Ha!

Saturday the van died, with Helen in it, on Post St., near the curb.

Not near enough.

Sunday Maggie and I had to go get it out of impound at the towing companies lot. They happen to be closed on Sunday but would come out there if we were there. We waited about 50 minutes for them.

Maggie towed it home in the jeep and I drove the van... very stressful... very very stressful... it was noon and every church in the world was getting out.

We got home and pushed it into the driveway... a passing guy on a bike helped us push it we were having too much trouble and we were both running out of energy.

We spent the rest of the afternoon watching movies, napping and relaxing. I made taco's for dinner.


Sunday morning I was debating if I should get the van before or after church, I remembered the parable of the guy with a bull in a pit on the Sabbath. Jesus said that the guy would go get the bull even though it was work(you're not supposed to 'work' on the Sabbath). I figured getting the bull was pretty important, since Jesus mentioned that it was the normal thing to do. I am glad I got my bull, otherwise it would have been another night's billing for the towing company.

I am also pleased with how positive Maggie was through the whole ordeal too. She was awesome and a big help and wonderful moral support. She kept me up with her drive and spirit. Even afterwards that evening she was happy since things had turned out well. I was still tied up with how we're going to do things from here out and worrying about bills and money, etc. She made me remember, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matt. 6:34.

From the NIV: Matt 6.

25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. "

I am still worried about things and am making plans, but tempered with the knowledge that God does what he does and will take care of us. God willing those plans will come to fruition for the better and if not, that's ok too.

Saturday's....

I've got to find something to keep me occupied.

Otherwise I either go shopping or end up cleaning. The shopping spends money we don't have and the cleaning is crap I could live without.

Long Long Long Week...

So I'm waiting.

I'm waiting for some test results.

Once I know them I may have to readjust the flow of my life.

Of course these are someone else's results.

And another someone else's test.

But I get to wait.

Another Short update...

I am about a third of the way through the game Overlord... it's good, but it gets boring. There is a lot of running around and smashing things, and there are monsters to kill but it sometimes seems either overly easy or overly hard and in the middle you just spend time running around. I'm gonna try to finish it though...

I spent most of this weekend cleaning. The house was a mess and I wanted to change things around. Two days of cleaning and moving later, the office is much better setup and the back room is now a reading room w/ big comfy chairs and a nice view of the back yard.

Our AC motor is broken and when I get paid that's where most of my paycheck is going.

We captured the kittens that had been living in the garage. We're feeding them and going to put them up on Craig's list once they get a little bigger. For now though they're living in my office and seem to be fairly happy. Our other cats though are not happy w/ the intruders.

Short Update:

Got to go see the "Watchmen" movie this weekend. Was good, left you with a kind of let down feeling though.

Restocked on supplies.

i'm getting sick of cooking & cleaning.

I got some Olivia Series V cigars this weekend too. They are good.

Maggie accused me of playing Warcraft all the time this weekend. What's funny is that I haven't played it in a while, well less than usual. I've gotten kind of burned out on it and so I've been trying to read more. I did get some new games this weekend though; Left4dead, bioshock and overlord. Roughly equivalent to; zombies, underwater zombies, and evil minions.

I am thinking of switching rooms again. Mine is getting too hot. Two PC's and a laptop generate a lot of heat.

Back on topic... so I actually agree w/ Maggie, I have felt dimensionless as far as what I do. No hobbies to speak of and no big outside activities. I had hoped the Food Rescue bread runs would be good but only doing them once a month isn't really enough. Also, with Helen and Maggie gone most weekends, it's not easy to go of and do anything. Helen would be mad if I did something exciting without her. So I'm poking around again for things to do.

In the meantime, I'm doing yard work. I'm starting some sunflowers that I hope to plant close to the light pole out front.

Sermon notes

Well not notes, but doodles...



the Pastor started focused and then the ADD hit and he started to wander and then finished fast... meanwhile... after his wandering started I began to doodle on my church bulliten. I did the cat for maggie and helen. I did the cross next for myself.

and then

I was trying to be entertaining to myself and for a little girl sitting beside me. She just plopped down w/ an angry face next to me. Seems like she was getting teen-angst early. So to kinda comfort her and just to entertain, I showed her my doodles and kept going w/ 'em. It was strange and I wondered about the impression her parents would have... but they looked slightly angry or disinterested too. She did laugh at some of my doodles, and at the spider that really did crawl into the ladies purse in front of us. She frequently went back to angry face though. After the service she took off, which i expected, no need to hang around when you don't want to be happy.

No real update....

Things are pretty much the same as last time. Worried about money, job, life, work, etc. It has turned mostly warm enough now that I can ride my motorcycle to work more. That's been fun.

I think it may rain this afternoon though, i'm not looking forward to that.