really be a good judge.

This morning was our new pastor's first day!  I thought he really did a great job with his first sermon.  It was good-it was basically about how we are all learning and growing as Christians.  He referenced four books out of the Bible and tied it all together really well.  He mixes in a bit of dorky humor, which I definitely appreciate, and he is a good speaker, and keeps people engaged in what he is saying.  It was cool. 

After church, we went to a lady's house who is in the congregation.  There we assembled about 125 shoeboxes full of items for the Samaritan's Purse ministry.  It was a good time and we did get a LOT of work taken care of.  I am tired and now my feet hurt, but that isn't a big deal.  I wish that some day in my life I could sign up to volunteer for the part of the group that gets to deliver the boxes directly to the recipients, and see the look on their little faces when they open up and see what is inside the shoeboxes.  My son helped this year, which I think is good for him.  He really needs to learn that there are kids in other countries, as well as in our own, who have absolutely nothing and that everything he has is such a great gift.  He really asked a lot of questions this year and I think he is old enough that it is beginning to make sense to him. Within the past two weeks I have actually begun to see a difference in him-a bit more generosity of spirit, which makes me very proud of him.  I want him to grow up and be a good man.

I'm reading an old favorite right now, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  I've already read the book three or four times, but it is always a fun one.

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Apparently when I was at my sister's house last weekend, we managed to share some kind of nasty germ with each other.  I got sick about Tuesday and felt like junk all week, finally giving up and going to the doctor on Friday.  I was given an inhaler, a Z-Pack, and some sort of nose spray.  I just felt awful-like I couldn't get enough air no matter how many deep breaths I took.  My chest and back started to ache, and it was just a disaster.  My sister came down with the same thing, just about 2 days behind me.  She went to a different doctor where she lives and turned out the exact same things were prescribed for her.   Anyway, because I felt so poorly, I ended up calling in sick on my Saturday job.  I had to get up and go to my son's football game Saturday morning but as soon as that ended, I came home and literally laid on the couch and slept the entire day away.  When I woke up I took my medicine and went right back to bed and slept till this morning. Today I feel somewhat better although still get out of breath when I go walking to my car or anything else.  The back ache is better.  I have started coughing ,but I assume that is a good sign because that means that I'm coughing up whatever was in my lungs instead of having it stick down there.

My poor little son just had an awful game on Saturday.  He made a bad play in the first quarter and he got so upset with himself that he started crying.  His coaches didn't seem all that worked up about it, they were talking to him, and from what we could see in the stands (parents are not allowed on the field) they were trying to help him feel better, as were the team moms.  Anyway-he just got so focused on that mistake that after that he couldn't seem to shake it.  I thought he was just standing there, but at some point after half time, the coach came and got me and told me that he didn't know what to do for my son because he just kept crying and crying.  I took him out of the game for a few minutes and talked with him, and he stopped crying and went back in, but it just wasn't his day.  I felt bad because he had to go home with his dad after that, and I know he didn't want to, because he was afraid his dad would be upset for him acting like a baby.  There are just some days you want your mom.  Anyway, I touched base with his dad later on and everything was ok with the two of them, but it still was a sad day for him.  At one point he was on the field and he was looking the wrong way, blocking rather than waiting to receive, and the football actually came directly to him, and hit him in the helmet and bounced off.  Poor kid.  I told him just to try not to let it get to him, and just come back out and do his best the next week.  I kind of wonder if he is getting sick, because sometimes he acts "off" when he is getting sick, but so far nothing has popped up with his health.  Everybody has a bad day now and then.

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Just finished putting a batch of cookie dough in the refrigerator to chill.  It is for a new recipe called Chewy Surprise Cookies.  The surprise is that once the dough chills, you roll it in a ball around a Milk Dud, and then cook it.  So-the Milk Dud is the chewy surprise.  I won't eat many of these, because that kind of candy is terrible on my teeth, but I'll try one to see how they are, and then the rest can go to work and in my son's lunchbox, etc.  I just enjoy the process of making them!

Went down to my sister's house after the football game on Saturday (my son's team lost by 2 touchdowns-however many points that is) and we spent two days down there.  One evening we made homemade enchiladas.  They are delicious, and I brought home a whole pan to eat throughout the week.  My sister and her husband cook really well, and I enjoy it when I go down there, but I don't copy their recipes a whole lot, because they are generally terribly unhealthy! They use a LOT of butter, and a LOT of cheese, and lots of other bad things.  The enchiladas, for example, have the corn tortillas, but before they roll them, they fry them quickly in a pan of oil, then put the meat & cheese inside, and then just COVER it with cheese.  Of course it tastes amazing ,but my arteries don't agree.  She also made green chili while I was there-that recipe called for 3 STICKS of butter! That is a lot of butter!!!!   If I ate like that every day I would weigh about 400 pounds.  So, I enjoy it while I"m there but then come home and make healthier things.  I mean, don't get me wrong, I eat plenty of bad things too, but overall, I try to keep an eye on it.