when you are drafted to play for Midweek Advent services and you start figuring out hymn arrangements you can compose for your prelude, offertory, and postlude.
(I spent my healthy walk today dissecting “O Come O Come Emmanuel”.)
Monthly Archives: October 2004
Crocheted Bandages
This morning was Mission Sunday at Jon’s churches and our speaker was from Global Health Ministries. It was an interesting sermon with great stories and when I was perusing his display, I saw a handout on knitted and crocheted bandages. Apparently, these can be used in tropical situations where you’ve got people with leprosy or ulcers on their bodies to cushion the area and protect any dressing that’s been applied.
I have some of the brochures and I can email you the info if you’re interested. It can be a Lenten project (instead of giving up chocolate or something else) or it could be a 4-H or youth group project.
UW vs. USC Game
OK Dawgs… could we like kick a field goal or something so that we’re not completely shut out by USC? I mean… they’re kicking your butts 31-0 and that’s to be expected, but you could at least score a measly 3 points by kicking a ball through a goalpost!
Not All That Surprised
Protected: Working Some Nerves
Restlessness
I’m finally getting over this blasted sinus infection. I probably would have been over it sooner if I’d actually called my P.A. and gotten antibiotics instead of being balled up under the covers moaning when Jon got home on Wednesday from the football game. I’m also hyper-reactive to the decongestant prescribed as well so I had to refuse it at the pharmacy and am having to go with natural methods (nasal washes, hot showers,…)
Yesterday, I slept probably 14 hours almost straight — a sign that my body is fighting off something nasty. Because of this, my sleep schedule is off and my activity schedule is skewed. There is laundry that needs to be sorted and folded (it’s actually exploding out of laundry baskets). There are clothes that need to be washed. There are leaves that need to be raked. There is curriculum that needs to be written. I need to be job-hunting. My study needs to be unpacked (and should have been months ago). The problem: my energy level is so low from sleeping and fighting off this bug. I also want to go for a walk, darn it!
I’m also feeling spiritually restless. I’m doing my morning devotional reading and praying at night. There’s a part of me that wishes that I was having profound theological thoughts or coming up with brilliantly meditative entries. There’s a part of me that would post any spiritual thought that comes, but so much of that is still very personal to me and I don’t want just anyone to read my spiritual musings. (I know… I’ve been blogging for four years and I’m still leery of people reading my personal thoughts.) I’m not as able to be transparent as I used to be, partly because I guess I’m more self-conscious of what people think of me. This is not really a good thing because blogging is frequently how I work out all the mush in my head and make it into something cohesive that I can express. Walking has been one of those times lately but I’m walking less and less these days as life gets crazier and the weather gets yuckier. (With my asthma, I can’t walk if it’s below a certain temperature.)
OK… ending now to take my antibiotics and work on some email or curriculum or something…
Guess God Isn’t A Yankees Fan!
10-3 — Yanks are bye bye bye!
If I wasn’t so sick with this ^*%&$ sinus infection, I’d be dancing. Looks like A-Rod didn’t do squat to help the Yankees.
*evil grin because A-Rod is a dork and has failed since leaving Seattle for more money*