Sunday, February 26, 2006

the Olympics

I love the Olympics. I was deprived of watching the Summer Olympics 2 years ago, so I think I made up for it this time around. So much fun! I'm not a huge sports fan, usually, but in the spirit of international glory, I found myself loving the blurbs about who the athletes are and why it is so special for them to be there. For example, I found it very interesting to hear about the first-ever Turkish ice skater. Even as I am watching the closing ceremonies, it is great to see all the athletes having such a good time! As they walked it, it was fun to see them taking photos with their cameras and riding on one anothers' shoulders. Makes me wish I were there. So, Vancouver 2010, here I come? I can only hope! Not to mention I love hearing Dean Martin singing "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore!" Everything is so well choreographed, it is simply a delight to watch these closing ceremonies. Ciao!

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Today's Reminders

I was reminded of several things today. For starters, I'm not a member of the married club. I never really thought how my relationships with my married friends would change when they got married, but man, it stinks to be on this side of that line. This isn'tjust me being a whiner cos I want to be married, tho I do, eventually.

It's not that I have to share my married friends with their spouses, it's that I also have to share them with the rest of the married couples. When I lived in Oklahoma, this was more of an issue. I would want to hang out with my married friends, but often they would be hanging out with other married couples. And it's just a little awkward for a single gal such as myself to be the third, fifth, or seventh wheel in a group like that. I mean, this is all understandable, and it isn't like my married friends are purposely leaving me out of their lives, or purposely being hurtful, it is just a fact of life. And for that, I am a little hurt.

On a different note, pastor Bruce mentioned this morning how he likes Romans because Paul lays out in the first 11 chapters who we are before launching in chapter 12 what we are to do. This has been a lesson in my life for years now, which is so hard for me to grasp and act on. I am usually much more interested in what I can do for God than who I am in Him. But this is a great reminder that God really is more interested in who we are than what we do. It is hard for me, but something I definitely need to remember.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

I've Jumped on the Bandwagon...

Welcome to my blog! It probably won't be very interesting, but perhaps someday it will encourage someone, or give insight into my mostly non-consistent life, or perhaps just give someone something to do every now and again to aleviate some boredom. Ha!

So in professional news, I am now a "temporary permanent sub" at FC, a high school just around the corner from my house. Not where I went to high school, mind you, but actually closer. Which means that I get a daily job (as opposed to not being able to get a job some days) at the same location (as opposed to travelling to 8 different high schools around the city) that pays a little better than being a regular sub! It still isn't enough to support myself, really, if I lived on my own, but thankfully, my parents are generous enough to let me live with them, rent free, for the time being. And as the permanent sub at FC for the next 4 weeks, they give me all the crappy jobs that any normal sub would stay away from. For example, tomorrow I am a special ed assistant, which would normally pay about half of what I'm getting. On Friday, I get earth science, the class that I had at a different school that was just murderous. I prefer to stay away from freshmen, if at all possible, mainly because I don't have the patience for them. So thank you, FC, for the job, but you can keep your freshmen. If only they would listen. But, I'll settle for the regular, higher paying job than staying away from freshmen.