bret... concentrating...

hehehehe... I like this pic of Bret. He thinks it looks evil. It's great! :)

GWI

tori looking pretty!

another sunday morning pic

Here's another pic I took this morning and thought I'd share with you. Just a view of the congregation from the sound booth. I love the new worship center. :)

GWI

church

Bill at work on the sound board this morning.

Thought I'd snap a picture of Bill thinking at the sound board. Doing sound at church is one thing I love to do. It's a lot of fun and it's great experience. Bill and I work well together. It can be taxing at times, especially with how much I do it... but it's all worth it. While I'm thinking of it... God is extremely important to me. I am working on making Him a bigger part of my life. My personal relationship with God is my focus... I attend church just to learn more about him and to fellowship with others that believe the same way I do. If you want to know more about the church I attend, you can check out our website.

I think it's now time for a nap. :)

GWI

a long night

It made me think when I realized that, besides Clay’s death, the only two times I’ve cried in the last two months were with the same person on the phone. I’m trying to figure out what this means. I’m sure you’re thinking… isn’t that just a coincidence? Well, believe me… I think it is no coincidence at all.

I really am tired. I spent a long time walking tonight, alone. I left Fawnbrook on foot, walked down Pole Line and up Blue Lakes, then back down to McDonald’s for dinner and then home. It was great. I spent a lot of time thinking.

I have got to write my thoughts down… but at this point I am so tired I don’t think I can continue typing. For tonight, this will be it. But tomorrow I will take some time to explain my feelings. Goodnight for now.

*hugs*

GWI

me, a senior in highschool

ah, the days. a picture of me when i was a senior in highschool. taken in 2001.

quick hola from work

We're so lucky it's somewhat slow today. Court took her day off today and Claire called in sick... not a good combination. That just leaves Jamie and I. Lucy, the temp, is here today as well, and I think Kimberly will be around if we get slammed.

I got pretty depressed suddenly last night and I think I was kind of a jerk to Bret. Sorry Bret. I'm a lot better now though. My emotions seem to be up and down a lot lately. I hope I can level out here soon. I want to be happy! :)

Then I didn't call Travis back... sorry Travis. And Loren didn't call me back. Sorry Greg. LOL! What goes around comes around.

Ok... I'm sure a customer will be walking in any moment now.... wish me luck with the rest of the day. I HOPE IT STAYS SLOW!

GWI

pain and joy in memory

My first entry for my new journal... and what a day for it. Today I heard the news that a friend of mine was killed in a motorcycle accident. Not an extremely close friend, but a friend none the less.

When things like this happen, I always find myself in a constant state of reflection. This results in floods of emotion... sadness... anger... happiness. Why? What happened? How could this have happened? When was the last thing I said to my friend? What did I want to say? What could I have said? How could I have made a bigger difference in his life? How could I have stopped this from happening? How is life going to be different?

When you hear news of events such as this, isn't it strange how you remember where you were and what you were doing? I remember where I was on 9/11. I woke to my phone ringing... my mother, screaming something about the news and an airplane and burning buildings in New York. I ran upstairs and turned on the TV, and I seem to remember bits of the entire day. Probably more then any other day in my life.

This event I will also remember. Standing in the front of my Sunday school class... asking the kids if they needed any prayer. "Clay Davis was killed in a motorcycle accident yesterday. Please pray for his family." First denial. Then realization.

I spent quite a while in prayer and reflection. My thoughts and prayers will continue to be with Clay's family. I'm so grateful that his family and close friends have the comfort to know he's in a better place now.

After church, I took a nap. This was good, as yesterday I had a late night and getting up early is bad. Very bad. Bret and I hung out with Harley, Brian, Jamie, and a few others last night. I sort of felt out of place... as if I didn't belong. I hate having that feeling... just because it's usually the opposite of that for me. Oh well! I suppose it's good to be humbled like that once in a while. One other thing that did tend to bother me slightly... it seemed as if Harley was much more excited to see Bret then me. Not that I should compare! It doesn't matter anyway, I suppose.

Tonight I've been hanging out with the goob and I'm supposed to teach him a thing or two about the PC. HA! Good luck goob. ;o)

*peace*

GWI