June 11, 2013

• Random

  I'm just walking in the door for today but I'm determined to post this because I missed last months. I actually had something ready to roll but that draft was deleted in my inbox and re-creating it was not in my...mood. This is an overly long one, probably because I missed last month.

   

  I think the most overlooked season is Spring. We get a little excited that it's getting warmer, it rains a bunch and then it's summer in most people's mind. Summer doesn't officially start until June 21. 

   

  Is it just me or is everyone selling something on facebook? I remember back in the day Jewelry, Tupperware and Cutco being sold. I swear, every week if not more than that, I'm getting 1-2 invites for these things. I genuinely think that's a result of social media and the way you can bulk invite people. I also swear the things have increased: stamps, lotions, dog bones...you name it. 

   

  In the span of a month and a half, I attended 3 funerals. Not a fan. They are hard but they are beautiful at the same time. Bittersweet to say the least.

   

  My car has two "settings" for the blinker. 1 where it stays on for if I was turning but the other is simply "nudging" the blinker so it goes for 5-10 seconds. I didn't realize how much I use the later of those until I drove my grandpa's truck for awhile. It's kind of annoying to change lanes, put the blinker full force and manually turn it off. That's just one small thing in my car I've gotten used to without really knowing it. That and putting the key in and turning it. ha. 

   

  I've officially decided to use my twitter for only funny things. I decided that awhile ago but wanted my first tweet to be a The Office tweet then nothing funny was coming up.

   

  First tweet was this, "Tonight may be the only time I cry over TV but it's much more than that. Faithful fan since day 1! #firsttweet #ThankYouDunderMifflin"

   

  And my second tweet was this on May 23rd on the way to work, "Just got passed by senior citizens going 80. You best believe I sped up and passed them. #Pride #dignity & #stupid but #iwon! #eatmydust" True story - this car of elderly wiz by me. I don't think so.

   

  Anyway, I still think twitter is stupid - even more so now that I have "tweeted" because it limits you to 140 characters. I get that to keep it short but you wonder why kids can't write because they're language all over the place - twitter, facebook, texts is abbreviated like idiots. ROFL, LOL, JK, YOLO. I get so mad on facebook when I see people write "HB2U" really? You didn't have time to right Happy birthday to you? Or something a little more meaningful. I got a text the other day that said "TY" to something I said. I hated that I knew it stood for thank you. Laziness in my opinion. I know, I'm ranting. My grandma wrote a check the other and gave it the cashier, the guy needed some information on it which was there but he said, "I can't read this." ...because it was in cursive. True story. Back to twitter. My goal...when and if I "tweet" not to abbreviate things (unless it's an actual abbreviation), which makes 140 characters a little more difficult. Phew. Rant over!

   

  Speaking of The Office, it was so sad to see it go. Probably for the same reason I almost cried in Toy Story 3. If you've seen it - where Andy gives away his toys and goes to college. It was sad because I grew up with them (yes, I get it - they aren't real) but that isn't the point. I've been watching The Office all these years. Literally the only show I've watched consitently on any night of the week - some I'll catch online later but The Office, I tried to be present when it showed through the ups and downs of the shows. In such a stupid and shallow way it was metaphoric to life - yeah, it got stupid at points and boring to watch but so does life but you don't just give up. You stay faithful through it all and see it to the end. It's like those fake sport's fans that aren't fans all year long until the end when it's popular to cheer for the team. The true fans are saying, I don't think so - you weren't a fan all this time, don't pretend to start now. (If you aren't correlating that to the man on the cross that came to Jesus at the end of your life, don't think about it - it makes that too complicated. haha, man I'm rambling.) I'm gonna miss it - I feel like I've grown up with them through the good and the bad because I have. The last show was good - the stripper stuff was uneccessary but other than that, man they wrapped it up so well. No tears though. 

  I don't like when people chew ice. 

   

  A couple of us were talking about peeing in the lake and someone said everyone does it. When I was younger, I'm sure but this was an adult saying it for his current life. No, I do not. Then this same person brought up the saying "there are people that pee in the shower and those that lie about it" -- no, false again. I do not pee in the shower. That is disgusting. 

   

  A reason I love Algoma. A couple weeks ago my 1st grade teacher died. I couldn't make it to the funeral and was hesitant about going to the visitation because of not knowing anyone. I went anyway and my 5th grade teacher was there and others from Algoma (past/present) and ended up being there much longer than planned talking with these people. Just another reminder of why I'm still thankful for my time there.

   

  This was part of my reply to an email my Pastor sent me...at the end of writing it out, I decided it's time to step away from some things come next Fall.

   

  I finally have it to a point where it isn't taking me as long to do. Initially getting it started off the ground, they were taking me quite a few hours, add that on top of website and videos, teaching SS, nursery, training on sound board and organizing softball...haha, free time was hard to come by. We're starting to mellow out and take form....once I get this Compassionate Hands video finalized, I'll be back to building out ministry pages. 

  When pastors or speakers start out and say “we’re going to look at this for the next couple minutes” ...lets be honest, you have 30-45 minutes of speaking, that’s more than a “couple minutes”...

  Oh and I helped my sister-in-law set up a blog on her kids. Best. Thing. Ever.

  This is a sweet story. It's unfortunate that it's such a rare thing.
  

  Now I am going to bed. This week is overly crazy busy. 

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