Erincita

New Year's Post
Thursday, April 20, 2006

Here is a another post I only just found and probably never published because it was short. I thought it was still a tidbit worth including...

Last Sunday, as we all will recall, was New Year's Day. I attended a short sermon regarding the Samaritan woman (John 4). I don't remember how the pastor somehow tied the sermon into the New Year's theme. Perhaps it was because it told the story of a new beginning for the Samaritan woman. We were asked about 2005 and all that had taken place in our lives that year, and whether we were where we wanted to be. I think the pastor meant this in the spiritual sense, but I began considering all that's taken place, spiritual and otherwise, and whether I was where I wanted to be. More on that later...

Is it just me, or does it appear to others that New Year's resolutions are no longer en vogue these days? I love making resolutions. I usually have at least a couple, one of which I know I can keep. The resolutions I chose this year are actually repeater resolutions (so that shows you that the past year's resolutions never became habitual). The one big one that I have more hope for than last year is to work out on a regular basis. I got a head start on this one so I'm already in gear for it. I found an aerobics instructor I really enjoy whose classes work perfectly with my work schedule. 6:30am on Mondays and Wednesdays at the ghetto club, and 9:30am on Friday (my day off) at the nice club uptown. They never wax the floors at the ghetto club. It's located behind a casino with a trailer park across the street, separated from a shady-looking apartment complex by a chain-link fence. Dad didn't agree with my summation of the Shoreline club until he saw it for himself. The Ballinger club, however, is in a well-lit area. It just had its floor waxed. All the hardbodies hang out there whereas the other club is full of cute but wrinkly old ladies who don't speak English and like to accentuate their wrinkles by swimming in the morning. The Ballinger club dominates a small strip mall that include a yoga store and one of those specialty grocery stores where you pay more for wide aisles and specialty items that you never buy anyway. Unfortunately I'm a sucker for those stores, but so far I've ventured inside only once and was actually disappointed with their limited selection of salad dressings.

3:00 PM |

Easy Broccoli Quiche
Thursday, April 06, 2006

No, this blog is not a recipe. However, if you want the recipe, you can just cut and paste the title into allrecipes.com . Use it at your own risk, because I only just found the recipe and haven't tried it yet.

I am taking advantage of my new schedule by entertaining my friend Deb for brunch tomorrow morning. Yesterday at the store I purchased pie crust, froze spinach, kielbasa, hash browns (no way I'm wasting my time with fresh potatoes), and strawberries. I might get a cantaloupe as well. Deb offered to bring juice. We will be having a feast! I won't have time to work out but I took an leg & abs class along with aerobics this morning so hopefully that will make up for it . . . not likely, with the menu I just proposed. At least we'll have fresh fruit and veggies in the quiche. Deb is a missionary, but she works with people from other countries visiting and studying the U.S., not the other way around. I didn't know that her income consists primarily of donations until recently, and I know for a fact that this will be brought up tomorrow morning. Not sure how I am going to respond, though I've been thinking a lot about it. It's not that I'm broke or anything, it's just that I don't know how generous one can be while still being a good steward of their finances. I already have a few ongoing donations going. I guess the most important thing is that I believe in what she does so much that I've involved myself. I blogged before about the ICF dinners, which I can no longer do because I work the swing shift, but Deb helped to set me up with a couple of conversation partners from Japan named Mayu and Eri. I am very excited about this and there's a certain element of nostalgia involved. I'm hoping that I can be a guide to them because I've been in their shoes, seeing a country through foreign eyes.

As for the new position, it's stressful. I felt like I was getting the hang of things and then my manager decided to have me trained to take FRLO calls (Fixed Rate Loan Options). Well, it's been a week since I've taken the one day of training they provided, and I only just got access, so I've forgotten nearly everything I've learned. I look at the girl next to me and console myself with the thought that I'll be really good at this in three years

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