25.10.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:54 pm by Sarah
So the party was excellent!!… here are some small windows into the day:
- Being woken up at 6.30am by H's mum bashing around in the kitchen..
- me still running around in my pj's at 8.30am trying to figure out what to wear…
- waking up my sisters by rushing into the room and declaring 'it's a billion-o-clock!!'
- cutting into a watermelon and narrowly escaping being covered in the gooey mushiness that gushed out. It smelled pretty bad.
- Discovering that our premium-quality biodegradable blue balloons had started to biodegrade…
- making soy pancakes and telling my cousin that it was soy when he was half-way through 
- Haoran's uncle introducing himself by saying 'Hi, can I take your picture?'
- Mine and Haoran's dads having a D & M about pond-water or something… ?
- Jo hosting a conversation about the delecacies of what defines a meal… i.e. if you sleep in till 2pm and get up and eat something – is it still called breakfast?
- Discovering that Rob and Karina will be on the same marriage prep weekend as us!!
- Figuring out the politics of opening the presents together. (He likes to rip… I like to save paper)
- Watching Haoran have the time of his life talking to billions of people.
But yeah I'm pretty tired…. I didn't feel like I could sit down and relax at all on saturday!! There was always something I could see that needed doing.
On Sunday I was a bit late for Youth Church and managed to get through the lesson. Went over to Haoran's and relaxed and read the paper… realised after the 1 billionth sneeze that I probably had hayfever and curled up on the lounge. I went to 5CCC and did the bible reading which happened to be the whole of Daniel 2 – with a blocked nose!
Tried to start on the thankyou cards last night and discovered that tiredness = no inspiration and watched Super Nanny instead.
Work is slightly strange – the rumour has done it's course and most people know I'm leaving though they don't say much.
Job hunting is going average I guess. I got a few 'sorry – you didn't make the shortlist' letters yesterday – and I'm waiting on about 6 other answers. Keep praying…
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21.10.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:01 pm by Sarah
I handed my resignation to my employer today.
Never done that one before!!
I was a weird experience. I was all jittery, wondering what her reaction might be after my loyal service to the company for almost 5 years.
But it was all professionalism and courtesy, and I actually walked out feeling sad I had to go!
Although this has always been my problem. I go through bad period and almost quit. And then there's a good period and I assume that it's blown over. Then it cycles through again. I just let it go on for too long.
So… I am free as a [baleted] and slightly nervous about what is to come…. yay for being able to trust in God!!
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18.10.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:49 pm by Sarah
| You Are 24 Years Old |
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view – and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come… love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax. |
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:09 pm by Sarah
| Your Hair Should Be Pink |
Hyper, insane, and a boatload of fun.
You're a traveling party that everyone loves to follow. |
Well…. The colour is understandable… but the description??
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14.10.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:46 pm by Sarah
Someone once said I only blog when I'm sad. That's probably true, but I think that I blog when I'm deliriously happy as well….
Anyway I've had a bum of a week.
I spent today trying to be cheerful and not think about it and I was relatively successful.
Until now.
Aren't the last 5 mins before going home on a Friday supposed to be joyous?
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05.10.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:03 pm by Sarah
Ok so aqua-aerobics was most likely a brilliant idea yesterday considering the amount of junk (namely fried foods…. ok, more like fried potato) that I've eaten lately…. but I guess these things come at a cost.
I think my muscles have died.
But it was heaps cool fun at the time! We got to use foam weights and noodles (so THAT'S what they're for!)and we even had noodle wars! (you run – or try to run – directly at your partner and smack your noodles together – gosh that sounds wrong…) Spa and sauna were a must afterwards.
My weekend was good.
We visited Challege conference on Saturday for the day. It was fun to see a few people again and meet a whole lot of people and bump into a lot of others that seemed to know me although I had no idea who they were! AND I got to meet Elsie (yay 
)
Despite the social fun (and looking after a poor boy on a crutch), I felt slightly displaced. This was very apparent in strand groups. Every other girl there was single and mentally preparing for full time ministry… and there I was saying things like 'yes, I will be supporting my future husband in his ministry' and 'Although I would like to do ministry as well, I will need to make his ministry a priority'. I felt a bit silly. Someone mentioned that I should have joined the 'wives' group… although I suspect I would probably have felt similarly displaced.
I didn't feel as 'challenged' as I thought I should be. Although the talks and electives were great in themselves, I felt like I'd heard it already. I was told this was probably a good thing – but I'm always one for the guilt.
It did get me thinking about gaps in ministry, however. During my life I've always felt like I fell through these gaps. Especially as I moved straight from school to work. There was no support network ensuring I kept coming to church or kept going to a home group… and there was nowhere near as many opportunities to train or learn as uni students get. Not that I'm dissing uni ministry… I was always jealous of my friends at uni having that network.
Anyway the weekend also consisted of long drawn out breakfasts reading the paper (yes this did involve some fried potato), a massage (which I subsequently destroyed with aqua aerobics..), the discovery of reasonable sushi at Westpoint, and being movie buffs!
We finally saw Serenity (close your eyes now if you haven't seen it) which, after watching the TV series on DVD while I was sick, I was really looking forward to… I don't know whether it was because of the big screen or what… but it was so tense! (I attempted to squish H's hand without much success)… I'm not sure if I would have enjoyed it as much without watching the DVD. Knowing the background to the characters made them heaps more real. Especially since there was so much action that character development was minimal. And although it was mostly sad, I couldn't help dancing a little jig when Kayley and the doctor got together . What was with the freaky previews though?? I actually had to cover my ears and close my eyes!
I'm maintaining my streak of not having to cook dinner for myself…. 14 days!! Has to be a record. Not that I'm meaning to or anything. Anyway I think I'll probably be breaking it tonight…
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