*Sigh*

(Eh...just because I like the stars, or asterisks, as they may be...love you Meg!)

I feel like a loser because I don't blog anywhere near as much as I should - it's at least minimally theraputic for me. I'm just lazy. This week (well, since my last post) has been super hectic, including almost 8 hours of overtime at work. I know what you're thinking...what the heck are you doing working OT at a job you already hate? Well, let's put it this way - we have a beach trip and a trip to Nashville coming up, both in September, and the extra money will come right at that moment. It's out of necessity, I keep telling myself. And it hasn't been anywhere near as bad as it could have been - I was in our card room 90% of the time, so I didn't have to be near (specific) coworkers, nor did I have to be on the phones dealing with stupid customers. And we got everything accomplished - I needed to feel like I accomplished something this week. I'm working tomorrow too, but it won't be as bad as normal - I can wear regular clothes, we're not on the phones, we can play music, etc. I just keep thinking about the extra money...

Speaking of the beach, I ordered some bathing suit stuff yesterday from Target. They're different tankini-ish pieces (and a cover-up dress thing), but because Target's sizes are weird, I had to order a couple different kinds. I hate bathing suits with an ungodly passion, but the one I have currently has a ripped lining, and is ridiculously faded (probably because it's over 2 years old. HA.) I'm attempting to be ok with myself and how I look in a bathing suit before August 30th...lol...we'll see what happens.

I really can't believe it's August 8th already. I don't really remember July at all, and you can forget asking me about June. Everything is seemingly good right now...I'm trying to not expect the inevitable, but it's hard for me. Paul is preaching this weekend at Dega, so we won't be at SHC this Sunday...I'm kinda sad about it. :( Also, we're speaking at the C&MA District Youth Retreat in October. Once again, we'll see what happens.

I'm at the point where I'm revising my to-do list each week...does that make me OCD? Probably. And what sucks is that I have the same few things on there every week - they're not super important, but need to be done. And we need two computers at home - with Paul now being in leadership at church and about to start school again for the fall, and with me being the "communications-something-or-other" for church and trying to create, start and maintain a budget for home, this one laptop thing is killer. I think we're going to look into a desktop...

There's so much I could write about right now, but I'm just trying to make it through the next 40 minutes, so I'm going to sign off. Love to all!