Just a Quick One...

The Goob says that she needs her computer soon, and I've spent all evening catching up on the blogs of a few of my favorite people (you know who you are...), so I'm going to leave a quick note here just so that Teri can be proud of me (and I know she will be :) ).

Let's see... I'm not even going to attempt to figure out what I can update on, so this will just be a pencil sketch of my existence of late.

I am constantly amazed at how kind God is to me. Even when I'm being a whiney, ungrateful brat He patiently sends me His Spirit to calm my tantrums, He softens my heart to bring me peace and help me listen, and He teaches me more about myself and who I am to Him every single day.

I have been volleying back and forth between bitterness over my single state and joy and peace for the life He has given me. I struggle to see how this life He's given me is going to turn out to be anything more than mediocre. I guess we'll see.

On a lighter note, I recently 'graduated' from the Single's branch here and started going to the family ward. Of my own free will and choice, too. I was so glad to get out of there! And I'm really enjoying being a little fish in a big sea. It feels good.

Well, last Sunday before church was to start I was sitting and waiting for it all to begin and I realized that since it was about the 3rd Sunday I had been there a calling would be looming on my horizon. As I was thinking this, the ward clerk came and sat down next to me. I turned to him and said, 'Yes?' His response: 'Do you go on blind dates?' !! Not exactly the calling I was expecting... lol! After seeing my shocked expression and hearing my incoherent mutterings he explained that he has a cousin in his early 30s and asked if it would be ok to set us up. And what did I answer? 'Sure, why not'.

I figure, what do I have to lose. For all I know I could meet the man of my dreams. Probably not. In fact I find it highly unlikely. But hey! I won't know if I don't try. At the very worst I can turn the experience into a really funny and great story.

So, I have a date. This Saturday. We'll see how it goes. I've decided to pray for the ability to see the good and beauty in this man that I'll be spending an evening with. I hope that I can be open to seeing who he really is and enjoying whatever may ensue. I am determined. It will be marvelous - even  if it's a horrible kind of marvelous... :)

And in other news... At work we have a very relaxed dress code. It's fine to wear jeans and a t-shirt every single day. Just try to keep them on the less-holey side. It's not like the people calling in can see us, right? Well, I've started to up my standards a bit. I've started wearing slacks, skirts, and dresses to work. I figure, if I wear things that I feel look good and professional, I will be able to feel and act that way. And I like the results. So, as it is I wear more business-y clothes Mon through Thurs and then wear the jeans on Fri (that's the 'casual' day when people can wear hats...). I almost broke with it today, but ended up wearing what I feel is one of the cutest outfits I've put together. Good stuff.

And just to put this down on 'paper', I have made some short-term goals for myself: study Hebrew every day for at least an hour, try to incorporate exercise into mine humble existence, get more sleep!!, be more faithful in my scripture study, blog more! ... that's about it.

A couple of weeks ago Shelle asked me to join her in a personal challenge: to read the Book of Mormon in one week. This translates into about 76 pages a day. It sounds like a lot, but it actually wasn't that bad. I mean, I read hundreds of pages of novels in a day without any thought. Neither she nor I nor Goob actually finished the challenge, but while I was participating in it I felt the Spirit so strongly and felt such powerful inspiration and peace. It was amazing. I highly recommend the experience. I think I want to give it another try.

Ok. That's about it. This post feels rather schizophrenic and scattered, but now you can say you've experienced a tiny peek inside my head. :)

More later! Promise!