When you still don't have much to say...

use a bullet point list!

• My new copy of Matthew Paul Turner's The Christian Culture Survival Guide arrived yesterday. I loaned my original copy to someone, and then they disappeared, and I never got it back. So I ordered a new one. I love this book. If you have not read it, you must. I mean, you really should. Particularly if you've ever wondered if anyone else around you found this Christian thing just a little bit odd. Plus, it has lots of lists. Lists like, "Tell-tale signs you're about to encounter an 'old-fashioned' meeting with the altar," "Fifteen kinds of church people to look out for," "Eight ways to know if you might be worshipping your pastor," "Seven church cliches that need to go - NOW," "Five phrases highly offensive to many Christians," and my two personal favorites, "Seven Types of Guys (for girls to choose from) in Church Culture," and "Eight Types of Girls (for guys to choose from) in Church Culture." Plus, the book is not just all sarcastic amusement - it actually is encouraging. I know, because I've read it several times, and because, it happened to appear at our church Christmas party - where several friends who had also read it agreed with me, and where one of our pastors took great delight in reading a number of the above lists to whoever would sit on the couches where we were hanging out and listen to him. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!!
• I'm almost financially stable again. For a few months anyway, until my student loans come due. It's amazing what three weeks of fulltime work will do.
• I have to go to the bottle depot for my mom today. I hate the bottle depot. It smells bad, and the people there are kind of scary, in that stereotypical way that makes you feel guilty for being slightly creeped out by them.
• I'm frustrated with one of my coworkers right now. She's scheduling me poorly, being less than flexible, and is entirely caught up in her own importance. I was handling a big order for some customers last night, was doing quite well on my own, and she inserted herself into the process. Irritating. Plus, she cut my hours for today, so I had no choice but to allow her to take care of a major portion of the prep work that I need to do before the customers come in to finalize their order with me this afternoon. And then she snaps at all of us because she has so much to do, and we don't really have anything to do because she took it all from us. ARGHH!
• Okay, well, now that I've vented a little, I'm off to the bottle depot, possibly to do some other errands, and then to work. Here's to hoping my friends come through and we're hanging out tonight or tomorrow night! I need a break from my house, a break from my family, a break from thinking about work, a break from crises, and a chance to just chill with my favorite people in the world!