Down Sizing in the Closet

Day 20 (July 20) - Ran this morning, a little tingle in the feet but not as bad as Sunday. Got all the teens off to VBS. This is an awesome ministry to the community. We have been cleaning out boxes of toys (from the closets) in Hannah & Oliver's rooms. Wow! We were able to fill many boxes of give-away toys. St. James is collecting toys during VBS for poor children. The boxes filled the back of my car. Hannah also found out that this counts toward the community service hours that she didn't know she was responsible for at St. Andrew's.

I took my car into Monteagle Tire to have the cables on my car battery checked. They were both loose. It has been two months since that battery was replaced. I'm surprised I haven't had more trouble with it. I have to say... if you need a battery or tires they will fix you up even if they have to rig a battery that is not the one for your car in the very tight space. Oh yeah, my 2002 Suzuki XL7 with 143,000 miles has an awesome rigged battery. I hope it doesn't fall out while I'm driving.

Oh, I completely forgot about the lady at the deli counter at Walmart. I thought working as slow as possible was a requirement for the deli counter at Kroger, but it is for Walmart also. Well, this woman looked like Rosanna Rossana Dana (SNL early 80's). She had these big glasses that didn't seem to work too well for her. If I wasn't in such a hurry, I would have found this extremely comical. The person ahead of me order 6 different cold cuts to be sliced. I finished all my shopping and got back to the deli before she was done. Small town life...

Besides cleaning out boxes, I spent part of the day looking over the course listings for the fall. I think I am going to take 2 classes this semester. (the first is free but... Whoa... courses are expensive). Job searching isn't going so well. I need to have some income to keep up this lavish seminary lifestyle. We will probably be cutting off the cable when school starts back. We don't watch it much while everyone is studying anyway. I will just have to show up on Brittany, Trish, or Murray's doorstep and watch TV with them. Maybe they will let me have control of the remote if I bring yum yums:)...

I am looking forward to bartending and TIPS (responsible drinking) training this fall. Both of those are a good (but not steady) source of income. EFM will begin soon as well. I've got to firm up my group, but it is looking like we will have 8-10 again this year! I'm thinking about Monday or Thursday mornings... we will see...

On the bright side... Harry was done fasting at 1pm. Thank God! I was starting to feel sick just watching him be sick. Now I can enjoy the next 5 days with him before he is off to California again.