Let me tell you how one of our sons learned obedience.
When he was about deacon-age, we went to his grandfather's ranch in Wyoming.
He wanted to start breaking a horse he had been given.
It had been running wild in the hills.
It took nearly all day to get the herd to the corral and to tie his horse up with a heavy halter and a rope.
I told him that his horse must stay tied there until it settled down; he could talk to it, carefully touch it, but he must not, under an circumstance, untie it.
We finally went in for our supper.
He quickly ate and rushed back out to see his horse.
Presently I heard him cry out.
I knew what had happened.
He had untied his horse.
He was going to train it to lead.
As the horse pulled away from him he instinctively did something I had told him never, never to do.
He looped the rope around his wrist to get a better grip.
As I ran from the house, I saw the horse go by.
Our boy could not release the rope; he was being pulled with great leaping steps.
And then he went down!
If the horse had turned to the right, he would have been dragged out the gate and into the hills and would certainly have lost his life.
It turned to the left, and for a moment was hung up in a fence corner--just long enough for me to loop the rope around a post and free my son.
Then came a father-to-son chat!
"Son, if you are ever going to control that horse, you will have to use something besides your muscles.
The horse is bigger than you are, it is stronger than you are, and it always will be.
Someday you may ride your horse if you train it to be obedient, a lesson that you must learn yourself first."
He had learned a very valuable lesson.
Two summers later we went again to the ranch to look for his horse.
It had been running all winter with the wild herd.
We found them in a meadow down by the river.
I watched from a hillside as he and his sister moved carefully to the edge of the meadow.
The horses moved nervously away.
Then he whistled.
His horse hesitated, then left the herd and trotted up to them.
He had learned that there is great power in things that are not seen, such unseen things as obedience.
-Boyd K. Packer -The Aaronic Priesthood -October 1981 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Who Dis?
A blonde came into work today that I didn't recognize.
A new coworker, though her uniform was partially hidden by her jacket.
She just walked in with the attitude of "I belong here."
Which great....
But I had no idea who she was.
And it was weird because she walked in the same time as one of my other coworkers was supposed to be showing up.
But like....it wasn't my coworker.
A replacement? Someone to cover her shift then?
But how? I didn't know this girl.
Didn't recognize her.
Wasn't even aware that there were any new coworkers expected though I had heard talk of hiring a couple more people.
Yet....I hadn't seen her doing any training.
So it couldn't be this girl was here to replace my coworker right?
Wrong.
Apparently she's a store transfer.
And in my department.
And had switched shifts with my coworker, so my coworker had worked earlier in the week (when I wasn't there) and now this new person was working her shift.
Which *exhales*
I hadn't been told.
It's such a failing in our store. The lack of communication.
And it gets frustrating on occasion because like....I like to know who I'm working with.
Because depending on who I'm working with, depends on how I open the department, depends on how I plan out the day and my breaks and such.
It gets even more difficult when I'm surprised with training a new person.
Because like...that delays everything.
*shakes head*
Thankfully, as a store transfer, this new coworker is familiar with how the department runs at least. It's just a matter of showing them where everything is and teaching them the ropes of the quirks and such of the department so they can fit right in.
So not as difficult.
Doesn't mean I didn't like the surprise any less though.
But at least this coworker seems like a good fit so far. So yay!
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
A new coworker, though her uniform was partially hidden by her jacket.
She just walked in with the attitude of "I belong here."
Which great....
But I had no idea who she was.
And it was weird because she walked in the same time as one of my other coworkers was supposed to be showing up.
But like....it wasn't my coworker.
A replacement? Someone to cover her shift then?
But how? I didn't know this girl.
Didn't recognize her.
Wasn't even aware that there were any new coworkers expected though I had heard talk of hiring a couple more people.
Yet....I hadn't seen her doing any training.
So it couldn't be this girl was here to replace my coworker right?
Wrong.
Apparently she's a store transfer.
And in my department.
And had switched shifts with my coworker, so my coworker had worked earlier in the week (when I wasn't there) and now this new person was working her shift.
Which *exhales*
I hadn't been told.
It's such a failing in our store. The lack of communication.
And it gets frustrating on occasion because like....I like to know who I'm working with.
Because depending on who I'm working with, depends on how I open the department, depends on how I plan out the day and my breaks and such.
It gets even more difficult when I'm surprised with training a new person.
Because like...that delays everything.
*shakes head*
Thankfully, as a store transfer, this new coworker is familiar with how the department runs at least. It's just a matter of showing them where everything is and teaching them the ropes of the quirks and such of the department so they can fit right in.
So not as difficult.
Doesn't mean I didn't like the surprise any less though.
But at least this coworker seems like a good fit so far. So yay!
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Let Me Work
The time read 6:31 when I went to clock in this morning.
Which Ugh. I hate being late to work.
Even it's only by like thirty seconds or so. *shakes head*
In any case.
I went to punch in, so I could officially start working.
Only to have my card rejected.
Huh?
Maybe I hadn't slid it right?
So I slid the card again.
Rejected.
Double checked my name on the card to make sure it was my name.
It was.
Double checked the schedule to make sure I was actually scheduled to work today.
I was.
Tried to clock in again.
Rejected.
So I had to go grab the manager card so I could override the system and clock in.
>.< Now two minutes late. *exhales*
It was weird.
I double checked with the manager to make sure that the clock in and out thing hadn't been updated or something.
It hadn't.
So I put the matter from my mind.
Maybe the system was just being screwy or something.
And I went about my day.
Clocked out and in from lunch just fine.
But then I tried to clock out to go home.
12 minutes late this time.
-As coworker came in a little late.
And it was this morning all over again.
I was rejected in my punch.
O.o
I mean, I have a 15 minute window to clock out in. So I shouldn't have needed the manager's card. Again.
But nope.
I had to go get it so I could clock out for the day.
*shakes head*
Which....really that only happens when I'm working past my shift's hours.
But the schedule in the clock in room had me working today....and I worked only my hours.... *shakes head*
So later, when I thought about it.
I checked the online app.
Mostly to see if I was remembering correctly that I had a shorter shift later this week.
And saw....that I had no shifts scheduled for today...or tomorrow.
Which O.o I swear I work tomorrow. I had no reason not to work tomorrow.
Especially when I have my normal days off.
So I called the store, to double check if I was on the schedule there.
I was.
So...we'll see tomorrow if work actually lets me clock in or not.
If it doesn't...then obviously something in the electronic system has gone haywire.
Because Monday I had five work shifts scheduled for the week.
So it's weird that today...I'm down to only two more....
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Which Ugh. I hate being late to work.
Even it's only by like thirty seconds or so. *shakes head*
In any case.
I went to punch in, so I could officially start working.
Only to have my card rejected.
Huh?
Maybe I hadn't slid it right?
So I slid the card again.
Rejected.
Double checked my name on the card to make sure it was my name.
It was.
Double checked the schedule to make sure I was actually scheduled to work today.
I was.
Tried to clock in again.
Rejected.
So I had to go grab the manager card so I could override the system and clock in.
>.< Now two minutes late. *exhales*
It was weird.
I double checked with the manager to make sure that the clock in and out thing hadn't been updated or something.
It hadn't.
So I put the matter from my mind.
Maybe the system was just being screwy or something.
And I went about my day.
Clocked out and in from lunch just fine.
But then I tried to clock out to go home.
12 minutes late this time.
-As coworker came in a little late.
And it was this morning all over again.
I was rejected in my punch.
O.o
I mean, I have a 15 minute window to clock out in. So I shouldn't have needed the manager's card. Again.
But nope.
I had to go get it so I could clock out for the day.
*shakes head*
Which....really that only happens when I'm working past my shift's hours.
But the schedule in the clock in room had me working today....and I worked only my hours.... *shakes head*
So later, when I thought about it.
I checked the online app.
Mostly to see if I was remembering correctly that I had a shorter shift later this week.
And saw....that I had no shifts scheduled for today...or tomorrow.
Which O.o I swear I work tomorrow. I had no reason not to work tomorrow.
Especially when I have my normal days off.
So I called the store, to double check if I was on the schedule there.
I was.
So...we'll see tomorrow if work actually lets me clock in or not.
If it doesn't...then obviously something in the electronic system has gone haywire.
Because Monday I had five work shifts scheduled for the week.
So it's weird that today...I'm down to only two more....
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, May 14, 2018
Service Engine Soon
My check engine light came on this morning right as I was pulling into work.
Which. O.o
WHAT?! !WHY!?!!
Because I'd literally taken my car in a week ago to get an oil change and update the safety/emissions thingymababber.
So Like having something go wrong a WEEK later?
Oh, no. NOT GOOD.
And it totally didn't help that I had this light turn on right as I was getting to work.
Because a) A mechanic wasn't open yet. and b) I had to be at work.
Which meant that I couldn't go get it checked out...until the end of my shift.
*exhales*
So I spent much of my workday...worrying about what was wrong with my car.
Like. Did something break? Did they forget to put some fluid in somewhere?
Like what was the dealeo?
I WAS JUST THERE!
So I went back to the mechanic after work.
You know, to be like "Hey I was just here and now my check engine light is on what's up?!"
(but you know much more nicer because I'm a nice person.)
And they were like "hmmm we'll pull code real quick and see if we can figure it out, but otherwise if we can't find the issue quickly we'll have to run a full diagnostics which is like $80 an hour to do that."
>.>
Like guys...I already spent money last week on you, I didn't really want to pay another $80 for you to tell me what went wrong that you didn't tell me was wrong last week when I was here.
*shakes head*
Thankfully it didn't come to that.
No, like ten minutes later.
The dude comes into the waiting area and told me that I was set.
The issue?
The gas cap hadn't been completely shut.
Which I was like >.> Which mechanic forgot to do that!?!?
Until the dude was like "Yah, whoever filled up the car last forgot to put the cap on tightly, I gave it a full half turn to get it locked in and such."
()_()
O.O
o.o
^^;;
Heh.
Guess it was my own fault. ^^;; :S
As I'm the only one who basically ever puts gas in my car.....
Though I am confused as....usually I put the lid on tightly when I put the lid back??
*shakes head*
Who knows, maybe I was distracted, or maybe I thought I put it on tightly...only I hadn't....
Who knows.
But at least it was an easy fix and I was on my way! :)
^^;;
Note to self. Check the gas cap first if the light shows up again.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Which. O.o
WHAT?! !WHY!?!!
Because I'd literally taken my car in a week ago to get an oil change and update the safety/emissions thingymababber.
So Like having something go wrong a WEEK later?
Oh, no. NOT GOOD.
And it totally didn't help that I had this light turn on right as I was getting to work.
Because a) A mechanic wasn't open yet. and b) I had to be at work.
Which meant that I couldn't go get it checked out...until the end of my shift.
*exhales*
So I spent much of my workday...worrying about what was wrong with my car.
Like. Did something break? Did they forget to put some fluid in somewhere?
Like what was the dealeo?
I WAS JUST THERE!
So I went back to the mechanic after work.
You know, to be like "Hey I was just here and now my check engine light is on what's up?!"
(but you know much more nicer because I'm a nice person.)
And they were like "hmmm we'll pull code real quick and see if we can figure it out, but otherwise if we can't find the issue quickly we'll have to run a full diagnostics which is like $80 an hour to do that."
>.>
Like guys...I already spent money last week on you, I didn't really want to pay another $80 for you to tell me what went wrong that you didn't tell me was wrong last week when I was here.
*shakes head*
Thankfully it didn't come to that.
No, like ten minutes later.
The dude comes into the waiting area and told me that I was set.
The issue?
The gas cap hadn't been completely shut.
Which I was like >.> Which mechanic forgot to do that!?!?
Until the dude was like "Yah, whoever filled up the car last forgot to put the cap on tightly, I gave it a full half turn to get it locked in and such."
()_()
O.O
o.o
^^;;
Heh.
Guess it was my own fault. ^^;; :S
As I'm the only one who basically ever puts gas in my car.....
Though I am confused as....usually I put the lid on tightly when I put the lid back??
*shakes head*
Who knows, maybe I was distracted, or maybe I thought I put it on tightly...only I hadn't....
Who knows.
But at least it was an easy fix and I was on my way! :)
^^;;
Note to self. Check the gas cap first if the light shows up again.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, May 13, 2018
So Grateful
There are moments when I am reminded how grateful I am for my family.
Because I've had a lot of people, friends/acquaintances/roommates/coworkers/strangers tell me that they can't stand certain members of their family, or don't get along with them.
And it just boggles my mind.
Because I get along so well with my family.
Like it probably boggles everyone else's mind that I we're all so close knit and happy to be around each other. That we actually want to be together, and take vacations together and such.
I mean, it's not like us kids didn't have our moments growing up with fighting and such. ;) lol All siblings do that really.
But overall....my family is really super close and we love to meet up and do things.
So it just boggles my mind whenever I hear about others who....don't.
Like they don't want to ever see certain members of their family, or don't want to meet up, and....
I don't get it.
And I'm so grateful that my family has remained as close together as we have. And I'm so thankful to have grown up with amazing parents who were able to balance everything out so that we like...remained safe, but didn't feel like we were controlled, where we could experiment, and test out desires and hobbies without fear, where we were able to learn and grow, and share life experiences, and just....learn to be ourselves. Learn to be independent, learn to rely on each other, learn to treasure the moments. It's just....ah.
How did I get so lucky?
Seriously.
I have the best family in the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Because I've had a lot of people, friends/acquaintances/roommates/coworkers/strangers tell me that they can't stand certain members of their family, or don't get along with them.
And it just boggles my mind.
Because I get along so well with my family.
Like it probably boggles everyone else's mind that I we're all so close knit and happy to be around each other. That we actually want to be together, and take vacations together and such.
I mean, it's not like us kids didn't have our moments growing up with fighting and such. ;) lol All siblings do that really.
But overall....my family is really super close and we love to meet up and do things.
So it just boggles my mind whenever I hear about others who....don't.
Like they don't want to ever see certain members of their family, or don't want to meet up, and....
I don't get it.
And I'm so grateful that my family has remained as close together as we have. And I'm so thankful to have grown up with amazing parents who were able to balance everything out so that we like...remained safe, but didn't feel like we were controlled, where we could experiment, and test out desires and hobbies without fear, where we were able to learn and grow, and share life experiences, and just....learn to be ourselves. Learn to be independent, learn to rely on each other, learn to treasure the moments. It's just....ah.
How did I get so lucky?
Seriously.
I have the best family in the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, May 12, 2018
A Sudden Call
I had a friend call me out of the blue today while I was at work.
Which meant that I couldn't answer the call...
Because I was at work and in the middle of helping customers.
So I couldn't do much more than glance at my phone just to see who it was.
And noted, after I sent a text saying that i was at work and couldn't answer the phone,
That my friend had left me a voicemail. O.o
Huh?
Honestly, I thought that they were calling to see if I was busy to see if I'd be available to hang out today or something.
But nope.
They were calling to see if I was alright and if everything was going alright....
Which O.o the tone of the voicemail indicated that they were worried about me.
But I couldn't think of anything that I'd done recently that would have caused such worry.
I even double checked my facebook posts to make sure nothing recently would have caused this concern.
As they were rather relieved I'd sent them a text response in return.
A couple of questions later and I found out that the sudden phone call and such....
Was because my friend had dreamt that I'd been murdered.
()_()
Which must have been a rather realistic dream for them to want to call me to make sure I was actually okay.
I totally get that though. I've had dreams before that felt real enough I had to double check and make sure it didn't actually happen. :S
But yah no.
Still alive lol.
Still doing good.....
....with the exception that I've had a headache almost every day this week....
But yah. Same old same old. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Which meant that I couldn't answer the call...
Because I was at work and in the middle of helping customers.
So I couldn't do much more than glance at my phone just to see who it was.
And noted, after I sent a text saying that i was at work and couldn't answer the phone,
That my friend had left me a voicemail. O.o
Huh?
Honestly, I thought that they were calling to see if I was busy to see if I'd be available to hang out today or something.
But nope.
They were calling to see if I was alright and if everything was going alright....
Which O.o the tone of the voicemail indicated that they were worried about me.
But I couldn't think of anything that I'd done recently that would have caused such worry.
I even double checked my facebook posts to make sure nothing recently would have caused this concern.
As they were rather relieved I'd sent them a text response in return.
A couple of questions later and I found out that the sudden phone call and such....
Was because my friend had dreamt that I'd been murdered.
()_()
Which must have been a rather realistic dream for them to want to call me to make sure I was actually okay.
I totally get that though. I've had dreams before that felt real enough I had to double check and make sure it didn't actually happen. :S
But yah no.
Still alive lol.
Still doing good.....
....with the exception that I've had a headache almost every day this week....
But yah. Same old same old. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, May 11, 2018
A Midnight Discovery
The energy in the house got a little intense tonight.
Like....that fritzy frustrated energy of "THIS ISN'T WORKING OUT HOW I WANTED IT TO!"
Which, normally if it's just one of us in the house suffering from it....isn't a big deal.
But no, it was all of us dealing with our own frustrating moments.
Me?
It was writing.
Like usual lol. Because a story idea I'd been working on ALL day wasn't working out and I was becoming discouraged....
And probably being influenced by the other roomies nearby who were having their own crises.
Because I'm sensitive to other people's energy like that.
So it got to the point where I turned to my sister and was like "You wanna go for a midnight drive?"
Because like sometimes you just gotta step away. Get out of the house. Find a different energy to be surrounded by because if I had to stay in the house another minute I probably would have screamed.
So Kikay and I ventured out into the darkness and great unknown (very known, we knew where we were going) to go Pokémon Hunting.
Because yah, we play Pokémon Go. lol.
And we both were rather low on balls, so we went out to gather more from the stops nearby.
In any case.
There happened to be a Pokémon Gym nearby that was in my color, that had room to put a pokemon into it.
So I slipped in a Pokémon to help hold the gym and went on my merry way with Kikay to go adventuring in the semi-darkness of downtown college town.
And when I returned home....I saw a message on my phone from my cousin.
-As I was driving and Kikay was hitting the stops for the both of us.
What did he ask me?
If I happened to play Pokémon Go and if I was on a specific team.
Which I was.
Which was a rather....odd question to be asking in the middle of the night out of the blue....
Until I remembered having put a pokemon in that small gym.
Lol turns out that the other pokemon in the gym belonged to him.
And he'd seen my name and recognized it.
But wanted to double check.
Because we both hadn't realized that we each played Pokémon Go nor that we were on the same team. XD lol.
So woot!!
Yay for midnight discoveries. XD lol.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Like....that fritzy frustrated energy of "THIS ISN'T WORKING OUT HOW I WANTED IT TO!"
Which, normally if it's just one of us in the house suffering from it....isn't a big deal.
But no, it was all of us dealing with our own frustrating moments.
Me?
It was writing.
Like usual lol. Because a story idea I'd been working on ALL day wasn't working out and I was becoming discouraged....
And probably being influenced by the other roomies nearby who were having their own crises.
Because I'm sensitive to other people's energy like that.
So it got to the point where I turned to my sister and was like "You wanna go for a midnight drive?"
Because like sometimes you just gotta step away. Get out of the house. Find a different energy to be surrounded by because if I had to stay in the house another minute I probably would have screamed.
So Kikay and I ventured out into the darkness and great unknown (very known, we knew where we were going) to go Pokémon Hunting.
Because yah, we play Pokémon Go. lol.
And we both were rather low on balls, so we went out to gather more from the stops nearby.
In any case.
There happened to be a Pokémon Gym nearby that was in my color, that had room to put a pokemon into it.
So I slipped in a Pokémon to help hold the gym and went on my merry way with Kikay to go adventuring in the semi-darkness of downtown college town.
And when I returned home....I saw a message on my phone from my cousin.
-As I was driving and Kikay was hitting the stops for the both of us.
What did he ask me?
If I happened to play Pokémon Go and if I was on a specific team.
Which I was.
Which was a rather....odd question to be asking in the middle of the night out of the blue....
Until I remembered having put a pokemon in that small gym.
Lol turns out that the other pokemon in the gym belonged to him.
And he'd seen my name and recognized it.
But wanted to double check.
Because we both hadn't realized that we each played Pokémon Go nor that we were on the same team. XD lol.
So woot!!
Yay for midnight discoveries. XD lol.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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