Tired and bored

It’s pretty sad that I could go to bed at 8:21 on a Friday night.  It’s a testament to my recent hours at work.  However, those hours are now over.  Starting Tuesday (since Monday is Labor Day) my hours go to 7:30-4.  That reminds me, I need to change my alarm clock so that a.) it doesn’t get me up on Monday and b.) doesn’t get me up at 5am on Tuesday.  But hey – come 10 days or so from now, I’m going to get a deposit for $250 for having changed my hours to 6-2:30 for four weeks.  Not bad as it was something I wanted to do anyway.  Given that I’m not leaving my house until 7ish, I definitely don’t need to get up at 5. I’ve thought about getting up at 5:30 so I have time to actually deal with my hair, instead of just put it up but we’ll see.   I’m tempted to just get up a six and take a shower, etc but who knows.  The next 6 weeks at work are going to be nothing short of crazy where PUT is concerned.  Suffice it to say that by the time surgery rolls around, I’m going to be in dire need of a break from work. 

So in setting goals, I’ve officially decided that one of my goals is to write a book.  So I’m praying to restore (or perhaps fix) the connection between my imagination and the methods of releasing that imagination into the wild.  If I continue to build my foundation upon Christ and do the things I’m supposed to be doing, in addition to doing my part to write the book, Heavenly Father will help me the rest of the way.  But I have to do my part first.  I have to be willing to put the effort in on my end. 

I think I am going to head down right after church on Sunday to the family thing. It means I need to find two electric candles tomorrow though – just have to have to Michael’s for those.  I probably wouldn’t go down, except that I dont have to go into work on Monday.  I’ll also take the iPass out of my parents’ car, as that will cut down on my time.  I won’t have to get off the interstate early and cut through town – I’ll be able to simply get off at the exit that’s under 10 minutes from my grandparents’ house – shaves off 15 minutes  🙂

Oh! And the Sunday following surgery, my mom’s going to teach my primary class 🙂 Go figure – that’s the one Sunday in October that’s normal!  The first Sunday is General Conference, the second Sunday is our Ward Conference, then I’ll be out the third Sunday, and then the fourth Sunday is Stake Conference.  So she’s going to teach my class.  Now I just need to find a sub to be the Ward Chorister that Sunday.  Not really all that difficult – there are a few people in the ward who would be more than happy to do it if I asked.  As we get closer, I’ll ask someone 🙂  It’s a little early yet to ask anyone.  Hard to believe though that surgery’s under 6 weeks away.  I was talking to a friend of mine and that prompted me to go back and figure out how long between the dr appt and surgery. The verdit was 18 weeks and 1 day.  That’s right – the dr appt where we settled on surgery was June 9th. We had to schedule so far out because originally, I wasn’t going to be able to take any time off in August or September (that later changed as we weren’t all that busy in July and August) and the dr was already scheduing into August.    It’s also hard to believe we’re already into September – seriously, where has this year gone?

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