First and foremost: Kari, a good friend of mine from way back, had her first child this past weekend. A big congratulations to the new mom and dad. Prepare for your 1st class trip to Sleepdeprivatia! >:D As for my little corner of the world, we had a decent weekend. So, in typical weekend intelligence fashion, here are the highlights!
I finished out my assignment in New Braunfels on Friday. I brought in Shipley's as kind of a thank you. Some of the guys joked that if I were really their friends, I would have brought breakfast tacos. I've enjoyed myself there, and was glad I could help out. I picked up some things on the way home, including a rare gem: a 24 pack of Keystone Ice. You just don't find those very often, so I was sure to snag it. I also picked up some port and random food items and settled in for the night.
The whole weekend was rather laid back. I took Colin with me to WalMart to go look at things he could blow his money on, leaving D at home to enjoy some quiet time to herself. I picked up Beautiful Katamari with some of the cash from my Bluetooth headset, and used the rest to get the weeks groceries. Also picked up a new coffee pot, as the one we had finally bit the dust. I wanted to play the game more, but between Colin wanting to play it and his racing game with his friends, and D wanting to play Final Fantasy 8, I didn't really get much of a chance. :P I'll have to kick everyone off sometime this week. We goofed off Saturday night playing in campaign and just relaxing. It's that kind of recovery time that I value in my weekends. Sure, I have to get things done, but if I work hard, then I should be able to play hard, right? ^_^
I was up and about before the rest of the house on Sunday, got people started and breakfast made before we left for the 1pm service. It was a message on greed and somewhat of an appeal for offerings. It's always hard on churches and charities during times of economic downturn: people just stop giving. God loves us, no matter our sins, but is pretty clear that when you place your possessions over the God that created them, you will lose. Not a risk of loss, but a guarantee. I think there are a lot of people that could be giving and don't because they're afraid that they will not have enough for their lifestyle. I have to admit that I've been in that boat. And the lesson was hard learned and it took awhile to bring me to the place where I realize that God will take care of me for taking care of his own. The thread that God will still love you and bless you (though your sins may come back to bite you) uncannily echoed a blog post that DeAnn had posted just a few days before on the California Gay Marriage ruling. Read it: it's a very inspired opinion, backed by truth, on how Christians have failed in this area in the past, how they should view this now and move forward with it.
Rounded out the evening with laundry and watching D get the Tonberry GF in Final Fantasy 8. While I'm not a big fan of this Final Fantasy game (I never could get into it), anything Tonberry is relevant to my interests. ._.! Last, we watched Madame Butterfly that we got in from Blockbuster. I LOVE the opera, and while the cinematic adaptation did leave a few things out and didn't translate everything, it still stayed more or less true to the opera. I think it might have depressed D a little, though... o.o
Tomorrow is my first day back at the office, and I realize that I've spent more time at the assignment than I have in the office. :X I hope I can ramp it up tomorrow: the problems I troubleshoot in the office are much harder than the ones I've been doing these past three weeks.
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