For those who wanted a bit more...

My former roommate and her new husband just posted this video of clips from their wedding ceremony on July 4th, and, since a few of you either know J., or have asked about the wedding, I thought I'd share it here.

My favorite part of their ceremony was the emotion with which R's brother sang "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" as a prayer and blessing over J and R while they shared communion together - one of their first acts as a married couple.

Second Half

The second half of my day was decidedly less than productive.

They created a new system for taking messages at our office related to a new product that was launched yesterday. I spent most of my afternoon following this ridiculous procedure for answering a call, taking a message, and then ensuring that the message got to the appropriate person. This, while trying to juggle the responsibilities of my other position.

It was the sort of day I was expecting yesterday, and it was gross.

Thankfully the grocery trip was relatively painless, and only minorly soul-sucking. A good list and staying on task helps.

I got home from that, ate dinner, took a quick shower, and now I'm crashed out in bed with a movie playing in the background while I catch up on a few emails, and basically do as much nothing as possible. I need to rest and (hopefully) sleep tonight. Especially since tomorrow is likely to be filled with the same sorts of challenges at work that today was.

Productive?

I feel like it's been an oddly productive morning thus far, on both a work front, and a "things I personally need to do" front.

I talked with my car insurance company to get an answer to a question I had.

I scheduled a driving lesson - long story, but my license is coming up for renewal, and I'm also well overdue to take the advanced road test that is part of Alberta's Graduated Driver's Licensing system. (I think I was eligible to take the test about three years ago!) Anyway, because it's been over five years since I last did a driving road test, and since this one covers different things, I thought I'd book a bit of a refresher lesson to try to ensure I can pass this test in one attempt and only have to pay for it once.

I knocked several items off of my work "to do" list.

I bought groceries (unexpectedly) for the office.

I spoke briefly with the rep for our filing system when she dropped off some samples I'd asked for. And I supervised the delivery of several new furniture pieces in the office as well.

I talked with my mechanic about George. He informed me what a particular problem that I'd noticed was caused by. I'm really thankful for our mechanic, who's honest and never tries to cheat me. I asked if I needed to have this problem repaired, and he told me that George is absolutely safe to drive without repairing the problem, that it was my preference. Since I'm trying not to sink huge amounts of money into my rather old vehicle, I opted to leave it unrepaired for the moment. So, George just had an oil change, and I'll pick him up after work tonight.

I find myself somewhat surprised at what's been accomplished today. Especially since I slept very poorly again last night, and was most definitely dragging this morning.

I'm less than excited about the fact that there is a trip to the soul sucking mega grocery store in my future tonight, but I'll survive it, and then probably have to do another round of yoga to recover!

And I'm still in the mood to wear scarves (and pray). Yesterday's was sent to me by a friend, a gift from Morrocco. Today's is a gift from another friend, this time sent from Nepal.

More thoughts later I suppose...