I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Get Your Hands Off My Casserole, Or Else!

  • Today, like most Sundays, has been lovely. Krystle, Mandy and I woke up, ate yummy breakfast sandwiches and then headed off to church - arriving EARLY! True, we had set a goal departure time that would have put us at church quite early, but we STUCK to it! It was very exciting :) We wanted to arrive with plenty of time to find seats for the service. In addition to some fabulous organ music and some great old-school songs ("Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee," "Be Thou My Vision," and "My Hope Is Built"), Reverend James Lawson spoke today - he is a relatively famous nonviolence social justice activist and was a good friend of Martin Luther King Jr. It was very cool to hear him. He was relatively soft-spoken but nonetheless powerful. My favorite quote of his today:
"If it is true at all, it is true for all of us." (In reference to being created equal and in the image of God.)

  • After the service, most of our Wesley friends set to work on homework and studying. Krystle and I lounged on the couches, played SET and just talked. It was nice and relaxing :) Plus, the free lunch was yummy. And we had a mini-engineering lesson, where I asked a lot of questions. And Krystle and I taught everyone how to make big snowflakes.
  • Krystle and I left after that, and she took a nap before leaving for home. It was wonderful having her stay :) And then I headed to Target where I found the rainboots I wanted and a new shirt (which is actually a maternity shirt, but you totally can't tell).
  • When I got back, I did some dishes and started making a casserole that would give me lunches for the week. I began with the alfredo sauce...which I promptly burned. Oy. The resulting everything was all thanks to my Dad, who helped me fix the recipe and gave me all the tips to make sure I cooked everything right. And yes, fine, it turned out okay...;) And it should be quite yummy for the rest of the week. Although, even after 2 hours working on it, I was more proud of the fact that I had cleaned all of my dishes than finished the casserole. Ah well :) Thanks Daddy!

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