wow

it's been longer than i thought. i'll get back here soon.

dear mlb video highlight people,

this is not jason kubel. just so you know.
lucy

oh for heaven's sake!

seriously?! this week?

like i said, short staff all week. so today, before lunch, there was a fire in the activities department's oven. stop everything, rescue the residents, sit with them til the fire department comes and gives the all-clear, then get them back to where they were (or wherever they want to go).

then, just before we were finally going to get to punch out, tornado warning! move all the residents to the hallway, sit there for an hour til we get the all-clear, then get them back to where they were (or wherever they want to go).

love it.

"i am not an octopus!"

my poor nieces have heard this who knows how many times from celeste. she can only do so many things at once. well, i would like to take a moment to tell the people at work that this runs in the family. i am not an octopus either.

we have 4 people working in the kitchen every day. right now, 2 are on vacation, but we have a weekend girl who is able to work through breakfast a couple days, and one girl who works at night has picked up a couple days. we thought we'd be more or less fine through thursday, only being screwed on friday, when it would be down to me and the one other full-time person.

yeah, we thought that until this morning, at which point we got a phone call from the other full-time person saying that she fell yesterday and jacked up her knee and will be out of work for at least a week. this leaves me scheduled for friday. me.

apparently i'm going to cook, set tables, serve, clean up the dining room, do dishes, bake, prep for the next day, and clean up the kitchen. this should be interesting.

i'm a thief!!!

oh my goodness, i'm a horrible person! they should come and arrest me and stick me in a pillory with a big sign that says 'thief.' i stole a book from the library.

i didn't mean to, though, i swear!

k, so i was checking online to see if i have any items on hold, and there it said, 'love in the time of cholera.' but i already have that out of the library. i was confused, but thought that maybe i had hit request twice. i then checked to see what items i have out of the library. yeah, no 'love in the time of cholera.' so i grabbed the book to check the due date slip. yeah, it's not a due date slip. it's a hold slip. somehow, i managed to get the book out of the library without checking it out. apparently, i'm so sneaky even i didn't know it.

now i have to go unsteal the book. i'm scared to death that the doors are going to beep upon my arrival and everyone's going to look at me, and everyone's going to know. and the crabby librarian will be there. and he'll be mean. i'm tempted to just drop it into the book return outside and call it good, but i'm 80 pages in so i don't really want to return it. so i have to go in with it and check it out. i'm such a dork.

i think in the future i'll just not steal books.

i'm so sad to not have this weekend off

i'm missing the camel and ostrich races at canterbury park on sunday. that would've kicked bottom.

The Size of a Mustard Seed

"Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, 'Lord, save us! We're going to drown!'
"He replied, 'You of little faith, why are you so afraid?' Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm." - Mt. 8:23-26

The disciples were scared. Understandably so. They encountered a huge, unexpected storm. They didn't know what to do. The size of the storm was beyond even the fishermen. Finally, as the waves were crashing over the boat, they went to Jesus. He asked them about their little faith, but therein lies the key. They may have had little faith, but they had enough faith in Jesus to turn to Him at their time of need.
They had no need to be as scared as they were. They knew Jesus was with them. But they were human and fear set in. Jesus asked them about their little faith, but at the same time, He answered their cries. He didn't do a thing about the storm until they called on Him. Their faith demanded a response from Him. And He answered.