On The Bandwagon

It seems like everyone is jumping on the Engagement Bandwagon. Within a month of each other, my two best friends BOTH got engaged (Jen on New Year's Eve and Becky over the weekend). But, you won't see me hitching a ride any time soon. That would require actually dating someone and dating him for at least one year. I am very happy for my newly engaged friends. I wish them a long, loving, Christ-centered life together. God's blessings to Jen & Brandon and Becky & Jon.

Moving Day

This afternoon, about a dozen of us are moving into Annex #2 (about 2 blocks away from the main office). We are rapidly outgrowing our current space, but the new office in Baldwin Park just started construction and won't be finished til August (at the earliest). I walked over to the place yesterday. There's not much to see. It's a little shack with no windows. But it's only temporary (for the next 6 months or so). This is the second annex. The first one opened about a year and a half ago next door. Our firm is up to 99 persons, which is practically double what it was when I started 3 years ago. And we keep hiring more! One would wonder why we hire more bodies than the building can hold. At this rate, we're going to outgrow our new office before we ever move in!

A Prayer for Beth

If you have a chance today, please pray for Beth Schumacher, Jen's aunt and member of our church. She was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple weeks ago and is having surgery this afternoon.

A Funny Thing Happened...

A funny thing happened at church on Sunday. I was sitting up in the balcony because the choir had to sing. After we finished our songs, I thought I'd go downstairs and sit with my family for the rest of the service. So, during the sermon hymn, I gathered my things and made my way downstairs. I was about 2 steps from the bottom when my feet went out from under me. Down I went, right on my butt. The ushers heard the loud thump and came rushing over, probably thinking I was one of the old ladies. I was so confused as to what could have made me fall, when I look about two feet away and see the heel of my favorite pair of shoes. The ushers helped me up and to gather my things. I then hobbled my way to my family's pew. It's not easy to walk when one heel is 3" higher than the other one. I am sad to have to throw away my favorite pair of shoes, but they were about 10 years old.

Forgetfullness

I'd think I'd lose my head if it wasn't screwed on tight enough. I've been so forgetful the past couple of days. On Wednesday, I was halfway to church after work, when I realized that I left some forms that I need to hand in so I could chaperone the District High School Youth Gathering. Several times I tried to leave work without my purse or my keys. I'm blaming it on my head cold. Not enough oxygen is reaching my brain.

Go, Go, Go Joseph

Last night I went to see "Joseph & the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat". It was quite a good production. Very "colorful". I think this is the third professional production I've seen. It's always interesting (at least to me) to see the differences between the production such as sets, costumes, and small nuances. For instance in this production, when the audience is introduced to Jacob, he's talking on a cell phone. If I had one critical thing to say about it, it would be that during several of the "Big Dance Numbers" there was so much going on between the principal dancers, those in the background, and the kids, I wasn't sure what to focus my eyes on.

A Phone Story

So you want to know what happened to my phone? Well, I didn't drop it in the toilet. When I went to Cantata rehearsal last Thursday night, I was getting out of my car and grabbing all my stuff, but I couldn't find my phone anywhere. It wasn't in my purse, it wasn't in any of my pockets, it wasn't laying anywhere in the car. I didn't worry about it too, much because I just figured that I had left it at home (though I was pretty sure I grabbed it in the morning) or else it's on my desk at work. When I got home, I looked all over my apartment, but couldn't find it. So, I must have left it at work. When I got to work Friday morning, my phone was not anywhere near my desk. Now I'm starting to freak out a little bit. I went out to my car again to look for thoroughly. Nothing. When I came back in, one of my coworkers sent out an email around the office asking if anyone had lost a phone. He had found one in the parking lot the night before. So I went over to his desk, "it's my phone!". The outside casing was a bit scratched up, but more or less it looked like my phone. I flipped it open and quickly noticed that the screen looked different. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the LCD screen had cracked and nothing was visible. The phone still worked in that I could still call people, but I could not see who I was calling or access my contacts or anything. So, that is why I had to get a new phone. I dropped it in the parking lot and it probably got ran over by a car.

Busy Bee

I know, I know I haven't posted in a while. So much has been going on that it has left little time to post. Well, Wednesday was my birthday, the big 2-7! Between work and choir practices, I barely had time to celebrate. But Becky took me out to lunch, I received two separate Birthday deliveries from my parents at work (a bouquet of flowers and a beautiful necklace). After work it was straight to church for The Way band practice and Choir rehearsal. I finally got home around 9ish when I ate dinner (leftovers from lunch) and fixed my self a peppermartini (that's a peppermint flavored martini - though it does tasted a little like cough syrup until I watered it down - leftover from New Year's). Friday was our annual Epiphany Cantata. It went pretty well (a few trouble spots in the middle) and MUCH better than the full rehearsal we had the previous night. Saturday I had to get a new cell phone (that's a whole other story in itself), then I got a haircut and took down all my Christmas decorations. Sunday I taught my very first sunday school lesson to 3rd & 4th graders by watching parts of Fiddler on the Roof. So now it is monday again and all my weekly activities (some of which were on hiatus for the holidays) are back in full swing, beginning with a Youth Board meeting tonight at 7.

Thank You

Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! Yes, today is my 27th Birthday. I thank God for all that he has blessed me with in the last 27 years. I'm afraid I won't have the most exciting birthday as I have to work, then go to Way practice, then to Choir practice and finally get home around 9. I probably will celebrate with a piece of leftover cheesecake from New Years (and perhaps invite over a few of my neighbors if they are still up). Gone are the days when I could invite my entire class to Showbiz Pizza, sit on a throne with my birthday crown, and be sung to by an oversized bear who plays a guitar.