So it’s gorgeous outside today. Rufus whined ALL MORNING to go outside and so I’ve let her out on her cool yard leash and she’s been basking in the sun. As she laid outside I started our taxes… man I hope I did everything right. Anyway, I couldn’t stand being inside any longer so I moved me, the computer and a chair outside to finish up the taxes. So I’ve finished, at least for now… and my eyes hurt a little from squinting at the screen, but the sun has definitely upped my happiness! I may make some lunch and bring it out here onto our tiny little porch to enjoy.

All this to say… I love the warmth that comes with Spring!

Ok, so the whole tylenol with codeine works great for my pain but it definitely puts me in a sort of la la land. Floating around the apartment.

Ok so i look pretty ridiculous right about now. I have what looks to be a long white tube sock around my head to keep ice packs on my cheeks. But hey if it’s going to keep the swelling down I don’t care how I look.

State College just had a nice random thunderstorm. Good thing Rufus decided to come inside before it hit. The windows are open though and I’m enjoying the smell of spring rain and the 79 degree weather!

So I traveled to Dover this past weekend, it was so refreshing. Ok well not the smell of cows as I drove into town, but just spending some quality time with both of my parents. Friday night I had the most delicious salad at this tiny cafe in Dover. It’s become one of my parent’s favorite places to go, so Dad took me there. The salad… amazing… it had fresh pears and candied walnuts on in. Yum! Saturday morning mom and I drove around York to do some errands. It’s amazing how much Dover and York have changed since I’ve been there. I couldn’t remember where much of anything was. But we went a lot of places that morning… I stocked up on 2 dozon of the best bagels around (Big Apple Bagels), we went to the market and to the NEW Giant as well as Macys, the mall and Old Navy. I only write all that out to say we did all that and headed home by 11:30am. Amazing what you can do in the morning if you get up early. Saturday night I went out to eat with Kylah and a bunch of her friends… It was my delicious last meal before the wisdom teeth! Sunday I headed back to State College at 8:30am. Once I got past Lewistown it was a beautiful drive. Theres something that excites me driving up 322 right past Lewistown. Maybe its from the years of driving up there for camp and the couple of years of driving to Penn State. One thing about Central PA is that scenary along the roads can be quite beautiful. I later drove an hour east on Rt 80… definitely not as beautiful but it was to pick up Karl so I wasn’t as enthralled with looking around outside.

It was certainly a nice weekend, I can’t say I got a lot of sleep or anything I did come home tired, but its ok cause I’m being pretty lazy the next couple of days. It all works out in the end.

Ridiculous is definitely the way I look right now. I had all 4 wisdom taken out this morning. They were all still completely in my gum so it was a messy process no simple pulling of them out for me. Karl’s been with me all morning taking care of me… I honestly don’t remember very much like getting home… or him moving the furniture around to have our green chair in the living room. I remember seeing a little bit of the Today show but then fell asleep. I then woke up to Dr Phil but fell asleep for another while after that though. Rufus has been keeping me company on my lap. She’s been real considerate of my face which is nice. Things are going well, I’ve had some jello and karls heating up some broccoli soup for me. I don’t really feel too much pain which is nice… though 1/2 my mouth is still numb. My bottom lip feels like the size of a bannana and my chin feels non existent and when I touch it feels really funny. Anyway what a way to start off my week. Hopefully I’ll recover quickly.

Well i can’t say today has been one of my favorite days. But a rough day has to come around every once and a while. It’s been rainy and gloomy out all day, the hours are slowly drifting by… but this morning I had about the rudest encounter ever over the phone.

I received a call at the church office from a woman (not from our church) and she basically told me… I’m looking for this woman, her first name is Ruby and she used to do a lot of square dancing. Can you give me her phone number? and to that I said “Can you hold for a moment”. I went and checked with another office member who’s been around a lot longer then I and said do you know who a Ruby is that square dances? And she threw out a name but also said we’re not allowed to give out info to someone if they don’t give us a last name. So… I got back on the phone and said, I’m sorry ma’me but I don’t know who you’re talking about and I can’t give you a phone number if you don’t know their last name. She hung up in a huff. She then calls back not even 5 minutes later saying… oh well I found the woman I’m looking for in an old directory from your church so I have the phone number. And I said great, I’m glad you were able to find it. Then maybe 10 minutes later she calls AGAIN and proceeds to tell me how rude it was of me to not help her find the phone number of this woman who she didn’t even know the last name of. She said that she’s worked in a medical office and they’re trained to help in anyway possible. And that I should have called Ruby (whoever she is) myself and given her the name and phone number of the woman who called and have Ruby call her back. She said I was very un-Christian and that she was very disappointed in the way I handled things. To that I said I’m very sorry ma’me I was just relaying the information I was given, and she hung up.

Now I’m not one who can really hide my feelings very well… and though I was furious my emotion wanted to come out in tears. I suppressed them as much as possible… but it definitely bothered me most of the morning. And this is just another reason I don’t like being a church secretary!

It’s been a rough day. I have a half hour left in the office. Karl’s headed to New York with the band for the weekend so Rufus and I will be heading to Dover for the weekend. I’ll be back in town Sunday though to clean the house and pick up medicine before the Wisdom Teeth come out Monday morning. yikes…

This has been quite the eventful day already and it’s only 9:18am and to think I really didn’t want to get out of bed. On the way to work this morning as we drove down Blue Course we were passed by a Jeep going well above the 50mph speed limit. And while there were no cops around we did enjoy all the different ways he got slowed down. First, despite speeding past us on the road we pulled up behind him at the stoplight up the road… he then had to follow a REALLY SLOW tree chipper which I’m actually surprised he didn’t try to pass before the truck pulled off… anyway I was loving it, despite the fact that I got behind a terribly slow van yesterday on my way home and was a little annoyed. I wasn’t speeding though, I just wanted to go 10mph faster so that I was going the speed limit. Oh well. Anyway, the morning hasn’t been too bad here in the office, it’s pretty quiet. So we’ll see how the day unfolds. I’m looking at another long day, but I’ll recoop this weekend and next week. I’ve canceled everything I have for next week in preparation for the wisdom teeth extraction. A trip home may be in store for this weekend… but only if I can have the Jeep.

Ok so I stumbled upon what I have found to be the funniest name for a mix breed dog. The chiweenie. A mix between a Chihuahua and a Dachshund. I believe this dog has made it on to my wish list!

Well this morning started my 1st of 3 days working in the office at our church. Nothings really been given to me to do… so I scrounged up some work which took me til about 10am. I said before I’m not cut out for this secretarial job, and I only do it because they need someone to fill in every once in a while. But this time our full time secretary is having her tonsils out so that means I get to cover for 3 whole days! The hardest part of the days for me is answering the phone. There are so many questions people ask a church secretary… and I’m certainly not in here enough to know the answers, so I’m constantly asking the other people in the office what to do. I’m probably more of a bother then of a help sometimes… So I’ll just sit here at the front desk and wait for the phone to ring, wonder if I’ll know the answer to the next question I get.