busy busy
Things have been rather busy as of late... and I have not had too much time to detail it, so here it goes.
Thursday night, Jon came over and helped me make some wedding soup. I had never made it before, and I did not have a recipie... so I was just hoping that I had absorbed some of my mother's magic. On Friday, we had a soup and salad luncheon at school, so I took it there... and I guess I DID get some of that finesse because that soup was GONE. I mean... GONE.
I tried some of it too, and it was pretty good. Not quite my mom's, but it was yummy.
On Friday, I went to Jon's and attempted to nurse him back to help with some of the soup, but instead, I caught his cold and now paying for it, but we will get to that later.
Nick came over and we sat around and chatted for awhile. I watched wife swap and a show on professional ballroom dancing while they did.... I dont know what they did... I was rather involved in both.
Sat was a really good day. Me, Nick, Jon, Lauren, Dave, Josh, and Leslie volunteered for GoodWorks. They have recently moved their storage building into a broken down warehouse right by Renacad... unfortunately for us, it meant we were more or less "outside" all day. The windows were broken and the ceiling caving in. Don't worry, we all signed a release form.
Nick and I teamed up and went for two windows which were broken. They had large sheets (would you call them sheets?) of compressed cardboard type material which we cut to fit the windows.
We cut them with a circular saw.
teehee.
Now, when the project manager asked if we had experience with a circular saw, I immediately said yes. But the truth was that while I was comfortable with using one... someone had to tell me HOW to use it. We got some instruction from the guy and off we went. I must admit, I am good with a circular saw. It was a lot of fun, and I still have all of my fingers. So does Nick, for that matter.
After that, we used screw guns to screw in the board.
While we were doing that, most of the rest of us were screwing in plywood to secure a "room". Josh spent most of his day doing that, and I think he liked it. Dave "supervised" and handed him screws. Slacker.
In the other room (which, by the way, reminded me of that really scary show they used to play on MTV where they would take people to abandoned hospitals and jails and stuff and have them walk around with cameras and things), people put plastic over the windows and swept dirt off of the floor. Afterwards, we framed out two rooms... who knew how easy it was to build a room! I suck terribly at nailing... I think its a depth perception thing... but we had a good time.
My body was ACHING afterwards, so while we ate ice cream at DQ, we made plans for that night to have a hot tub party.
I drove home from p-ville and jumped into the shower. I do get somewhat of a perverse joy out of seeing dirt run off of my body.
I drove BACK to p-ville where we (me, Les, Josh, and Nick) went to see Pan's Labyrinth at the Colonial Theater. First of all, SUCH a cool place to see movies. It makes me ache for the days I never saw, where going to the movies was a glamorous event where you dressed up and wore pearls and hats and furs. We decided we MUST start frequenting it.
The movie itself was.... to paraphrase Graham... disturbingly awesome. I highly recommend it, but beware for the amputation scene. It is one of those "no way are they going to show us that"... and then they do. Ouch.
So then (this is a long day, even in writing!) we drove back to my place and went in the hot tub. It felt soooooooo wonderful... however our new hot tub is not meant for 4 or 5 normal sized people. I think it is probably best with 3 max. 2 if no one has clothes on though. :)
Jon slept over (in my room, I took Chris' cuz he was not home yet) and we went to church together on Sunday. It is interesting to get an "outsiders" perspective. He is used to presbyterian churches and "classic" services... Calvary is not really either of those things. He says he liked it and was interested in going again, perhaps when they start 1 John. Looks like its back to going to church alone for awhile. :(
On Sunday the scripture was 2 Peter 2... which talks about false teachers within the body of Christ. It was interesting because there are a number of parts in there which can lend credo to the idea that you are either God's child, or you are not, that it is, indeed, not a choice.... that it is final, done, decided, and you have nothing to do with it. As much as it is a scary thing, its a beautiful thing to realize that you are not really in control of your life. At least, not the major trends and big things.
After church, we had choir rehersal from 2:30 until about 5:15 or so.... it was long and I am a bit fretful about our upcoming concert. There are a few songs that are - lets just say - awful. Terrible. Suck-tastic. We shall see, though.
That night, Jon helped me procrastinate and then I left for Harrisburg around 8:15. I got there around 9:30 (who says I drive fast?) and checked into the Best Western. From there, Graham checked in on me and we sat around for awhile talking and half-watching tv.
I went to bed around 11ish and got up at a bright and early 6 to go off to proctor PSSA testing. As much as I would love to go off on PSSA testing, I feel like this post is getting too long anyway.
So let's just say I proctored, and we had an okay time, and I really did not get any work done... but I was allowed to go home around 2 because, as I said before, I caught Jon's cold. I woke up on Monday a bass, and our site leader felt bad for me, so I was allowed to leave. Three people stayed behind, and I am actually kind of concerned because IT IS SNOWING !
Speaking of which, I got up, again, bright and early today to go to work. They let us leave around 10:45 for an early dismissal. Of course everyone says, why dismiss us early, its not like kids are there... but WE are there!!!! Is our safety not important?!?!??!!
I got home and proceeded to continue working on school....
Oh wait...
No, actually, I played Zelda for almost 2 hours, then watching Heroes from last night, then scanned through DOOL fairly quickly... and now I am here, procrastinating again, attempting to grade papers, but instead writing this. Lovely.
There is more to write, but not in here, so I will start a new post, I think...
Thursday night, Jon came over and helped me make some wedding soup. I had never made it before, and I did not have a recipie... so I was just hoping that I had absorbed some of my mother's magic. On Friday, we had a soup and salad luncheon at school, so I took it there... and I guess I DID get some of that finesse because that soup was GONE. I mean... GONE.
I tried some of it too, and it was pretty good. Not quite my mom's, but it was yummy.
On Friday, I went to Jon's and attempted to nurse him back to help with some of the soup, but instead, I caught his cold and now paying for it, but we will get to that later.
Nick came over and we sat around and chatted for awhile. I watched wife swap and a show on professional ballroom dancing while they did.... I dont know what they did... I was rather involved in both.
Sat was a really good day. Me, Nick, Jon, Lauren, Dave, Josh, and Leslie volunteered for GoodWorks. They have recently moved their storage building into a broken down warehouse right by Renacad... unfortunately for us, it meant we were more or less "outside" all day. The windows were broken and the ceiling caving in. Don't worry, we all signed a release form.
Nick and I teamed up and went for two windows which were broken. They had large sheets (would you call them sheets?) of compressed cardboard type material which we cut to fit the windows.
We cut them with a circular saw.
teehee.
Now, when the project manager asked if we had experience with a circular saw, I immediately said yes. But the truth was that while I was comfortable with using one... someone had to tell me HOW to use it. We got some instruction from the guy and off we went. I must admit, I am good with a circular saw. It was a lot of fun, and I still have all of my fingers. So does Nick, for that matter.
After that, we used screw guns to screw in the board.
While we were doing that, most of the rest of us were screwing in plywood to secure a "room". Josh spent most of his day doing that, and I think he liked it. Dave "supervised" and handed him screws. Slacker.
In the other room (which, by the way, reminded me of that really scary show they used to play on MTV where they would take people to abandoned hospitals and jails and stuff and have them walk around with cameras and things), people put plastic over the windows and swept dirt off of the floor. Afterwards, we framed out two rooms... who knew how easy it was to build a room! I suck terribly at nailing... I think its a depth perception thing... but we had a good time.
My body was ACHING afterwards, so while we ate ice cream at DQ, we made plans for that night to have a hot tub party.
I drove home from p-ville and jumped into the shower. I do get somewhat of a perverse joy out of seeing dirt run off of my body.
I drove BACK to p-ville where we (me, Les, Josh, and Nick) went to see Pan's Labyrinth at the Colonial Theater. First of all, SUCH a cool place to see movies. It makes me ache for the days I never saw, where going to the movies was a glamorous event where you dressed up and wore pearls and hats and furs. We decided we MUST start frequenting it.
The movie itself was.... to paraphrase Graham... disturbingly awesome. I highly recommend it, but beware for the amputation scene. It is one of those "no way are they going to show us that"... and then they do. Ouch.
So then (this is a long day, even in writing!) we drove back to my place and went in the hot tub. It felt soooooooo wonderful... however our new hot tub is not meant for 4 or 5 normal sized people. I think it is probably best with 3 max. 2 if no one has clothes on though. :)
Jon slept over (in my room, I took Chris' cuz he was not home yet) and we went to church together on Sunday. It is interesting to get an "outsiders" perspective. He is used to presbyterian churches and "classic" services... Calvary is not really either of those things. He says he liked it and was interested in going again, perhaps when they start 1 John. Looks like its back to going to church alone for awhile. :(
On Sunday the scripture was 2 Peter 2... which talks about false teachers within the body of Christ. It was interesting because there are a number of parts in there which can lend credo to the idea that you are either God's child, or you are not, that it is, indeed, not a choice.... that it is final, done, decided, and you have nothing to do with it. As much as it is a scary thing, its a beautiful thing to realize that you are not really in control of your life. At least, not the major trends and big things.
After church, we had choir rehersal from 2:30 until about 5:15 or so.... it was long and I am a bit fretful about our upcoming concert. There are a few songs that are - lets just say - awful. Terrible. Suck-tastic. We shall see, though.
That night, Jon helped me procrastinate and then I left for Harrisburg around 8:15. I got there around 9:30 (who says I drive fast?) and checked into the Best Western. From there, Graham checked in on me and we sat around for awhile talking and half-watching tv.
I went to bed around 11ish and got up at a bright and early 6 to go off to proctor PSSA testing. As much as I would love to go off on PSSA testing, I feel like this post is getting too long anyway.
So let's just say I proctored, and we had an okay time, and I really did not get any work done... but I was allowed to go home around 2 because, as I said before, I caught Jon's cold. I woke up on Monday a bass, and our site leader felt bad for me, so I was allowed to leave. Three people stayed behind, and I am actually kind of concerned because IT IS SNOWING !
Speaking of which, I got up, again, bright and early today to go to work. They let us leave around 10:45 for an early dismissal. Of course everyone says, why dismiss us early, its not like kids are there... but WE are there!!!! Is our safety not important?!?!??!!
I got home and proceeded to continue working on school....
Oh wait...
No, actually, I played Zelda for almost 2 hours, then watching Heroes from last night, then scanned through DOOL fairly quickly... and now I am here, procrastinating again, attempting to grade papers, but instead writing this. Lovely.
There is more to write, but not in here, so I will start a new post, I think...
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