Camel Ridin’ and Trap Settin’ Good Times

Hello all! As many of you know, my internet has been off and on the past couple weeks, so I have been unable to catch up on my blog… but don’t you worry, I’m back! My time the past few days has been taken up with preparing a talk for today. So now that is over I feel like I can focus on the other items on my list… like updating my blog and getting Jenny pictures for my book! Last week was pretty exciting, well, for me anyway. Sad when little things like seeing a movie are now considered extremely exciting. I think that is a sign of working too much and not having a life. Anyway, I got to see the movie Wolverine in the “theater” and enjoy some popcorn. Hey, it’s free so I figure I should take advantage of that. I didn’t get home until extremely late and still had to get up for work the next morning, but it was fun. Last week was also very exciting for me because I finally got to ride a camel! I was lead around in a very small circle, but it was still awesome to ride a camel. One neat thing that I was going to write about last week, was I saw a Sheppard out with his sheep. It was cool to see one man, staff in hand, and a whole lot of sheep just following. Those sheep trust the Sheppard and the Sheppard must have known his sheep pretty well because he didn’t seem too concerned that some of them were right on the edge of a busy freeway with a lot of crazy drivers (seriously some of the sheep were about 5 feet away from the edge of the freeway). My thoughts turned to Christ and how He is the ultimate Sheppard. He knows us well and we should trust and follow Him. One neat thing that I was going to write about last week, was I saw a Sheppard out with his sheep. It was cool to see one man, staff in hand, and a whole lot of sheep just following. Those sheep trust the Sheppard and the Sheppard must have known his sheep pretty well because he didn’t seem too concerned that some of them were right on the edge of a busy freeway with a lot of crazy drivers (seriously some of the sheep were about 5 feet away from the edge of the freeway). My thoughts turned to Christ and how He is the ultimate Sheppard. He knows us well and we should trust and follow Him. So, it’s gotten above 100 degrees here several times. Last Sunday, however, was the first and only time I have actually turned on my Air Conditioning. I love being warm! It is going to get unbearably hot here, even for me, fairly soon. For now, I do love that it is about 80 degrees when I walk outside at 4:30 in the morning!

A farewell dinner for a co-worker

Okay, now news from this week. I have had an unwanted roommate this past week – I had a mouse in my apartment. It’s a good thing I don’t freak out at mice, spiders, creepy crawly things, etc, but I definitely don’t like them! The little mouse was rather cute, and I tried to let him live by simply shewing him out of my apartment, but the little guy was too fast for me and came right back inside! I am embarrassed to admit, but when I finally acquired a mousetrap (the regular, nothing fancy about it, mouse trap) it took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to work it! I even had to read the instructions! I’ve never set a mouse trap before- first for everything I guess. Well, after feeding it several times, since the trap never triggered, I finally got him yesterday. I was really sad that I had to kill the cute little guy, but I am glad my guest is no longer here. Thursday I got to come home early (early for me, even though I still worked a 9-1/2 hour day) due to a dust storm. Dust storms are kind of cool. It reminds me of when I fly and we go through a cloud and you are in dense fog. Well, in this case it is sand and not fog, but it looks very similar. It also sounds like it is raining, but it is not rain… it is sand pounding against your car. Oh, and the wind is pretty strong and blowing you all over the road- good times! I can definitely see how a really bad dust storm could be extremely dangerous if you are caught driving in the storm. Okay, so here are my two funny driving stories for you: 1. As I was driving down the freeway there was a police car that was also cruising down the freeway in the same direction as me. The weird thing was, the cop car had its lights on, but wasn’t going fast nor was it pulling anyone over. Seriously, the cop was only going like 120K (which is the speed limit), and everyone was flying by him. So I, too, passed him and went on my merry way. Weird!

2. I was on the freeway heading home the other day when I noticed a bus suddenly pull off to the shoulder and stop. Then I saw a guy exit the bus and hop the freeway cement side barrier and head down the hill. Got to love that buses will literally stop anywhere, even on a freeway! I’m still doing well on my no sugar diet. It’s a good thing I have some raisinets though… otherwise I don’t know if I would be able to stick to it. Okay all you smart people figure out the pattern… 103, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111 HOT! This is the forecast for this coming week. I might even have to turn on the A/C again. I hope it is nice and beautiful for all of you and you are enjoying pretty May Flowers!