Well, it has been awhile since my last entry. Seems like I have been really busy, but haven't really done much that seems exciting enough to write about. It suddenly strikes me that this could be a problem. Am I getting so bogged down in the day to day that I am missing out on the fun? Or, is it that I am just not seeing the best in the things that I am doing? Is it a true void or just a matter of a lacking in luster?
Looking back in my calendar here are some of the things I have been doing outside of work since my last blog entry:
11/23 SCU and Sakred Feast - It was potluck style. First we loaded up plates to take to a shelter and then ate the left over ourselves.
11/24 Shopping with my wonderful sister-in-law
11/25 Thanksgiving with Dave's family
12/1 Addressed Christmas Cards with a group of friends from SCU. It made a usually mundane job fun!
12/4 JP Jones spoke at SCU. I mustered up the nerve to do the announcements. Funny how singing is so much easier than talking when it comes to a large group of people. I did okay, just forgot to pray at the end and said "ummm" about 100 times (I think Dave was actually counting).
12/10 A big day for Christmas parties. First was the Barbeques Galore Christmas party which I was ultimately responsible for. It was at Dave & Busters and was a huge hit. My team, The Regulators (yes, the teams were named after barbecue parts), came in 3rd place out of 10 teams. Then I raced home and changed into my party dress for Dave's company’s party. It was held at a cute little Italian place in Irvine.
12/11 Dave and I drove to USC to take a picture of a "water wall" and then went to the Annual Hobby Horse Christmas Party. They showed the "Mockumentary" of the photo shoots done this year. Both my mom and I were featured in the film. They are supposed to send me a copy soon. It was hilarious.
12/13 Had dinner with our dear friends, The Johnson’s. It was a wonderful and encouraging evening.
12/14 Got sick. Stayed home from work. Had a Stewardship meeting that evening.
12/15 Had to go to work even though I still felt sick. Had a 6am unemployment phone hearing that I was the star witness for since I was basically the one the fired the guy. It went really well.
12/16 The Cleary's came over for worship and prayer, but we really only had time for prayer. Still a cool evening.
12/17 7am emergency Stewardship meeting. Don't they know that stewardship is more of an evening team? I don't join morning teams! That night we went to a Christmas Cocktail Party. It was fun to enjoy friends and dancing.
12/18 Sang at church with the Worship team, but wasn't fully recovered from being sick and lost my voice on the 3rd song. Luckily it came back for the last songs. I just sang some low harmonies and soft echoes. Then went to dinner with The Smith's and Cathy after.
12/19 Karen and Lori came over and we baked cookies together. I made 3 different kinds of cookies. It was totally exhausting, but really fun! We packet up plates of cookies to give to our neighbors.
12/20 Troy and Tricia had the Community Pastors over to their home for dinner. It was a wonderful evening of friends, encouragement and really good food!
Okay, so this exercise has shown me that it is a matter of luster. These have all been really cool things that I have been doing. Just about all of which could have been blog worthy if I had truly appreciated them. Alright, lesson learned...Don't get so busy that you start just going through the motions. I'll have to remember that...
you forgot about the scarf! the fabulous scarf! oh, and the purse! the fabulous purse!
ReplyDeletesheesh, how "queer eye for the straight guy" do i sound?
Oh yes, the scarf...Dave and I finished up our Christmas shopping on Saturday. I was looking at a scarf for my grandma and flung it over my shoulder to continue shopping. Then I looked up and saw in the mirror that it totally matched my hair the the outfit I had on. So Dave said that I should have it. (What a cute husband!)
ReplyDeleteAnd the purse...well I was going to save that one since it was a Christmas present from my husband. We kind of couldn't wait to open our presents for each other so we opened them Saturday night. Opps. Don't tell Santa!