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Thursday, 05 November 2009

  • Water

    As we got rain, rain and more rain throughout the month of October, I kept thinking that there are places in the world that actually need the water.  (Unlike the land of car washes and lawn sprinklers.)  Why can't God just even it out?  Then I thought that God wants us to even it out.  But I'm not sure how to send water to Cameroon. 

    All the October rain has made me think more about how to share the many resources I have. 

Saturday, 31 October 2009

  • Texas Wiener II

    As I drive around, I make a mental note of eating establishments that look interesting to me and that I would like to try someday.  This list has become infamous in our marriage, because usually the places I note turn out to be a big disappointment.  We have dubbed this the "Texas Wiener II" phenomenon, because this hot dog place was one of the first places I dragged my husband to and I believe it was one of the most disgusting eating experiences of his life.

    Now I try to satisfy my curiosity when I am by myself.  Yesterday, I checked out a local coffee shop that I had my eye on for a while.  I ordered an egg salad sandwich, a soft drink and a candy bar.  The egg salad tasted like it had spent too much time in the fridge, the bread was stale, the soft drink was syrupy and the candy bar was old.  "Texas Wiener II" I immediately thought.

    I've become more discriminating in my tastes (or opinions) in the past few years.  Before I would have said that the meal was "okay," now I can say that it was "bad."

Friday, 30 October 2009

  • Teamwork

    At the business school I worked at, we assigned teams that the students would have to work with for all of their core courses.  We made the effort to put together people as different as possible so that they would have to learn to work together.  It was also stressed that divvying up the work among the team is not the way that teams should accomplish tasks.

    At the business school I attend, the professor let us pick our teams (I gravitated towards 2 older (like me) students and a studious undergrad) and told us that since the project had 4 parts, we should assign 1 part to each person.  I noted that this was quite different, but didn't object - it's much easier this way.

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

  • Utterly Exhausted

    I am a person who requires at least 8 hours of sleep per night (preferably 9 or 10) and at least one weekend afternoon nap (preferably 2). 

    I have been subsisting on less than that for a couple weeks now and it is quite wearing.  I don't know how people (like my husband) do it.  I guess I do consume far less caffeine than the average person.

    I think once I catch up on my sleep, my payment will be quite sufficient for what I have been able to do in October: visit extended family in New York State (including my brother and sister-in-law, who flew in from Phoenix), attend my NC church's women's retreat, and attend my high school reunion.  Each of these involved exhausting travel and hardly any restoration time.

    It is now my husband's turn to travel - he will be gone until Sunday.  I am looking forward to a sleep-filled weekend!

Sunday, 27 September 2009

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