I just stupidly, dumbly, deleted all the important contacts from my hotmail account. (I was attempting to delete a group, not the contacts themselves...)
Lovely.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
:D
SO HAPPY! The nurses are nice, showers outnumber bedbaths, two days till Wednesday, life is good and I am blessed! Squee!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Quick Update
Yesterday was Wednesday - no call. I just called the Stake Clerk - papers have been submitted!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Just a thought...
You know, if I'm blogging three times a day...that's just an indicator that I have no life and have too much time at work. This is sad. Oh well. Sad but productive!
I overheard one of my all time favorite nurses talking on the phone with her husband and it made me think of how sweet it was that they were still so in love with one another. After she hung up, I told her that it's just sad how some couples stop loving one another after awhile; the passion just disappears, but really, would you stop liking or loving your friends? If not, why would you with your best friend? She told me that sometimes it's harder because couples have differences and we both agree that they can be worked out. John Bytheway said something akin to "you can be different, but be different together." (What I Wish I'd Known Before My Mission)
I hope my marriage will be a happily ever after for eternity where people will "awww" at me and my husband because we're old, decrepit and holding hands.
I overheard one of my all time favorite nurses talking on the phone with her husband and it made me think of how sweet it was that they were still so in love with one another. After she hung up, I told her that it's just sad how some couples stop loving one another after awhile; the passion just disappears, but really, would you stop liking or loving your friends? If not, why would you with your best friend? She told me that sometimes it's harder because couples have differences and we both agree that they can be worked out. John Bytheway said something akin to "you can be different, but be different together." (What I Wish I'd Known Before My Mission)
I hope my marriage will be a happily ever after for eternity where people will "awww" at me and my husband because we're old, decrepit and holding hands.
Missionawies!
Ok, so I can't seem to record chronologically, so oh well. Deal with it. On Sunday I went to a friend's Homecoming and I wasn't even sure if it was the grandest of my ideas. I sat down by my lonesome self and started to panic. Sometimes, I really think my introverted friends are rubbing off on me. "Why am I here? What am I doing? This is crazy, I don't know ANYONE here!" Yeah, my anxiety attack dampened once the meeting started. He gave a very good talk. I don't like calling it talk because it was his experience and everything was from his heart. It's really amazing what missions can do to you! He was a shy person and now he is full of confidence, he's articulate, his countenance is just so different it's amazing! It was really fun to see the changes that took place...not huge differences, subtle, but enough for you to sense it.
Following that, I sped my way over to Daybreak to go to my sister's farewell. She was nervous, I'm sure, but she spoke well. I couldn't even tell that she had cut down her 7 page talk! Her farewell seemed to be a success! I will miss that padfoot a lot. Though I'm sure that both of us will love our missions, despite how intimidating it sounds...and is...haha! All I can say is..I can't wait to see what a mission does to help her with her introvertedness. It will be good for her. :D
Oh. Did I tell you? I hope I get my call tomorrow! XP
Following that, I sped my way over to Daybreak to go to my sister's farewell. She was nervous, I'm sure, but she spoke well. I couldn't even tell that she had cut down her 7 page talk! Her farewell seemed to be a success! I will miss that padfoot a lot. Though I'm sure that both of us will love our missions, despite how intimidating it sounds...and is...haha! All I can say is..I can't wait to see what a mission does to help her with her introvertedness. It will be good for her. :D
Oh. Did I tell you? I hope I get my call tomorrow! XP
Dreams again
So...in the past week I've had dreams of where I will be called to for my mission:
Pheonix, AZ
Hong Kong
Then, apparently, a mission where the borders of Malaysia and India are connected...
I 'm thinking too much about it eh?...I hope it comes tomorrow! I do so hope so!
Last night I had another dream...less pleasant - I dreamed that I was either the cause of someone's death or had killed someone in the past, but for some reason I couldn't remember if I had or hadn't! I felt so unhappy to have commited such a heinous crime AND to have forgotten if I had actually done it or not! Yeah, don't break the law. Don't break yourself against the law.
Pheonix, AZ
Hong Kong
Then, apparently, a mission where the borders of Malaysia and India are connected...
I 'm thinking too much about it eh?...I hope it comes tomorrow! I do so hope so!
Last night I had another dream...less pleasant - I dreamed that I was either the cause of someone's death or had killed someone in the past, but for some reason I couldn't remember if I had or hadn't! I felt so unhappy to have commited such a heinous crime AND to have forgotten if I had actually done it or not! Yeah, don't break the law. Don't break yourself against the law.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Best Sunday Ever!
11 May 2008.
Anxious, I bugged Bishop because he said he'd call me after seeing the Stake President on Thursday...but he didn't. He told me to meet him right after Church. I was spiffed! Excitedly, I told Corey and waited in anticipation for that moment.
Bishop told me that everything was set: he was short of a few details that I needed to provide but what we thought was going to take forever turned out to be just a little muddle - the Stake President had everything he needed and would most likely submitt my call this week to Church Headquarters! You won't even believe the thrill that went through me when the Bishop told me that! When I saw the Stake President, he had only started his calling for about a week or so and I think things weren't completely organized yet. I thought that that meeting didn't count - that it was just an "introductory interview" and that I'd need to come back for a real one another time. I was really bummed that day, thoroughly put out by the fact that I couldn't get things done on time or soon enough because of stupid insurance issues. But! That's over! We don't really have a problem anymore and I'm just waiting for the President to send them in!
Bishop promised to call, again, if he sees the status "submitted" before he leaves for his business trip on Thursday...no word from him. It's Saturday. Michelle thinks that there's a chance he just forgot since he is preparing to go to China. Still! Oh well, I'll try to understand. The worst case scenario would be that I would get it the day Michelle leaves for the MTC and frankly, I'd much rather wait for it to come when it comes than for it to never come!
I can't believe it! It's actually happening! I'm going on a mission! I spent the last few day sending out emails to family and friends to let them know. It's kind of dumb to announce that I'm going on a mission and not tell them where I'm going, but people usually have a heads up with whether you were thinking about it or not, so I can cut myself some slack there. Friends and family are responding very positively about the news and are excited for me. I'm glad for their support, especially my parents' and my closest friends!
I wonder where I'll go? I use to have a problem with this...but I've come to terms with myself that it doesn't really matter where I go - the people there, wherever it is, are all God's children and need to hear the Gospel just as much as wherever else might seem cooler or less cooler...or...you get what I mean. I know that Heavenly Father will place me somewhere where I can learn the most, where I'll be most useful, where the people need me, where I'll need them - because He can see better up there than I can down here.
I've always liked this poem and it's stuck on the inside cover of my journal - it will actually work for me now!
-Meade McGuire
Anxious, I bugged Bishop because he said he'd call me after seeing the Stake President on Thursday...but he didn't. He told me to meet him right after Church. I was spiffed! Excitedly, I told Corey and waited in anticipation for that moment.
Bishop told me that everything was set: he was short of a few details that I needed to provide but what we thought was going to take forever turned out to be just a little muddle - the Stake President had everything he needed and would most likely submitt my call this week to Church Headquarters! You won't even believe the thrill that went through me when the Bishop told me that! When I saw the Stake President, he had only started his calling for about a week or so and I think things weren't completely organized yet. I thought that that meeting didn't count - that it was just an "introductory interview" and that I'd need to come back for a real one another time. I was really bummed that day, thoroughly put out by the fact that I couldn't get things done on time or soon enough because of stupid insurance issues. But! That's over! We don't really have a problem anymore and I'm just waiting for the President to send them in!
Bishop promised to call, again, if he sees the status "submitted" before he leaves for his business trip on Thursday...no word from him. It's Saturday. Michelle thinks that there's a chance he just forgot since he is preparing to go to China. Still! Oh well, I'll try to understand. The worst case scenario would be that I would get it the day Michelle leaves for the MTC and frankly, I'd much rather wait for it to come when it comes than for it to never come!
I can't believe it! It's actually happening! I'm going on a mission! I spent the last few day sending out emails to family and friends to let them know. It's kind of dumb to announce that I'm going on a mission and not tell them where I'm going, but people usually have a heads up with whether you were thinking about it or not, so I can cut myself some slack there. Friends and family are responding very positively about the news and are excited for me. I'm glad for their support, especially my parents' and my closest friends!
I wonder where I'll go? I use to have a problem with this...but I've come to terms with myself that it doesn't really matter where I go - the people there, wherever it is, are all God's children and need to hear the Gospel just as much as wherever else might seem cooler or less cooler...or...you get what I mean. I know that Heavenly Father will place me somewhere where I can learn the most, where I'll be most useful, where the people need me, where I'll need them - because He can see better up there than I can down here.
I've always liked this poem and it's stuck on the inside cover of my journal - it will actually work for me now!
Father, where shall I work today?
And my love flowed
warm and free.
Then He pointed out a tiny spot
And said, "Tend that for
me."
I answered quickly, "Oh no, not that!
Why, no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done;
Not that little place for me."
And the word He spoke, it was not stern;
He answered me tenderly:
"Ah, little one, search that heart of thine.
Art thou working for them
or for me?
Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee."
-Meade McGuire
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