The Potter Curse

Ok, this is a miniscule, dumb post, but I just have to vent this. I love the Harry Potter books, but they can be down right evil at times. I mean, I've read them before and I STILL get to parts where I can't put it down! I was just going to read one chapter, but alas I read 4. Once I got to the end of chapter 32, I couldn't stop until I finished chapter 35 (though I think if I hadn't already read it, I would have been hooked from the end of chapter 31, and probably couldn't have stopped at the end of 35).

I'm purposfully not mentioning events so as not to spoil anything for those of you (Dawn) who are still reading Order of the Phoenix. I have to say, part of the reason I'm frustrated that I can't put the book down is that I read during my breaks at work at EB. When I finish OotP I won't have anything left to do during my breaks! It's gotta last me till Monday (last day of work before I go to Safari), but I'm sure I'll finish it before then; I only have 3 chapters left...

End Weddings

Well, the 4 summer weddings are now at a close. A very huge thank you to each of you who were gracious enough to include me in your wedding, it was a huge privilage.

With the weddings done, its now just work and JH group. The M's are in town this week, so I'm doing double duty on work, but that's ok. I'm gonna try to get tomorrow off from EB (where I'm currently scheduled from 3-close) so I can work the M's game--much prefered. Then next Tuesday I leave for 5 days for Summer Safari. Should be a good time, but of course there'll be alot of work involved. Any extra prayer would be much appreciated.

After camp I'll have 3 weeks, then I'll start my student teaching. I know, can you believe it's that soon? After Safari is over I'm gonna have to hit my planing fairly hard so I'm ready when school starts. The closer this comes the more excited and nervous I get, so then I try to not think too hard about it. : )

I totally dug into Harry Potter today, it was great. I really enjoyed myself. It's funny, but I'm finding that I don't remember many of the details from the first time I read Order of the Phoenix. It's really fun. I hit a section, where Harry dreams about the snake, where I couldn't stop again, and that was enjoyable. I'm not on chapter...25. I've decided that it's a good idea to finish book 5 before Safari, but not to start book 6 until after, otherwise I'll be wanting to read it instead of hangin' w/ students at camp, and that's not a good thing! : )

One final note: if you have extra prayer time, could you possible pray that it's not too hot at camp this year? It's a really dumb request for myself, but we had a year where it was over 100 3 days and it was awful, just don't want to repeat it. Thanks muchly!

Isn't it funny how...

...when something should seem weird, but it doesn't? Take, for instance, this weekend's wedding. My best friend is getting married to an awesome woman. By best friend that I've known since elementary school has his own condo and in less that 24 hours will be a married man. That should be weird to me, but for some reason it's not.

Perhaps its because the weirdness has worn off from my initial adjusting to the idea. Or maybe I'm just in denial (as we learned tonight at the rehersal dinner, both Ben and Lisa use this tactic), choosing not to deal with the weirdness so I can do the things I need to get done. It could be that this will be the 3rd wedding this summer that I'm in, a third close friend getting married. Honnestly, I have no idea, I just know that it doesn't seem weird to me...and that's weird. : )

Bachelor party was yesterday and went quite well on the whole. Of course it wasn't perfect, but it was enjoyable, I know I had a good time, at least, and I'm pretty sure Ben did as well. Today consisted of recovering from the bachelor party (let's just say we were out late) and then doing the "rehersal thing" this evening.

Tomorrow is the wedding (2pm @ CBC), which will basically take up the whole day. I will probably see most of those who read this blog there tomorrow, and if you're not coming, you're welcome to: it's an open invitation. Sunday I work the M's game and then probably head to Paul's b-day party.

Now I need to do my final wedding preperations, like coming up with my toast, so I suppose I should be going.

Crazy as Life

I'm not even the one getting married this summer, and I'm feeling crazy busy. I guess working 2.5 jobs, coordinating wedding related events, and having family traveling/returning home is enough to keep me occupied. Not to mention JH related stuff.

I officially began running the register at Eddie Bauer today. The first few were a bit rough as I needed to get the hang of the new system, but before long I was mostly into a groove and doing fairly well for my first day at it, I think.

The one thing that bothers me the most about ringing is that I have to sell credit (=credit card). I've been told by my bosses that I have to offer it to each customer at least twice, regardless of whether or not they say no. One manager said she does't even hear "no" the first 3 or 4 times the person says it. I don't know about you, but to me that comes accross really rude. I hate it when people do that to me, and I really don't feel comfortable doing that to others. But what do you do? My bosses are an authority over me and I need to honor them and do as they ask, yet I feel I'm being rude and disrespectful to the people standing right in front of me.

So I guess I sorta' compromized. I would offer credit once to each customer, and then feel may way thru the second one. I'd tell them about the "benefits" and try to sound enthusiatic about it, even though you'd have to pay me to open one, and even then I wouldn't use it. For some customers I pushed it a bit harder than others, but when I did, I really didn't feel all that good about it. I dunno, I just don't like it.

On a different note, if you think about it, please pray for Megan on Wednesday at 10:45 am. She as an interview at a middle school that would be great location-wise for her and Jeff. If this would be a job God knows would be good for her, let's pray the interview goes well and she gets it!

One last thought: I'm on page 636 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and I know the next chapter, and even the next page, begins the section where I won't want to put it down. And yet I read it at work on my break! I'm excited to read it again (I've really enjoyed re-reading books 3 & 4 so far), but I know it'll be all consuming. Perhaps I can get it all read before I go into work at 3 tomorrow...