Friday, October 07, 2005
friday night
it’s friday night and another week is done… with only Sabbath left, of course. i’m looking forward to tomorrow’s sermon. alan‘s gonna be speaking at the grove so i know it’ll be good…
yesterday, i found out one of my students is jewish, and i told him how my family used to light the menorah every friday night. no, not the hanukkah menorah, but the 7-candle weekly menorah.
later that night, i started reminiscing… how we’d go home earlier than most days, and spend the time cleaning the house and preparing for the Sabbath. it was such a big deal growing up. i’d have to clean my room, clean the living room, and have my clothes all picked out and ready to go - i’d even have to go to the garage and polish my shoes for church! my mom would have potato corn chowder on the stove and it would tempt me.... and then, when the sun went down, even if we weren’t done cleaning (and boy, would we get in trouble for that!) we’d stop, and have family worship to bring in the Sabbath. even our pets would participate in worship! bubbles -always- sang along with any hymn we’d sing =) then we’d get to eat the good food =) and we’d sit around the dinner table, light the menorah, recite the fourth commandment, and then bless the food.
as stressful as the clean-the-entire-house-before-the-sun-goes-down was, i look back on that time with fond memories. as i grew up, we got more involved in church and school, and i’d have vespers to attend (or even be in charge of) and we were home less often on friday nights. we would still have dinners like that every once in the while, but they weren’t the same… and especially now, as i live on my own, i find that i miss that. Sabbath used to be a celebration, something we’d fervently prepare for… and now, it’s almost just like any other day in the week =/ it’s too bad… i really enjoyed those times. i guess it’s one of those things i wonder if i’ll do for my children, y’know, having our family have our special nights together. i really hope so.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
picture day
just like when i was in high school myself, i TOTALLY forgot that today was picture day… it doesn’t help that i showered right before i slept and so when i woke up it looked like my hair was plastered to the right side of my head in directions i didn’t want it to go. nor that i didn’t get alotta sleep last night.
but that’s okay. i just went into the bathroom to pull at my hair a little bit and then i went on over to the picture room, which happened to be empty, so apparently i beat the middle school rush. i’ll be bringing my students over later, but i figured, hey i can get my picture in. and then - i asked for an ID card. i got one last year from bloomington, it says “Ms. Puen” on it. but.... the company here isn’t used to doing staff cards, so i -might- just get an id card with just my name on it. i mean, no one here calls me ms. puen anyways.
that would so rock if i got a high school ID card with just my name on it. i never have problems passing as a student =) =)
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
double decker - yuck!
ughh.. i should remember never to eat a taco bell double decker taco! what was i thinking getting meat at a fast food place? i’m telling you, my stomach is veggie unless i’m eating korean bbq beef =) hahahah....
but yah, my stomach has been outta commission all day cuz of the taco i had last night, suck, huh? so i missed my classes after lunch cuz i didn’t wanna risk throwing up in school… and i just came home and slept instead.
perry came over after work to get me some ‘juice it up’ with protein, trying to ease my stomach back in… it was very sweet of him to get me to stater bros also, cuz we all know i woulda starved at home just sitting here instead of driving myself the block over to staters, just to get me a banana so i can fill up my tummy with healthy goodness. so yah, now i’m armed with orange juice (lotsa pulp!), some bananas, and some microwave dinners so i can try to start eating again. it even looks like i’ll have breakfast in the morning! yay! life is lookin’ up again… hahhahaah… so dramatic, i know… but now i’ll be able to coach the girls vball practice, since their coach is out for the week and i volunteered to help out, ‘cept i went home early today =/ so yah… tomorrow, i have high hopes. back to normal, being active, and stuffing my face with food… hopefully…
it’ll be a while before i ‘taco bell’ again!