Picture of the Day

Bean kind of loves watching the mouse on my computer screen.
So, she's sitting so still because she's transfixed.

Sigh. This has seemed like the longest week. I suppose that it should after a week and a half off work, but even today on my day off the minutes have just dragged by. I'm not sure what I'm actually waiting for (if anything) but there you go.

Dan surprised me with a date night yesterday. We ate 3-meals worth of food for $20 at Outback Steakhouse (money back rewards put to good use) and we were going to see a movie at AMC, but the one we wanted was no longer showing. Instead we settled in on the couch for a Netflix night. Simple but unexpectedly sweet evening. We had some good conversation over dinner, which usually seems to be the case when we go out to eat.

For those keeping track, I will only say that Dan was finished with his entire plate while I still had 1/4 of my steak and 2/3 of my baked potato left to eat. Good conversation continued and it was nice.

Monday Recap

I surprised myself last week by...Okay, this is funny. Dan taught me how to do doughnuts in the church parking lot last week. And, it was a lot of fun. And a little ridiculous that I'm nearly 25 and have never (intentionally) done this before.

This weekend I...felt busy. The family left early Friday morning. Dan and I spent the afternoon and evening with friends over at his brother's house. Saturday found us on a double date at the MN Zoo where we took in the grizzly bear exhibit and saw some super cute otters playing around. We had my staff Christmas party after that...where we are always the youngest members, other than the senior high custodians. Sunday was back to work for me with church that morning. We went shoe shopping with Dan, Matt and Alicia and returned a Christmas present (it was a multiple) and now I have money to spend at Borders. :) The evening was spent relaxing and watching a new-to-us series called Dead Like Me on our Netflix stream. We'll see how much we watch but for the moment, the premise is keeping us interested.

This week I...am back to the grind. Class tonight, meetings tomorrow, programming on Wednesday, a youth pastor's training time, and a conference with my volunteer staff on Saturday. It should be a good, engaging week.

Right now I am...
Listening to...Songs from Jacob's Well, Volumes 1 & 11: "Even The Darkness Will Not Be Dark To You" by Mike Crawford and his Secret Siblings. I'm loving it. And may post a more complete review later.
Working on...I have a lot of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I'm getting ready to start work on Wednesday night, so I can concentrate tomorrow. We are starting a four-week series on "Can You Hear Me Now?" Ways that God has given us to communicate with him. This week's topic, prayer, is the only one that I am teaching. The next three will be taught by our student leaders (with me assisting them as they ask me to) on other spiritual disciplines.
Stressed about...not too much today, really. I'm a little stressed about school, with the start of a new quarter. But, really, I thought that I would be stressed yesterday morning but it's pretty amazing how the get-ready-for-church Sunday morning routine sticks with you and becomes less stressful each week.
Blessed by...my relationship with my Senior Pastor being one that is easier than it was, and encouraging to work with a strong woman in a leadership role.

Final Randomocity...good TV starts back up this week. Scrubs is back on Tuesday! :)