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Not much new over here, although both Ben and I have been working a lot. The thing that I was frustrated with on Friday got resolved yesterday in two ways...it got delayed and a slight wording addition. Both of which relieved my stress level a ton.

Sunday Sunday

Let's see. Ben played drums again, so during second service I got my hair cut. I really like how it turned out. I might even try to style it in a similar manner. Maybe.
Ben and I also looked at living room furniture after lunch. We saw some stuff we liked and brought home sofa cloth samples to look at. This place is nice because they will do custom entertainment centers, so everything could fit well.

Saturday: nice day/ bonfire

Today was a nice day out. We didn't do much outside, although I did walk through our little forest and pick up some trash. Oh, we also had some windows open.

We went to a bonfire tonight.

Friday: work and intestines

Well, I finally found out that something I've been waiting for at work for over a year finally came through. Yay! I'm not really sure it changes anything right now though.

I had a very frustrating time with someone at work.

But after work I went home and took a nap. Naps cure all stress.

We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Laura was able to join us!

I got these killer cramps afterwards so we canceled our plans of renting a movie. I've been having intestinal problems almost all week after dinner...always to different degrees and only after dinner. I'm not sure what's going on but if it keeps up over the weekend I'll go to the doctor I guess.

Wednesday: joyful day

So yesterday at Bible Study Jess prayed that I would have a joyful day today (it hadn't gotten much better since last week) and it was! I got a nice e-mail from a co-worker, someone else was willing to do something without being cajoled, and other stuff was figured out.

After work we had a group "party" at a local bar/pizza place. That was a lot of fun too...it was nice to see people outside of work a bit.

Tuesday: chicken and rice soup

Ben and I went out to dinner before Bible Study and he ordered chicken and rice soup. It came, and I got a sip...yum. Well, then Ben found mushrooms in it so I got to eat it! Then Bible Study was prayer and game night, and we played a round of gestures. My favorite was the flamico dancer...we had had a ventriloquist a bit earlier so I thought it was this guy dancing and stomping with puppets (instead of castanets).

Monday: Happy Birthday Aaron

Today was Aaron's birthday! We had a small surprise party for him...Here are the surprise people hiding.

Sunday: happy spring?

It snowed today. Not really unexpected given that it is only March, but still a bit sad.

And what I know you've all been anxiously waiting for...the four basic quilt blocks and another Flurry pic.

Saturday: Welcome Spring party

We had a few friends over for a "Welcome Spring" party.

We grilled and had a picnic inside. Note the wild animal that visited us during our party.


It ended up being cool, but still nice enough to play our outdoor spring games. We played two games of croquet and some frisbee golf and a walk around the loop. Then we ended up having dinner (pizza) and playing Shadows over Camelot too. It was fun to be with them for such a significant part of the day...we haven't done that in a while.

So in Shadows we played with a traitor for the first time, and I was it. I was hoping I would get it, but didn't think I would. Anyway, it was rather stressful, pretending to be good but really being bad. Ben found me out near the end of the game, but the rest of the people didn't realize. And I was super close to being able to use the white cards against them, and possibly winning. Oh well, I guess it's good that the good guys won.

Friday: the week

Well, I realized that I hadn't posted in a while. Here's a quick synopsis...

Tuesday: work - blah. Small group party were all the boys hid in the half bath at one point and all the girls hid outside staring into a window.

Wednesday: work - blah.

Thursday: work - goodish. Ben and I went on a date to see Watchmen. It was...dark, but interesting. Could have been a little shorter.

Friday: work - blah. Hung out with Dusty. Laura is still busy at work. :(

Monday: quilt

Flurry trying out the fabric to make sure it is good for lazing around on
The colors

The first squares put together.

Sunday: frisbee

Today was a beautiful day! Clay and Jess called at 4 and we ended up playing ultimate frisbee with a group of friends. We probably ended up only playing ultimate for 20ish minutes though because we were all really out of shape. Then we played a nice game of frisbee golf around the playground (which was rather swampy).

I also got some cloth for my quilt and even cut a few pieces and sewed them together. Pictures tomorrow because I also finally got our picture from church and so I thought I'd post that since it is Sunday after all. I think it turned out pretty cute.

Saturday: happy Pi day!

This year for Pi day we wore circles and Pis,
Ate Pie,
played poker,
and generally enjoyed circles and spheres.

Friday: promotion

I got a promotion! Woot! My manager announced it at the group meeting, surprising myself and the group. I mean, I've been expecting/hoping for it for a while, but after my last conversation with him I really thought it would be a little bit longer. Ben and Dusty and Laura (in spirit) went out for a nice dinner to celebrate.

Thursday

Hmm. I was again late at work. It was weird...Ben needed to stay late these two nights too. It worked well.

I was thinking that this has been a good week hours-wise (as in a normal amount) and then I realized I was just working on the other side than normal. So I'm only a few hours (2-3 hrs) less than normal at this point of the week.

Unfortunately, that's about all of the exciting news. Hmm...Maybe more news than exciting.

Wednedsay

Hmm...it's been longer between posts than I like. All the days sort of feel the same though. I have been "sleeping in" this week though, because I don't feel quite as out of control at work as I have the last several weeks. Although I guess today was a long day again because there is a window between 3:30-7:30pm that I have to work on some specific stuff, so I was there until 7 tonight with that.

Sunday: tablecloth

I finally finished the tablecloth!


Here's a close-up:

Friday

This morning I woke up and my first thought was, "Cool. I woke up without an alarm on a :00!" My next thoughts were to turn my alarm off and note that it was :20. I'm not really sure where my first thought came from.

I left work at 1:30 today. It was great. I got to take a nap and play some Warcraft before dinner.

Thursday: work

Today was oddly like yesterday.

I'm excited it's the weekend soon. It's been a long week. Except I'm said it's Spring Forward on Sunday.

Tuesday: my first text message

I sent my first text message ever. It only took me about five minutes. But it still looked ugly. I don't plan on sending many more.

Monday: more cats

I couldn't decide which was cuter so you get both.

Thanks to Judd and Megan for making their blog wider so I could figure out how to make mine wider so that the whole cat picture now shows up.