David is constantly upgrading his house, or working on finances, or trying to find ways to spend time with his son. He is a superb man and gives me a lot to reach for. I have a long way to go to get to his level.
Meredith...that's about it.
Ace is young. Youth brings about certain qualities such as unawareness, uncoolness, unusual experiences, and un-(fill in the blank). Ace is at his prime. He'll be ok.
Lyric is unaware too. So unaware of how beautiful she really is. Unaware of the potential she has. Unaware of the family that wouldn't let her jump off a cliff if she was in a speed rocket. Unaware of how much her brother in law prays for her happiness.
Leah is hormonal. Joe still has hair. Temporary phases. I love you both.
I just wanted to see Meredith's face when she saw I didn't write anything about her up there. She knows I can't do that. I could fill up the rest of this blog with the things that Meredith makes me think about. I knew Jas was the one when I met her mother. If Jas has any of her mother's traits, I hope its spontaneity. I struggle with that spur of the moment stuff. I love that Meredith is strong opinionated, even if its wrong. She does everything and nothing. She's a performer and that is where she belongs. She seems to go forth without any fear. Key rules I've learned about Meredith include:
- Don't talk about her cooking.
- Don't dare her to do anything.
- Don't be indecisive around her.
- Don't pray fast.
- Don't act macho around her or you'll tie ribbon.
- Release your inhibitions.
- Dance or be danced on.
- She is blacker than I.
- If she had boots with fur, she would wear them out.
- Ambien is a powerful drug
- So is benedryl
- Parenting is fun...when your hair is hot pink!
So no I can't wait to see Meredith and the gang. They're my favorite.
So as for the rest of my week.
D is for Downhill. (see Brandon's blog below)
Downhill means we had to start up somewhere. Work was sufficiently well I have to practice presenting before professionals. I have a project at work on Arc Flash Hazards and I am basically the project manager and I have been presenting this project to supervisors and soon I will present it to the refinery management. Surprisingly enough my verbal skills when explaining this stuff is comparable to a 14 year old teacher asking a girl to waddle with him on the dance floor. I seem to struggle when I present. So I will be practicing on Jas tonight. I give her 10 seconds until she's tuned me out, but5 minutes until she starts to doze off. It has been fun doing this project and I have a great co-worker who teaches me well. Saturday, I went tosee someone with the missionaries. We talked to them a bit about the prophet Joseph Smith and about the restoration. This lady we were talking to claimed how she had gone to the internet to look up everything. She wondered why she had never heard someone talk about Joseph Smith before. She found it hard to believe and said I'm going to go look it up on the internet. She came back 5 minutes later with something from the infamous Wikipedia. At this point things went from bad to worse. She believed every word it said and said that it was from his own autobiography. Such things mentioned but not limited to were: Joseph Smith hates black people; he had slaves and numerous wives; he started a movement, not a church; and is a hypocrite. At this point the analogy was used: why would you go to a Chevy dealer to buy a Nissan? We tried with all our might to explain that Wikipedia was not a reliable source and that she could visit lds.org for OUR beliefs. She wouldn't listen. That's the part that is disheartening. Closed minded, unreceptive to the Spirit and confrontational. We left ASAP. The downhill slide began. As Ward Mission Leader, I planned a cottage meeting to help answer questions for non-members. A special speaker drove an hour and a half to Beaumont for the event. We didn't have a single one of the target families show up. It was still a good meeting, but unnecessary as far as the purpose of the meeting. I hope something in that last paragraph made sense. It sufficeth to say that the week was an up and down week of events.
I did make A's in my two courses I took this semester.
Jas is still the love of my life. That will never change.
I find it simply amazing that when I'm blogging, words flow freely as if I'm talking. Good thing I can type fast enough for my thoughts. A la prochaine!!
