Slow Day
Ah yes, well. I know these haven't really been coming out regularly but I've got to tell you dear reader... it's been crazy crazy.
Which is why, I suppose I'm a little happy for the way things turned out today. See we're waiting on our clients for revisions and stuff in the office today but they aren't really replying... so we're kind of just sitting around, watching youtube and checking facebook. Seriously. All day. Which is good because I haven't really been in a working mood for these past couple of weeks. I think it might have a lot to do with the projects. No really interesting projects coming through my workflow lately. All just mundane revision stuff and text and color changes and moving of the pictures in the lay out and all that stuff.
I do miss drawing. Immensely. I doodle at work when I can. My Job Orders are muddled with little cartoon faces all over the side. I'm pretty sure thats some form of unprofessionalism. I can imagine my AE going "what the heck is up with this dude just drawing over all these official documents and such? Crazy guy.
When I do get home I end up working on ministry stuff to. So In a certain sense the work doesn't really end. I don't think i did a good job of handling that though. I really feel like the info could've come earlier and that all this stuff should've been done a month ago but no one was calling meetings and I only got the final copy last weekend. I'm really hoping that despite that Missions Month is going to go well. I just got a couple of texts concerning revisions to the designs. I need to finish that tonight I think, so it can get printed. Yikes.
Domestic life... could be better. I feel like we're all doing really well but the house is still a mess. The problem is I think we've begun to settle and we're in this place where it seems like we're okay with the just living in a house dominated by box forts and junk. We have not had a family dinner at home since we moved. That is kind of sad. I miss my family and I miss cooking. GUH. Frustration. Seriously. I'm a little sad for mom. I know that she's been itching itching itching for a nice house and a good kitchen, and we see or friends place and I can see that look on mom's face and I know that she's thinking... "When will I ever have a kitchen like this?" and I don't know if I'll ever be able to provide her with a kitchen like that. Hey, if anyone is willing to donate a kitchen to our family or something... please do give us a ring. Do it soon while all of our stuff are still in boxes... Hahaha
The shelves, are supposedly coming this weekend, so I'm going to be at home in the morning to fix house. I also need to buy some filing boxes for my room. Liam and I are planning to just get all our stuff, pack them in nicer boxes and throw a tarp over it or something. I don't know if I still want to be unpacking stuff anyway. I've lived the past 3 or so months with all my stuff in boxes... I'm beginning to think I might not even need any of that old crap. I don't know. A tiny part of me feels like a lot of the stuff we have should just go up in smoke so we would be forced to start fresh. Oh my pack-rat dad and his pack-rat genes.
I've been seeing people often so thats really good. Although I have really missed Aaron. Happy birthday lovely-boy. I'll see you saturday evening. I know I still owe people a lot of meet ups and such. I've been swamped. I keep thinking about if I'm ever going to be able to find myself in a more normal situation... normal 8 to 5 type stuff. Where I might have time to actually engage in a hobby. I don't know. Dreaming is free.
5pm can't get here fast enough. I've been watching cooking shows, and drum videos, and bass covers of Jamiroquai songs, and I'm thinking about listening to all these new podcasts I've gotten recently.
Okay... serious bit of stuff. I haven't really spoken with God for quite some time. I listen to a lot of sermons and devotionals and such but... just spending time to read myself, and speak to Him... haven't really been able to do that recently. That's not good and it's made me feel disconnected. I was actually doing quite well already I think... but... I dont know. Late nights, are not a pretty thing. I need to take better care of myself, my health and my soul and all that. I've been saying that over and over again but this week has been a struggle on that front. Hrm.
Pray pray pray. I know you've got a handle on this God. I know you're on top of it.
__________
PS. So... I was listening to the Sidebar art podcast and they were interviewing the concept artist of starcraft and world of warcraft... and it was this brash dude who was all foul mouthed and stuff... but then during the course of the interview he started talking about how he was a wreck when he was a kid and that it was because of his relation ship with God and Jesus that he was able to get out of it and take care of himself and his family. That was really unexpected! Like he would be that last person I'd think to say something like that but it was a real blessing when he did say it. So that was kind of cool
Which is why, I suppose I'm a little happy for the way things turned out today. See we're waiting on our clients for revisions and stuff in the office today but they aren't really replying... so we're kind of just sitting around, watching youtube and checking facebook. Seriously. All day. Which is good because I haven't really been in a working mood for these past couple of weeks. I think it might have a lot to do with the projects. No really interesting projects coming through my workflow lately. All just mundane revision stuff and text and color changes and moving of the pictures in the lay out and all that stuff.
I do miss drawing. Immensely. I doodle at work when I can. My Job Orders are muddled with little cartoon faces all over the side. I'm pretty sure thats some form of unprofessionalism. I can imagine my AE going "what the heck is up with this dude just drawing over all these official documents and such? Crazy guy.
When I do get home I end up working on ministry stuff to. So In a certain sense the work doesn't really end. I don't think i did a good job of handling that though. I really feel like the info could've come earlier and that all this stuff should've been done a month ago but no one was calling meetings and I only got the final copy last weekend. I'm really hoping that despite that Missions Month is going to go well. I just got a couple of texts concerning revisions to the designs. I need to finish that tonight I think, so it can get printed. Yikes.
Domestic life... could be better. I feel like we're all doing really well but the house is still a mess. The problem is I think we've begun to settle and we're in this place where it seems like we're okay with the just living in a house dominated by box forts and junk. We have not had a family dinner at home since we moved. That is kind of sad. I miss my family and I miss cooking. GUH. Frustration. Seriously. I'm a little sad for mom. I know that she's been itching itching itching for a nice house and a good kitchen, and we see or friends place and I can see that look on mom's face and I know that she's thinking... "When will I ever have a kitchen like this?" and I don't know if I'll ever be able to provide her with a kitchen like that. Hey, if anyone is willing to donate a kitchen to our family or something... please do give us a ring. Do it soon while all of our stuff are still in boxes... Hahaha
The shelves, are supposedly coming this weekend, so I'm going to be at home in the morning to fix house. I also need to buy some filing boxes for my room. Liam and I are planning to just get all our stuff, pack them in nicer boxes and throw a tarp over it or something. I don't know if I still want to be unpacking stuff anyway. I've lived the past 3 or so months with all my stuff in boxes... I'm beginning to think I might not even need any of that old crap. I don't know. A tiny part of me feels like a lot of the stuff we have should just go up in smoke so we would be forced to start fresh. Oh my pack-rat dad and his pack-rat genes.
I've been seeing people often so thats really good. Although I have really missed Aaron. Happy birthday lovely-boy. I'll see you saturday evening. I know I still owe people a lot of meet ups and such. I've been swamped. I keep thinking about if I'm ever going to be able to find myself in a more normal situation... normal 8 to 5 type stuff. Where I might have time to actually engage in a hobby. I don't know. Dreaming is free.
5pm can't get here fast enough. I've been watching cooking shows, and drum videos, and bass covers of Jamiroquai songs, and I'm thinking about listening to all these new podcasts I've gotten recently.
Okay... serious bit of stuff. I haven't really spoken with God for quite some time. I listen to a lot of sermons and devotionals and such but... just spending time to read myself, and speak to Him... haven't really been able to do that recently. That's not good and it's made me feel disconnected. I was actually doing quite well already I think... but... I dont know. Late nights, are not a pretty thing. I need to take better care of myself, my health and my soul and all that. I've been saying that over and over again but this week has been a struggle on that front. Hrm.
Pray pray pray. I know you've got a handle on this God. I know you're on top of it.
__________
PS. So... I was listening to the Sidebar art podcast and they were interviewing the concept artist of starcraft and world of warcraft... and it was this brash dude who was all foul mouthed and stuff... but then during the course of the interview he started talking about how he was a wreck when he was a kid and that it was because of his relation ship with God and Jesus that he was able to get out of it and take care of himself and his family. That was really unexpected! Like he would be that last person I'd think to say something like that but it was a real blessing when he did say it. So that was kind of cool