Monday, May 29th 2006
-It was Memorial Day today. It's such a sad time of year because it always seems to be raining and everyone is a little gloomier. Luckily it cleared up enough today for Daddoo, Meralto and I to pack up our shop/tent from the Cache Valley Rendezvous and drive back home safely. :)
Friday, May 29th 2009
-I spent the day being lazy. Watched Lion King 1 & 2 today. I picked up mom from the bus stop. Dozed for a couple of ours. Called my cousin Katie to talk with her because I randomly saw on her status that she wanted to have someone call her and so I complied. I chased my dog Pepper around the yard for a bit and went to Shane's house and chatted with him for a couple of hours about random subjects. Like him going on a mission in a month and wanting to have a water fight for my birthday. Dove, the black runt kitten followed me to Shane's house and kept circling around Shane and I as we talked. By the time I came home she'd disappeared... so I couldn't pet her. :(
Saturday, May 29th 2010
-I woke up this morning feeling rested and relaxed. :) It was a good feeling to wake up to. Cousin Sonja came to the house today to get a photo and turn it into a cross stich pattern as well as to go out to lunch with my Mom (they're similar ages.) so that they could catch up. Meralto spent the morning and afternoon at work, Daddoo went to the dump and when everybody came home Kikay, Mother Dearest and I had some bonding time and went searching for a small laptop for Kikay to get as a graduation gift. We ended up not getting anything, and instead came home and switched out the batteries with my old laptop and Kikay's laptop since they're the same computer to see if that battery would hold a charge because her old one doesn't. Meralto went to a movie with a friend and Kikay went to hang out with her friends for a birthday party up in Snowbird. I stayed home and wrote a little as I watched the Princess and the Frog again. Earlier before the sunset I went outside with Flare (my cat) She did real good out there while she was hiding on my lap underneath a blanket. Not so much when I took it off her. lol.
Sunday, May 29th 2011
I woke up around 3:15 this morning (Up at the Cache Valley Rendezvous) to the sound of something crashing to the ground. I had Daddoo check it out. It turns out the awning covering the cooking area of our camp had half fallen down because the strain became too much for the tarp and the eyelit tore loose. Why? There was about 5 inches of snow on the ground and on the tarps/tents. The big tent, when daddoo got to it to check the nails and ropes...were a couple more inches of snow away from pulling free. :S Two of the ropes had already snapped and a lot of the nails were barely hanging into the ground. Dan (my boyfriend, who'd come up as a surprise yesterday evening) didn't help at all during this adventure. I think he wasn't sure what to do. I got up after a bit to help hold a light so Daddoo could see. I think I had a premonition that something like this would happen, not dressing in my pjs last night but stayed in my jeans. Most of the campsites at the rendezvous were still fine, even with all the snow. Only a few had collapsed. Daddoo and I ended up hanging in a tent next to Teaspoon's for a bit to warm up near their fire since our shoes and coats were wet from walking around in the snow helping out the others. It was rather kind of them to offer us their space. We went back to bed around 5 am and dozed for a couple more hours. Dan ended up leaving sometime between 6:30 and 7:30. The city slacker. I know he doesn't like the snow, but he could have stayed and helped. Dadoo had decided, after checking out the weather forecast on his phone, that we would pack up camp. It was supposed to snow again and with our shoes wet and no customers likely to come in the storm, we followed the lead of many of the other camps and packed up our stuff. The process took a couple of hours and many trips back and forth to the car to get stuff there. Daddoo didnt' trust the muddy and puddle filled dirt roads to get into the campsite itself since his truck almost got stuck. So we packed, said goodbye to our friend Sodapop before driving away into the rain. We had to drive down the canyon into Logan valley before we could head to Brigham City because we couldn't make left turns from the Rendezvous entrance. We paused there to get gas and drinks before driving in constant rain home. We got back in time for Daddoo to change and leave with Kikay and Meralto to go to church. I still needed to take a shower and didn't have any church clothes to wear. So I stayed home and fed the outdoor cats. Took a nap to relieve my tiredness and when the family got back from church we ordered Pizza and relaxed.
(Dan and I broke up a couple of days later.)
Tuesday, May 29th 2012
-I took our Trailblazer to Murdock today to get our car prepared for our trip to Oregon in a week. It only took an hour and surprisingly I didn't have to pay anything because of coupons we had. :D I also went to the dentist to get my teeth fixed again. the Dentist told me in a teasing manner to not floss and only eat veggies and fruit so my fillings would stay in. lol. ;) Kikay and I drove back to College town afterwards making a slight detour as we saw a car on the side of the road with a boy hanging out of the car, but by the time we doubled back he was gone. I hope he ended up alright. I ended up going on a date with Dev after Kikay went to work. We went to Arctic Circle for Ice cream and ended up getting hamburgers instead. We ended up at Barnes and Noble going through the books until closing before he took me home. It was nice, he was nice, it wasn't as tense on this date so that was good compared to other people I've been on dates with.
Wednesday, May 29th 2013
-It was kinda nice to sleep in today. I say kinda as it was only like 7:30. But it gave me time to read my quota of conference talks and blog before my 9am class at the Institute. Since I was working an evening shift tonight, I decided to make up my class by going to an earlier institute class. I went to work and for the first time I had an assignment to clean the fish tanks, which I did first. Luckily I did as about 2pm, I noticed one of the dumbo rats wasn't looking good. Skinny, breathing hard, walking hunched over. So I grabbed Reth and she confirmed he needed to be isolated. So I went to pick him up...and got bitten for my efforts. My poor left pointer finger! It still kinda hurts (hurt for like 2 weeks I swear.) Reth was surprised that the rat bit me, Rats never bite so he must have been feeling twelve kinds of awful to bite me. :( The wound totally bled like crazy, but it's doing better now. Though it got me out of any more tank scrubbing so I did other tasks instead. Cinres also told me today that he finally got approval to get me full time! Apparently he had to fight for it a bit and do lots of convincing to get me to full time. (I doubt they've regretted it ever. lol) I don't know the details, but I get the sense that they (corporate) doesn't like hiring employees full time. (have to pay insurance/benefits etc) Apparently Cinres neglected to do a background check on me when I got my promotion to Lead/Full Time in my department. So tomorrow we're going to do a back ground check. (I passed. ;) ) The rest of the day went well with me finishing in our Sick Room, treating all the animals. Hopefully I fed the bearded dragons in the back right. :S Dropped by Walmart to get food and ended up helping a guy there find the popcorn as I knew where it was even though I wasn't an employee. lol (I was wearing my work shirt, whenever I do that people just automatically assume I work there.) Came home, and a woman saw me carrying all my bags and asked if I had walked all the way home from Walmart...ha. No. I hadn't. Yay for cars! Hung out for the rest of the evening, reading Brandon Sanderson's Emperor's Soul. Fantastic. Loved it!
Thursday, May 29th 2014
-I didn't have work today, so I spent most of the day watching random crime shows on TV while slowly working on plots for books. I ventured outside around 1:30 to meet up with Kikay at Deseret Book to spend our gift cards that we got from Grandma Dirchi. ^^ (graduation Giftcards. if I remember correctly.) About 9pm I went to the combined ward bonfire at a nearby park. I ended up meeting a new guy named Mike and spent the next couple of hours talking to him with brief interruptions from guy sin my ward coming up to say hi. O.o I dunno why they all decided to say hi to me that night...but it was interesting. (Never saw Mike again. :( sadness...but so typical in single combined ward activities.)
Friday, May 29th 2015
If I don't write more than this, it's because I've gone down to Moab for a much deserved Vacation from work to go hiking with my two favorite guys. My dad and my brother. ^^
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Editor's Note: Will not be posting for the weekend, as I'm on vacation! :) Yay Red rocks! Yay Hiking! ^^
Friday, May 29, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Continuing in Faith
My husband's great-grandfather Henry Clegg Jr. was a finisher.
He joined the Church with his family when the first LDS missionaries went to Preston, England.
Henry had a view of his destination in his mind as he and his wife, Hannah, and their two young boys immigrated to Utah.
Henry left his older parents, who were too feeble to make such a long and arduous journey, knowing he would never see them again.
While crossing the plains, Hannah contracted cholera and died.
She was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.
The company then moved on, and at six in the evening, Henry's youngest son also died.
Henry retraced his steps to Hannah's grave, placed his young son in his wife's arms, and reburied the two of them together.
Henry then had to return to the wagon train, now five miles away.
Suffering from cholera himself, Henry described his condition as being at death's door while realizing he still had a thousand miles to walk.
Amazingly he continued forward, putting one foot in front of the other.
He stopped writing in his journal for several weeks after losing his dear Hannah and little son.
I was struck with the words he used when he did start writing again: "Still moving."
When he finally reached the gathering place of the Saints, he began a new family.
He kept the faith.
He continued his story.
Most remarkably, his heartache over the burial of his sweetheart and son gave birth to our family's legacy of moving forward, of finishing.
-Gayle M. Clegg -The Finished Story -April 2004 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
He joined the Church with his family when the first LDS missionaries went to Preston, England.
Henry had a view of his destination in his mind as he and his wife, Hannah, and their two young boys immigrated to Utah.
Henry left his older parents, who were too feeble to make such a long and arduous journey, knowing he would never see them again.
While crossing the plains, Hannah contracted cholera and died.
She was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.
The company then moved on, and at six in the evening, Henry's youngest son also died.
Henry retraced his steps to Hannah's grave, placed his young son in his wife's arms, and reburied the two of them together.
Henry then had to return to the wagon train, now five miles away.
Suffering from cholera himself, Henry described his condition as being at death's door while realizing he still had a thousand miles to walk.
Amazingly he continued forward, putting one foot in front of the other.
He stopped writing in his journal for several weeks after losing his dear Hannah and little son.
I was struck with the words he used when he did start writing again: "Still moving."
When he finally reached the gathering place of the Saints, he began a new family.
He kept the faith.
He continued his story.
Most remarkably, his heartache over the burial of his sweetheart and son gave birth to our family's legacy of moving forward, of finishing.
-Gayle M. Clegg -The Finished Story -April 2004 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Decimated Plans
Disclaimer: This is going to be a Long Venting Post.
You have been warned.
Why do things never seem to go to plan for me?
Seriously, it's the reason why I don't make plans.
They don't work out 12 out of 10 times.
It's true.
Life just loves to throw a wrench in the works.
It thinks it's funny like that.
But it's just stressful and annoying for me.
Seriously....just once, I want everything to go my way and end up being fantastic!
I thought it was going to work out this time.
I totally did.
I mean, after years and years and years, of trying to convince my two best friends from HomeTown to move down here to CollegeTown so we could hang out together.
They actually decided to!
Talk about excitement!
Both of them. Down here.
I don't know what I'd do with myself.
It's crazy, I couldn't believe it would work out that they'd come down here.
Plus, we also wanted to room together.
Which I was not quite so sure about.
You know the horror stories of friends becoming enemies because they roomed with each other.
Still I was willing to try it.
Willing to have a different scene.
I've grown so tired of the 'Strangers as Roommate' playground I've been on for well...since I moved down here. I really wanted to move in with people I knew. People I liked.
What better thing then to move in with my two besties then? Plus, I had a roommate I actually liked already living with me. So why not find a nice inexpensive four room place to go live in?
Like I said a few days ago, I thought we were looking for a house.
Turns out they wanted an apartment.
I thought we were looking for four bedrooms.
They'd been looking for three.
I wanted to try and work things out between all four of us.
But the Hometown peeps didn't want to have my roommate move in with them. They didn't think it would work. They were worried about her boyfriend causing trouble. (rolls eyes, he's hardly trouble.) They thought the age different (like 3 years) would be too much.
Basically. They wanted it to be the three of us and not the four of us.
And I was not okay with that.
I was not okay with the fact that they didn't seem to take my word as good.
I told them it would be fine. To have her there.
But they basically just brushed it off.
Like my opinion didn't matter.
Like I can't tell between good roommates and bad roommates... >.<
It bothered me.
Just as much as it bothered me that they were basically already begging to have the contract signed that very minute once we'd looked at the apartment.
Remember, it's like the first apartment.
I think it's the first apartment they've looked at in person down here.
I know it's the first one they looked at with me.
I was the wet rag. I said we'd have to talk it over.
I wanted to check out some other places first.
Because I was sure that there had to be a place that was better.
I wanted to have a chance to check out a few other places now that I knew what the new game plan was. Just to see if there was something better out there. Something that would work out better for us all.
I mean, the place was nice enough.
But it's tiny.
Like half the size of my current place. The rooms are the size of closets really, it costs more than my current place. It's unfurnished which means I have to spent money to get a bed, when my place is furnished already and has a bed included. There is so much. So much that I didn't like about it. I mean, it's on the top floor. Where the only access to it is STAIRS. Can you imagine trying to move furniture up that?!?!
To make it worse, the owner wanted us to move in in June. My contract with my current place doesn't end until August. There is NO WAY I would be willing to pay rent on a place I'm not living at yet! Nuh uh, I'm not wasting money in that manner.
Really. If it was just a little less expensive I possibly could have gone for it.
I mean, it's my friends! I want to be around them.
But still I wanted to look. So look we did....at one other home that definitely wasn't to our liking. We scrolled around some online ads as well before calling it a day.
The other two were still caught up on the first apartment we looked at. They were talking about seriously accepting the contract.
I wasn't. I asked to be given some time to think about it. The guy in charge gave us two weeks. Which was great so I could have a couple of weeks to look under the new game plan. An apartment. Three bedrooms. Sure.
Get my head wrapped around it. Sure I could do this.
It was easier to do so when my current Roommate said that I shouldn't try and get all four of us together. That she'd be moving out at the first of the year anyways *wedding bells*
So. I went to work.
Checking out other three bedroom places.
Hoping that if I could find one that allowed pets, that that would be the clincher and the friends would agree.
The sad news was that, it was Memorial Day weekend. So any places I found online, I would need to wait until like Tuesday to go check them out in person. Ask Questions. Get answers. You know the Drill.
That was my game plan. Spend this week looking at places before showing them to my friends.
Yah.
That didn't work out.
Hardly 24 hours after we'd looked at the one apartment.
One of my friends sent a message.
"Hey...we've been thinking it over. And we really like this place, we feel really good about it. So we're going to contact the owner tomorrow and accept."
O.O Excuse me. WHAT?!?!
THEY HADN'T EVEN GIVEN ME TIME TO GO CHECK OUT PLACES!!
Why?
Because they were concerned that somebody else would scoop up this "deal."
So they had to accept fast.
*bangs head against wall*
But they didn't give me the chance to check out any other offers.
The websites I shot their way hurriedly, I don't even know if they more than glanced at it. Dismissing them quickly because they were too expensive. *bangs head against wall.*
They were accepting. No ifs ands or buts.
They added that they understood if I still needed to think it over. That I wouldn't need to move in right away, that if I couldn't move in at all they'd understand, but they'd love to have me as their third roommate. But if not, at least they're down in happy valley so we can hang out more.
I tried to tell them it wasn't that great of a deal. I mean my place is less expensive. And bigger right now. I didn't want to move into someplace smaller.
"Oh...like $20 less and friends compared to your current place."
>.< I hate manipulation.
It just puts my back up.
I refused.
I wasn't going to move in with them.
They could find a third roommate themselves. It isn't going to be me.
Seriously though, I'm so upset.
Because this whole situation has told me....that I don't matter.
Did they consult me on the change of plan? No.
Did they trust my word that my current roommate would fine. No.
Did they give me time to work on the new game plan? No.
Did they want me as a roommate? No. The answer is no.
They may say it. May like the idea of it.
But it's not a priority that we're roommates.
I'm a perk. Not a necessity.
If it works out. Great. If not...well we 'tried.'
And it hurts.
Seriously it does. I've tried to convince them to move down here. To be roommates with me for So. Long.
And it's just tossed aside at the first moment.
Shouldn't we have worked together to agree on a place? Shouldn't we have searched for more apartments to look into? I mean, they didn't need to move down until August anyways, when School starts. We still had time.
Basically....I think they're looking to get out of town. To move away from their current situations and get a fresh start.
And me being part of their picture is totally just a vague option.
Honestly, I wonder if they know me at all now. This whole situation was one big "No." What they did was press all the pressure points to make me stress out. To tense me out. To give me those headaches I really don't like to get. To emotionally tear at me.
Ever look up the things not to do to an Introverted Person? Well they did them all. Changed plans unexpectedly, didn't allow time to think and consider, didn't consult with me...everything was done wrong.
>.<
So I was down to looking for a place for just me and my current roommate.
A two bedroom place. No big deal. We liked living with each other. I could work with that.
I also knew that this wasn't going to last long....she'd given that 'cut off date' remember?
So it would only be like another semester or so...but it would be something....
Or not.
Yesterday she broke the news.
That she wasn't going to be able to move in with me after all. Due to other reasons that are totally and definitely more important that she work on.
This. I was fine with. She gave me a heads up. I was already halfway expecting it from the 'short term' thing earlier.
So I was fine with this news, was aware of the possibility that it wouldn't work out. I was prepared for this. So I was fine.
...She signed her new contract today....*sighs* our days as roommates are numbered now.
Oh so depressed.
The idealistic roommate scene I'd been hoping to finally get....
Smashed.
Ruined.
Pulverized.
No rooming with friends.
Once more, I'm on my own.
So tired of being on my own.
Seriously....why couldn't things have just worked out? If I'd just had a little bit of time....we could have decided if their place really was the best place in the area....
*sighs*
Honestly, I really just want to throw in the towel. Find myself a nice one bedroom place that allows pets. I'll be my own roommate and finally get my nice 125 gallon fish tank I always wanted.
I don't see that happening either unfortunately.
Not unless I get a significant pay raise in the near future or win a million dollars.
Because for some odd reason One bedroom apartments are EXPENSIVE.
O.o I don't get it. I would think that they'd be less expensive I mean...less people. One person.... I don't get it.
Also ITS A COLLEGE TOWN for HEAVEN'S SAKE! That means POOR PEOPLE LIVE HERE!
But everywhere I look. The places cost like 3 of my 4 monthly paychecks! THREE.
When my current place it's like one paycheck on a good week.
*bangs head against wall*
I'm not foolish enough to move into a place so pricey. I kinda want to eat. Want to be able to go out and do things. Actually be able to buy my fish tank.
Bang.
Crash.
Smash.
Gone. Another plan.
And so now, I'm in despair.
I don't want to move in with more strangers. I'm so sick and tired of dealing with their drama.
I'm also not going to stick in with my current place either. I need to get away from this atmosphere. I only moved in here because I had my sister and friends moving into the complex as well.
Maybe I'll just do what a coworker suggested and buy a trailer home and live in that. >.<
So there. There is my venting drama....
I don't know what to do at this point.
I know I'm not going to be moving in with my friends, it's just not....the right feeling for me. To do so.
*sighs*
I don't know.
Something will work out. It always works out.
I just wish it had worked out my way.
Y_Y
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
You have been warned.
Why do things never seem to go to plan for me?
Seriously, it's the reason why I don't make plans.
They don't work out 12 out of 10 times.
It's true.
Life just loves to throw a wrench in the works.
It thinks it's funny like that.
But it's just stressful and annoying for me.
Seriously....just once, I want everything to go my way and end up being fantastic!
I thought it was going to work out this time.
I totally did.
I mean, after years and years and years, of trying to convince my two best friends from HomeTown to move down here to CollegeTown so we could hang out together.
They actually decided to!
Talk about excitement!
Both of them. Down here.
I don't know what I'd do with myself.
It's crazy, I couldn't believe it would work out that they'd come down here.
Plus, we also wanted to room together.
Which I was not quite so sure about.
You know the horror stories of friends becoming enemies because they roomed with each other.
Still I was willing to try it.
Willing to have a different scene.
I've grown so tired of the 'Strangers as Roommate' playground I've been on for well...since I moved down here. I really wanted to move in with people I knew. People I liked.
What better thing then to move in with my two besties then? Plus, I had a roommate I actually liked already living with me. So why not find a nice inexpensive four room place to go live in?
Like I said a few days ago, I thought we were looking for a house.
Turns out they wanted an apartment.
I thought we were looking for four bedrooms.
They'd been looking for three.
I wanted to try and work things out between all four of us.
But the Hometown peeps didn't want to have my roommate move in with them. They didn't think it would work. They were worried about her boyfriend causing trouble. (rolls eyes, he's hardly trouble.) They thought the age different (like 3 years) would be too much.
Basically. They wanted it to be the three of us and not the four of us.
And I was not okay with that.
I was not okay with the fact that they didn't seem to take my word as good.
I told them it would be fine. To have her there.
But they basically just brushed it off.
Like my opinion didn't matter.
Like I can't tell between good roommates and bad roommates... >.<
It bothered me.
Just as much as it bothered me that they were basically already begging to have the contract signed that very minute once we'd looked at the apartment.
Remember, it's like the first apartment.
I think it's the first apartment they've looked at in person down here.
I know it's the first one they looked at with me.
I was the wet rag. I said we'd have to talk it over.
I wanted to check out some other places first.
Because I was sure that there had to be a place that was better.
I wanted to have a chance to check out a few other places now that I knew what the new game plan was. Just to see if there was something better out there. Something that would work out better for us all.
I mean, the place was nice enough.
But it's tiny.
Like half the size of my current place. The rooms are the size of closets really, it costs more than my current place. It's unfurnished which means I have to spent money to get a bed, when my place is furnished already and has a bed included. There is so much. So much that I didn't like about it. I mean, it's on the top floor. Where the only access to it is STAIRS. Can you imagine trying to move furniture up that?!?!
To make it worse, the owner wanted us to move in in June. My contract with my current place doesn't end until August. There is NO WAY I would be willing to pay rent on a place I'm not living at yet! Nuh uh, I'm not wasting money in that manner.
Really. If it was just a little less expensive I possibly could have gone for it.
I mean, it's my friends! I want to be around them.
But still I wanted to look. So look we did....at one other home that definitely wasn't to our liking. We scrolled around some online ads as well before calling it a day.
The other two were still caught up on the first apartment we looked at. They were talking about seriously accepting the contract.
I wasn't. I asked to be given some time to think about it. The guy in charge gave us two weeks. Which was great so I could have a couple of weeks to look under the new game plan. An apartment. Three bedrooms. Sure.
Get my head wrapped around it. Sure I could do this.
It was easier to do so when my current Roommate said that I shouldn't try and get all four of us together. That she'd be moving out at the first of the year anyways *wedding bells*
So. I went to work.
Checking out other three bedroom places.
Hoping that if I could find one that allowed pets, that that would be the clincher and the friends would agree.
The sad news was that, it was Memorial Day weekend. So any places I found online, I would need to wait until like Tuesday to go check them out in person. Ask Questions. Get answers. You know the Drill.
That was my game plan. Spend this week looking at places before showing them to my friends.
Yah.
That didn't work out.
Hardly 24 hours after we'd looked at the one apartment.
One of my friends sent a message.
"Hey...we've been thinking it over. And we really like this place, we feel really good about it. So we're going to contact the owner tomorrow and accept."
O.O Excuse me. WHAT?!?!
THEY HADN'T EVEN GIVEN ME TIME TO GO CHECK OUT PLACES!!
Why?
Because they were concerned that somebody else would scoop up this "deal."
So they had to accept fast.
*bangs head against wall*
But they didn't give me the chance to check out any other offers.
The websites I shot their way hurriedly, I don't even know if they more than glanced at it. Dismissing them quickly because they were too expensive. *bangs head against wall.*
They were accepting. No ifs ands or buts.
They added that they understood if I still needed to think it over. That I wouldn't need to move in right away, that if I couldn't move in at all they'd understand, but they'd love to have me as their third roommate. But if not, at least they're down in happy valley so we can hang out more.
I tried to tell them it wasn't that great of a deal. I mean my place is less expensive. And bigger right now. I didn't want to move into someplace smaller.
"Oh...like $20 less and friends compared to your current place."
>.< I hate manipulation.
It just puts my back up.
I refused.
I wasn't going to move in with them.
They could find a third roommate themselves. It isn't going to be me.
Seriously though, I'm so upset.
Because this whole situation has told me....that I don't matter.
Did they consult me on the change of plan? No.
Did they trust my word that my current roommate would fine. No.
Did they give me time to work on the new game plan? No.
Did they want me as a roommate? No. The answer is no.
They may say it. May like the idea of it.
But it's not a priority that we're roommates.
I'm a perk. Not a necessity.
If it works out. Great. If not...well we 'tried.'
And it hurts.
Seriously it does. I've tried to convince them to move down here. To be roommates with me for So. Long.
And it's just tossed aside at the first moment.
Shouldn't we have worked together to agree on a place? Shouldn't we have searched for more apartments to look into? I mean, they didn't need to move down until August anyways, when School starts. We still had time.
Basically....I think they're looking to get out of town. To move away from their current situations and get a fresh start.
And me being part of their picture is totally just a vague option.
Honestly, I wonder if they know me at all now. This whole situation was one big "No." What they did was press all the pressure points to make me stress out. To tense me out. To give me those headaches I really don't like to get. To emotionally tear at me.
Ever look up the things not to do to an Introverted Person? Well they did them all. Changed plans unexpectedly, didn't allow time to think and consider, didn't consult with me...everything was done wrong.
>.<
So I was down to looking for a place for just me and my current roommate.
A two bedroom place. No big deal. We liked living with each other. I could work with that.
I also knew that this wasn't going to last long....she'd given that 'cut off date' remember?
So it would only be like another semester or so...but it would be something....
Or not.
Yesterday she broke the news.
That she wasn't going to be able to move in with me after all. Due to other reasons that are totally and definitely more important that she work on.
This. I was fine with. She gave me a heads up. I was already halfway expecting it from the 'short term' thing earlier.
So I was fine with this news, was aware of the possibility that it wouldn't work out. I was prepared for this. So I was fine.
...She signed her new contract today....*sighs* our days as roommates are numbered now.
Oh so depressed.
The idealistic roommate scene I'd been hoping to finally get....
Smashed.
Ruined.
Pulverized.
No rooming with friends.
Once more, I'm on my own.
So tired of being on my own.
Seriously....why couldn't things have just worked out? If I'd just had a little bit of time....we could have decided if their place really was the best place in the area....
*sighs*
Honestly, I really just want to throw in the towel. Find myself a nice one bedroom place that allows pets. I'll be my own roommate and finally get my nice 125 gallon fish tank I always wanted.
I don't see that happening either unfortunately.
Not unless I get a significant pay raise in the near future or win a million dollars.
Because for some odd reason One bedroom apartments are EXPENSIVE.
O.o I don't get it. I would think that they'd be less expensive I mean...less people. One person.... I don't get it.
Also ITS A COLLEGE TOWN for HEAVEN'S SAKE! That means POOR PEOPLE LIVE HERE!
But everywhere I look. The places cost like 3 of my 4 monthly paychecks! THREE.
When my current place it's like one paycheck on a good week.
*bangs head against wall*
I'm not foolish enough to move into a place so pricey. I kinda want to eat. Want to be able to go out and do things. Actually be able to buy my fish tank.
Bang.
Crash.
Smash.
Gone. Another plan.
And so now, I'm in despair.
I don't want to move in with more strangers. I'm so sick and tired of dealing with their drama.
I'm also not going to stick in with my current place either. I need to get away from this atmosphere. I only moved in here because I had my sister and friends moving into the complex as well.
Maybe I'll just do what a coworker suggested and buy a trailer home and live in that. >.<
So there. There is my venting drama....
I don't know what to do at this point.
I know I'm not going to be moving in with my friends, it's just not....the right feeling for me. To do so.
*sighs*
I don't know.
Something will work out. It always works out.
I just wish it had worked out my way.
Y_Y
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Up In the Sky!
The weather is totally going crazy.
I mean it's going crazy everywhere I think.
But it's being odd in my state too.
Where for the past week or so, there have been multiple pictures posted online
Of funnel clouds all along the state.
Funnel clouds.
As in
If they touched the ground they would have been Tornados!
O.o
Yikes!
Do you know how crazy it is?
It's crazy.
I live in a mountain state.
Tornados don't happen here.
We've only had like one major one, touch down in the capital back when I was like 12.
And that was totally an anomaly.
So to hear of multiple funnel cloud sightings in a state that doesn't get Tornados...
It's crazy.
I really really really really hope None of them touch down.
*shakes head*
Who knew that having so much rain would bring on those sort of cloud formations....
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
I mean it's going crazy everywhere I think.
But it's being odd in my state too.
Where for the past week or so, there have been multiple pictures posted online
Of funnel clouds all along the state.
Funnel clouds.
As in
If they touched the ground they would have been Tornados!
O.o
Yikes!
Do you know how crazy it is?
It's crazy.
I live in a mountain state.
Tornados don't happen here.
We've only had like one major one, touch down in the capital back when I was like 12.
And that was totally an anomaly.
So to hear of multiple funnel cloud sightings in a state that doesn't get Tornados...
It's crazy.
I really really really really hope None of them touch down.
*shakes head*
Who knew that having so much rain would bring on those sort of cloud formations....
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, May 25, 2015
April 2005 General Conferece -Saturday Morning
Gordon B. Hinckley -Opening Remarks
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
- As we stand on the summit of these years and look back, we must never feel arrogant or proud, but we can feel humbly grateful for what has been accomplished in a variety of undertakings.
- Anyone, anywhere, could read in the Book of Mormon and receive inspiration.
- "They [the Nephites] were not fighting for monarchy nor power but they were fighting for their homes and their liberties, their wives and their children, and their all, yea, for their rites of worship and their church.
- "And they were doing that which they felt was the duty which they owed to their God; for the Lord had said unto them, and also unto their fathers, that: Inasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies.
- "And again, the Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed. Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending with the Lamanites, to defend themselves, and their families, and their lands, their country, and their rights, and their religion."
- Do the best you can. Think of this verse: "See that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order."
- I am occasionally asked by those not of our faith why it is that our Church grows so rapidly, in both membership and activity, while other churches are reportedly declining in both. The answer to that question is simply a still, small voice and then a throbbing heart. In this busy, tumultuous, and noisy world, it is not like a wind, it is not like a fire, it is not like an earthquake; but it is a still, small, but a very discernible voice, and it causes a throbbing heart. It is a quiet burning within that this is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, with all of its doctrine, priesthood, and covenants that had been lost through the many centuries of darkness and confusion. yes, it is a still, small voice and a throbbing heart that testifies of the miracle of the Restoration.
- Children need to know that having faith in the Savior and following Him will help them receive peace in this troubled world.
- Children need to experience the Light of Christ so they can choose the light and resist the darkness.
- Teaching children requires more than desire. It requires diligence on our part.
- "Ye cannot say ... that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will ... possess your body in that eternal world."
- Some people live as if there were no day of reckoning. Others waste today's time with a disabling fear of tomorrow or a paralyzing preoccupation over mistakes of yesterday.
- Each of us might well heed the words of a poet, as posted on a sundial: The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power: Behind its unreturning line, The vanishing hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,-- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
- "The newborn child is almost an exact duplicate of an empty ... computer, although superior to such a computer in almost every way. ... What is placed in the child's [mind] during the first eight years of life is probably there to stay. ... If you put misinformation into his [mind] during [this period], it is extremely difficult to erase it."
- "Your mind is a cupboard, and you stock the shelves." Let us make certain that our cupboard shelves, and those of our family members, are stocked with the things which will provide safety to our souls and enable us to return to our Father in Heaven. Such shelves could well be stocked with gospel scholarship, faith, prayer, love, service, obedience, example, and kindness.
- I would say to each mother, each father--be a good listener. Communication is so vital today in our fast-paced world. Take time to listen.
- I would encourage you to be available to your children. I have heard it said that no man, as death approaches, has ever declared that he wished he had spent more time at the office.
- Live only for tomorrow and you will have a lot of empty yesterdays today.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, May 24, 2015
There are Ants There.
My poor poor chocolate.
I had some stashed in my cupboard.
In a candy bowl, so that some hungry visitors wouldn't take it all.
Safe.
Or so I thought.
I remembered them last night. And decided to bring them back out onto the coffee table for enjoyment.
I didn't think on it further.
Though I did experience slight irritation.
As I discovered the ants that have been somehow getting into our kitchen....now had made it to the living room. I saw one crawling around the table.
But didn't think much on it, there were ants. Oh goodie.
Just one though.
Yet I kept seeing it.
Then I noticed, there was more than one.
Wait.
They were climbing up to the chocolate!
No.
I could not have them raiding my chocolate!
So I got up to shoo them off.
And that's when I made the awful discovery.
There were ants already in the chocolate!
Many of them!
Gah!
In the chocolate!
Ruined.
RUINED!
Who knew what else could reside in there, what they'd eaten, what their grubby little ant legs had covered.
I had to toss every piece out.
Oh despair.
Great great despair.
The poor chocolate!
The poor chocolate that had been in my cupboard.
Wait.
In my cupboard.
There were ants in the kitchen. (Where they come from we do not know)
If they were in the chocolate in my cupboard.
I returned there.
And found, many more ants crawling all over my shelves and food.
Gah!
I had to toss out a few open things residing within there.
But thankfully I kept food that comes packaged and sealed, so no ants could access them.
>.< Still.
they took my chocolate.
they were in my cupboard.
Therefore.
They had to die.
Traps. Sprays.
bye bye ants.
You picked the wrong cupboard to mess with.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
I had some stashed in my cupboard.
In a candy bowl, so that some hungry visitors wouldn't take it all.
Safe.
Or so I thought.
I remembered them last night. And decided to bring them back out onto the coffee table for enjoyment.
I didn't think on it further.
Though I did experience slight irritation.
As I discovered the ants that have been somehow getting into our kitchen....now had made it to the living room. I saw one crawling around the table.
But didn't think much on it, there were ants. Oh goodie.
Just one though.
Yet I kept seeing it.
Then I noticed, there was more than one.
Wait.
They were climbing up to the chocolate!
No.
I could not have them raiding my chocolate!
So I got up to shoo them off.
And that's when I made the awful discovery.
There were ants already in the chocolate!
Many of them!
Gah!
In the chocolate!
Ruined.
RUINED!
Who knew what else could reside in there, what they'd eaten, what their grubby little ant legs had covered.
I had to toss every piece out.
Oh despair.
Great great despair.
The poor chocolate!
The poor chocolate that had been in my cupboard.
Wait.
In my cupboard.
There were ants in the kitchen. (Where they come from we do not know)
If they were in the chocolate in my cupboard.
I returned there.
And found, many more ants crawling all over my shelves and food.
Gah!
I had to toss out a few open things residing within there.
But thankfully I kept food that comes packaged and sealed, so no ants could access them.
>.< Still.
they took my chocolate.
they were in my cupboard.
Therefore.
They had to die.
Traps. Sprays.
bye bye ants.
You picked the wrong cupboard to mess with.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, May 23, 2015
The Housing Problem
I don't like it when things don't go to plan.
It stresses me out.
Often, it means that a headache will be my companion later on.
Because I just get so tense.
When I walk into a situation expecting one thing....
and ended up walking into something entirely different.
Entirely different, thrown for a loop, I don't do well with these.
So you can imagine my silent displeasure.
When things today didn't go to plan.
Me and a couple of friends were meeting up today.
To do what all young adults do around this time of year.
Find new housing.
When we'd been talking earlier, we'd had decided on houses. Like actual houses to rent.
Which is where I'd been focusing my searches in the area.
On those.
I also went into it, thinking that there would be more of us living in the house. Another friend joining along.
But when I met up with the others,
To go to an appointment to check out a place my friends had found.
Where was this place?
It wasn't a house.
It was a condo.
With one less bedroom.
Meaning that one less friend could join along.
See why I was thrown for a loop?
Everything I'd thought we were going for....
We weren't.
Plan.
Gone.
What was this?
When had it changed?!!
Obviously...I was less than enthused about this place.
Because it went against everything I'd been told to look for down here, to seek out for.
So automatically I disliked the place.
I tried to like it.
But since I was still trying to grapple with the original plan in mind.
I didn't like it as much as I could have had I come into it knowing already what was in store.
*sighs*
And it was crazy, because the others all were gung ho about moving in.
O.o
I felt somewhat bad being the wet blanket on the whole parade.
As I was less than enthused. Less than willing to say yes to the first apartment we looked at together.
As far as I know it was the first apartment they'd seen in person down here.
The first apartment...
Why not check out what else was there?
They were concerned that someone else would snatch this one up.
But I'm not going for the first apartment just on that.
No.
I want to search further.
Now that I have a clearer picture of what is wanted.
I can search in a different manner.
I'm not going to say yes to the first place.
Especially when the place is more expensive than my current place. And my current place is furnished while the other one is unfurnished and smaller.
No.
No.
There should be something better out there.
Guess we'll see how this turns out.
Wish us luck!
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
It stresses me out.
Often, it means that a headache will be my companion later on.
Because I just get so tense.
When I walk into a situation expecting one thing....
and ended up walking into something entirely different.
Entirely different, thrown for a loop, I don't do well with these.
So you can imagine my silent displeasure.
When things today didn't go to plan.
Me and a couple of friends were meeting up today.
To do what all young adults do around this time of year.
Find new housing.
When we'd been talking earlier, we'd had decided on houses. Like actual houses to rent.
Which is where I'd been focusing my searches in the area.
On those.
I also went into it, thinking that there would be more of us living in the house. Another friend joining along.
But when I met up with the others,
To go to an appointment to check out a place my friends had found.
Where was this place?
It wasn't a house.
It was a condo.
With one less bedroom.
Meaning that one less friend could join along.
See why I was thrown for a loop?
Everything I'd thought we were going for....
We weren't.
Plan.
Gone.
What was this?
When had it changed?!!
Obviously...I was less than enthused about this place.
Because it went against everything I'd been told to look for down here, to seek out for.
So automatically I disliked the place.
I tried to like it.
But since I was still trying to grapple with the original plan in mind.
I didn't like it as much as I could have had I come into it knowing already what was in store.
*sighs*
And it was crazy, because the others all were gung ho about moving in.
O.o
I felt somewhat bad being the wet blanket on the whole parade.
As I was less than enthused. Less than willing to say yes to the first apartment we looked at together.
As far as I know it was the first apartment they'd seen in person down here.
The first apartment...
Why not check out what else was there?
They were concerned that someone else would snatch this one up.
But I'm not going for the first apartment just on that.
No.
I want to search further.
Now that I have a clearer picture of what is wanted.
I can search in a different manner.
I'm not going to say yes to the first place.
Especially when the place is more expensive than my current place. And my current place is furnished while the other one is unfurnished and smaller.
No.
No.
There should be something better out there.
Guess we'll see how this turns out.
Wish us luck!
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, May 22, 2015
The Red Rocks Bucket List
I caught the fever again.
The Red Rock Fever.
The Arches National Park Fever.
The MUST GO SEE EVERY ARCH IN THE WORLD! Sort of craving of a fever.
And since I will be going to red rock country oh so soon (not soon enough.)
I figured I'd once again go searching to see if I could figure out the locations of some Arches that aren't on the public trails.
I knew they were out there. I'd seen websites before that mentioned them.
But the internet is so frustrating in not showing me what I want!
Seriously.
There should be maps, and pictures, and step by step instructions and history on all the arches I have not seen yet!
*sighs*
But somehow.
SOMEHOW
Two Miracles happened!
The first?
I stumbled upon a site that shows the location of Arches within Arches National Park! Not just the regular ones that every Arches Map shows. No this one showed other arches! Some I'd never heard of before.
SWEET!
My Arch Hunting itch could be satisfied!
Oh. So. Happy!
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?t=h&ll=38.693122,-109.539313&ie=UTF8&msa=0&spn=0.003551,0.006866&z=17&hl=en&mid=z6nX-u7912sw.kUBqD94kSLcM
Yes. Yes. Yes!
The only draw back...is that I couldn't see what the arches looked like! How can I search if I don't know what it looks like?
So back to the internet I went.
Trying to find pictures of the arches.
Oh so unsatisfying.
But then I came across this gem of a site.
http://www.utaharches.com/ANP.php
That gives me pictures of not only Arches in Arches National Park, but all across the state!
Oooooo
QUEST.
A BUCKET LIST
I just need to figure out how to use Latitude/Longitude and a Map that uses those.
And I'm totally golden!
Moab here I come.
^^
Arches Arches. I'm going to find me some arches!! :D
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Red Rock Fever.
The Arches National Park Fever.
The MUST GO SEE EVERY ARCH IN THE WORLD! Sort of craving of a fever.
And since I will be going to red rock country oh so soon (not soon enough.)
I figured I'd once again go searching to see if I could figure out the locations of some Arches that aren't on the public trails.
I knew they were out there. I'd seen websites before that mentioned them.
But the internet is so frustrating in not showing me what I want!
Seriously.
There should be maps, and pictures, and step by step instructions and history on all the arches I have not seen yet!
*sighs*
But somehow.
SOMEHOW
Two Miracles happened!
The first?
I stumbled upon a site that shows the location of Arches within Arches National Park! Not just the regular ones that every Arches Map shows. No this one showed other arches! Some I'd never heard of before.
SWEET!
My Arch Hunting itch could be satisfied!
Oh. So. Happy!
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?t=h&ll=38.693122,-109.539313&ie=UTF8&msa=0&spn=0.003551,0.006866&z=17&hl=en&mid=z6nX-u7912sw.kUBqD94kSLcM
Yes. Yes. Yes!
The only draw back...is that I couldn't see what the arches looked like! How can I search if I don't know what it looks like?
So back to the internet I went.
Trying to find pictures of the arches.
Oh so unsatisfying.
But then I came across this gem of a site.
http://www.utaharches.com/ANP.php
That gives me pictures of not only Arches in Arches National Park, but all across the state!
Oooooo
QUEST.
A BUCKET LIST
I just need to figure out how to use Latitude/Longitude and a Map that uses those.
And I'm totally golden!
Moab here I come.
^^
Arches Arches. I'm going to find me some arches!! :D
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Paying For College
Let me give you a story of a woman in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She worked while going to school to provide for her family.
I use her own words in telling this story.
She says:
"The university in which I studied had a regulation that prohibited the students that were in debt from taking tests.
For this reason, when I received my salary I would first separate the money for tithing and offerings, and the remainder was allotted for the payment of the school and other expenses.
"I remember a time when I ... face serious financial difficulties.
It was a Thursday when I received my salary.
When I figured the monthly budget, I noticed that there wouldn't be enough to pay [both] my tithing and my university.
I would have to choose between them.
The bimonthly tests would start the following week, and if I didn't take them I could lose the school year.
I felt great agony.
... My heart ached.
I had a painful decision before me, and I didn't know what to decide.
I pondered between the two choices" To pay tithing or to risk the possibility of not obtaining the necessary credits to be approved in school.
"The feeling consumed my soul and remained with me up to Saturday.
It was then that I remembered that when I was baptized I had agreed to live the law of tithing.
I had taken upon myself an obligation, not with the missionaries, but with my Heavenly Father.
At that moment, the anguish started to disappear, giving place to a pleasant sensation of tranquility and determination. ...
"That night when I prayed, I asked the Lord to forgive me for my indecision. On Sunday, before the beginning of sacrament meeting, I contacted the bishop, and with great pleasure I paid my tithing and offerings.
That was a special day.
I felt happy and peaceful within myself and with Heavenly Father.
"The next day I was in my office; I tried to find a way to be able to take the tests that would begin on Wednesday.
The more I thought, the further I felt from a solution.
At that time I worked in an attorney's office, and my employer was the most strict and austere person I had ever met.
"The working period was ending when my employer approached and gave the last orders of the day.
When he had done so, with his briefcase in his hand he bid farewell.
... Suddenly, he halted, and looking at me he asked, 'How is your college?'
I was surprised, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
The only thing I could answer with a trembling voice was, 'Everything is all right!'
He looked thoughtfully at me and bid farewell again. ...
"Suddenly the secretary entered the room, saying that I was a very fortunate person!
When I asked her why, she simply answered: 'The employer has just said that from today on the company is going to pay fully for your college and your books.
Before you leave, stop at my desk and inform me of the costs so that tomorrow I can give you the check.'
"After she left, crying and feeling very humble, I knelt exactly where I was and thanked the Lord for His generosity.
I ... said to Heavenly Father that He didn't have to bless me so much.
I only needed the cost of one month's installment, and the tithing I had paid on Sunday was very small compared to the amount I was receiving!
During that prayer the words recorded in Malachi came to my mind: 'Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.'
Up to that moment I had never felt the magnitude of the promise contained in that scripture and that this commandment was truly a witness of the love that God, our Heavenly Father, gives to His children here on earth."
-Gordon B. Hinckley -We Walk by Faith -April 2002 General Conference
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
She worked while going to school to provide for her family.
I use her own words in telling this story.
She says:
"The university in which I studied had a regulation that prohibited the students that were in debt from taking tests.
For this reason, when I received my salary I would first separate the money for tithing and offerings, and the remainder was allotted for the payment of the school and other expenses.
"I remember a time when I ... face serious financial difficulties.
It was a Thursday when I received my salary.
When I figured the monthly budget, I noticed that there wouldn't be enough to pay [both] my tithing and my university.
I would have to choose between them.
The bimonthly tests would start the following week, and if I didn't take them I could lose the school year.
I felt great agony.
... My heart ached.
I had a painful decision before me, and I didn't know what to decide.
I pondered between the two choices" To pay tithing or to risk the possibility of not obtaining the necessary credits to be approved in school.
"The feeling consumed my soul and remained with me up to Saturday.
It was then that I remembered that when I was baptized I had agreed to live the law of tithing.
I had taken upon myself an obligation, not with the missionaries, but with my Heavenly Father.
At that moment, the anguish started to disappear, giving place to a pleasant sensation of tranquility and determination. ...
"That night when I prayed, I asked the Lord to forgive me for my indecision. On Sunday, before the beginning of sacrament meeting, I contacted the bishop, and with great pleasure I paid my tithing and offerings.
That was a special day.
I felt happy and peaceful within myself and with Heavenly Father.
"The next day I was in my office; I tried to find a way to be able to take the tests that would begin on Wednesday.
The more I thought, the further I felt from a solution.
At that time I worked in an attorney's office, and my employer was the most strict and austere person I had ever met.
"The working period was ending when my employer approached and gave the last orders of the day.
When he had done so, with his briefcase in his hand he bid farewell.
... Suddenly, he halted, and looking at me he asked, 'How is your college?'
I was surprised, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
The only thing I could answer with a trembling voice was, 'Everything is all right!'
He looked thoughtfully at me and bid farewell again. ...
"Suddenly the secretary entered the room, saying that I was a very fortunate person!
When I asked her why, she simply answered: 'The employer has just said that from today on the company is going to pay fully for your college and your books.
Before you leave, stop at my desk and inform me of the costs so that tomorrow I can give you the check.'
"After she left, crying and feeling very humble, I knelt exactly where I was and thanked the Lord for His generosity.
I ... said to Heavenly Father that He didn't have to bless me so much.
I only needed the cost of one month's installment, and the tithing I had paid on Sunday was very small compared to the amount I was receiving!
During that prayer the words recorded in Malachi came to my mind: 'Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.'
Up to that moment I had never felt the magnitude of the promise contained in that scripture and that this commandment was truly a witness of the love that God, our Heavenly Father, gives to His children here on earth."
-Gordon B. Hinckley -We Walk by Faith -April 2002 General Conference
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
A Day In Review -May 20th
Saturday, May 20th 2006
- Kikay and I went to do baptisms for the dead. It was a special day because we got to baptize some of our own family members. My aunt Lin had found 11 girl names and 16 boy names that needed to be baptized and confirmed. It felt really good that I could help my own family. It was a very peaceful experience. It was also the last day of me doing my Headache Dairy, where I would call a survey group every day and tell them whether or not I got a headache that day, for how long, if I took meds for it, etc. Because I did this, I'm going to get $50 in the mail! ^^
Wednesday, May 20th 2009
-Did the carpool thing again this morning. (I think I was carpooling my brother to his work?) Then helped daddoo pack up the trailblazer to go to the Cache Valley Redezvous. We went shopping for food and I got my pringles, then I went out and picked up carpool, dropped Meralto off at the High School for a robotics meeting then me and my awesome Daddoo drove to Cache Valley. We stopped at Burger King for dinner then made our way to the site. We were setting up camp when Daddoo realized he'd forgotten to bring the big center pole for our tent. It was no big deal he just drove down the canyon found a long enough piece of wood and came back while I set up what I could of camp. Now I'm going to bed earlier than usual because I have a killer headache.
Thursday, May 20th 2010
- Did laundry today -after I woke up around 930ish and hung out on the computer for a bit. Also made cookies today and everybody says they're really good. ^^ Took Meralto to pick up his guitar and later went with Kikay to Michaels so she could buy more sequins for her dragon statue she's making (wire body, cloth skin covered in hundreds and hundreds of sequins.) Before going to Michael's I made spaghetti for dinner and the family actually sat down at the table to eat it before everyone separated to do their own thing. It was a good day. :D
Friday, May 20th 2011
- Woke up this morning and packed to go up North to go see the Renissance Fair with my High School friends. Katie and Diane ended up bailing so it was just Terr, Jess, and Tay who went. It was a lot like a rendezvous but more medieval. I had a good time and even found Wiatt (why-it) a mountain man there. (knew him from rendezvous) Kikay went up to the fair as well, separately with Maribah and went to her friend Nat's and our Neighbor Collin's wedding reception. I ended up with a headache there and spent the rest of the evening resting.
Sunday, May 20th 2012
-I woke up this morning from a dream that we had missed the eclipse. :S Luckily it was only a dream. We checked out of our hotel and went to Kanarraville to check out the "Sweet spot" of the 'best spot' to see the Eclipse. I got a bracelelt there. But we decided to go find our sweet spot elsewhere and drove all over the place up to Paraowan for a lunch at a park to multiple church buildlings in search of a good view point. We decided on a hill up in the forest away from the city. We went back around to Kanarraville to see if anything more was happening before returning to our sweet spot north of Cedar City. We hung out and then the solar eclipse started. Oh man that was super cool. Watching the moon cover the sun like that. And it was still bright! You can't see the eclipse without the special glasses and the sun didn't look much different though the area did get noticeably darker like the sun was setting early. It was awesome! Especially the ring of molten fire when the moon got into the center of the sun. It looked so beautiful! We drove homeward afterwards the parents dropping Kikay and I back off in College Town. :)
Monday, May 20th 2013
-Today was a bit of an adventure. Before my Institute class I dropped by the DI to find a green/blue/red cord thing so we'd be able to watch our movies in color (as the TV didn't have a 'yellow' port, so I couldn't plug my VCR in to see Color. :( )And great news. I found a cord! And it was only $1! Bad news...the other side doesn't go into my portable DVD player. :( I wonder if it will go into my VCR...I'll have to have Kikay check that. (ah, I took the DVD player, couldn't get movies to play, Kikay still had the VCR) Institute went well. :) We talked about Pharoh's dream/joseph's story. I dropped by the mall to see if they had any wall hangings I liked. Didn't buy anything. Went and saw Star Trek into Darkness with Cous Brandon. It was cool! I really liked it though I think I liked Iron Man 3 a bit more. Did some grocery shopping before coming home and writing some more. :)
Tuesday, May 20th 2014
-Today was my day off so I was able to sleep in and day dream for a bit before getting ready for the day. Dad sent all us kids a text today that Grandpa Dirchi isn't doing well. :( I plan to drop by and visit him either Friday or Saturday when I head up that way. :S I hope that if this is the final few weeks of Grandpa's life that all his kids will get to see him before he passes. :S Today I went and got my car safety and inspections/emissions done for my car and there were no things needing to be fixed! yay! :D I dropped by Barnes and Noble, Hobby Lobby, and Kikay's apartment to hang out and write. Kikay, Ash and I went to Arby's for lunch and back to Hobby Lobby so Kikay could buy some boxes for her room. When Mirleki came home she and I watched a couple of episodes of Arrow together. :) I went to Institute afterwards and came home to write a bit more of "A Twist in Dark Beauty."
Wednesday, May 20th 2015
-I had work this morning, with my coworker that has been causing tension in my life. I'm literally tired of being around them, having them walk in the door automatically sets me on edge. I need a vacation obviously, get away from work and people for a bit. Still, work went alright...until we opened. I managed to get the bedding changes done, but for some reason my coworker was moving slower than normal (blaming talking to customers as a cause) which put us seriously behind our schedule to get things done. By the time my coworker left, fish tanks hadn't even been touched, and if things had been going well....they would have been done. I ended up in the middle of a customer rush so I didn't get to feed the fish until like 2pm. (shoulda been fed about 11) and I ended up scrubbing tanks after feeding the fish instead of before so that I could ensure that the fish were actually fed before I left. :S *sighs* At least I got all the tasks done today, but it did help that I volunteered to stay an hour later than usual because there was no one scheduled in my department for that time period. :S Also, was told randomly by my manager that the cashier thought she saw my coworker eating some of the hamster food. O.o Totally crazy! I really hope they weren't eating it. I do recall that they had a packet of fruit snacks with them as they were doing their tasks....so I hope they were eating that when the cashier saw them. :S After work I came home and crashed for a couple of hours before going to Institute with my Roommate. ^^ We came back and watched Despicable Me. :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
- Kikay and I went to do baptisms for the dead. It was a special day because we got to baptize some of our own family members. My aunt Lin had found 11 girl names and 16 boy names that needed to be baptized and confirmed. It felt really good that I could help my own family. It was a very peaceful experience. It was also the last day of me doing my Headache Dairy, where I would call a survey group every day and tell them whether or not I got a headache that day, for how long, if I took meds for it, etc. Because I did this, I'm going to get $50 in the mail! ^^
Wednesday, May 20th 2009
-Did the carpool thing again this morning. (I think I was carpooling my brother to his work?) Then helped daddoo pack up the trailblazer to go to the Cache Valley Redezvous. We went shopping for food and I got my pringles, then I went out and picked up carpool, dropped Meralto off at the High School for a robotics meeting then me and my awesome Daddoo drove to Cache Valley. We stopped at Burger King for dinner then made our way to the site. We were setting up camp when Daddoo realized he'd forgotten to bring the big center pole for our tent. It was no big deal he just drove down the canyon found a long enough piece of wood and came back while I set up what I could of camp. Now I'm going to bed earlier than usual because I have a killer headache.
Thursday, May 20th 2010
- Did laundry today -after I woke up around 930ish and hung out on the computer for a bit. Also made cookies today and everybody says they're really good. ^^ Took Meralto to pick up his guitar and later went with Kikay to Michaels so she could buy more sequins for her dragon statue she's making (wire body, cloth skin covered in hundreds and hundreds of sequins.) Before going to Michael's I made spaghetti for dinner and the family actually sat down at the table to eat it before everyone separated to do their own thing. It was a good day. :D
Friday, May 20th 2011
- Woke up this morning and packed to go up North to go see the Renissance Fair with my High School friends. Katie and Diane ended up bailing so it was just Terr, Jess, and Tay who went. It was a lot like a rendezvous but more medieval. I had a good time and even found Wiatt (why-it) a mountain man there. (knew him from rendezvous) Kikay went up to the fair as well, separately with Maribah and went to her friend Nat's and our Neighbor Collin's wedding reception. I ended up with a headache there and spent the rest of the evening resting.
Sunday, May 20th 2012
-I woke up this morning from a dream that we had missed the eclipse. :S Luckily it was only a dream. We checked out of our hotel and went to Kanarraville to check out the "Sweet spot" of the 'best spot' to see the Eclipse. I got a bracelelt there. But we decided to go find our sweet spot elsewhere and drove all over the place up to Paraowan for a lunch at a park to multiple church buildlings in search of a good view point. We decided on a hill up in the forest away from the city. We went back around to Kanarraville to see if anything more was happening before returning to our sweet spot north of Cedar City. We hung out and then the solar eclipse started. Oh man that was super cool. Watching the moon cover the sun like that. And it was still bright! You can't see the eclipse without the special glasses and the sun didn't look much different though the area did get noticeably darker like the sun was setting early. It was awesome! Especially the ring of molten fire when the moon got into the center of the sun. It looked so beautiful! We drove homeward afterwards the parents dropping Kikay and I back off in College Town. :)
Monday, May 20th 2013
-Today was a bit of an adventure. Before my Institute class I dropped by the DI to find a green/blue/red cord thing so we'd be able to watch our movies in color (as the TV didn't have a 'yellow' port, so I couldn't plug my VCR in to see Color. :( )And great news. I found a cord! And it was only $1! Bad news...the other side doesn't go into my portable DVD player. :( I wonder if it will go into my VCR...I'll have to have Kikay check that. (ah, I took the DVD player, couldn't get movies to play, Kikay still had the VCR) Institute went well. :) We talked about Pharoh's dream/joseph's story. I dropped by the mall to see if they had any wall hangings I liked. Didn't buy anything. Went and saw Star Trek into Darkness with Cous Brandon. It was cool! I really liked it though I think I liked Iron Man 3 a bit more. Did some grocery shopping before coming home and writing some more. :)
Tuesday, May 20th 2014
-Today was my day off so I was able to sleep in and day dream for a bit before getting ready for the day. Dad sent all us kids a text today that Grandpa Dirchi isn't doing well. :( I plan to drop by and visit him either Friday or Saturday when I head up that way. :S I hope that if this is the final few weeks of Grandpa's life that all his kids will get to see him before he passes. :S Today I went and got my car safety and inspections/emissions done for my car and there were no things needing to be fixed! yay! :D I dropped by Barnes and Noble, Hobby Lobby, and Kikay's apartment to hang out and write. Kikay, Ash and I went to Arby's for lunch and back to Hobby Lobby so Kikay could buy some boxes for her room. When Mirleki came home she and I watched a couple of episodes of Arrow together. :) I went to Institute afterwards and came home to write a bit more of "A Twist in Dark Beauty."
Wednesday, May 20th 2015
-I had work this morning, with my coworker that has been causing tension in my life. I'm literally tired of being around them, having them walk in the door automatically sets me on edge. I need a vacation obviously, get away from work and people for a bit. Still, work went alright...until we opened. I managed to get the bedding changes done, but for some reason my coworker was moving slower than normal (blaming talking to customers as a cause) which put us seriously behind our schedule to get things done. By the time my coworker left, fish tanks hadn't even been touched, and if things had been going well....they would have been done. I ended up in the middle of a customer rush so I didn't get to feed the fish until like 2pm. (shoulda been fed about 11) and I ended up scrubbing tanks after feeding the fish instead of before so that I could ensure that the fish were actually fed before I left. :S *sighs* At least I got all the tasks done today, but it did help that I volunteered to stay an hour later than usual because there was no one scheduled in my department for that time period. :S Also, was told randomly by my manager that the cashier thought she saw my coworker eating some of the hamster food. O.o Totally crazy! I really hope they weren't eating it. I do recall that they had a packet of fruit snacks with them as they were doing their tasks....so I hope they were eating that when the cashier saw them. :S After work I came home and crashed for a couple of hours before going to Institute with my Roommate. ^^ We came back and watched Despicable Me. :)
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Freezer Meltdown
Do you ever have those chores, where you avoid doing it, because you think it's too much work, that it will take forever. And therefore, you have better things to do?
So for a while now, my roommate and I have been talking about cleaning out our freezer.
Why?
Because I've gone through like 7 different roommates.
And the freezer was so full of stuff....that literally it was difficult to put anything new in.
Finally, tonight.
We decided to bite the bullet.
Me and my newest roommate.
And clean it out.
Since we're basically the only two that live here now.
We should make room for our stuff.
-By random happenstance, our Ghost Roommate we haven't seen in a month, dropped by, so we asked her permission to throw stuff away. And she said she didn't have anything in there. Which was great. We had free reign to empty out the freezer.
For some reason we thought it would be a time consuming task.
Something that would take like half an hour or so.
But like five minutes later, we had one big garbage bag full of random food that was not going to be eaten.
And a nice clean basically empty freezer. ^^
Woot!
Yay for tasks taking less time than planned. It makes the night all the more enjoyable. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
So for a while now, my roommate and I have been talking about cleaning out our freezer.
Why?
Because I've gone through like 7 different roommates.
And the freezer was so full of stuff....that literally it was difficult to put anything new in.
Finally, tonight.
We decided to bite the bullet.
Me and my newest roommate.
And clean it out.
Since we're basically the only two that live here now.
We should make room for our stuff.
-By random happenstance, our Ghost Roommate we haven't seen in a month, dropped by, so we asked her permission to throw stuff away. And she said she didn't have anything in there. Which was great. We had free reign to empty out the freezer.
For some reason we thought it would be a time consuming task.
Something that would take like half an hour or so.
But like five minutes later, we had one big garbage bag full of random food that was not going to be eaten.
And a nice clean basically empty freezer. ^^
Woot!
Yay for tasks taking less time than planned. It makes the night all the more enjoyable. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, May 18, 2015
October 2004 General Conference -Sunday Afternoon
Boyd K. Packer -The Least of These
General Relief Society Meeting
Bonnie D. Parkin -Belonging Is Our Sacred Birthright
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
- "When he falls he shall rise again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord."
- Let no one underestimate the power of faith in the ordinary Latter-day Saints. Remember the Lord said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
- "We have a work to do just as important in its sphere as the Savior's work was in its sphere. ... We are now called upon to do ours; which is to be the greatest work man ever performed on the earth."
- "We are determined ... to take the temples to the people and afford them every opportunity for the very precious blessings that come of temple worship."
- The temple blesses not only our families' and ancestors' lives, but also our own.
- "And they were all young men, and they were exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity; but behold, this was not all--they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted.
- "Yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him.
- "Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them."
- Actions truly do speak louder than words. In fact, actions mean much more to the Lord than words. The Lord declared in the Doctrine and Covenants, "If thou lovest me thou shalt serve me and keep all my commandments."
- My first invitation to you is to find out what their (2,000 Stripling Warriors) mothers taught them.
- My second invitation to you is to discover specifically what the word, or seed, is and plant it in your heart.
- My third invitation to you is to find out what Helaman asked his sons to remember and then to teach those things to your children.
- Parents who have been successful in acquiring more often have a difficult time saying no to the demands of overindulged children. Their children run the risk of not learning important values like hard work, delayed gratification, honesty, and compassion. Affluent parents can and do raise well-adjusted, loving, and value-centered children, but the struggle to set limits, make do with less, and avoid the pitfalls of "more, more, more" has never been more difficult. It is hard to say no to more when you can afford to say yes.
- Children devoid of responsibilities risk never learning that every individual can be of service and that life has meaning beyond their own happiness.
- The meaning of more and less is not always crystal clear. There are times when less is in reality more and times when more can be less.
- Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.
- The first obstacle of endurance, "the cares of the world," is essentially pride.
- The second obstacle of endurance is "the deceitfulness of riches." We should end our fixation on wealth.
- The third obstacle to endurance mentioned by the Savior is "the lusts of other [things]."
- No one is immune from Satan's influence and temptations. Do not be so proud to think that you are beyond the adversary's influence. Be watchful that you do not fall prey to his deceptions. Stay close to the Lord through daily scripture study and daily prayer. We cannot afford to sit back and take our salvation for granted. We must be anxiously engaged our whole lives.
- First, testimony.
- Second, humility.
- Third, repentance.
- Most of our temples could be much busier than they are. In this noisy, bustling, competitive world, what a privilege it is to have a sacred house where we may experience the sanctifying influence of the spirit of the Lord. The element of selfishness crowds in upon us constantly. We need to overcome it, and there is no better way than to go to the house of the Lord and there serve in a vicarious relationship in behalf of those who are beyond the veil of death.
- And so, my brothers and sisters, I encourage you to take greater advantage of this blessed privilege. It will refine your natures. It will peel off the selfish shell in which most of us live. It will literally bring a sanctifying element into our lives and make us better men and better women.
- I urge you, my brothers and sisters, do it while you have strength to do it. I know that when you get old, it becomes extremely difficult to get up and down.
- This work is true. Never doubt it.
General Relief Society Meeting
Bonnie D. Parkin -Belonging Is Our Sacred Birthright
- "If [we] are prepared [we] shall not fear."
- We need gardeners who water, nurture, and car. Unfortunately, Satan knows that sharing unites our sisterhood through the everyday and the eternities. He knows that selfishness will begin to destroy sharing, which destroys unity, which destroys Zion. Sisters, we cannot let the adversary divide us.
- "You must graduate from thinking that you only attend Relief Society to feeling that you belong to it!"
- "But all things must come to pass in their time. Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great."
- Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. Let's simplify.
- The first is that whatever the circumstances in your life, if you are spiritually prepared, there is no need to fear.
- The second unforgettable lesson that I learned from Jan is that when the sisters of Relief Society look "with an eye single to the glory of God," they can experience rich spiritual insights and share deep spiritual strength together.
- Everyone knows who he is and what God expects him to do.
- "A true Mormon home is one in which if Christ should chance to enter, he would be pleased to linger and to rest."
- Life's journey is characterized by bumps in the road, swells in the sea--even the turbulence of our times.
- Statistics reveal that at some time, for a variety of reasons, you may find yourself in the role of financial provider. I urge you to pursue your education and learn marketable skills so that, should such a situation arise, you are prepared to provide.
- "There is one in the world who feels for him who is sad a keener pang than he feels for himself; there is one to whom reflected joy is better than that which comes direct; there is one who rejoices in another's honor more than in any which is one's own; there is one on whom transcendent excellence sheds no beam but that of delight; there is one who rejoices in another's honor more than in any which is one's own; there is one on whom transcendent excellence sheds no beam but that of delight; there is one on whom transcendent excellence sheds no beam but that of delight; there is one who hides another's infirmities more faithfully than one's own; there is one who loses all sense of self in the sentiment of kindness, tenderness, and devotion to another. That one is woman."
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Adorable Pictures!
I got the most welcome surprise this morning.
I was dozing.
Trying to decide if I wanted to get up or sleep for a few more hours.
When I heard my phone go off.
I got a text.
Automatically I assumed it was work.
Because really...work is the only one to ever text me early in the morning.
So I wasn't looking forward to opening it up.
But curiosity got the better of me, so I pulled up the text.
It was a picture.
A picture of what?
Two Kittens!
Daddoo had sent me a text of the two newest additions to our Cat Family.
My cat Dove had had another litter and she'd brought the two younglings over for a visit!
Awwwww
They were so cute I wish I could have seen them in person right then. ^^
One is all black, the other black and white, and they're both Adorable!
It's good to see tiny kittens around again. It's been a while since we've had them. ^^
Definitely the highlight of my day to see the series of pictures sent to me. ^^
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
It was a bit like how the Grinch Stole Christmas, where me and a couple of others had stolen a huge load of items, and we were trying to get them down this really steep hill, while being chased, and we ended up losing the load of toys. I gathered up the mini toys as best as I could, and ended up in a car with my Aunt as we were driving to church. It was raining heavily. And we had to drive up this steep mountain road to get to church at the top. And the road had basically become a two feet deep surging river/waterfall, that had a huge rockslide in it too. My aunt tried to drive the car up it anyways, but it ended up falling backwards. So me and the guy who was trying to take me on a date, ended up going to his homeward in the valley instead. It was slightly awkward there, as I didn't know anyone, and everyone was taking an interest in me, beyond the guy I was with who was more excited to hang out with his little brother. They kept asking me questions and I was being mostly unhelpful with answering when....
The unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
I was dozing.
Trying to decide if I wanted to get up or sleep for a few more hours.
When I heard my phone go off.
I got a text.
Automatically I assumed it was work.
Because really...work is the only one to ever text me early in the morning.
So I wasn't looking forward to opening it up.
But curiosity got the better of me, so I pulled up the text.
It was a picture.
A picture of what?
Two Kittens!
Daddoo had sent me a text of the two newest additions to our Cat Family.
My cat Dove had had another litter and she'd brought the two younglings over for a visit!
Awwwww
They were so cute I wish I could have seen them in person right then. ^^
One is all black, the other black and white, and they're both Adorable!
It's good to see tiny kittens around again. It's been a while since we've had them. ^^
Definitely the highlight of my day to see the series of pictures sent to me. ^^
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
It was a bit like how the Grinch Stole Christmas, where me and a couple of others had stolen a huge load of items, and we were trying to get them down this really steep hill, while being chased, and we ended up losing the load of toys. I gathered up the mini toys as best as I could, and ended up in a car with my Aunt as we were driving to church. It was raining heavily. And we had to drive up this steep mountain road to get to church at the top. And the road had basically become a two feet deep surging river/waterfall, that had a huge rockslide in it too. My aunt tried to drive the car up it anyways, but it ended up falling backwards. So me and the guy who was trying to take me on a date, ended up going to his homeward in the valley instead. It was slightly awkward there, as I didn't know anyone, and everyone was taking an interest in me, beyond the guy I was with who was more excited to hang out with his little brother. They kept asking me questions and I was being mostly unhelpful with answering when....
The unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Unwelcome New Additions
I had an unwelcome surprise when I got into work this morning.
Beyond the fact that I found out too late that my next person was coming in an hour later then scheduled due to being asked to stay an hour later for who knows why. Considering that left me by myself for 6 hours on a Saturday....and I really needed to take a lunch break....that wasn't the unwelcome surprise.
No.
The unwelcome surprise is that my work...
Is getting in new animals.
Which is usually a very welcome surprise. I love getting in new animals! It's something different!
This.
This is a bad different.
Because this different involves:
Tarantulas.
and
Scorpions.
*shudders*
Ugh.
I want absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with these creatures!
Sure, bag up bugs for them. Easy.
Because they Are Not in the Store!
But soon.
In the next month or so.
We're going to get them in.
Which means I have to take care of them.
Have to clean out their cages.
Have to feed them here.
*shudders*
No.
No.
NO.
I can't say I didn't see this coming though.
Both creatures have become rather popular in College Town.
Used to be that I'd only have like one person every other week come in for crickets for their critters.
Now, it's basically everyday that someone is coming in to feed their tarantula or scorpion.
What the people want....
The Store Gives.
Eventually.
Lol I have to tell customers all the time.
"We don't carry those here, but it's always possible in the future."
In any case.
It may not be that bad.
Having those creatures in the store.
For one.
It says to not handle them.
So I'm totally not going to handle them.
Easy peasy.
Stick them in their cage.
Feed them.
Make sure they don't get out.
Yah.....
We'll see how well this goes....
*gulps*
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
We were on a road trip, my family and I, and we decided to stop by Meralto's work for a bite to eat. It was alright, though the coworkers totally took forever to get us our food. O.o Honestly I don't know why they were slacking when their manager was right there. Still we were having a good time, and I was goofing off, having fun, and my dad got mad at me. Basically told me to 'settle down' like I'd been making a scene (which I hadn't been.) I got hurt, and so I silently left to go cry in the car, when I noticed that Meralto's Halloween haunted house was still up. (So weird for May....it's that good.) I remembered him telling me about it, even telling me what things did. And for fun decided to try it out. It took me a bit to get started. There were three doors. One to my brother's office, one to a bathroom, and the other to the basement where the crazy haunted house thing started. -though it was a combination of indoors and outdoors. When I finally got into the dark lightning filled place. Oh boy. I went through the room doing all the different tasks, and when I realized I missed areas I would go back and go through them. :S Can I say Yikes? I mean, I knew before hand how it would all go, and I still got freaked out. :S Wow. Brother has some serious skills. lol. In any case, after I finished with the haunted house I told me family about it while we were driving, and we stopped at some point, and this guy with darker skin stopped us. Saying he was a federal agent, and he was preventing us from committing a crime involving three girls dressed in white gowns. Which was a total misunderstanding, we were doing nothing with them. Didn't know they existed, but my brother totally took the Agent down....just as the girls pulled out guns and started shooting at us like crazy. We ducked, we ran....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Beyond the fact that I found out too late that my next person was coming in an hour later then scheduled due to being asked to stay an hour later for who knows why. Considering that left me by myself for 6 hours on a Saturday....and I really needed to take a lunch break....that wasn't the unwelcome surprise.
No.
The unwelcome surprise is that my work...
Is getting in new animals.
Which is usually a very welcome surprise. I love getting in new animals! It's something different!
This.
This is a bad different.
Because this different involves:
Tarantulas.
and
Scorpions.
*shudders*
Ugh.
I want absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with these creatures!
Sure, bag up bugs for them. Easy.
Because they Are Not in the Store!
But soon.
In the next month or so.
We're going to get them in.
Which means I have to take care of them.
Have to clean out their cages.
Have to feed them here.
*shudders*
No.
No.
NO.
I can't say I didn't see this coming though.
Both creatures have become rather popular in College Town.
Used to be that I'd only have like one person every other week come in for crickets for their critters.
Now, it's basically everyday that someone is coming in to feed their tarantula or scorpion.
What the people want....
The Store Gives.
Eventually.
Lol I have to tell customers all the time.
"We don't carry those here, but it's always possible in the future."
In any case.
It may not be that bad.
Having those creatures in the store.
For one.
It says to not handle them.
So I'm totally not going to handle them.
Easy peasy.
Stick them in their cage.
Feed them.
Make sure they don't get out.
Yah.....
We'll see how well this goes....
*gulps*
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
We were on a road trip, my family and I, and we decided to stop by Meralto's work for a bite to eat. It was alright, though the coworkers totally took forever to get us our food. O.o Honestly I don't know why they were slacking when their manager was right there. Still we were having a good time, and I was goofing off, having fun, and my dad got mad at me. Basically told me to 'settle down' like I'd been making a scene (which I hadn't been.) I got hurt, and so I silently left to go cry in the car, when I noticed that Meralto's Halloween haunted house was still up. (So weird for May....it's that good.) I remembered him telling me about it, even telling me what things did. And for fun decided to try it out. It took me a bit to get started. There were three doors. One to my brother's office, one to a bathroom, and the other to the basement where the crazy haunted house thing started. -though it was a combination of indoors and outdoors. When I finally got into the dark lightning filled place. Oh boy. I went through the room doing all the different tasks, and when I realized I missed areas I would go back and go through them. :S Can I say Yikes? I mean, I knew before hand how it would all go, and I still got freaked out. :S Wow. Brother has some serious skills. lol. In any case, after I finished with the haunted house I told me family about it while we were driving, and we stopped at some point, and this guy with darker skin stopped us. Saying he was a federal agent, and he was preventing us from committing a crime involving three girls dressed in white gowns. Which was a total misunderstanding, we were doing nothing with them. Didn't know they existed, but my brother totally took the Agent down....just as the girls pulled out guns and started shooting at us like crazy. We ducked, we ran....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
Friday, May 15, 2015
When to Sleep
There are points where your body craves sleep.
To rest.
To rejuvenate.
But sometimes, that sleep....can come at a cost.
I've been under the weather for the past week.
I'm going to say that it's stressed induced, from an unresolved problem that as of yet....doesn't look like it's going to be resolved any time soon. >.<
(It could also be the wet/hot/wet/hot weather we've been having too...but I'm guessing stress.)
In any case. I got sick a few days ago.
That annoying runny/superclear/stuffy nose thing.
Which in part, made it difficult to sleep at night.
I tossed and I turned and stress didn't help that tossing and turning at all.
And I could feel yesterday,
that my body was crashing.
I needed to sleep.
Really. I needed sleep.
A nice nap.
That nap turned into a 5 hour nap.
With a brief interruption in the middle for me to wake up my roommate and to let the maintenance guy in.
It was basically uninterrupted otherwise.
I didn't wake up feeling the best.
Over sleeping can induce a headache. Of course I had a slight one before I went to bed due to lack of sleep...so I couldn't win in either case.
At least it went away eventually.
In any case.
The side effect of sleeping so long...
Is that when it came time for me to actually go to bed for work in the morning....
I couldn't sleep.
I honestly laid there with my eyes closed, trying to find a position to sleep in...for a couple of hours before I gave up and got up to watch the final episode of season 3 of the Arrow.
That's what happens when you mess with your sleep schedule... The mind is awake, the stomach thinks its hungry when it shouldn't be, no place is comfortable to sleep....
But I did eventually manage to drift off.
For 2 hours.
Before my alarm to wake up for work went off.
*sighs*
Yah. 2 hours of sleep.
It's not as bad as it sounds, considering that I had a 5 hour nap earlier....
I managed to stay awake through work, actually be wakeful as well if not totally 100% due to the slight cold I have.
At least that's getting better too. :D Yay!
Doesn't mean I didn't come home and crash for 3 hours after work....
But hopefully, the foray into messing up my sleep schedule, hasn't messed it up permanently. We'll see when I try to go to bed tonight. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
To rest.
To rejuvenate.
But sometimes, that sleep....can come at a cost.
I've been under the weather for the past week.
I'm going to say that it's stressed induced, from an unresolved problem that as of yet....doesn't look like it's going to be resolved any time soon. >.<
(It could also be the wet/hot/wet/hot weather we've been having too...but I'm guessing stress.)
In any case. I got sick a few days ago.
That annoying runny/superclear/stuffy nose thing.
Which in part, made it difficult to sleep at night.
I tossed and I turned and stress didn't help that tossing and turning at all.
And I could feel yesterday,
that my body was crashing.
I needed to sleep.
Really. I needed sleep.
A nice nap.
That nap turned into a 5 hour nap.
With a brief interruption in the middle for me to wake up my roommate and to let the maintenance guy in.
It was basically uninterrupted otherwise.
I didn't wake up feeling the best.
Over sleeping can induce a headache. Of course I had a slight one before I went to bed due to lack of sleep...so I couldn't win in either case.
At least it went away eventually.
In any case.
The side effect of sleeping so long...
Is that when it came time for me to actually go to bed for work in the morning....
I couldn't sleep.
I honestly laid there with my eyes closed, trying to find a position to sleep in...for a couple of hours before I gave up and got up to watch the final episode of season 3 of the Arrow.
That's what happens when you mess with your sleep schedule... The mind is awake, the stomach thinks its hungry when it shouldn't be, no place is comfortable to sleep....
But I did eventually manage to drift off.
For 2 hours.
Before my alarm to wake up for work went off.
*sighs*
Yah. 2 hours of sleep.
It's not as bad as it sounds, considering that I had a 5 hour nap earlier....
I managed to stay awake through work, actually be wakeful as well if not totally 100% due to the slight cold I have.
At least that's getting better too. :D Yay!
Doesn't mean I didn't come home and crash for 3 hours after work....
But hopefully, the foray into messing up my sleep schedule, hasn't messed it up permanently. We'll see when I try to go to bed tonight. :)
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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