Joy to the World

Spending 5 hours in Sears was not what I had in mind for this evening, but my car is fixed. I had a flat tire, which was due to a broken spring. So, I had a new tire put on, new springs/struts, and an alignment. It took much longer than expected, and I felt bad for the mechanic, who ended up working over 3 hours of overtime. Sears is in the mall, and I did find a really cute dress on sale at The Limited.

I had a Christmas party last night, which was fun. I had a few friends over, and we talked and played telephone pictionary. I like small, low key gatherings with good friends.

I also got my old job as a team leader, formerly known as crew chief, back at the public library, so I am working 2 jobs until the end of December when the reference intern position ends. I am going to miss that job, but I am glad that I can continue working at the public library, and I did miss aspects of my circulation job. I also made a display board/cart for the library, and it has done well and garnered some complements. One half is dedicated to "Winter Festivities," and the other half is "The Weather is Frightful: Books About Extreme Weather." The winter festivities side is cuter, but I like the other theme better. :-)

I have to work on Sunday morning, which means that I will be going to early service, and I have to miss Sunday school. I'm bummed about missing Sunday school, as we will be discussing the role of men.

Pine Scent and Lasagna

Our apartment smells like pine tree and lasagna. Separately, they are good scents, but together, it's an interesting combination. I bought a tree today. It's a very nice tree. I like it. It is, however, a bit big. My tree last year was the perfect size, but this year, it takes up a quarter of the living room. My roomie and I periodically just start laughing at it. My roomie is being very cool with it. She said it's like living in a forest. :-) It's definitely a conversation piece. I'm going to start trimming it this weekend.

There are so many things that I would like to do or to be "into," passionate about. But, one can only be "into" or passionate about a few things. My "things" are my faith, people (relationships, i.e. friends, family, patrons, etc.), books, libraries, and objects in libraries. This is actually a longer list than I thought, but I think it is difficult to be passionate about more than 5, maybe 6 things. Thus, I would like to be a better cook, crochet, work on my Spanish, learn tech skills, etc. But, I don't have the space or ability to be into these things. I can add them to my schedule, but they're not my thing, and that's ok. Time and desire. Time and desire.

Hallelujah

I wanted to share this video. The beauty of this song brings tears to my eyes. There's another video of a flash mob in a food court singing the same song, which is also amazing and highly recommended. I'm so glad that this song transcends our secularized culture. It's beauty and meaning is beyond words.