We were going to catch something, was my thought one day when I noticed that we had a different set of traps placed at work to catch bugs. They weren't their usual design, and I figured that they had been switched up because the bugs had gotten smart to the old trap's scent and weren't getting caught in them anymore. So they were going to a new trap -new scent- to catch stuff.
And did we catch something.
I missed all the drama, as I had a later shift at work that day,
but we caught a Leopard Gecko in one of those traps.
An adult Leopard Gecko.
This is a big deal because we only sell baby Leopard Geckos at Starsmet -like three inches- and I'd never seen an Adult before.
So to have one randomly show up in our trap?
Everyone was like O.o WHAT?!?! HOW DID YOU END UP HERE?!
The poor thing was stuck pretty good to the sticky trap, but luckily we had a vet nearby to take him to to see if there was anything they could do to save him. It took a lot of..mineral oil, I think it was, but they managed to unstick him and free him from his prison! With minimal damage done. Yay! :)
The Manager who found him thought he was a toy at first because of how big he was. lol
In any case.
I knew who this leopard gecko was.
Because a while ago...maybe even a year. (it's been a loooonnng time)...we misplaced one of our geckos.
He just went missing.
Which is super impressive in of itself...because it's not like they could climb out of the cage or anything...their feet don't stick to the sides like that... we have no idea how he got out.
But we knew that one was missing.
And then, a few months ago...Like September ish? Maybe during the summer,
I spotted him. Half grown, walking across the ground in front of me.
I was so surprised that I didn't move to catch him until it was too late, and he got away.
So I knew he was still alive...even if we couldn't find him.
Well, we finally found him.
And he is Giant!!! (probably from feasting on all the loose crickets)
This is a great comparison picture. (not a picture of him actually)
We usually get the small ones, so to see the adult one. Wow. Soo big!!
Talk about excitement for the day. ^^ It's awesome to see him alive and well. :D
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was in a store with a couple other friends, and we were playing a game with the two owners of the store -two guys- who loved to have friendly competitions, one of my friends was like "Don't let my dad find you!" and so our goal was to avoid getting caught/recognized as not customers by his Dad, a bigger guy with a beard. And so I ran around the store, keeping out of the Dad's line of sight, and overheard the other guy -Clint? (like from Finding Bigfoot) telling the Dad, that they were having a customer come in who wanted to look at dresses and canvas bags, and canvas chairs. I kept that thought in the back of my mind until I made my way to the 'old fashioned' section of the store -which was up near the front- where they had dresses, capes, hoods, bags, backpacks and the like based off of the more Victorian era (Think 3 Musketeers Dress) I put on a red dress of that period and because I didn't want to be too matchy matchy I chose a green cloak to put on. Clint began helping me, thinking that I was the woman who was coming, but he eventually figured it out, yet, decided to continue the farce to help me win the game of keeping the Dad from 'finding' me. But then the Dad came over as well to help me look at Canvas Chairs, but he suddenly got suspicious. I couldn't look at him because the sun was right in that direction preventing me from seeing him due to the brightness. That worked against me as it made me look more suspicious and finally he caught me by asking "How do you spell Bianca?" (the name of the client.) I told him "B-I-A-N-C-A" which...apparently isn't how it's spelt (I never did find that out, but I think it had an E in it.) And so I got caught, but both of them thought I had done a marvelous job at the game, and the Dad told me about the one time he found a huge cache of animals to feed his family when he was playing the game (he was running through snow in a small village and ran at a line of hanging animals -there were two- and when he grabbed it, like a hundred more appeared in the distance- but now most of the time he was refinding caches of Candy -like a cache of candy I'd left on one of the shelves in the store- However, when he found those animals, he came across...a creature of sorts. It had yellowy skin, and wings, with an alien looking head, sharp teeth, creepy eyes, and looked more skin and bones. Kinda like a Drakhar but not quite. He pinned it down and left it to die. But when he showed it to us, in it's emaciated form, with the dried eyes still visible in it's staring sockets...it wasn't dead. The creature could still move, however he had no fear of it, because the creature could no longer move fast enough to catch us, or work his limbs well enough to be much of a threat. And so we returned to the house, and I ended up on the Piano playing some music before I just randomly started hitting cords to make up my own song, it went marvelous (I was surprised nobody was telling me to stop) and it kept getting better and better, but then I realized that Landon had joined me on the piano and he was playing a harmony song with mine making it much more deep and moving and energetic then just my hands could, and upon finishing...ah it was epic. Everyone was impressed by the song. Which started off a talent show where a mother -who was pregnant- and her two grown up daughters took their turns to sing. It was more like the mom started out, and the daughters jumped in to give backup. They were singing "Nearer my God to thee."
When the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
As a young married couple, my wife and I were expecting the birth of our first child.
I was studying law at the university and working nights in a gasoline station.
We had very little money.
We had furnished our small basement apartment with some used furniture and many wooden boxes.
As the time of the birth approached, we had assembled everything we would need, except we had no bed for the baby and no money to buy one.
It was our practice at the time to pay our tithing each month on fast Sunday.
As that day approached, we discussed the possibility of postponing the paying of our tithing so that we could make an initial payment on a baby bed.
In the spirit of the fast, and after praying, we decided to pay the tithing and trust our Heavenly Father.
A few days later, I was walking in the business district of the city and unexpectedly met my former mission president, who asked if I was in school or working at a job.
I replied that I was doing both.
Was I married?
"Yes!"
Did we have children?
"No, but our first child will be born in just a few weeks."
"Do you have a bed for the baby?"
he asked.
"No," I replied reluctantly, startled by the direct question.
"Well," he said, "I am now in the furniture business, and it would please me to have a baby bed delivered to your apartment as a gift."
A great feeling of relief, gratitude, and testimony came over me.
The gift filled a temporal need but is still a poignant reminder of the spiritual experience that accompanied it, confirming again that the law of tithing is a commandment with a promise.
Ronald E. Poelman -Tithing: A Privilege -April 1998 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
I passed a major milestone today.
What did I do?
I paid off my first car! :D
Woot. ^^ Tax Returns are awesome in allowing me to do so this day. ^^
I'm soo excited, it helped me stay in a good mood aaaaalllll day long. :D
And yah...that's all I can think of to post about. ^^
I OWN MY CAR!! WOOT!
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was part of the Little House on the Prairie Family, and they'd just moved into town. But the welcome wasn't as warm as expected because something happened to cause a man to fall unconscious, and some of the townfolk placed 'letters from the mom' in his shirt pocket to make it seem like she was cheating on her husband, and all the town folk chose to believe that this was true, when it wasn't. And as a consequence chose not to do any business with her. And with the father out of the picture (notsurewhy) she was the only source of income for Mary and Laura but because nobody was buying what she was selling, they were unable to get food on the table, and slowly were starving to death and nobody cared. The girls went to school, thin as sticks, and they came into the class playing a game of bingo...with M&Ms but the girls couldn't eat them, and Laura got into trouble for sticking one in her mouth. But the family decided to not stand for this and to try and leave, but it was like the town people didn't want them to, because they were trying their best to keep the family there. Like making the youngest girl sit in an open air passenger car of the train where everyone could see her because our family -and extended family - promised to place our youngest child there, and it had been hoped to be a different child, but that family had backed out of going on the cruise with us, and so it fell down to our youngest, and she would be noticed if she wasn't there, but we were to the point where we didn't care anymore, and so we were working on making our escape from the train with the help of an evil magician that we'd put away in a cage. He looked like a blobby vulture at first, than a rat, and then somewhat human, but he had very little power to help because he only had 4 doves with him that helped him with his power, not enough to do much, but hopefully enough to help us....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
My brother called me.
While I was in class.
Not that he knew I was in class.
But it was super weird for him to call.
Why?
Because he never calls,
yet there I was, feeling my phone vibrating. Again and again.
Which meant somebody was calling me.
And yah, it was him.
O.o Oookay...Why would he be calling?
I honestly couldn't think of anything. Was it an emergency? Had he heard about the vocal point concert next weekend and wanted to join me? What?
So I answered.
What did he want?
To know my favorite colors.
O.o Ooookay?
Why?
He wouldn't tell me. >.<
He said "You'll probably never find out! Well....that's a lie, you'll only ever never find out if you end up dying by yourself of old age."
O.o
lol. That's my bro for you.
But judging from that one sentence...he's making something to give to me when I get married.
Something that involves my favorite colors.
I have ideas. But knowing him, it won't be quite what I think it is.
I guess we'll have to see....if I ever end up getting married. ;) lol
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thomas S. Monson - The Sustaining of Church Officers
Boyd K. Packer - Parents in Zion
- We have watched the standards of morality sink ever lower until now they are in a free fall. AT the same time we have seen an outpouring of inspired guidance for parents and for families.
- I recently saw a woman respond when it was said of another, "Since she had the new baby, she isn't doing anything in the Church." You could almost see a baby in her arms as she protested with emotion: "She is doing something in the Church. She gave that baby life. She nurtures and teaches it. She is doing the most important thing that she can do in the Church."
- I do not want anyone to use what I say to excuse them in turning down an inspired call from the Lord. I do want to encourage leaders to carefully consider the home lest they issue calls or schedule activities which place an unnecessary burden on parents and families.
- Attending Church is, or should be, a respite from the pressures of everyday life. It should bring peace and contentment. If it brings pressure and discouragement, then something is out of balance.
- Remember, when you schedule a youngster, you schedule a family--particularly the mother.
- The ward council has resources often overlooked. For instance, grandparents, while not filling callings, can help young families who are finding their way along the same path they once walked.
Joseph B. Wirthlin - Cultivating Divine Attributes
- Developing faith, hope, and charity within ourselves is a step-by-step process. Faith begets hope, and together they foster charity.
- "No one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity."
- Even when our trials seem overwhelming, we can draw strength and hope from the sure promise of the Lord: "Be not afraid nor dismayed ... for the battle [is] not yours, but God's."
E. Ray Bateman - Pearls from the Sand
- "Be friendly. You have to make a friend before you make a convert. Conversion follows friendship. The opportunity to teach follows friendship."
- The Lord said: "But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them, because of the fear of man. Wo unto such, for mine anger is kindled against them.
- "And it shall come to pass, if they are not more faithful unto me, it shall be taken away, even that which they have."
Athos M. Amorim - Obeying the Law--Serving One's Neighbor
- Obedience is a great virtue, essential to our progress. I am not talking about blind obedience but the obedience that allows us to reach a higher and more spiritual level in life, using our agency to do the will of the Lord.
- Be yourself.
Val. R. Christensen -Overcoming Discouragement
- There are at least three steps to take when striving to overcome discouragement.
- 1. You can work on changing your attitude toward the problem.
- 2. You can receive help from those who are close to you--your family, friends, and ward members, those who love you the most.
- 3. You can develop a more powerful and complete trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Change your attitude. By looking at a problem in a different way, it may be possible to reduce discouragement.
- Any sailor can steer on a smooth sea, when rocks appear, sail around them.
- "Oh Father in heaven, help me to be a good sailor, that my heart shall not break on the rocks of grief."
- It is often difficult to change circumstances, but a positive attitude can help lift discouragement.
- Accept help from others.
- Develop trust in the Lord.
Henry B. Eyring - A Voice of Warning
- Because the Lord is kind, He calls servants to warn people of danger. That call to warn is made harder and more important by the fact that the warnings of most worth are about dangers that people don't yet think are real.
- Few prayers are so fervent as those of a parent asking to know how to touch a child to move away from danger.
- The Lord would not use the word warn if there is no danger. Yet not many people we know sense it. They have learned to ignore the increasing evidence that society is unraveling and that their lives and family lack the peace they once thought was possible.
- Love always comes first. A single act of kindness will seldom be enough.
- Second, we need to be better examples of what we invite others to do.
- Most of us are modest enough to think that our small candle of example may be too dim to be noticed. But you and your family are watched more than you may realize.
- The third thing we must do better is to invite with testimony.
David B. Haight -Sustaining the Prophets
- I am a child of God, And he has sent me here, Has given me an earthly home With parents kind and dear. Lead me, guide me, Walk beside me, Help me to find the way. Teach me all that I must do To live with him someday. It's as simple, it's as pure and clean as that little simple song.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was out with my family, my Aunt Lia's family, and maybe Aunt Dal as well as my grandmother, we were going through the different sections of the stores, mostly the clothes sections looking for things we wanted, and Kikay was obsessed with finding something that had a butterfly on it, and I thought she meant like pillows and such, but no, it turned out to be a pair of pants in shades of blue and green that she'd wanted, and mom had found for her. Somehow or another I ended up with just my brother and my grandma, and she gave my brother a 20 telling him to go by something. But my grandmother was upset, because apparently this whole shopping trip was an intervention for her. Why? Because she was spending too much money on herself, and her kids thought she'd be better off and happier if she spent her money on the grand kids. She wasn't happy about that because she felt like they just wanted her money, especially Lia's family and how they never asked her what she wanted, but they always came around expecting things from her. And she just wanted to have some time away for herself because it felt like Grandpa was getting in the way of everything -at one point we were sitting in chairs talking and Grandpa was there, big like a giant in the chair and grandma had him on her knees, but you couldn't tell because she was so small compared to him.
I then heard a noise outside and upon investigation of the dilapidated town I found an injured group of performers of sorts in the jail. One, a camel/horse/person like figure appeared to be super sick, the ribs were all out of alignment and sticking out of his skin, and nobody was willing to help him. But, upon seeing them, I decided to try and help, as I was a sort of...healer magician, but I hadn't healed anyone recently because I felt like my powers no longer worked because I had failed to heal someone else a year or two ago and because of that, I had stopped healing, but this creature's plight struck a cord with me, and so I took off my robe and began to dance, having the creature mimic my actions around. And it seemed like when we spun in a certain direction, he would glitch out. Which told me there was where the injury was. At the end of the dance, I drew a line across the floor and crossed it. But the creature stopped just before crossing the line. He was thankful for what I'd done, and wouldn't follow me any further to cross that line, so finally I had to tell him. "You need to go over the line to finish it out." and so he did, and as he did so...and was totally healed. Much to everyone's excitement. Including mine. Because that told me that magic still worked, that it wasn't me who had failed to heal the last person that I had failed to heal, but that it had been some other factor that prevented the healing from happening,
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Awww :(
Once again...the Olympics are over. :(
Seriously, these events pass by waaaaay too quickly. I feel like the Olympics should go on for a month or two and not just over a couple of weeks. Because seriously, I didn't get enough time to watch everything and every one, and I'd love to be able to do so.
lol, though I doubt the competitors would enjoy a longer schedule. :S I'm sure the tension and stress would get to them if they had to wait longer than a week or so to compete in the even they'd been training for for like the past four years. :S I know I would be banging my head against the wall after the third day or so wondering why I hadn't picked an event that started earlier in the Olympics if it lasted for like a month.
Still. It has been a fun time for me, watching all those who competed. :)
:( While obviously, not all could win a medal, I enjoyed seeing the competitive spirit and the camaraderie between everyone. :)
So for the last time. :)
Congrats Olympic Medalists! :D
33 Medals - Russia: 13 Gold, 11 Silver, 9 Bronze
28 Medals - United States: 9 Gold, 7 Silver, 12 Bronze
26 Medals - Norway: 11 Gold, 5 Silver, 10 Bronze
25 Medals - Canada: 10 Gold, 10 Silver, 5 Bronze
24 Medals - Netherlands: 8 Gold, 7 Silver, 9 Bronze
19 Medals - Germany: 8 Gold, 6 Silver, 9 Bronze
17 Medals - Austria: 4 Gold, 8 Silver, 5 Bronze
15 Medals - France: 4 Gold, 4 Silver, 7 Bronze
15 Medals - Sweden: 2 Gold, 7 Silver, 6 Bronze
11 Medals - Switzerland: 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
9 Medals - China: 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze
8 Medals - South Korea: 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
8 Medals - Czech Republic: 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze
8 Medals - Slovenia: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze
8 Medals - Japan: 1 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
8 Medals - Italy: 2 Silver, 6 Bronze
6 Medals - Belarus: 5 Gold, 1 Bronze
6 Medals - Poland: 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
5 Medals - Finland: 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
4 Medals - Great Britain: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
4 Medals - Latvia: 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
3 Medals - Australia: 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
2 Medals - Ukraine: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
1 Medal - Slovakia: 1 Gold
1 Medal - Croatia: 1 Silver
1 Medal - Kazakhstan: 1 Bronze
Also, congrats to the Olympians who went to the Olympics but didn't come back with any medals for their country. ^^
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria,
Cayman Islands, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Cyprus,
Denmark, Dominica,
Estonia,
Georgia, Greece,
Hong Kong, Hungary,
Iceland, Independent Olympic Athletes, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel,
Jamaica,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco,
Nepal, New Zealand,
Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal,
Romania,
San Marino, Serbia, Spain,
Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Turkey,
U.S. Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela,
Zimbabwe.
May those training for the next Olympics find success!!
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
There was a guy, recently returning to the public, who was coming under a lot of fire because everyone thought that he was a murderer, but nobody could prove for sure that he had killed anyone maliciously, it could have been self defense. So, he was able to come back home, though he had two police/swat like officers following him around for his and other people's protection, as his welcome home isn't as welcoming. He even had difficulty with his sister, as her boyfriend was super protective of her and wouldn't' let him anywhere near her. The guy tried to be nice and accommodating, taking everything in stride but...it was beginning to take its toll on him as...
the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
I had an odd request at work the other day.
A woman came in, and wanted 5 dead fish.
Yah, you read that right. 5 dead fish. Plus. One live one.
O.o Huh? What in the crazy would you need 5 dead fish for?
Apparently...for a movie the girl was filming. I'm guessing it's for a class.
I have no idea why she would need 5 though. I could understand needing one dead one, especially if you're pretending that the fish 'dies' in the movie. but 5? What...in case you lose the first one or something?
So, I helped her out as best as I could.
And she went on her merry way.
Only to return a couple of days later with the live fish. Simply stating "I'm a bad mother."
O.o
Oohhhkay?
So back went the live fish.
But thankfully, she didn't bring back the dead ones too. :S I can only imagine what those would smell like. *shudders*
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
29 Medals - Russia
27 Medals - United States
26 Medals - Norway
24 Medals - Canada, Netherlands
19 Medals - Germany
17 Medals - Austria
15 Medals - France
14 Medals - Sweden
11 Medals - Switzerland
9 Medals - China
8 Medals - South Korea, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Japan, Italy
6 Medals - Belarus, Poland
5 Medals - Finland
4 Medals - Great Britain
3 Medals - Australia, Latvia
2 Medals - Ukraine
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
IT CAME IT CAME IT CAME!!!
Finally. After like two months of waiting it came!
What came?
My last Christmas Present!
>.> I know right? Christmas was so two months ago. But seriously, that's how long it took for my present to arrive that my roomie ordered for me.
What was it?
The Piano Music to Disney's Frozen.
^^ And Finally. It's here!
And like most piano books, the music is always much more complicated to play compared to singing it. lol. Here's to learning the songs...hopefully. :S
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
27 Medals - United States
26 Medals - Russia
24 Medals - Canada
23 Medals - Norway
22 Medals - Netherlands
17 Medals - Germany
16 Medals - France
14 Medals - Sweden
13 Medals - Austria
11 Medals - Switzerland
9 Medals - China
8 Medals - Slovenia, Japan, Italy
7 Medals - South Korea
6 Medals - Belarus
5 Medals - Poland
4 Medals - Finland, Great Britain
3 Medals -Australia, Latvia
2 Medals - Ukraine
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
The Dream
There was a ghost guy in my bedroom, a future love interest. And I kept trying to wake up but the faint misty face of the guy kept distracting me, but when I felt a black something settle against my throat...
The unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Anna Matilda Anderson was a young girl who lived in Sweden in the 1880s.
When she and her family joined the Church, they were ridiculed for their beliefs.
Anna's mother decided they should move to America and join the Saints in Utah.
Anna was 11 years old when she and her sister, Ida, were sent ahead to earn money and bring the rest of the family.
They sailed to the United States, then traveled by train to Odgen, Utah, where Ida left by covered wagon to work for her sponsors in Idaho.
Anna was completely alone on that train as it continued to Salt Lake City.
She spoke no English and knew no one.
Can you imagine the loneliness and terror of her ride?
The train pulled into the darkened Rio Grande station just before midnight.
The relative who was to meet Anna was not there.
Anna stood watching with dread as the station lowly emptied.
Finally, she was alone with a German family who also had no one to meet them.
The darkness was thick and threatening, closing in around her.
She later recalled: "I started to cry and thought about the last thing my mother told me: 'If you come to a place where you can't understand what the people are saying, don't forget to pray to your Father in Heaven because He can understand you.'"
Anna knelt by her suitcase and pleaded with all her might for heavenly help.
Haven't we all said prayers like that?
The German family motioned for Anna to follow them.
Having no other choice, she walked behind them, crying.
Arriving at Temple Square, they heard rapid footsteps.
A woman was hurrying toward them, studying each person she passed.
She looked at the German family, then pressed on.
Ana caught the woman's searching gaze.
The woman stopped, unbelieving.
She recognized the young girl!
And with a shock, Anna recognized the woman.
She was her Sunday School teacher who had left Sweden a year earlier!
Pulling Anna tightly into her arms, the teacher wiped away her frightened tears.
She told Anna: "I was awakened over and over again.
... Images of the arriving immigrants raced through my mind.
I could not go back to sleep.
I was prompted to come to the temple to see if there was anyone I knew here."
Can you believe it?
A Sunday School teacher sent in a pitch-black night like an angel of light!
"So you see," Anna remembered, "my Heavenly Father more than answered my prayers. I only asked for someone who could understand me, and He sent someone I knew."
Bonnie D. Parkin -"Finding Faith in Every Footstep -April 1997 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
25 Medals - United States
23 Medals - Russia
22 Medals - Netherlands
21 Medals - Norway
20 Medals - Canada
16 Medals - Germany
15 Medals - France
12 Medals - Sweden
11 Medals - Switzerland
10 Medals - Austria
8 Medals - Czech Republic, Japan, Italy
7 Medals - Slovenia
6 Medals - Belarus, China
5 Medals - South Korea
4 Medals - Poland, Finland
3 Medals - Great Britain, Australia, Latvia
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :D
My purse has been bugging me recently.
Why? Because it's strap likes to get caught on things,
particularly things in my car.
>.< Super annoying when I go to get out of it and grab my purse only to be pulled up short.
By the strap.
It catches on the emergency brake, on water bottles in the cup holders, on the 4WD controller, on the other stick....that you know...drives the car. Does it have a name?
In any case.
Super annoying.
But today...it may have helped my car.
As I parked on a hill, and I thought: "I hope my car doesn't slide down backwards."
When I got back from my errand...
I set things down as normal, drove my car away.
Only to look down at my dash board a couple of miles later and see in big red letters BRAKE!
O.o my foot's not on the brake...what? Then I glanced to the emergency brake. It was pulled up. :S AH!
So I pulled over and pushed it back down.
Hopefully that didn't do any harm to my car.... Really I hope it didn't.
But I have to wonder. HOW DID IT GET PULLED UP!
When did it get pulled up!
Did I just get it caught when I left for that last errand? Or had it been pulled up for a while?
I really hope it was the first and not the latter.
But, in any case, however it got pulled up, at least I was 'extra' protected when I parked on that hill. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
23 Medals - United States
22 Medals - Russia, Netherlands
20 Medals - Norway
18 Medals - Canada
15 Medals - Germany
11 Medals - France, Sweden
10 Medals - Switzerland
9 Medals - Austria
8 Medals - Czech Republic
7 Medals - Slovenia, Japan, Italy
6 Medals - Belarus, China
4 Medals - Poland, South Korea, Finland
3 Medals - Australia, Latvia
2 Medals - Great Britain
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
The Dream
I was with a guy who I thought of as 'John Watson' but seemed to be more like a "House" character. He was struggling with not being at war, drinking a bit, going on too much 'business' when in actuality he had been fired/quit from his job. And Alice his wife was deciding whether or not if she wanted to stay with him and deal with his crazy plan to make millions. When she was whisked away from him into the lab of The Doctor (dr. who..but also Sherlock Holmes) where he was conducting experiments and he told Alice that she couldn't leave, that there was hope yet. Because one of them -the doctor, or Watson- had this genetic variation of many different DNA strands in their body. Basically they were cursed to be more than one person -how he manages to live many lives- and that House had just found the cure. Alice was returned to Watson and said that she would go along with it, but he quickly managed to figure out why she was willing to go with him. And he wasn't happy about it, but she wanted to try anyway, and it involved melting chocolate. However, it was difficult to get the melted chocolate as I couldn't seem to get it into the container, and it kept flowing down to different nooks and crannies, getting exposed to bird feathers, leaves, and such as it slid down cage bars, into the bottom of a bird cage full of water. I never did get the chocolate....
then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
I dug through a mountain of boxes in the storage room of the parental's home today.
Why?
Because I got back into reading, that's why. :)
And unfortunately, my place has limited bookshelf room....so I had to leave behind many a book. Which wouldn't have been so bad. I mean it's worked for me for the past few years to just cycle through my books each time I went home, bring home some, grab some others to take back.
Except...this year, was the year that Daddoo decided that I had been moved out long enough.
Yep. Storage boxes. There went my room. Into the deep dark basement in a bunch of boxes.
I hadn't considered the ramifications of this. I mean, I just assumed they were all stacked there pretty as can be in a reachable location, easy to find, easy to get to if I decided I ever needed anything.
Ha. The key would be 'reachable' there.
It wouldn't have been a problem, except for the fact that I was hunting for books and the books I was suddenly craving...weren't at my apartment. No, they'd been left at the parentals for safe keeping.
And let me tell you, they are safe. lol. *shakes head*
All my books stuffed into four boxes....at the bottom of a mountain of storage boxes containing a variety of items from me and my siblings.
Why the bottom?
Books are heavy that's why.
And confronting this task was going to take a lot of effort. I had no idea where to start.
So, I went back up the stairs for help.
And Mother Dearest came to my rescue. Directing me to the location where to start looking, we began our hunt.
Hunt for the 11 books I decided I suddenly needed. (three series)
Slowly the work began. Moving boxes about to get down into the bowels of the mount.
The first box yielded up only two treasures. :( Book 2 and 4 in a series. Not totally helpful.
Okay. So one box down, what about the next? Better results. 6 books. But only one complete series (easy enough because it was a 3 in one book so I only had to find one book)
The third box. I struck out. None of my books were in there.
At this point I was growing concerned, wasn't this the last box? Where had my other books gone!!
But then, the box below the one I was currently looking at turned out to be full of books as well!
Finally. Success!! ^^ I got all the books I needed.
Though, unfortunately not the whole series as apparently two more books have come out in the meantime I need to go hunt down. *shakes head* Ah well. ^^ I can at least now enjoy the ones I have....and can forget the mountain of storage boxes for the time being. lol :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
20 Medals - Netherlands, United States
19 Medals - Russia
18 Medals - Norway
17 Medals - Canada
15 Medals - Germany
9 Medals - France, Austria, Sweden
8 Medals - Switzerland
6 Medals - Belarus, China, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Japan, Italy
4 Medals - Poland, South Korea
3 Medals - Australia, Latvia
2 Medals - Great Britain, Finland
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
Gordon B. Hinckley -Welcome to Conference
- We pray for you, we visit you, we respect and admire you, we love you. We are all part of a great family--10 million strong--worshiping with one heart and one voice at the feet of our Master, the Son of God.
M. Russell Ballard -Are We Keeping Pace?
- "We have work to do, you and I, so very much of it. Let us roll up our sleeves and get at it, with a new commitment, putting our trust in the Lord. ... We can do it, if we will be prayerful and faithful."
- Our President is dynamically out in front, showing the way. The question we must all ask ourselves is, "Are we keeping pace with him?"
- This is not the time to relax or to coast in our callings.
- We must focus our work, and we must work smarter.
- Let us unite as never before to do our part, individually and collectively, to prepare our people to receive the blessings that can only be given in the house of the Lord.
- Perhaps as never before we need to focus our efforts on those things that matter most and avoid spending time on those things of small concern and of little consequence.
- Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!
H. David Burton -A Season of Opportunity
- In challenges lie some of our greatest opportunities.
Virginia U. Jensen -"Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice"
- Different dispensations required different instructions. That is true today.
- We have received commandments and counsel to guide us, reminders to keep us on the straight and narrow, and encouraging words to spur us on when we become disheartened or discouraged. If we listen to he voices of the world, we will be misled. But if we listen to the voice of the Lord through His living prophet and follow his counsel, we will never go astray.
- Outside the windows of our lives are many voices announcing the death of honesty, the death of integrity, the death of goodness and righteousness, even announcing the death of the traditional family. How blessed we are as Latter-day Saints to know that God can speak to us through our living prophet today and give us guidance and instruction and encouragement so that we may continue, just as the Lord's true Church continues, steadfast and confident on the path that leads us back to Him.
- Nothing man-made or man-controlled can ever be truly guaranteed! But here's the miracle. The Lord has given some marvelous guarantees without any disclaimers. And this is one of them: He will choose the prophet, and He will never let that man lead us astray. Imagine for a moment the impact of that promise. There is at least one place we can turn for pure, unpolluted guidance.
Robert D. Hales -Healing Soul and Body
- If I dwelt only upon my pain, it inhibited the healing process.
- Pain brings you to a humility that allows you to ponder.
- "Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
- Faith and putting their trust in the Lord help them put the whys and ifs behind them and feel the comfort of the Spirit of the Lord.
- It is interesting to note that, other than in the book of Job and a few other places, there are very few scriptural references to physical or mortal pain. The pain most frequently spoken of in the scriptures is the pain and anguish of the Lord and His prophets for the disobedient souls.
- The scriptures teach that "there is ... opposition in all things." Just as times of joy and happiness come to each of us, so also comes pain to every mortal.
- "No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God, ... and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire."
- Healing comes in the Lord's time and the Lord's way; be patient.
Thomas S. Monson -Think to Thank
- The two most important words in the English language are these: "Thank you."
- Gracias, danke, merci--whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity--even a sincerity--when "thank you" is spoken.
- Astronaut Gordon Cooper, while orbiting the earth over 30 years ago, offered this sweet and simple prayer of thanks: "Father, thank You, especially for letting me fly this flight. Thank You for the privilege of being able to be in this position: to be up in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that You have created."
- "Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God."
- First, may I ask that we express thanks to our parents for life, for caring, for sacrificing, for laboring to provide a knowledge of our Heavenly Father's plan for happiness.
- Next, have we thought on occasion of a certain teacher at school or at church who seemed to quicken our desire to learn, who instilled in us a commitment to live with honor?
- Third, I mention an expression of "thank you" to one's peers.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
18 Medals -Russia, United States
17 Medals - Netherlands
15 Medals - Norway, Canada
13 Medals - Germany
9 Medals - Sweden
8 Medals - Switzerland, Austria
6 Medals - Belarus, China, France, Japan
5 Medals - Czech Republic, Slovenia, Italy
4 Medals - Poland
3 Medals - South Korea, Australia, Latvia
2 Medals - Great Britain, Finland
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
The Dream
A guy didn't like the outcome of an event, so he took himself and a girl back in time, merging them with their past selves (though to do a bit of a mind switch, he didn't put the girl in her body but another's so that the outcomes would change) there was a bit of confusion as conflicting images occurred, but then everything merged into one, and the person was left with a sense of deja-vu
-Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Soooo remember how like a week or so ago I finished my goal of reading conference talks?
Well, finishing such a long goal called for a bit of a reward. :)
Therefore, meaning I finally decided to take the plunge and do something crazy.
And This Was The Perfect Excuse! :D
I joined Twitter.
Yep. That's what I did. ^^;;
Why?
Well...
mostly because I could. (been thinking about it for a while now.)
Could follow family, friends, famous people, favorite shows/characters.
Could use hashtags!
Could work on saying more with less words.
Could connect with others in the writing world.
And many other things. :)
It's been a new experience. Fun too. :)
So yah. ^^
@SarnicDirchi
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
17 Medals - Netherlands
16 Medals - Russia, United States
14 Medals - Norway, Canada
12 Medals - Germany
9 Medals - Sweden
7 Medals - Switzerland, Austria
6 Medals - France
5 Medals - China, Japan, Slovenia, Italy
4 Medals - Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic
3 Medals - South Korea, Latvia
2 Medals - Great Britain, Finland, Australia
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
To continue the work vein of blog posts....
I was once again at work, going crazy. Because seriously, there were like a gazillion people in the store. Why? It's the weekend of course. The Day after a Holiday. And among all else, the Friday people probably didn't come in due to Valentine's day. In any case. We were swamped. Animals everywhere because we had a ton of dogs and cats looking to be adopted. People everywhere looking to get animals or stuff for animals.
In any case we somehow had managed to all be busy with customers. So busy in fact.
That apparently a guy walked into the store.
Saw we were all busy.
And proceeded to bag his own crickets.
With none of us noticing.
And walk up to the register to pay for them. (surprise! He tried to pay for them.)
Well, on the bag he'd written: 40 Large Crickets.
He didn't have that many crickets in the bag.
And our cashier noticed it.
Apparently he had like 250 crickets in that bag.
And so the guy got caught.
The extra crickets were returned to their rightful home.
And all was right in the world. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
15 Medals - Russia
14 Medals - Netherlands, United States
13 Medals - Norway
12 Medals - Germany, Canada
8 Medals - Sweden
7 Medals - Switzerland, Austria
5 Medals - China, Japan, Slovenia, Italy
4 Medals - Poland, Belarus, France
3 Medals - South Korea, Czech Republic, Latvia
2 Medals - Finland, Australia
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow!
The Dream
I was playing a game at a family bbq that involved a bird trying to get all the eggs from other birds while also making the other birds fall to the ground. I wasn't doing that great, I kept dying. But things took a real life turn where I was on this ostrich bird, and we had to follow the footprints left by an ancestor to get through a series of ruins. We didn't have to stay on the path, we jumped from walls to other walls as well as staying on the path, always in search of other footprints. Yet, the stakes rose when walking through a loosely built wall -the stones were stacked on strings or something- we disturbed the monster of the ruins. Namely. A T-rex. He began chasing us, and while I tried to follow the footprints still, the path got all muddled with one set of prints ending and other sets beginning and backtracking on each other. I ended up jumping out of bounds to the very edge of the rocks of the floor. Then through a series of adrenaline filled jumps I went from stump of tree to giant stump of tree. Until I was on a stump of a tree that had to be at least 5 stories up. There I had to somehow defeat the T-rex coming to eat me. I kept hearing encouragement that I would defeat him, but I had a lot of doubt. I mean, an Itouch isn't going to do much. Still I pulled out a handful of odds and ends -walnut shells and other organic matter- from my pocket as well as a tangled up sling shot. I quickly got everything in order and started taking shots at the T-rex, hitting him everytime. Of course, with such small ammunition, it didn't have an effect on his attack. So I pulled out two cats from my spacious pants pockets, and dropped one on T-rex's furry head. (he ended up with reddishbrown fur/scales) The cat automatically attacked, and the T-rex turned away trying to swat. I dropped the second cat down to him, but he had turned far enough away from the tree that the cat just plummeted straight down to the ground, but the cat was okay on landing and went to attack the T-rex's giant feet, causing the t-rex to fall to the ground, and basically meaning that I'd won. He'd been defeated. And I, I had two lovely ladies waiting for me to make the jump back to the next tree so that they could celebrate...though they were a bit...well, I'd used them to win, and they weren't happy about it. However, with the adrenaline gone, I was totally terrified of trying to make the jump and I couldn't really see a way down. And on the bad part, was that I accidentally sent my Ipod over the edge to have it tumble to the ground before. I hoped that the new case would keep it in one piece though I had my doubts. Then one of the girl's mentioned her boy, and I said he was fine, just taking care of the monkey, which cut to a scene of a 12 year old trying to convince my monkey pet that he needed to go to his own bedroom -an actual bedroom, with a bed and everything, though the main bed was a small cat bed on top of a dresser, and he wasn't succeeding in doing so....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
O.o I didn't expect anything really interesting to happen at work. I mean, Valentine's day. Who is going to do anything related to pets on this day?
Of course, I assumed there would be people wanting fish which there were, but otherwise, who in their right mind would get a pet for their sweetheart?
The ones who really care of course.
This 18 year-old guy came into work and went all out.
His girlfriend wanted some birds, so he was going to get her some birds. Two of them. In a huge cage really meant for a parrot and not parakeets. He got everything needed, not really caring for the price of everything. Seriously. O.o I couldn't believe it. I tried to direct him to some items (like a smaller cage) that didn't cost so much, but he was adamant in what he wanted.
Two parakeets, and the works.
Crazy. lol that was like $150 worth of stuff. O.o
Even crazier, he managed to pick out two of the mellowest birds ever. Seriously, I would have thought them tame because they didn't try and bite me or anything. So mellow. I really need to just have him come in part time and help customers pick out the mellow birds so we don't get bitten by them. *shakes head* :)
In any case, I hope he got the reaction he wanted when his girlfriend got home and found them. :) *fingers crossed*
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
13 Medals - Norway, United States
12 Medals - Netherlands, Russia
11 Medals - Canada
10 Medals - Germany
7 Medals - Switzerland, Sweden
5 Medals - Austria
4 Medals - Belarus, China, France, Japan, Slovenia, Italy
3 Medals - Czech Republic
2 Medals - Great Britain, South Korea, Australia, Latvia
1 Medal - Slovakia, Croatia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow!
The Dream
I was a little girl, elementary school age, and I was in a camp for other girls, though it had elements of my Elementary school within, and we were going through a sort of obstacle course, and me and a girlfriend went under one to stop and have a giggle because we weren't following the rules to play in certain areas but we'd gone to a different part of the school to wander. Only, the government thought that we were doing something worse, and when I pulled out my Itouch with a flashdrive connected to it, I got an error message that the government and wiped everything from my Itouch as it was 'dangerous' I immediately pulled my flashdrive from it, but I worried that everything on my flashdrive had just been wiped as well, which would be awful cus I had stories and such on that and no other way to get them.
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
There is power between sisters.
There is a power between brothers and sisters.
There is a power between parents and children to sustain each other and, yes, even "save" each other.
Consider the lifesaving power in this story.
A few years ago, twin girls Brielle and Kyrie were born prematurely to the Jackson family.
They were placed in separate incubators to reduce the risk of infection.
Kyrie, the larger sister at two pounds three ounces, quickly began gaining weight and calmly slept.
But Brielle, who weighted only two pounds at birth, could not keep up with her.
Suddenly one day Brielle's condition became critical.
The nurse tried everything she could think of to stabilize Brielle.
Still Brielle squirmed and fussed as her oxygen intake plummeted and her heart rate soared.
Then the nurse remembered a procedure she had heard about.
She said to the worried parents, "Let me just try putting Brielle in with her sister to see if that helps."
The parents consented, and the nurse slipped the squirming baby into the incubator with the bigger sister.
No sooner had the door of the incubator closed than Brielle snuggled up to Kyrie and calmed right down.
Within minutes Brielle's blood-oxygen readings were the best they had been since she was born.
As she dozed, Kyrie wrapped her tiny arm around her smaller sibling.
The doctors and nurses had tried every medical and scientific device available to help the baby and nothing worked.
Nothing could do for the struggling baby what her own sister could do for her.
This is what sisters can do for each other.
This is what family members can do for each other.
Sharon G. Larsen -Young Women--Titles of Liberty April 1998 General Conference
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
13 Medals - Norway
12 Medals - Netherlands, United States
11 Medals -Russia
10 Medals - Germany, Canada
5 Medals - Austria, Sweden
4 Medals - Switzerland, France, Slovenia
3 Medals - China, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan
2 Medals - Poland, South Korea, Latvia
1 Medal - Belarus, Slovakia, Australia, Finland, Great Britain, Ukraine
I bit the bullet today.
I went and got an oil change for my car.
Ah. You know what I mean now, don't you? I mean, you go in expecting to spend a certain amount of money, but somehow the mechanic dudes manage to milk as much money out of you as possible. So you spend way more than you expected to.
It was funny, while I waited for my turn.
How every time my fellow 'oil changers' got called up to assess the 'damages' they would enter back into the waiting room expressing the same sentiment "They're trying to get as much out of me as possible." Yah. Money. Money Money.
And it's up to us to decide how much money we actually want to spend.
So when my turn finally came up. I wasn't surprised that they wanted more money from me.
I'd actually prepared for it. I knew the basic cost of an oil change. Checked my account. Decided how high I could actually go when spending money. Then set myself a limit like $50 below that to give myself more wiggle room.
And so, I wasn't that oppose to changing air filters, fixing my wiper blades, topping off random fluids. As I knew I would have to. They'd find something to fix beyond changing my oil, so I let myself have room to let them fix it without totally breaking the bank.
That definitely doesn't mean I got everything they suggested fixed.
I held my ground. But I did get to see what other things will need to be fixed soon.
So that on my next paycheck, I'll probably go back in to 'update' a couple other things that would have set me over my budget this week. We'll....
Still... I spent more money then I wanted to, but I stayed under my budget. ^^ Woot.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
12 Medals - Norway
10 Medals - Canada, Netherlands
9 Medals - United States, Russia
8 Medals - Germany
5 Medals - Austria
4 Medals - Switzerland, Slovenia, Sweden
3 Medals - France, Czech Republic, Japan
2 Medals - Italy
1 Medal - Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Australia, China, Finland, Great Britain, Latvia, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! :)
The Dream
I was with Oliver Queen, Thea, and their Mother having raced back from who knew where to return to their home, only to find out that their mansion, set among some redrocks, had been totally destroyed by fire. Possibly by a guy (bad guy) we'd left behind, to try and get us to side with his side. We were saddened by our loss, but we were determined to rebuild it. So I pulled out a device and through it out into the little valley our house had been situated in, and it expanded out to a somewhat rickety set of wooden bridges and walkways and platforms that would be our framework for where the halls and rooms would go. Momma Queen and Thea ventured out into the structures, already making plans, when the bad guy showed up. With a bunch of his evil friends. Namely Zombie creatures. We had to fight to get out of there or else become a zombie ourselves. Oliver disappeared, only for us to see Arrow on the rock faces fighting. It didn't take us long to wonder how he got there so fast because Oliver took off his hood basically said "I"m arrow! Run!" and we ran. Turns out there was a major zombie apocalypse that devastated most of the human population. We ran among the redrocks, until I spotted a 'secret entrance' a rope ladder at the base of a double arch. Cautiously we made our way there and down. The place used to be a secret oasis/retreat for the rich, but the guy had opened his 'doors' to create a secret society for humans to live in peace. The route down was super steep and so provided protection against the uncoordinated zombies. Those who tried would usually die from the fall to the bottom but we had guards posted to make sure of their demise. Oliver got married and with his wife had like seven children. All born at once...septuplets. And they were named after different emotions. The only one I could remember was 'Hunch' like from Hunched shoulders. In any case, it seemed like most of their children had problems Child 2 had broken his back and was helpless, child three had also a broken back but not as bad as #2. Some had been injured from being dumb, etc. But the family was happy enough, until another group of soldiers -humans- discovered our pocket oasis -they were the ones who told us of the devastation of the zombies. And wanted us to help out.
I ended up at a reunion of my family's where we had gathered with mom's side of the family to enjoy a meal of hotdogs, all cut up and grilled, among which I noticed some interesting hotdog sandwiches going on. Like the hotdog buns were used for other things besides hotdogs. I saw my dad with a fruit sandwich, mostly piled with blackberries, I grabbed some hotdogs, but ended up needing to leave to go to the restroom. However, the toilets were huge. I could have sat two of me side by side easily, and the door was a floating contraption as the hinges hadn't been hooked onto the frame. so it just floated there. I left quickly to avoid awkwardness, and returned to the deck running into my sister there. We were just in time to see a monster which looked like a ribbon candy come up and send a crack through the stern of our ship only a couple of feet behind us. Kim and I ran to prepare for sinking though the floor was still dry we got into makeshift rafts to prepare for the worst, wondering if we could use our abilities to help us out or not....
When the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
My roommate thinks I'm crazy.
Crazy for only getting four hours of sleep last night.
Crazy for not taking a nap.
Crazy for staying up waaaay past when I should probably have gone to bed if I'd been working on four hours of sleep any other day.
However, I'm still pretty awake.
Why?
Because I haven't quite got the sleep deprivation to hit me yet.
Why?
Well, Yesterday I woke up with a headache that I ended up trying to get rid of for the rest of the day.
And since it was the sort of headache that rested right behind the eye.
I wasn't productive.
Which meant I slept/napped for a lot of the day.
So I wasn't sleepy when bedtime came.
And the 4 hours of sleep felt more like a nap.
So I was able to function throughout the day....albeit my patience levels were rather thin, but...
sleep. was the furthest thought from my mind. There was so much to do and no time to sleep.
In any case.
I'm sleepy now. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Congrats Olympic Medalists!
11 Medals -Norway
9 Medals - Canada
8 Medals -Netherlands
7 Medals - United States, Russia
5 Medals -Germany
4 Medals - Austria, Sweden
3 Medals - France, Czech Republic, Slovenia
2 Medals - Switzerland, Italy, Japan
1 Medal - Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, China, Finland, Great Britain, Ukraine
May the competition be just as fierce tomorrow! Good luck!
The Dream
Involved Captain America and a trailer/house thing with secret passageways and blockable doors. Cap was trying to prevent us from helping him with some sort of problem by locking us out. It may have involved shape shifting....
-S.N.D
