My Life Is Changing Every Day, In Every Possible Way

What a week! Full of eventfulness. And pretty much all good :). Yay! I should keep my calendar with me when I blog... It would be helpful in re-capping the week. Now I must rely on my rusty memory ;). Okay, so it isn't always rusty. But remembering requires more effort than simply reading off a calendar. But then it also affords the opportunity to remember the details as I remember the event. And then I smile. So it'll be worth it anyway :).

Oh yeah, this is a song title post. I've loved this song for about 15 years (since it first came out). It came on the radio in the car the other day, and I discovered that I love it even more now. :) What an awesome song.

Okay, so Monday. I think I left off with Monday in my last blog post. So I won't delve more into that. Tuesday was work and then I walked with Sue. And okay, so I guess -- so far -- this isn't looking like such an impressive week. But it gets better :). Because next came Wednesday. And I got to smile really big as soon as I got home from work, because Jeremy was waiting at my house :). So he changed my car oil, and then we went to eat at the diner (I got a Greek salad -- and saved 2 of the kalamata olives for last, because they are yummy :)). The feta cheese was a bit tartish and made my eyes twitch a bit. But I wasn't winking ;). Then we went to the funeral home (always a good option, of course) to sit and read scriptures together and talk. And then we did more of that talking stuff sitting at my house. I talk a lot, what can I say :)? I write a lot too. (So don't say I didn't warn you :)).

Thursday was my last day of work at the county for the week (can I say again that I love this 4-day work week deal?) and I was busy all day! Which is awesome for me. I enjoy staying busy. I am learning a lot of new stuff. Governmental stuff is.... eh kinda goofy. But whatever. I'm learning a lot of new stuff. And I got another "crazy call." I actually felt for the dude. But man, it makes me laugh that this stuff actually happens. It's nutty. So this guy is basically fighting the city where he lives (within the county) about having a grass lawn in his backyard. The city says he can't. Hahaha... Really!?!? I can only imagine what kind of calls will await me in the future. You can't make this stuff up! Then at night was the Relief Society weeknight activity. Often I feel inclined to skip these. Not because they aren't great and all that. But because I just get to Thursday night and feel like, "Eh, I don't want to go anywhere else." But this time they were doing 72-Hour Kit stuff. Emergency Preparedness stuff. And since I set that as a goal for the year, I was pretty gung-ho about going. So I did. It was fun. It's nice to get ideas and see what others have done. Sometimes you just get a good idea that way. Like how to cook macaroni and cheese over a home-made candle in a tuna can using a #10 can. Hmmm.... Interesting. Making mac & cheese is a pretty high priority in the Nilla Life. You know my love for cheese. Plus it's nice to visit with people. So yeah, that was a good event. And then I got to talk to Jeremy and we talked all about our days.

Friday was another busy day. Up at 7 to take my mom to work, just stayed at the funeral home for a bit until time to go to the Dollar Tree to find pop rocks for a Father's Day gift for Primary. Ummm yeah, that was a great time. Because I had to sit in the car and wait for 30 minutes, since I mistakenly thought the store opened at 8 (it opens at 9). So I was productive and cleaned out my purse, replaced my insurance cards, etc. And I was way rewarded for my wait, by the way. With 1 whole 3-package bag of pop rocks. For the record, I needed a total of about 40. So, with that package added to the 3 I had managed to score at the other Dollar Tree on Thursday night (oh yeah, forgot to include that I went there before the RS Activity) I had a whoppin' 12 packets of pop rocks. Woohoo! Well, I was a little distressed, but not to worry: Oriental Trading carries this stuff. So I went to Primary Presidency Meeting, we hot glued the 12 packets onto cards that say "My Pop Rocks!" and I made promises to obtain the other 28 packages and construct the remainder of them. Well, FYI: Oriental Trading charges 50 cents per package. And I'm kind of cheap. And my math says that 33 cents each is cheaper than 50 cents each (and today, my math happens to agree with everyone else's math -- an awesome occurrence for sure!), so I was a little perplexed over this. So I called the other Dollar Tree in the town where I work (my initial shopping target after work on Thursday, but life happens, and so that didn't...) and asked if they had 10 packages on the shelf. Wonder of wonders! They had more than 10! So I sent Brad on an errand for me. Because I didn't have time to run down there after work, and I wanted to make sure I had those pop rocks coming one way or another, and I was preferring it not be the Oriental Trading avenue. Score! Now to glue them together. So I came home to get a shower and then headed to Lea's by 5:30 so we could head to Morgan's graduation! Woohoo!!! We got there in plenty of time and got a semi-decent seat. Both Morgan and Dan graduated. Awesome to get to watch them walk and see them so excited about the future. And afterward, we had to get pictures. Of course. So here are me, Lea, and Dan.
And me, Lea, and Morgan. And oh yeah... I got mistaken for being related to their family again. Someone assumed I was Chuck's sister, because I look like Morgan, but not like Lea. Hahaha.
We were there quite a while as everyone hugged and laughed and cried and took pictures, etc. I rode with Chuck and Lea, so I was along for all for all of that. And then we discussed dinner on the way home, because nobody had eaten. And of course, Lea had a house-ful of people. So we got back to their house and ordered pizza, which we scarfed at about 10 at night. Healthy, I'm sure :). And of course we had fun. Because it's only fun when it's fun. I think we need to resurrect that statement. And here's proof of it, by the way :) (though I look a little unnatural in this one...):
So I left a little after 11 and headed home. Wanted to get some good sleep, because my Saturday was going to be pretty full. And full it was! So I slept until 8, thinking an hour was plenty of time to make a couple of ghetto graduation cards (didn't have time to peruse a card aisle somewhere, and though I don't mind making cards, I do like to have the appropriate tools to make it legit -- but barring that, I guess I just punt), wrap a present, locate batteries for my camera (whose batteries died the night before right after the above picture), eat breakfast, and probably something else I can't remember. Probably actually write in said ghetto cards. Because I did want them to have personal significance. Because Dan and Morgan are pretty awesome kids. I'm proud to know them, personally. So Jeremy picked me up at 9 (okay, so he was on time, and I was running 10 minutes late...), we went and dumped my old oil, and then I went to meet his parents. They are really nice and his mom is super-sweet. And her potato salad was right up my alley! Light on the mayo and add black olives! (I generally don't like potato salad because of the mayo -- I don't care for mayo, but I like hers). Leave it to me to discuss food aspects when discussing meeting my boyfriend's parents... I am a food-lover, after all :). So after we visited for a couple hours, we headed out, because we had Morgan's graduation party to attend. We stopped at a hardware store on the way, the same one where I got some seedlings last year for acorn squash and cucumbers. So I got more of those and also a tomato plant. My garden has been rather pitiful. So I caved and started buying plants. My mom bought several last weekend. So eh... Not such a fruitful garden this year as far as planting from seed. But you live, you learn. And I keep hearing a lot of seasoned gardeners (of which I am not a part) saying that this is not going to be a good growing year anyway. Too cold for too long. Bummer. So I will take what I can get. So we got to the party and met everyone. And everyone met Jeremy. It was the first time Lea met him. This was basically a party for their family and close family friends. So we went in and dished up our plates (oh my gosh what a lot of food!!! We didn't even get a chance to sample everything!). Jeremy was the first to brave the "Tip It" frisbee game. Basically two teams form and throw the frisbee back and forth. The first person on the team is supposed to "tip it" (touch it with finger, hand, head, foot, whatever) and direct it to other teammates, and then hopefully, one of those other teammates will catch it. And then throw it back. Well, Lea and I joined too. I am comical at these things, by the way. I can't throw a frisbee so well. I think I hit the house more than floating that sucker to the other team. Oops. But we had a lot of fun. Always room for laughter in events such as these :). Then we did cake and presents. I got Morgan the panini maker, which she thought was cool. She laughed and said, "I think I only said I wanted one of these one time!" It's fun to surprise people. I just gave Dan some money. So by this point, it was about 3:15 and Jeremy and I had other engagements scheduled. So we had to head out. But never before a few pictures :). So here are me and Morgan and me and Lea. FUN!!

Having awesome friends is pretty dang awesome.

So we headed to the place "where a kid can be a kid" and an adult can cringe and be bored and eat cardboard pizza. I'm positive Jeremy was so impressed with his opportunity to do this ;). But it was for Samuel's birthday, so you just kind of do those things for the kiddos. But seriously. I kind of loathe Chuck E. Cheese. Mostly I hung out with Emily (because she loves her Ha). And I helped her waste some tokens. But one time I hit the button at the perfect time and got something like 100 tickets. Woohoo!
And the kids don't seem to mind the cardboard pizza so much. So here are Saria and Emily.
And even though Samuel was the birthday boy, I only got one real shot of him and it was while opening a present. Not sure what that facial expression is. Haha.
And though it was hard to pull us away from the excitement of watching the kids pore over the glass case full of Oriental Trading junk toys on which to "spend" their tickets (that was heavily laced with sarcasm), Jeremy and I skipped out on the fun at that point. And went to Quizno's. Which didn't taste so much like cardboard :). And then it was back to my house to plant the plants that I had bought and that my mom had bought and that Jeremy's mom gave me (more raspberries :)). Which resulted in starting to weed, because the grass is growing at a ridiculous pace. And since we did that until about 9 p.m. (it's still light out at that time), we skipped our walk around the neighborhood in the interest of avoiding the big mosquitoes that were annoyingly buzzing around. But that doesn't mean skipping talking. Because we didn't skip that. It's so wonderful :). I ooze ooey-gooeyness according to Juliebean. And I'm pretty much totally okay with that ;). And thus ended Jeremy's foray into a crazy day in the crazy Nilla Life. Always on the go. In fact, other big events that occurred over the weekend were Royce's graduation and then his combo graduation/birthday party. Plus my sister-in-law's birthday today! So it was definitely an eventful week!

Today was church. The choir sang two songs and practiced before church. So I was there by 8:30. Then off to Primary, which was a bit rough today. It started out with 4 kids crying when their parents left. Phew! Some days are just rougher than others. But we survived. It's all about growth and learning. And loving and teaching the kids. The kids are just awesome. After church I managed about a 30 minute nap. I also talked to my dad for a bit and read scriptures. And decided to blog. Because I had a lot of pictures to post. And so I'm off! Nighty-night :).