| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 |
Today is my first long day since my vacation.... I'm subbing for an English teacher with an intestinal virus at Oregon City High School. He left lesson plans which essentially call for crowd control and study hall. WEEEEEEEEEE.... Tonight I close my Starbucks again... I'll be home by 11:30pm. Andy had a rough night with coughing and such and insisted on sleeping on the couch so he wouldn't disturb me. Life is good...just thought you all could use a reminder. |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2004 | ||
The weeks blow by willy nilly. I continue busily working too much. The president (aka The Andy) tells me I'm too busy. I agree. We both know there is no choice right now. For lo, the bill man cometh each month on his appointed day. And lo, the paychecks never satisfy his lusty desire for more. O what a weary web we weave when first we practice to untangle the hangman's noose of student loans from out proverbial necks. Santa just gave me a candy cane and now I am done waxing Shakespeare. Candy is yummy. |
| Sunday, November 28, 2004 | ||
Good morning friends. Life and love are good. Although most days are terribly full of too much toiling, each night I come home to a husband who loves me and misses me. He and I do not get tired of each other. Ever. Nice to know that we made the right vows almost six months ago! Last night we decided to pull out the Christmas decorations and sort through which ones we will display this year. Andy has learned a new thing that he loves about me...I have a ceramic Christmas village that has many unfinished pieces. We are going to work on painting a few more this year. Not sure where we will display them.... We have decided to avoid the (ugly fire safe) artificial vs. (lovely genuinely pine scented semi flammable) real tree argument this year. We will not get a tree because of the expense and our current financial state. Sooner or later one of us will have to give in. There is no half way between real and fake. Sigh... Well, I am set for another busy week. I am subbing every weekday from 7:30-3:00. Closing Starbucks 3 of those days....working my usual full weekend at Starbucks, plus church and drama rehearsal! Whew! Thanksgiving was nice while it lasted! Off I go.... |
| Sunday, November 14, 2004 | ||
Happy Sunday to you all. Well. We have had an interesting week. I started it by working 37 hours between 8pm Sunday and 11pm Tuesday. 51-37= 14 hours to drive to and from work and sleep. The good news is that I followed that up by sleeping from 11:30pm Tuesday until 11:00am Wednesday and stayed in my pjs all day at home. And I did nothing except cook a couple eggs for Andy all day long....the bliss. Interesting fact: If you sleep in until lunch time in November, it will be dark out before you feel like eating lunch. Friday brought some interesting news for Andy...but I'll let him tell you about that. |
| Sunday, November 07, 2004 | ||
I just got sad news. My friend Laura Goss had to return to Eugene this week because her father died on Monday of an anurism while riding his bike to work. (For those of you who were at my wedding, you might remember Laura. She was our photographer and a long time friend of mine.) She headed to Asia for mission work before we even returned from our honeymoon. She had plans to stay a year. Now, though, I am not sure what she will do. This has reminded me of a loss that I experienced when I was in college. A former teacher of mine also died unexpectedly of an anurism. At the time I was not so much sad about her death, as I was scared that someone I was related to might be lost in a similar incident. These moments of grief have served as cautionary tales encouraging me to invest my time in the lives of others. For a while I am better about keeping in touch with my loved ones and less caught up in my busyness. Those financial and personal goals I am reaching for cannot be allowed to rob today of its moment of joy. |
