the first day
i had a fun new year's. it was with friends (karey, heather, shauna and scott). we ate out at this cute little pan asian place called flying tiger. shaaaan told me about it. i got the shredded duck crepes. awesome. then we went back to my place which was quite squeezie, and ate more foods--thanks to karey and heather, i was super grumpy about it the night before at the grocery store. i just wanted to get out of there and go to bed. anyways heather brought these awesome cheeses with her from squameesh. let me list them for you: smoked gouda, ginger mango stilton, cranberry welslsdkldjslj, and a log of goat cheese blanketed in crushed blueberries. hello.
when we weren't re-stuffing our faces, we were playing pit. pit's a fun game that should be played more often. there were some hilarious moments like when all the spoons were being grabbed but heather was up in scott's face about trading his cards with her properly, totally oblivious to the spoon grab going on around her. that hit my funny bone. karey put her iphone in a bowl to amplify it and we listened to music that way.
today was church. i missed those primary kids. i just love being in primary. it's the place to be man. after primary karey and heather showed up and wordlessly started helping me put the chairs away. yumi looked at me confused. "oh are they having something in here?" she asked. i wasn't sure what she meant but saw she was looking at heather and karey. "oh, no. those are just my friends. they just want me to be able to go home."
we had another cheese and cracker fest back at home in the kitchen.
we talked. we napped.
heather and karey left for squamish but i stayed for stake choir. i insisted on it. choir is my special little thing that makes me feel so good. i need to make time and space for things like that. so i ended up sitting in my same spot in between the same people. and the same people were sitting behind me.
sister ashton gave one of her great speeches about what we're singing. one of the songs is an arrangement of i know my redeemer lives. she challenged us to count how many times the phrase 'he lives' is in the song. it was 27. and she said go home and see what happens when you say 'he lives' 27 times. as she was talking about it a power filled the room. she said we'll try it five times and as she did the spirit swelled up in my heart. it was special.
i was thinking about it on my drive to squameesh. how in that moment, when i feel that way, full of the spirit and totally inspired, in that moment i suddenly want to be better to do better. then i started thinking about this up coming year and all that i want to do and be better at doing.
it's a fresh new year and i'm feeling good about it.
ps. i get my own room because neither karey nor heather can sleep with me despite the breathe right strips that karey got 'me' for christmas. you should see how they make your nose and nostrils widen. it's funny. but although i had big gaping nostrils and could breathe quite well i still snored. so. what are you going to do?
pss. i got new boots and some drapie sweaters.
when we weren't re-stuffing our faces, we were playing pit. pit's a fun game that should be played more often. there were some hilarious moments like when all the spoons were being grabbed but heather was up in scott's face about trading his cards with her properly, totally oblivious to the spoon grab going on around her. that hit my funny bone. karey put her iphone in a bowl to amplify it and we listened to music that way.
today was church. i missed those primary kids. i just love being in primary. it's the place to be man. after primary karey and heather showed up and wordlessly started helping me put the chairs away. yumi looked at me confused. "oh are they having something in here?" she asked. i wasn't sure what she meant but saw she was looking at heather and karey. "oh, no. those are just my friends. they just want me to be able to go home."
we had another cheese and cracker fest back at home in the kitchen.
we talked. we napped.
heather and karey left for squamish but i stayed for stake choir. i insisted on it. choir is my special little thing that makes me feel so good. i need to make time and space for things like that. so i ended up sitting in my same spot in between the same people. and the same people were sitting behind me.
sister ashton gave one of her great speeches about what we're singing. one of the songs is an arrangement of i know my redeemer lives. she challenged us to count how many times the phrase 'he lives' is in the song. it was 27. and she said go home and see what happens when you say 'he lives' 27 times. as she was talking about it a power filled the room. she said we'll try it five times and as she did the spirit swelled up in my heart. it was special.
i was thinking about it on my drive to squameesh. how in that moment, when i feel that way, full of the spirit and totally inspired, in that moment i suddenly want to be better to do better. then i started thinking about this up coming year and all that i want to do and be better at doing.
it's a fresh new year and i'm feeling good about it.
ps. i get my own room because neither karey nor heather can sleep with me despite the breathe right strips that karey got 'me' for christmas. you should see how they make your nose and nostrils widen. it's funny. but although i had big gaping nostrils and could breathe quite well i still snored. so. what are you going to do?
pss. i got new boots and some drapie sweaters.
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