Normal Week

I was talking to Mom today and mentioned that I actually have an evening at home- kinda nice! Mom told me with my free time I should update my blog and I replied saying, "but my week has not been overly exciting, it was just a normal week." Granted a normal week is still extremely busy and I am pretty sure I did not make it to bed before midnight any day this week. Anyway, I listen to my mother, so here is my week recap: Last Sunday, August 15th my awesome visiting teachers came over, then I attended a baptism, then I went to a s'mores party. A gal in my ward was moving to Texas for school, so I thought she needed a going away party. I brought the stuff and invited the people and we had a great turnout and a fun evening!

Monday was exercise group and FHE then I worked on my resume and job stuff well into the evening. Yes, I am applying for a new job, but it is in the same exact office I currently work... I would just be a federal employee again, so don't be confused!

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Tuesday was Stake employment night and since I am Ward Employment Specialist I'm kinda committed to going every Tuesday. I enjoy helping others by reviewing resumes, providing job search ideas, and giving interviewing tips, etc, etc. etc. I just wish I had jobs to hand out to people- that would be awesome! Speaking of which, a gal in my ward just got a job which is definitely reason for celebration, so I was on the phone Tuesday evening after employment night trying to coordinate that. I worked more on my own job application stuff well into the evening.

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Wednesday evenings I work in the temple, so I go straight from work to the temple. It is oh so nice to be in the temple every week- I love it! When I got home from the temple, you guessed it, I worked on my job application stuff since it was due the next day!

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Thursday was tennis night. I encourage people of all skill levels to come play. Sometimes we get a big enough crowd to fill a couple courts and other times there are only 3 of us. Thursday there were only three of us, so I pretty much played the role of coach and taught them how to play. It is always a good time! I was able to submit my job application info... with an hour and 5 minutes to spare even! Then it was time to focus on cleaning my house for the party I was throwing the next day.

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Friday I met up with a friend for dinner right after work. Then I went to the store and purchased some goodies, decorations, and a pinata for the party that night. Let's just say I was glad I made it home before people started arriving. Anyway, it was my friend, Katie's, 25th birthday, so I threw her a party. It was a fabulous turnout... 30 people came throughout the evening.

Lisa, Skyler, and David

Nice Artwork Cami!

Birthday Girl

Nice Hats!

I finally kicked Katie out at 2:30am Saturday morning since I had to get up in just over 4 hours, by the time I actually made it to bed, to be on time to my 8:00am appointment the next day. The funny thing was I didn't end up needing to go to my appointment after all! I wanted to get my windshield replaced since there are two big cracks in it. Come to find out they don't do that repair at the dealership- who knew??! So, I got up for nothing- oh well. I came home and cleaned my car, so I guess the time wasn't wasted.

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At 10:30am I met up with some friends in the park where we played some ultimate frisbee and some soccer. We ended up playing 4 on 5 soccer and I was pretty tired when we finished around 12:30pm. I am definitely sore today... mostly from all the bruises rather than sore muscles though, so that is good!

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I had a couple hours before the festivities of the evening so I bought myself some new running shoes. I needed some new shoes if I am serious about running this half marathon in October!

Saturday evening I went to a ward activity at Elsworth Park which is a church owned facility where a lot of socials are held. It has the feel of being in the mountains without being so far away. Anyway, it was a well planned event... we had a bbq, played frisbee, had team contests, had s'mores, walked on a slack line, and overall just enjoyed the company. It was a really fun evening.

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There you have it... my normal week. This coming week is not going to be any different either. I love my life!