a youth lock-in at the church last night meant a night home alone for me. everything is weird when i'm here by myself. the dogs act crazy, i do not bathe b/c i might not hear an intruder with the water running, i stay up uncharacteristically late, and there are waaay too many noises in the dark. i am always glad to see sunlight! but, on the other hand, i'd much rather be here at home by myself than locked in the church with teenagers that do not sleep! now yes...i love teenagers. i love that we have been doing youth ministry at church for 10 years. BUT, i just can not do lock-ins. i am an old fuddy duddy. god bless dustin for having the stamina to lock himself in the church with 25 crazy people for 12 hours! i told him though...there will be no sleeping all day here at the turner house, so hopefully he managed to squeeze in a few hours of rest in the middle of the chaos! we have one week to get all of our work done, and i am accomplishing sooo much more than usual with him here to help me push, lift, carry, throw away, clean, and care for the kids.
i have no new years eve plans. i remember 10 years ago sitting in our apartment in tulsa wondering if the world was going to explode at midnight. i was curious as to which time zone's cross over to the year 2000 would make it happen. i have a video of dustin and i eating steamed spinach in the dark to pretend that the electricity had shut off and all we had to eat was garden food. its hysterical to watch! for six years i struggled living in central time zone especially on new years eve because it was as if the "real" new year had already happened by the time it turned midnight central time. i am an eastern time zoner at heart and always will be. when i moved back i finally felt like i was on time again and not an hour behind.
farewell 2009.
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