Keeping Busy On Day 2 (Friday)

Thankfully, there was a good reason to get up early in the middle of this potentially wasted weekend. No, not Black Friday sales. I had a faint interest in finding a good deal on an air compressor, but too faint. Drey-dog is in town this week and we had alot to catch up on. How I left a restaurant without getting a picture of the food...I'll never know.

Next was another great opportunity to keep busy. I was recruited to help with picking up and arranging plants and other decorations for the church sanctuary with our resident decorator, Paul. Paul is getting to that stage in life where driving needs to be reconsidered. Sunday will be his last day behind the wheel, but since the plants we had to pick up were all the way in Eureka, he got a head start on the passenger thing. Driving to Eureka is so boring anyway, you really need a traveling buddy.

The communication issues we had with the lady at the greenhouse were astounding. Honestly, there are few things in life more frustrating than someone who does not even attempt to speak on the same wavelength as you. It was like there was a time delay in every response. If we asked a question, the answer came two responses later...every time. It's one type of example of times when I get fascinated at the idea of figuring out why people have certain behaviors, learned over time by many different situations.

The wreaths outside and crimping table inside reminded me of church youth group years ago. The fam spent alot of hours putting together real Christmas wreaths in the basement of our church to sell and raise money for youth trips. I wasn't allowed to use the crimper back then, so I was a little tempted to try it out. Don't worry, I still have all my fingers.

As always, where I really enjoy being, most days, is at church. So it was fitting that I got to spend some time on a boring weekend setting up something there. Paul had to be just as patient with me as I did with him. He has meticulous standards for how things should look, and I'm kinda dense. Looked pretty good in the end, but there is more coming.
Productivity was had, even though it was REALLY, REALLY slow. It took me the rest of the day to catch up on bills and records so that my budgeting can get back on track. I now know exactly how much I don't have for Christmas gifts this year.

Earlier in the day, a friend who I called couldn't seem to hear my voice. I thought it was just a fluke until it embarrassingly happened again. The problem seemed to be a crack near the base, undoubtedly covering another loose connection behind it, all caused by dropping my phone this morning for the 187th time. Squeezing the case seemed to take care of the problem, so one of clamps I borrowed from dad to help with break work continued to prove useful.Did you know that when you put a clamp on something, it squishes BOTH sides of the object you are clamping? Ya it does.

It seemed to be all better (with the exception of some new permanently squished keys) until I tried to leave voicemails with two people this morning and got that sassy voicemail lady's voice interrupting me with "I did not get your message". :-P