Weekend Goals

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun.  Mom really outdid herself.  There were only the five of us, but she cooked for the entire Gann Clan of yore.  Emily made really good stuffing and even better spinach balls.  I don't know what's in them other than spinach, but that's okay -- they're so good I don't want to know how to make them.

My job was the green salad, but when I went to the grocery store I went a little nuts and also got root veggies to roast.  Roasted parsnips, carrots, turnips, onion, garlic, and cauliflower = YUM YUM YUM!!!  There was also a lot of pie.  You can read about the pie fiasco as soon as Mom posts about it.

So these are my goals for the remainder of the weekend:

1.) Put lifts on bed so I can store craft supplies under it.
2.) Replace remaining knick knacks from "The Great Apartment Re-arrangement of 2011".
3.) Make meatloaf muffins for lunches/freezer.  Details and photos to follow.
4.) Make chili for lunches this week/freezer.  No details.  It's just chili.
5.) Decorate for Christmas.  I'm giving in on the "No Christmas before my birthday" rule.
6.) Write my statement of calling for the call/meeting I need to have with the District Superintendent this week.  This is really #1 on the list and the rest are all an avoidance.  Not that they don't need to be done.  I've been trying/thinking about trying to write it for a week.  UGH.  Putting something so nebulous into words is really hard.

I'll get to writing about the weekend of 11/11/11 eventually, but the shortened version is that I'm working on applying to MDiv programs through UMC seminaries.  Yay!  But like everything else I do it's last minute and I don't really know what I'm doing (hoop jumping wise).  And it involves a lot of meeting with strangers and at the end a psychological evaluation, which I probably could use since I'm extra special crazy.  All in all it will be is a good thing.

Okay -- to work!

Why is this so awkward?

So, um, hi interwebs...

Those of you who know me don't need the intro and those of you who don't know me will learn as we go, so I'm skipping the awkward "this is who I want you to think I am" post.

I'll be 27 in 6 months.  That seems unreal to me.  I still feel like a kid yet I've never actually been one.  I always assumed I'd have my life sorted out by now.  Obviously that was foolish, but it's funny how what you always planned can become what you never wanted.

So, with that thought in mind here is what I do want to accomplish in the short term:
1.) Keep a clean house.  I'm a mess and I hate it.
2.) Do a better job of keeping up with my family and friends.
3.) Spend less time on the internet.  Strange given that I'm starting a blog...
4.) Do a better job of reading my Bible every day.
5.) Spend at least an hour every day outside.
6.) Finish reupholstering my chair.  (before and after pictures to follow)

And here is what I want to accomplish in the mid term:
1.) Find a grad school, apply, and get in.
2.) Record a CD.

I'm still working on the long term stuff.  Or rather, I'm still trying to figure out if what I want to do in the long term is plausible and actually what I'm supposed to do.

As far as real life goes, I did laundry while drinking wine tonight.  Not exactly exciting, but wine makes anything a good time.  A friend of mine who just finished his undergrad degree told me his graduation celebration had been pretty tame and that he wasn't sure if "that shows maturity or just lack of intensity".  I told him I thought that the two just get more and more intertwined with age.

So, that's post #1 out of the way.  Now it's off to read my Bible and sleep.