August 14, 2011

• Seven.

  Monday - Editing and Anna debrief
  Tuesday- Dropped my dress off to Mrs. Broersma (Missy's mom), errands and dinner with dad, and finished editing.
  Wednesday - Strayhorn Family Dinner, Wii, Hanging with Kae and Anna
  Thursday- Tubing, Hand and Foot
  Friday- Dumb and Dumber with Ali and Anna
  Saturday - Down day
   
  1. Sunday was good -- Anna, again took the reins on teaching Sunday school and again, I slacked off. It's probably a good thing I wasn't in charge, seeing how I was practically dead on Sunday due to the past weekend and summer. haha, see other posts if you are unaware of what I'm talking about. Sunday night Mr. Nelson approached me - I knew his wife had not been doing well and always made it a point to ask him about her but figured I would hear something if she passed away. I had made up my mind awhile ago (back in HS when she wasn't doing well) that I'd want to attend her funeral - just to be there supporting the little that I could a man that oversaw our class for 2 years. I always appreciated how he would tease and rag on me but always make sure I knew how much he appreciated me sticking with such a role, especially with our class. Anyway, found out his wife passed away a couple weeks ago. We then got to talking and he shared with me that the ring he wears on his pinky finger is from his first fiance. She passed away a couple months before they were supposed to be married. I was kind of shocked I had never heard this before and gave me a good reality check. I think we often forget that people older than us are people as well with stories. We overlook that a lot. I know I do.

  2. Monday Anna came over and chatted after her talk with Yvonne. I felt honored she would process it with me and awful she had to deal with it at all. If we would have dealt with this a long time ago, this wouldn't have been an issue when she came to our church. It didn't happen because she joined, as much as she wants to say that. I felt even worse that I doubted her word - shame on me. She is a person of integrity and I knew she wouldn't throw me under the bus. I doubted. I let my thought process run a little too much...I should have known better.

  3. For the first time in a LONG time, each of my nights were not planned prior to the week beginning and it was great. I was able to get my editing completely done by Tuesday night. Fantastic! I feel 1,000 x's more free to not be stuck to my computer. ...at least until mid September when I have my next wedding.

  4. It was really good to talk with Mrs. Broersma on Tuesday. Another instance of learning something new about someone you've known for such a long time. I had no idea she has been sewing all her life and that's how she worked her way through college. It fascinates me that she has been working at the exact same job for almost 30 years. I can't even imagine that. I feel like I'm in routine now...30 years of it. I think it amazes me because I'm only 23 ...I haven't even lived that long.

  5. Oh man, Wednesday was just great. A totally unexpected great day in the midsts of the week. Originally had no plans and was ready to walk out the door to play a little basketball, then just chill the rest of the night. Instead got a call to join the Strayhorns for dinner. They could have easily just had leftovers and not thrown out an invite but they did. What an all around great family. It was seriously just a genuine good time, followed up by some seriously fun wii tennis. I probably shouldn't feel as comfortable as I do around them but I do, that says a lot. I could hear my mother whispering in my ear or giving me the look to stop saying stupid things...don't make brown jokes. Yeah, I did what I wanted...mostly because I knew I wouldn't be offending anyone. As I was on my way to Anna's, Kae texted and said she was gonna be in town that night - so after dinner and wii, Anna and I hung out and chatted with her. Definitely after that night, I was feeling overwhelming thankful for Anna just because of how genuine of a friendship we've formed. It was just good.

  6. Tubing! Finally! Summer can officially be done now. I'm beginning to feel older as I hurt almost immediately after we went tubing. Normally we would have taken things up a couple notches but we didn't and I'm glad. It was fun - not as fun as I remember it to be but maybe that's because we need to adjust our bodies to the tubing thing again. Going out once all summer long doesn't really count. It was fun and Anna was a good sport.

  7. Saturday was a pretty chill day...ok, a really chill day. I really didn't do much all day. A couple of errands, checked on Sammy but spent most of the day at home watching Alias. Yeah, judge me if you want. I remember really loving Alias growing up, so a couple weeks ago I bought the seasons. I've been slowly watching them here and there. I had a marathon on Saturday to say the least. It was raining all day and really nothing else to do. I don't remember being aware that they main character was a double agent, which is funny because that's pretty much the premise of the show. Hm, maybe I just forgot...it has been a long long time since I've seen them and I'm not sure I watched all the episodes. It should be fun to see what I really do remember...if any of it. If nothing else, I have some sweet kick butt dreams.

  All around a great week -- had a great mixture of everything in it except one thing. It was pretty disappointing not to get to talk to Lisa at all. Ok, that's a lie - we skyped for 10 or so minutes Wednesday on the way to pick up Kae but that conversation fully revolved around what she should do with the Yvonne stuff. That was frustrating. We've kind of checked in here and there but not really. Oh well, we know this is going to be part of the next 2 years but we would seriously miss each other by a couple minutes here and there. Maybe next week.

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