Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Things Running Through My Mind Lately...

1. Illness: I had a fever Saturday morning. I got someone to cover me at high ropes and then spent the morning wrapped up in blankets and napping. I felt good enough by the afternoon to actually work, so I just wore a hat, scarf, and coat to sweat the rest of the fever out, even though it was a very warm day. I had to explain my choice of outfit to several people, and they all seemed to be concerned for me, even up to the next day or so. But I tend to be really stubborn with illness and try to get over it as fast as possible (unless, of course, I need to avoid something, like an exam, but there's nothing that I want to avoid here). Like my last mission trip to Peru, I got the flu or something, and I spent an entire night throwing up, and the next day I just didn't eat anything besides Gatorade, rice, and crackers, but I was fine. The guys who got sick on the trip stayed sick for days, and we had the same exact bug. However, the weather has since went south for the winter, and I think I'm catching a cold.

2. New Guy: We're getting a new guy tomorrow. He's Lance Ford's (the author) son. His name is Jordan.

3. My Stregnths: Last Thursday I went to the monthly youth pastor gathering. I was really disappointed that it wasn't in the underground Chick-Fil-A like it was last month. There's only one Chick-Fil-A in Nebraska, and it's inside the Mutual of Omaha bank, so you actually can only go there if you work there or you're invited. I've never had Chick-Fil-A, but I've really wanted to try it. But anyway, the meeting was at Gallup instead. Gallup created the Stregnthsfinder test, which I had taken previously for the church staff training meeting that happened on Sunday. My top 5 talents are Strategic, Input, Belief, Competition, and Individualization. Because "strategic" is my #1, Adam asked me to go to computer program meetings with him from now on because I might be able to understand the concepts better than he can. The guy that spoke at the youth pastor gathering on Thursday was the same guy that spoke at Relevant's staff training meeting on Sunday. I really got a lot of useful information out of his presentations that I can use both now and well into the future.

4. Pizza: Ate way too much the past couple of days. What can I say, if it's free, I'll eat it!

5. Babies: This morning at the staff meeting I confessed that I couldn't really read the assigned reading for 2 reasons: One, I think LOTR is boring and the book refers to it a lot, and two, I kept on getting distracted by thinking about babies. I was texting BFFL Jessica Patterson yesterday and we both admitted that we missed small children, even though we got strange looks when the two of us were taking care of foster kids in public places.

6. The Floor: Yesterday was supposed to be a day off, but I ended up volunteering to help with the dining hall floor. I got to wash it with acid, which was kinda weird to watch. Then we scrubbed it with shop brooms, then we rinsed and squeegeed it.

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