Well, I was going to post some super-sweet photos of Leyla with this entry, but apparently the blogger photo posting option is out of service right now. So I guess I'll just ramble like I usually do.
The last couple of days have been nasty. First Chloe was throwing up all over the house, then I had to boil an armadillo for hours on end and pick all the meat off it to salvage the bones (which I'm still not done with, so I have a dismembered, over-cooked armadillo in my fridge), and then I puked while I was in the shower last night. It's just been icky, and I'm hoping the worst is now behind me.
One thing I have to do is say how thankful I am right now for my friend Ryan. She has been a life saver for me this week. She has volunteered to take care of Leyla for the rest of the semester. She gutted my armadillo for me. She brought over her camping stove so I could cook the armadillo outside so I didn't stink up my house. She's been wonderful and I'm so glad I met her. Ryan has a very strong personality and some people have a hard time getting along with her. But I guess the combination of her strong personality and my not-so-strong personality just seems to work out. Mad props to Ryan.
Today has been less than productive. As mentioned earlier, I threw up last night. Luckily, it was a one time deal, but I still felt icky all last night and most of today. As a result, I spent most of the day trying to nap. As you can imagine, I wasn't incredibly successful. Later in the evening, I was debating whether or not I should pack everyone up in the car and go get a DQ blizzard. As I was mulling this over, Sister Smith called and said she hired a babysitter for her little girl and said I could bring my kids over too if I wanted to go to this silly church meeting. The thought of free babysitting and getting out of the house (which I hadn't done in 2 days at this point) was too enticing. I didn't even find out what it was we were going to, I just said yes, and got my blizzard on the way to her house. I guess what I'd agreed to go to was a 2 hour long pre-stake conference meeting. Yikes. It was rough. The first couple speakers were ok. Then I just started to get bored. And then there was the last guy. I don't know what his topic was because I had went to the bathroom and he'd already started when I got back, but it was the kind of crap that reinforces my belief that a lot of times organized religion often loses sight of the big picture. He pretty much just went down a list of rules: Sacrament needs to be taken with the right hand and the tray held with your left. You need to say an audible "amen" after a speaker talks. No one is supposed to say anything after the last speaker. The first councilor has to sit to the right of the president. Today's idea of "sunday best" isn't good enough. Blah blah blah. Seriously, am I going to be shut out of going to heaven because I wore flip flops to a meeting and passed the sacrament tray using my right hand? Do you really think God is going to get upset about that? I don't. I think that people get caught up in a bunch of rules made by men and lose sight of what's really important. If I did start to feel any sort of good feelings toward church again during that meeting, that last guy ruined that and helped me to remember why I don't attend sacrament meeting. I don't have a problem with going to primary and playing piano for the kids. It's nice because they're just learning the basics, and I think that's what it's all about. Anyway, I better get to bed.
I'll try the pictures again tomorrow.
2 comments:
That is so sweet of that lady to offer her babysitter to you. Sometimes I get caught up on how annoying rules of organized religion seem but I obviously have a different perspective being an active member of the mormon church.
I see it this way...some people are weirdos and obsess on the little things like how to hold your sacrament bread, etc. But any large organization has to have rules or it would turn into complete disorder. Everyone has their own idea about how to do things best. I truly believe God gives us rules and guidelines to ensure that people don't screw things up.
The best example I can think of is Earth. We have laws like the law of gravity. I think there needs to be order in all things to have it working properly.
I am not explaining myself all that well but hopefully you know what I mean. I really hate being told what to do as well and still wear flip flops sometimes to church. This to me is a guideline and God will not keep my out of heaven for wearing flip flops.
Either way you got a free babysitter so all was not lost. :)I hope you are feeling better too!
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