My Wonderfully Exciting Day
Yesterday was certainly a fun day. We took a small group of teens (Alex, Lindsay, Erica, and Spencer) over to Child Evangelism Fellowship of Western Maine to help out with some work projects. I ended up working in one place, while the group worked somewhere else, so once we got there, I didn't see them all afternoon. But Jane told me they worked hard.I got to do some more painting, which was nice. I'm always glad when I get assigned to that job (especially painting trim) because it's something I have a lot of experience with, and can do well. Heh heh...someone was going around taping all the trim...I never understood that...just learn how to paint trim properly and you never have to waste time taping!
The excitement for the afternoon (aside from seeing a whole bunch of teens I know from Camp Berea and Camp Good News) was getting a piece of heavy furniture dropped on my back.
Ouch. I was on the floor painting trim, and this big I-don't-know-what got tipped over and landed on my back.Ha ha...Virginia felt really bad about that. I told her I'm never coming back to help at a work day again. Plus I'm sending her my medical bills. (Don't worry...I'm fine.)
On the way down to Cape Elizabeth, I stopped at Burger King. I'm sure you've seen those obnoxiously annoying television commercials for the Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich...I got to wondering why Burger King is spending so much advertising money on this particular sandwich, and I've come up with an explanation. The sandwich doesn't taste any better than any other sandwich at Burger King, yet it is (for the meal deal) at least a dollar more than anything else on the menu. My theory is that this sandwich is the harbinger of inflation at Burger King. If they can convince people to make a habit of spending an extra dollar on this "specialty" sandwich, then eventually people will hardly even notice when they raise the price on everything else. So I'm boycotting that sandwich, on principle.
I was listening to WMSJ, and realized that I'm not eligible to win any prizes from the radio station. When you call in to win a prize, you have to say the "phrase that pays", which is something along the lines of "WMSJ is the only choice for me and my family".
Actually, in addition to WMSJ, I also listen to WMEA (public radio) and W-bach (classical music). So the only way I could win a prize is to lie. Oh well...I've never tried to win anything anyway, so I guess I'm not missing out.
So I finally get down to Cape Elizabeth, and there's a note from the workmen, saying that they had to shut off power to the basement, and they'll be back on the first of July.
Not good. The basement is where I planned on living for the next two weeks. The basement is where the cable internet modem is. The basement is the coolest spot in the house. The basement is where the entertainment center is.
So I called Jonathan, and explained that we had a bit of a problem...if I'm without internet access, I can't work, so there's no way I could stay down here and house-sit for him. So we talked it through, and figured out where everything could get plugged in.
Thus, as you can tell, I have internet access (else I wouldn't be posting this!)
Now I'm going to go get ready for church.
Posted On Jun 19, 2005 at 6:14 AM
On Jun 19, 2005 Doug wrote: Oh yes, and I just have to add...I do believe this morning was the first time in my life I ever woke up to...
...my eyebrow being licked by a cat.
On Jun 20, 2005 Karolyne wrote: So, I'm sitting in the other room stamping when I hear a crash and a yell . . . and at first we all thought that someone was just fooling around and breaking up housekeeping! Then this rumor started that you had jumped off a piano and hurt yourself . . . hmm . . . stories seem not to coincide. Well, since you've never given me any reason to think that you'd lie about what happened (or bend the truth), and you were actually THERE for it while the rest of us were in the other room, I'll certainly take your word for it!
And incidently, I used to have 12 cats (four full grown, a litter of 4 kittens around - a cat version of preteen, maybe?, and a litter of newborn kittens), so I've woken up to cats ALL around! But we now only have one cat. hehehehe
Doug Replied: me? jump off a piano? now why would I do such a silly thing as that?
But...actually, I don't exactly know what happened, since my back was turned (hence, the furniture landing on my BACK!
On Jun 21, 2005 WOW wrote: No new GLOG for 2 days? Did you really hurt your back? You have my sympathy if you did!!Are you okay?
Doug Replied: I'm fine. Yesterday I hiked Cranberry Peak with Jason, but I'm waiting for him to send me the pictures so I can add them to the log.
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