Work, and an update on life....

Sunday October 28, 2007
8:25pm

Wow, this past week has been crazy! It's gone by really fast. Now it's been 12 days since I posted last so this should be hopefully an extensive update on life for me at the current moment....

The movie is coming along, we now have done a total of about 10-11 minutes of completed movie (8 and a half or so starting from the beginning, and then one other section starting about 3/4 of the way through the script. It's coming along slowly but surely. It's going to pick up the pace quite a bit this week starting tomorrow morning. We're going to be putting in 10-11 hour days now beginning this week to be able to get this done as quickly as we can. It's going to be quite the experience for me. It has been so far, and it will continue to be, I'm sure. It has been amazing to see all these pictures that I have seen while doing this editing with Mom and Dad. It's an amazing thing that they have been able to do these past years, following the prophet all over the globe to temple dedications, and re-dedications and celebratory events nation and worldwide. They have seen events from Moscow, to Ghana, to Sacramento, to Texas to Finland to Freiburg, to the Netherlands, to Paris, and a number of other places in the states. It is slowly shaping itself into what will prove to be a wonderful and uplifting production. We've had a number of blessings come about as we have been coming upon obstacles, and I am sure that this is just the tip of the iceburg in the way of blessings that we will see come about as a result of the faithfulness we're putting forth in this project. It's quite an amazing feat we're shooting to accomplish, and I look forward to pouring my heart into it.

Soooo....what else... I got to go up and take Helen to her first day of work on Friday night as the DJ assistant. The gig was a halloween party at an elementary school in Laurel. It took me 3 hours from my driveway in Fairfax, to her driveway in Elkridge (normally calculated to be about an hours worth of driving with good traffic) So, add a little rain and a lot of cars, and rush hour traffic, and you've got an ordeal that will last you thru into the next century. I know now (even more than before) to watch myself when it comes to trying to beat traffic on a rainy day on a friday. Point being, either don't try, or be an overachiever and leave like 6 hours early. I got to her house (left fairfax at 4:27pm) at about 7:27pm (almost exactly 3 hours from door to door. It was quite an insane drive...stop and go/dead stop parking lot traffic most of the way...mostly on the 495. Once I got to the 95 it wasn't as bad. There was still traffic mind you, but I was able to go a constant about 30mph or so rather than just coasting in gear down the road at like 3mph. I got to the place where she was working, found her and when her shift was over we headed back to her house so she could change. She got all dressed up in her halloween outfit (she's going to be a vampire bride) and then we headed out the door to our one hour drive to a local institute sponsored barndance in the middle of nowhere in Dickerson. (It was literally in the middle of nowhere, like we got there at about 11:30, and that was after having finally found people who had just left from it) So we found our way there, parked, went inside and after a few minutes we found some friends we knew from our ward/institute. So we hung out with them and danced the night away for about an hour or so, it was quite invigorating, especially considering the numbers of people that were there in the barn with us! It was quite stuffy, and hot and pretty gross, to tell you the truth- but who cares! It was fun!
We left the dance around 12:30 or so to head home. We headed out and got some food on the way home at Dunkin' Donuts (only place open in Helen's area after 1:30am) and then headed back to her house. We talked for a bit and then she went inside to sleep. I stayed in my car because I was soooo tired that I didn't want to start driving at that point, being as exhausted as I was, and get in a wreck of any kind on the slick rainy roads. and then I ended up (after figuring that the rain wasn't going to be letting up any time soon) sleeping in my car for about an hour, maybe an hour and a half tops... I called Dad around 5:20am cuz I knew he'd be waking up around then. He asked where I was and I told him where I was, that I was safe, it was raining and then asked him what he recommended I do. He said that he thought I should just get a quick bite to eat so I've got some more energy and I'm more awake, and then head out to head home as quickly as I could. It would be better for me to get home so I could sleep and then get up to get on with the day, rather than being up there any longer, and then hitting traffic again on the way home and having it take forever. Sooo, I left around 5:45am and got home and climbed in bed around 7:05am. I slept till 11:45 and then got up to shower and work... I worked about 7 and a half or so hours and then went to sleep... Aaaannnd, now here I am at today!

I had good meetings today. We had the ward primary program here in the Fairfax ward this morning, it was truly a sweet presentation. The feeling of the entire program changed just moments from the beginning, when one of the leaders got up and said, this isn't anything we have planned. We asked the children their thoughts about different questions and subjects, and so evertything is coming straight from them to you (something to that effect, it wasn't her exact words) So that changed the feeling of the entire program immediately. It was quite a sweet program, and I really enjoyed it. Helen's ward had their program this morning too and she told me after church that she was thinking about what our kids will be like when they're in their programs in sacrament. I thought about my future kids as well and it brought me near to tears to think about those few little spirits that are up there in heaven as we speak, watching over me, and waiting for the all clear from the Savior to come down to Earth and be a darling child of mine. I love the reassurance that the gospel brings of the spirit world, both pre and post mortal. It is quite an amazing time we live in, and an incredible gift that we belong to the church that we do. I don't know what I would do without it. I would definitely not be the person that I am today, if it weren't for the church and the people in the church that have influenced me in the ways that they have. I am deeply indebted to them, and to my Savior, whom I love with all my heart. The gospel is true! The Savior loves me and He loves you! Life is amazing, and I look forward to seeing what the coming months will bring to me... I'll update again soon! See ya!