various and sundry
So, the government is shut down, huh? I'm all for making a stand and sticking to your guns, but I'm not really okay with the fact that a bunch of people don't currently have their jobs or paychecks, and are likely struggling because of it, when those making the decision to shut down the government don't have to suffer the consequences themselves. I'm thinking about and praying for all of you who are affected. Very thankfully, life continues in my world as normal.
What is normal in my world, you ask? Well since I am a giant failure at posting with any regularity,
+ I think it's safe to say that I have officially become a true player of World of Warcraft. I have spent a lot of time being secretly ashamed of this and worrying what people would think of me if they knew, but you know what? I enjoy it, so why not just admit it. Playing this game started out for me as a way to learn about something that Jason really enjoys and provide another outlet for us to spend more time together. And while it continues to serve that purpose, it's also become something I'm pretty good at and quite enjoy. It's not something I'll always have time for in my life, so I figure I'll enjoy the heck out of playing right now while I can. We've even joined a guild and a raid team, so two nights a week are spent fighting raid bosses with a group of eight other people. Yep, I'm a nerd.
+ I have also recently joined Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). Funny how it all worked out. I haven't been involved with a bible study since I left GAMe in April of 2012, other than one Jason and I halfheartedly did together this past spring. I had been wanting to find a study group for awhile, and while sitting in church a few Sundays ago, I told myself I was going to seriously start a search. The following Tuesday night, I went to a fundraising event for the American Heart Association for work and randomly - or not so randomly, since I don't believe it was a coincidence - ran into a girl I knew from GAMe that I hadn't seen in several months. Her first two questions to me were, in rapid succession, "how are you?" and "are you in a bible study?" At which point I said, "No, but I'd like to find one. Do you have one you can suggest?" So she told me about BSF, I went the following Monday night and every Monday night since. It's been so good to dig deep again.
+ My adventures in knitting continue ever so slowly. I recently finished my third knitting project to-date. It's a hat that goes with a scarf I made last winter. I think I may do one more pattern out of my beginners knitting book, and then start trying to do some fun things. I'm teaching myself how to knit pretty much by YouTube videos, so I find myself scared to try anything too crazy. Knitting patterns and their weird abbreviations are still kind of like gibberish to me.
Here's the hat I made!
+ A couple weekends ago my best girlfriends (minus enigmaticblues, who was sick) came up to Omaha for a very belated birthday celebration. We tried our hand at painting at a local art shop. I found the instruction we got in the class to be very disappointing, but it was a good time nonetheless. My painting turned out...better than I expected. It's passable, which is saying something given my lack of artistic ability. I have a credit for another class due to Jerusha not being able to make it, so hopefully she and I can take another class together.
I present to you the Mug of Love
+ I took a few of my grandmother's Hummels after she passed away. I don't really love Hummels, but she had a whole collection, and I wanted something tangible to remember her by. Problem was, I didn't really have anywhere to display them. So when you have nowhere to display three relatively tiny Hummels, what do you do? Why, you buy a whole corner display shelf for your living room, that's what! I was rather thrilled to find something cheap that would fit in the limited 12 inches of space I have between the wall and the vent that sticks out from the baseboard.
+ My parents were in town Sunday and Monday. They had their 40th high school reunion in Kansas this weekend and drove up to visit me before they flew home. I don't know if I've mentioned it here, by my dad is currently unemployed and is on a job hunt. He actually received an offer from a company here in Omaha and went for a visit on Monday morning. He ended up turning the job down for various reasons. I find myself equal parts sad and relieved that they won't be moving here.
+ Work is weird right now. Thanks to a rather big audit that used to keep me crazy busy this time of year being moved up to March this year, I don't have much of anything going on right now. I've been making little projects for myself, but I can't honestly remember the last time I've had this little to do. It's kind of killing my motivation, as well as any hopes I had of making my chargeable hour goals for my bonus this year. But I've determined to enjoy it while it lasts because give it a few weeks and I'll be swamped straight through to the end of the year, and then it will be tax season again. Not looking forward to that.
And I think that's enough highlights for now. Time to find some motivation and some chargeable hours here at work today.
What is normal in my world, you ask? Well since I am a giant failure at posting with any regularity,
+ I think it's safe to say that I have officially become a true player of World of Warcraft. I have spent a lot of time being secretly ashamed of this and worrying what people would think of me if they knew, but you know what? I enjoy it, so why not just admit it. Playing this game started out for me as a way to learn about something that Jason really enjoys and provide another outlet for us to spend more time together. And while it continues to serve that purpose, it's also become something I'm pretty good at and quite enjoy. It's not something I'll always have time for in my life, so I figure I'll enjoy the heck out of playing right now while I can. We've even joined a guild and a raid team, so two nights a week are spent fighting raid bosses with a group of eight other people. Yep, I'm a nerd.
+ I have also recently joined Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). Funny how it all worked out. I haven't been involved with a bible study since I left GAMe in April of 2012, other than one Jason and I halfheartedly did together this past spring. I had been wanting to find a study group for awhile, and while sitting in church a few Sundays ago, I told myself I was going to seriously start a search. The following Tuesday night, I went to a fundraising event for the American Heart Association for work and randomly - or not so randomly, since I don't believe it was a coincidence - ran into a girl I knew from GAMe that I hadn't seen in several months. Her first two questions to me were, in rapid succession, "how are you?" and "are you in a bible study?" At which point I said, "No, but I'd like to find one. Do you have one you can suggest?" So she told me about BSF, I went the following Monday night and every Monday night since. It's been so good to dig deep again.
+ My adventures in knitting continue ever so slowly. I recently finished my third knitting project to-date. It's a hat that goes with a scarf I made last winter. I think I may do one more pattern out of my beginners knitting book, and then start trying to do some fun things. I'm teaching myself how to knit pretty much by YouTube videos, so I find myself scared to try anything too crazy. Knitting patterns and their weird abbreviations are still kind of like gibberish to me.
Here's the hat I made!
+ A couple weekends ago my best girlfriends (minus enigmaticblues, who was sick) came up to Omaha for a very belated birthday celebration. We tried our hand at painting at a local art shop. I found the instruction we got in the class to be very disappointing, but it was a good time nonetheless. My painting turned out...better than I expected. It's passable, which is saying something given my lack of artistic ability. I have a credit for another class due to Jerusha not being able to make it, so hopefully she and I can take another class together.
I present to you the Mug of Love
+ I took a few of my grandmother's Hummels after she passed away. I don't really love Hummels, but she had a whole collection, and I wanted something tangible to remember her by. Problem was, I didn't really have anywhere to display them. So when you have nowhere to display three relatively tiny Hummels, what do you do? Why, you buy a whole corner display shelf for your living room, that's what! I was rather thrilled to find something cheap that would fit in the limited 12 inches of space I have between the wall and the vent that sticks out from the baseboard.
+ My parents were in town Sunday and Monday. They had their 40th high school reunion in Kansas this weekend and drove up to visit me before they flew home. I don't know if I've mentioned it here, by my dad is currently unemployed and is on a job hunt. He actually received an offer from a company here in Omaha and went for a visit on Monday morning. He ended up turning the job down for various reasons. I find myself equal parts sad and relieved that they won't be moving here.
+ Work is weird right now. Thanks to a rather big audit that used to keep me crazy busy this time of year being moved up to March this year, I don't have much of anything going on right now. I've been making little projects for myself, but I can't honestly remember the last time I've had this little to do. It's kind of killing my motivation, as well as any hopes I had of making my chargeable hour goals for my bonus this year. But I've determined to enjoy it while it lasts because give it a few weeks and I'll be swamped straight through to the end of the year, and then it will be tax season again. Not looking forward to that.
And I think that's enough highlights for now. Time to find some motivation and some chargeable hours here at work today.