Today I researched the gift I'm hoping to get Joseph for our anniversary. Surprisingly, I couldn't find it on Amazon, but I did find it on Walmart.com. Since it had been tough to find (by which I just mean that I had to refine my search terms once), I decided to send myself the link so I wouldn't have to re-search it again later when I was ready to buy.
Now, I usually keep a running email chain from me to me of online things that I need to keep track of temporarily. I selected that chain from my email, pasted the link in a reply email, and clicked send.
And then I realized that I had chosen the wrong running email chain.
In fact, I had chosen the very wrongest running email chain, for it had sent my reply straight to...Joseph.
*facepalm*
So then I blushed a big old embarrassed blush while sitting at my work computer and tried to get back to focusing on what I needed to do. But I just couldn't! I decided it was a better idea to text him a warning that he was about to find out his present and that I was sorry to ruin the surprise and so on and so forth. This led to the following exchange:
A: I just ruined everything in my whole life IGNORE THE EMAIL I JUST SENT YOU ugggghhhhhhhhhhhh
J: Okay. I deleted it babe.
A: What? Without looking?? You are the best man ever and truly a saint.
And then I began to sing his praises from the rooftops.
And then I made him some cookies.
And it probably sounds like I'm making a bigger deal out of it than I should, but this husband of mine really doesn't enjoy surprises. He's kind of okay with little ones (and this one's pretty little), but as a general rule, he'd rather be in-the-know than surprised. If I hadn't sent that warning text, he would have opened the email, clicked the link, caught on to my plan, and felt pleased to know what was up. And we would have had a good laugh over it at dinner.
BUT he also knows that I love surprises. I want to surprise, and I want to be surprised. And I stink at both, but I don't want to stink at both anymore. So although I totally and completely stunk at surprises today, and although he doesn't care one iota about the surprise aspect of this gift, he gave me another chance. Another chance at a thing that really doesn't matter either way to him but would make me really really happy.
So then I felt like this: "I'm a lucky dog."
And gosh darn it, I love that guy.
And that's the story of today's little blunder.
9.29.2014
9.24.2014
Fall semester goals
To celebrate the official beginning of fall yesterday, I set some official goals for the semester that have kind of just been stewing around in my brain for a few weeks now. Wanna hear em?
- Plan meals for an entire week in advance. I have a theory that this habit would save time, money, and waistlines if I would ever just jump on board and make it happen, but I mostly fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to dinner. If I can be a planner for one full semester, I think I can get a good feeling for whether or not it matters. (Because let's be real here, I've totally loved nearly all of my last minute dinners, so goodness knows that if this was about taste, I would never even think about trying this.)
- Finish my family finance class before December. I will, of course, need to actually start this class, like, yesterday to reach this goal. But now that I've settled into my classes and figured out my homework plans, I have a pretty good feel for how much free time I'll have to work on finance. And I think I can hunker down and make it happen!
- Revamp my scripture study (again). I'm close to finishing the Book of Mormon, and after that I want to draw up a new study schedule that incorporates lots of different sources, specifically including Preach My Gospel and whatever the latest conference Ensign is. I also want to establish a habit of sharing what I learn with others, in person and through technology. #sharegoodness, anyone? Oh! I also want to watch BYU devotionals with Joseph, but we'll see how that ends up fitting with our schedule.
- Blog regularly. What does this un-quantified goal even mean? Well, I have really enjoyed writing and scheduling posts in advance over the summer and I want to keep that up. For unidentified reasons, I have more blog post ideas during the week if I already have posts written and ready to go. Also, my life feels more productive if I have a blog post going up automatically at 6:00 AM while I sleep soundly in my bed. It's weird, I know, I'm okay with that.
- Celebrate our first year anniversary (!!) by shirking all responsibility and heading to Salt Lake for a weekend. Okay, this one's already planned and ready to go. It doesn't really count as a goal, but I am super excited for it.
- Write missionaries! This goal has to be on every goal list I ever write or else I never make it happen. Why is this the hardest thing in the world for me? We may never know.
Okay so this list looks long to me (maybe because they're paragraphs instead of bullet points?), but there are only a couple things on here that I wouldn't already be doing. This is one of the ways that I find success in my goal-setting: I try to choose a couple goals that add something new to my routine, and then I pair them with a few other goals which slightly extend or simply maintain my current routine. Generally, when something becomes enough of a habit that it doesn't need to keep being a goal, then I have a success story.
And to balance this text-heavy post...random pictures! I wanted to share this sunset when it happened, but I never got around to it. Wasn't this rainy Sunday absolutely beautiful?
These pictures are from the same sunset but facing different directions at different times. And you can also picture rain coming down all the while to make them more accurate. If I may quote a primary song (because since I was recently called to the Primary, they are the only songs in my head anymore), "I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world Heavenly Father created for me."
Happy fall, folks!
- Plan meals for an entire week in advance. I have a theory that this habit would save time, money, and waistlines if I would ever just jump on board and make it happen, but I mostly fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to dinner. If I can be a planner for one full semester, I think I can get a good feeling for whether or not it matters. (Because let's be real here, I've totally loved nearly all of my last minute dinners, so goodness knows that if this was about taste, I would never even think about trying this.)
- Finish my family finance class before December. I will, of course, need to actually start this class, like, yesterday to reach this goal. But now that I've settled into my classes and figured out my homework plans, I have a pretty good feel for how much free time I'll have to work on finance. And I think I can hunker down and make it happen!
- Revamp my scripture study (again). I'm close to finishing the Book of Mormon, and after that I want to draw up a new study schedule that incorporates lots of different sources, specifically including Preach My Gospel and whatever the latest conference Ensign is. I also want to establish a habit of sharing what I learn with others, in person and through technology. #sharegoodness, anyone? Oh! I also want to watch BYU devotionals with Joseph, but we'll see how that ends up fitting with our schedule.
- Blog regularly. What does this un-quantified goal even mean? Well, I have really enjoyed writing and scheduling posts in advance over the summer and I want to keep that up. For unidentified reasons, I have more blog post ideas during the week if I already have posts written and ready to go. Also, my life feels more productive if I have a blog post going up automatically at 6:00 AM while I sleep soundly in my bed. It's weird, I know, I'm okay with that.
- Celebrate our first year anniversary (!!) by shirking all responsibility and heading to Salt Lake for a weekend. Okay, this one's already planned and ready to go. It doesn't really count as a goal, but I am super excited for it.
- Write missionaries! This goal has to be on every goal list I ever write or else I never make it happen. Why is this the hardest thing in the world for me? We may never know.
Okay so this list looks long to me (maybe because they're paragraphs instead of bullet points?), but there are only a couple things on here that I wouldn't already be doing. This is one of the ways that I find success in my goal-setting: I try to choose a couple goals that add something new to my routine, and then I pair them with a few other goals which slightly extend or simply maintain my current routine. Generally, when something becomes enough of a habit that it doesn't need to keep being a goal, then I have a success story.
And to balance this text-heavy post...random pictures! I wanted to share this sunset when it happened, but I never got around to it. Wasn't this rainy Sunday absolutely beautiful?
Happy fall, folks!
9.23.2014
California vacay (cont. again)
This is really my last California post, I promise! But this one has the best part: GOOGLE.
I didn't plan to wear a shirt with the Google colors all up in it, but I definitely wasn't mad that it worked out like that. Their campus is in a super secret location, so I had to obscure the address when I posed with this sign. Okay, that's a dirty lie. I'm just curious if they'll see this and track me down or not...lolz.
So basically we followed cousin Caleb through a bunch of buildings that all required an employee card to get into, and we saw neat stuff therein. Here you can see Caleb pointing to a tree (jk I dunno what he's pointing to) and a passel of Google bikes. These are all over campus for people to use as transportation from one building to another. I hate biking, but I could get over that I guess.
The Android building has a gang of little larger-than-life dessert Androids out front. Each new operating system update is named after a dessert, which you must admit is more clever than "iOS 8." And if you don't think so, then just know that they also alphabetize them, so the last few have been "Ice cream sandwich," "Jellybean," and "KitKat," which is clever of them. Plus, look how cute the little aliens are! Hello, ice cream sandwich guy.
We sat to chat for a bit in one of the building lobbies. While we were there, some men walked in on their way to probably some very important business but they stopped to say hi and comment on how Emerson was learning foosball at an early age. It was all very pleasant and happy, and then after they passed Caleb asked, "Do you know who that was?" And we be all, "Nope..." And then he's all, "That was Vint Cerf! He's the father of the internet!" And I was like, wow my Google tour couldn't get any better. So that was neat.
Also, they put slides everywhere. Tradition or something. This particular slide came with burlap bags for efficient sliding. But we didn't try it out.
We ended our tour at the Google store. I bought me another Google shirt (Caleb and Joliene gifted me one last year and it's been my favorite ever since) and I am blissfully happy that I could make that purchase. Apparently you can't get Google apparel just anywhere! You gotta get it from them. And you gotta have an employee card to get into the store. So I'm not actually sure if they want to sell their stuff or not, but either way, I felt privileged to get me another shirt. It's as comf as last year's.
Oh, we also put Ensley in a Google bike basket and it was possibly the cutest thing that has ever happened:
On this same day, we also accepted motorcycle rides with uncle Cole (sadly, no pictures for me) and took a nice evening walk at a close park.
We spent the next day driving and driving and driving, during which time I was mostly just dying to get home and be with Joseph. It was bittersweet to vacation without him: bitter because I wanted him to experience what I experienced and because I missed him oodles, but sweet because I was reminded every day in no uncertain terms how much I want to be with him always. It was good for me to remember that we are lucky to spend as much time together as we do! And I'm glad to be back to that norm. Next time I vacation, I'm bringing him with me!
Also, I just haven't stuck this anywhere and I want to say it: I learned on this vacation that it is cheaper and often more fun to do what the locals do instead of what the tourists do. I mean, we had lots of fun last year when we walked the Golden Gate Bridge and hiked around Muir Woods and so on. But the brand of fun that we had this time made me feel both more at-home and more educated by the end, and all we changed was that we spent more time slowing down our tourism. Neat-o! Please remind me of this if I ever try to plan a grand trip across the US or something...
So basically we followed cousin Caleb through a bunch of buildings that all required an employee card to get into, and we saw neat stuff therein. Here you can see Caleb pointing to a tree (jk I dunno what he's pointing to) and a passel of Google bikes. These are all over campus for people to use as transportation from one building to another. I hate biking, but I could get over that I guess.
"Free mode: make your choice" is, like, the motto there. We sampled free food because Google treats their employees really really well in an effort to get everyone to stick around and work more than they absolutely have to. And you know what? I'm pretty sure it would work on me, so it's not a bad idea. That egg salad was yum.
We ended our tour at the Google store. I bought me another Google shirt (Caleb and Joliene gifted me one last year and it's been my favorite ever since) and I am blissfully happy that I could make that purchase. Apparently you can't get Google apparel just anywhere! You gotta get it from them. And you gotta have an employee card to get into the store. So I'm not actually sure if they want to sell their stuff or not, but either way, I felt privileged to get me another shirt. It's as comf as last year's.
Oh, we also put Ensley in a Google bike basket and it was possibly the cutest thing that has ever happened:
Also, I just haven't stuck this anywhere and I want to say it: I learned on this vacation that it is cheaper and often more fun to do what the locals do instead of what the tourists do. I mean, we had lots of fun last year when we walked the Golden Gate Bridge and hiked around Muir Woods and so on. But the brand of fun that we had this time made me feel both more at-home and more educated by the end, and all we changed was that we spent more time slowing down our tourism. Neat-o! Please remind me of this if I ever try to plan a grand trip across the US or something...
9.18.2014
Fall 2014 semester run-down
Do I even need to explain that these are a thing every time I do them anymore? What am I possibly going to post about on this lil blog after I graduate from college? Must remember to look into graduate degrees...
Okay so here are my pre-judgments for all of this semester's classes. I want to preface this by saying that the only classes I actually had to take this semester were my math ed practicum class and a letters general ed credit. I'll mention which ones are filling these credits, and then everything else can be assumed to be superfluously wonderful (wonderfully superfluous? ...whatever).
Math Teaching in Public Schools :: This is my practicum (read: REQUIRED) and it is the last class in the major. Ack! The end is near! And they make us go out with a bang apparently. During the course of the semester, we will be observing in schools and teaching our peers, all of which will lead up to a week of teaching in schools (see what I did there?) sometime in December. And they use scare tactics the whole way there! Every time one of us teaches, that person is chosen at random at the beginning of that class period, which means we get no advance notice. I might cry on my first round. Who knows.
World Religions :: Okay okay okay you all need to take this class immediately and you need to take it from Alonzo Gaskill. He is the most hilarious professor on this planet, plus his name is Alonzo. I cannot even describe his sense of humor in a way that will accurately convey the hilarity, but I can say that he reminds me often of Stephen Colbert, so. This class is also obviously fascinating on its own merit because of the subject matter, and can I just shout out to my home girl Joliene real quick? Cuz your posting through the last few years has given me a surprising amount of background knowledge to bring to my study. Cheers.
Literacy and Learning for Disciplines :: Or in my particular case, how to fit in as a real life mathematician. This class asks us to investigate how our individual disciplines require individual literacy skills for somebody to survive as a member of the discipline. Turns out that reading math proofs is far different from reading sewing patterns! So we study it. Also: there are only 5 students in this class, and the professor is not opposed to swears, so it's a lively, friendly time. Not sure if I'll love it as much as I expected, but I don't have to because it's my other REQUIRED class (letters credit), so who needs love?
Marriage Enhancement :: Now, I don't mean to sound pompous here, but I'm not sure I'll learn anything in this class this semester, which is a letdown. The title sounds like, "Have a great marriage? Come and make it even better!" but the class really is just, "Don't know how you'll ever stay married without counseling? Come and we'll help!" I'm not closed to the possibility that it may take a surprisingly helpful turn a ways down the road, but for now I'm mostly just going to class for attendance credit and thanking my lucky stars that my marriage with Joseph is a good one. And I'm hoping that the professor will someday drop his high degree of sexism so that I can enjoy his presence.
Family Finance :: This is an online section (the future is now, folks!) and I have done .01% of the work for the class. Mostly I'm hoping that I learn (1) how to someday buy a house, and (2) why credit even matters, so I'll be happy if I achieve these. I will also be happy if I can finish the course earlier than the end of the semester because the only rule is that you can't finish it in less than 6 weeks or something. Cha-ching (MONEY PUN).
For fun and future reference (when I'm in my 40s and come back to audit every class I ever wanted to take but couldn't), these are classes I really wanted to take but could not fit into my schedule:
VASTU 330: Bookbinding cuz duh.
DIGHT 250: Web Publishing because I really really really want to learn HTML.
WS 222: Intro to Women's Studies because I can't decide how much of a feminist I am (or amn't).
SFL 160: Intro to Family Processes because I have heard from every SFL major ever that this class is the best, with an especial recommendation from close friend Brittany.
PWS 103: Residential Landscape Design because Joe's dad is taking this class this semester and we bond often over our love of plants so it would be adorable. Also it would round out my current planty education nicely.
And there are other classes that weren't even possibilities this semester but have come up in other semesters and been missed! Waaahhh why do I have to be finishing college so soon? Can't I just student forever? Don't answer that.
This is how I've kept track of my classes since freshman year. I definitely didn't take the suggested classes in the suggested semesters, but who really does? Since it's been craziness and out of order, I have opened this lil screen capture in Paint at the end of every semester to update it. I did prematurely cross off this semester's required classes because I feel confident that I will pass. And now, all that is left is my student teaching semester. Wowzer.
Okay thanks, as always, for listening to my bloggy rambles. This semester will be fun and I really am looking forward to it! In the wise words of Mario, "Heeere we gooo!"
Okay so here are my pre-judgments for all of this semester's classes. I want to preface this by saying that the only classes I actually had to take this semester were my math ed practicum class and a letters general ed credit. I'll mention which ones are filling these credits, and then everything else can be assumed to be superfluously wonderful (wonderfully superfluous? ...whatever).
Math Teaching in Public Schools :: This is my practicum (read: REQUIRED) and it is the last class in the major. Ack! The end is near! And they make us go out with a bang apparently. During the course of the semester, we will be observing in schools and teaching our peers, all of which will lead up to a week of teaching in schools (see what I did there?) sometime in December. And they use scare tactics the whole way there! Every time one of us teaches, that person is chosen at random at the beginning of that class period, which means we get no advance notice. I might cry on my first round. Who knows.
World Religions :: Okay okay okay you all need to take this class immediately and you need to take it from Alonzo Gaskill. He is the most hilarious professor on this planet, plus his name is Alonzo. I cannot even describe his sense of humor in a way that will accurately convey the hilarity, but I can say that he reminds me often of Stephen Colbert, so. This class is also obviously fascinating on its own merit because of the subject matter, and can I just shout out to my home girl Joliene real quick? Cuz your posting through the last few years has given me a surprising amount of background knowledge to bring to my study. Cheers.
Literacy and Learning for Disciplines :: Or in my particular case, how to fit in as a real life mathematician. This class asks us to investigate how our individual disciplines require individual literacy skills for somebody to survive as a member of the discipline. Turns out that reading math proofs is far different from reading sewing patterns! So we study it. Also: there are only 5 students in this class, and the professor is not opposed to swears, so it's a lively, friendly time. Not sure if I'll love it as much as I expected, but I don't have to because it's my other REQUIRED class (letters credit), so who needs love?
Marriage Enhancement :: Now, I don't mean to sound pompous here, but I'm not sure I'll learn anything in this class this semester, which is a letdown. The title sounds like, "Have a great marriage? Come and make it even better!" but the class really is just, "Don't know how you'll ever stay married without counseling? Come and we'll help!" I'm not closed to the possibility that it may take a surprisingly helpful turn a ways down the road, but for now I'm mostly just going to class for attendance credit and thanking my lucky stars that my marriage with Joseph is a good one. And I'm hoping that the professor will someday drop his high degree of sexism so that I can enjoy his presence.
Family Finance :: This is an online section (the future is now, folks!) and I have done .01% of the work for the class. Mostly I'm hoping that I learn (1) how to someday buy a house, and (2) why credit even matters, so I'll be happy if I achieve these. I will also be happy if I can finish the course earlier than the end of the semester because the only rule is that you can't finish it in less than 6 weeks or something. Cha-ching (MONEY PUN).
For fun and future reference (when I'm in my 40s and come back to audit every class I ever wanted to take but couldn't), these are classes I really wanted to take but could not fit into my schedule:
VASTU 330: Bookbinding cuz duh.
DIGHT 250: Web Publishing because I really really really want to learn HTML.
WS 222: Intro to Women's Studies because I can't decide how much of a feminist I am (or amn't).
SFL 160: Intro to Family Processes because I have heard from every SFL major ever that this class is the best, with an especial recommendation from close friend Brittany.
PWS 103: Residential Landscape Design because Joe's dad is taking this class this semester and we bond often over our love of plants so it would be adorable. Also it would round out my current planty education nicely.
And there are other classes that weren't even possibilities this semester but have come up in other semesters and been missed! Waaahhh why do I have to be finishing college so soon? Can't I just student forever? Don't answer that.
Okay thanks, as always, for listening to my bloggy rambles. This semester will be fun and I really am looking forward to it! In the wise words of Mario, "Heeere we gooo!"
9.15.2014
So long, summer + a manifesto wrap-up
Remember how I made a summer manifesto? Well guess what, folks. We pretty much did everything on there with just a few adjustments. Three cheers for a successful summer!
With Joseph, I planned to:
+ eat somewhere new, perhaps 180 Tacos or Black Sheep Cafe (we shared a Mountain West Burrito)
+ memorize a Toto album in preparation for their concert in August (Joseph memorized everything they've ever sung and I memorized their most popular ones)
- hike hike hike, which implies hopefully at least three hikes (we traded this out for swim-swim-swim when we realized that our POAPs would last beyond July)
+ celebrate Independence Day like true Provoans (well, we didn't camp out on the parade route...)
+ go swimming? If it comes up. (see third item)
On my own, I planned to:
- move out of my parents' house once and for all! So long, stuffed animals and sentimentality. (I'm about halfway through this one, but definitely not finished)
+ drink lots of water (yay!)
+ eat my 5-a-day, preferably with a 3-veggie/2-fruit combo on most days (yay!)
+ read books, including some from the library (I read a few books I owned but have never read, and I checked out some Charles Dickens from the library that I'm still working on)
+ write to missionaries (yay!)
With Joseph, I planned to:
+ eat somewhere new, perhaps 180 Tacos or Black Sheep Cafe (we shared a Mountain West Burrito)
+ memorize a Toto album in preparation for their concert in August (Joseph memorized everything they've ever sung and I memorized their most popular ones)
- hike hike hike, which implies hopefully at least three hikes (we traded this out for swim-swim-swim when we realized that our POAPs would last beyond July)
+ celebrate Independence Day like true Provoans (well, we didn't camp out on the parade route...)
+ go swimming? If it comes up. (see third item)
On my own, I planned to:
- move out of my parents' house once and for all! So long, stuffed animals and sentimentality. (I'm about halfway through this one, but definitely not finished)
+ drink lots of water (yay!)
+ eat my 5-a-day, preferably with a 3-veggie/2-fruit combo on most days (yay!)
+ read books, including some from the library (I read a few books I owned but have never read, and I checked out some Charles Dickens from the library that I'm still working on)
+ write to missionaries (yay!)
And now I turn my attention to fall. I was asked the other day what my favorite season is. I responded that my favorite is always whichever one we're changing to. I get excited for each season when it's just around the corner. I get excited for fall when school is back in session. I get excited for winter when snow starts to fall. I get excited for spring when the weather starts to warm up. I get excited for summer when school gets out. And so on and so forth through every year of my life.
It's all very metaphorical. You understand.
But anyway, I of course need to tell you about my classes this semester in the near future (because I've got a couple that are a doozy), and I do have some fall semester goals that I might share, so expect to hear back from me soon! Especially since I no longer have a student teaching application or textbook returning stress to worry about this week. Aw yeah.
9.13.2014
Two covers
As a general rule, I'm not a lover of covers. Song covers, that is (cuz goodness knows I love to cuddle up in a ton of blankets). I figure that once a song has been written and sung and recorded, that was how it was intended to be sung and recorded. Let it be, let it be.
But every now and then, I do run into a cover that catches me by surprise. And I tell myself that it's okay to like this different version better than the original because remember that one time in That Thing You Do when Guy decides that it should be an up tempo number instead of a ballad? And that's basically why they become successful?
So when someone highlights a crucial element of a song in a unique way, I can appreciate that.
These two songs fall in that category of covers for me.
Did I ever for one second think about the seriously romantic implications of "I'm Gonna Be" until I heard this rendition? No, no I did not. Actually, I couldn't understand the majority of that song until this rendition. Highlighting the lyrics is good.
And I dunno what sucked me in to that Charlene Soraia version of "Wherever You Will Go," but I do know that I never liked the original version, so this is sexist but it probably just needed a woman to sing it. Or something.
But every now and then, I do run into a cover that catches me by surprise. And I tell myself that it's okay to like this different version better than the original because remember that one time in That Thing You Do when Guy decides that it should be an up tempo number instead of a ballad? And that's basically why they become successful?
So when someone highlights a crucial element of a song in a unique way, I can appreciate that.
These two songs fall in that category of covers for me.
Did I ever for one second think about the seriously romantic implications of "I'm Gonna Be" until I heard this rendition? No, no I did not. Actually, I couldn't understand the majority of that song until this rendition. Highlighting the lyrics is good.
And I dunno what sucked me in to that Charlene Soraia version of "Wherever You Will Go," but I do know that I never liked the original version, so this is sexist but it probably just needed a woman to sing it. Or something.
9.08.2014
Journal entry: 7 September 2014
So this week was a doozy. It was the first week of school, which is always crazy, but mine was especially crazy cuz I hadn't decided my classes in advance. This has since settled, but I'm a little behind on homework cuz why do any homework if you might drop the class, am I right?
But on top of that, I also got my bubble ring stuck on my finger. Sometimes that joint gets swollen for no apparent reason, and it did that while my ring was on, and my whole right middle finger was super fat for like 5 days (and pretty hurty). So Dad cut my ring off with wire cutters tonight to avoid any gangrenous ER visits this week. I'm glad it's off my finger but I'm sad to lose that ring! And since everyone I've mentioned it to has asked if I tried using ________ to get it off, here's what I did try:
-water (cold)
-water (warm)
-hand soap
-dish soap
-body soap (Dove bar)
-PAM spray (twice)
-lotion
And the actual bone itself was too big for the ring cuz otherwise these were all really close. So don't think that I didn't try it all!!
Okay so that was crazy and worrisome, but then guess what happened last night? Some punk smashed our car window for no reason! And it's annoying cuz now I have to worry about rain and I have to file a police report and I have to tell my insurance people, and I already mentioned that I skipped all my homework last week, right? [Monday edit: it has indeed rained mucho in the last 24 hours and I have been stuck in it twice now trying to get my window covered sufficiently.]
But beyond that, it's also just really disconcerting. I have had to work at my feelings of safety in our neighborhood (I'm kind of a baby, but my fears are not unfounded), and now it's like I have to start back at square one. Cuz clearly it's not safe outside at night or my window would be fine, you know?
So I had me a lil pout and lil cry over all of that tonight. Cuz SHEESH EMOTIONS.
Oh- also, I decided in the last couple weeks that I just do not like my job. I like most of my coworkers, and I like my boss, but I don't like my actual job, as in what I actually do every day. I realized this when I noticed myself dragging my feet to get to work, dragging my feet at work, and running far and fast after work...every single day. So now I'm retraining myself to see my job as the blessing it really is but it's not been easy.
Hey, look at that- I have trials! I haven't had any of these for a while! But as per my usual with trials: when it rains, it pours [Monday edit: LITERALLY OKAY?]. It'll all be better soon, though. This I know to be true.
And I must mention while I'm here that Joseph is a saint. He took me on a dream date after a particularly awful work day. He surprised me by making dinner this week when I was stressed with school. He gave me a Priesthood blessing for my finger. And he's been so patient to listen to me be a bit whinier than usual. And he's been great at also reminding me that our life is still good. He lets me cry but encourages me not to wallow. Is that not perfection in husband form?? I love him.
So that's my life right now! I think I'm gonna go type this into a blog post...
But on top of that, I also got my bubble ring stuck on my finger. Sometimes that joint gets swollen for no apparent reason, and it did that while my ring was on, and my whole right middle finger was super fat for like 5 days (and pretty hurty). So Dad cut my ring off with wire cutters tonight to avoid any gangrenous ER visits this week. I'm glad it's off my finger but I'm sad to lose that ring! And since everyone I've mentioned it to has asked if I tried using ________ to get it off, here's what I did try:
-water (cold)
-water (warm)
-hand soap
-dish soap
-body soap (Dove bar)
-PAM spray (twice)
-lotion
And the actual bone itself was too big for the ring cuz otherwise these were all really close. So don't think that I didn't try it all!!
So I had me a lil pout and lil cry over all of that tonight. Cuz SHEESH EMOTIONS.
Oh- also, I decided in the last couple weeks that I just do not like my job. I like most of my coworkers, and I like my boss, but I don't like my actual job, as in what I actually do every day. I realized this when I noticed myself dragging my feet to get to work, dragging my feet at work, and running far and fast after work...every single day. So now I'm retraining myself to see my job as the blessing it really is but it's not been easy.
Hey, look at that- I have trials! I haven't had any of these for a while! But as per my usual with trials: when it rains, it pours [Monday edit: LITERALLY OKAY?]. It'll all be better soon, though. This I know to be true.
And I must mention while I'm here that Joseph is a saint. He took me on a dream date after a particularly awful work day. He surprised me by making dinner this week when I was stressed with school. He gave me a Priesthood blessing for my finger. And he's been so patient to listen to me be a bit whinier than usual. And he's been great at also reminding me that our life is still good. He lets me cry but encourages me not to wallow. Is that not perfection in husband form?? I love him.
So that's my life right now! I think I'm gonna go type this into a blog post...
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