monday, worked the front desk at lagniappe. that was very busy, as i had 3 walk ins. one lady was disabled, 60 years old, and took care of her 39 year old retarded daughter. they both lived in a fema trailer with no income except disability, and they severely needed a new home. i hope Lagniappe can help them.
also met a family that needed help finishing the trimwork in their home. that seems like a minor request when so many people don't even have a home, but they didn't have any trim in their home, and i am sure that could be frustrating to have gaping holes everywhere.
tuesday at LPC was busy-we hosted the Grace Presbytery meeting, and it was lots of fun. i had a great time catching up with old friends and we had a yummy lunch that was very impressive.
wednesday we had a big staff meeting all morning, and i spent the rest of the afternoon at home cleaning and preparing for my thursday mary kay party. thursday i did more prep work for the party, expecting 10 folks, but 5 showed. it was the perfect number-we could have fun and laugh, and there was plenty of room and time from the mary kay consultant to help each one of us. of course, she is pressuring me to sell, but i do not feel the need for that right now. i am going to have to tell her no, something that is hard for me to do.
i got tons of free products so that is the good part. the bad part; mary kay is not my favorite but i am going to try it to see if i can like it. i used to sell it moons ago in college but was not in love with their products.
today i stayed at home with kate, as there were rumors of lice at day care, and i ended up having a fabulous day with her. we played, we wrestled, we hugged, we cuddled, we napped. very fun. she is a sweet girl and i am privileged to be part of her life.
tonight i saw a very funny episode of "everybody loves raymond." i think it was a scene from my weekly life. ray, who is a reporter, finally got tickets to the superbowl. he took a photographer from the newspaper where he works, with him. his wife, of course, felt left out, and at least wanted to be invited. she gave him a hard time, but he said, "honey, no one else's wife will be there-it's boring, it's the superbowl, we can spend time together when i get back." personally, i wouldn't want to go to the superbowl with andy, unless he wanted me there, but i know he would prefer a male friend to go to share the fun. i would at least like to be wanted there, like debra was. anyway, he proceeded to go to the superbowl with his friend, and all of his colleagues were there, with their wives. at this point, he felt horrible, embarrassed, and bought a plane ticket for his wife, and flew her out. she was so excited to be included. once she arrived, she realized that she really wasn't there to have fun-her husband had to work, had to play golf with colleagues, and she pitched a fit. just to prove his love, and the fact that he wanted to spend time with her, he ripped up his superbowl tickets and ate them. they spent the rest of the night fighting over that, as debra was mad that he did that because she wanted him to go to the game, and ray was mad that she wasn't floored at his sacrifice. they ended up watching the game together on tv-and she fell asleep.
isn't that how we work? women want it all, but when they get it, they don't want it ALL. they just want some attention-but only at the right time. ray even said, "if you let me go to the game, when i come home, we'll go wherever you want. we'll hike in the mountains, wear matching sweaters, and we won't even leave until we find a rainbow. we'll go to girly land and we'll love it. we'll shop at the pottery barn outlet and everything." isn't that the truth-women want men to want to go to the spa, and women also want their husbands to invite them to the superbowl, even if they don't want to be there.
women want it all. (read: i want it all) i want andy to invite me everywhere; i want him to want me. i have resolved to hold him with an open palm-if he wants to invite me to do something, great. if he wants to go with a friend, that's great. i cannot control him. i cannot take him to girly land and expect him to love it.
and i have a feeling, in the end, we'll be watching the game and falling asleep.
even when i get what i want, it's never perfect. that's sinful nature kicking in. i hate sinful nature. it never satisfies.
it's just like hoping for the perfect valentine's day. i don't care who you are, you'll never have EXACTLY what you're hoping for!
so here's to girly land and finding your rainbow.
but i do have a fantabulous hubby that is sensitive to my needs, that knows when i need him, and knows when i'm mad even by my lack of words.
he knows when i'm hurt, based on my facial expression, regardless of what i'm saying. i'm very thankful for him, no matter who he takes to the superbowl.
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