Me gusta espanol

Alright, let's be honest. I once was called a flaming extrovert (thank you Flash). Funny how some things just stick with you in the back of your mind. Well, I am here today to say, "I acquiese"; it is true. I am proudly stepping into the title. I am owning up to this side of my personality. I am saying thank you Jesus for creating me with this gift. I am a "flaming extrovert" and proud of it!
Why now? What is bringing this out on a Sunday afternoon. Well, the current lightbulb moment started at a professional conference a couple weeks ago. After loosing mis amigas multiple times due to my stopping at this booth to chat, that poster to inquire, the info booth to strike up a convo about the weather comparing dry heat to moist heat, and introducing myself to a leader in the field to ask her for any ideas or contributions about my professional development project, yeah, about that time I was exhausted number one. Number two, I realized, "I am my father's daughter." And number three I loved it.
I thank Jesus for the opportunities he has afforded me to reach out. Learn from others, learn about others, and be a listening, chatty, and sometimes rediculous ear. And I was gonna link it to espanol and my new favorite church with lovely beautiful good people who share my gift of reaching out and accept me despite my less than perfect espanol speaking....but i think we are going to go to the dollar theatre for an afternoon flick...yes, time to get out of this room. I spent my hermit mode night last night, I will not do it again. After all I am an extrovert:)

Needing a check-up

Being a high end automobile there are certain expectations I have from my owner. I expect every 3-5 thou to get a new batch of oil, a refreshing change if you will. On top of that every 15-30 thou I want a full service deal. Everyone needs a physical every now and then to make sure the systems are all go; a little tune-up is always helpful to know someone else is monitoring your well-being. Is that too much to ask? Don't I start up everytime you need me, even when it is way too early and dark outside and way below zero? I mean really, do you think it is enjoyable to get scraped off and be expected to warm up in 10 minutes only to sit in a cold parking lot for 10 hours; no, it's not.
Alright, no longer talking as a vehicle. Obviously an inanimate object has no feelings and can't talk, duh...but it is fun to put yourself in a creative way and try to imagine what it would say, theoretically...
I will say, I have neglected Dori a bit lately. She is over due for her 30 thousand physical/oil change, but no longer a salt carrier. I was happy to accomplish one task and actually take her through a car wash, her first automatic experience and she survived. Got along better than "my favorite sister" and her first car wash experience, which I can honestly say I do not remember, but the stories abound of her aversion to sitting in a car in the car wash. Ah, the trauma we face as youngsters who do not understand the large world around us.
Let's be honest, things go by the wayside when one spends way too many hours a day in a building, on a campus, trying to fit in time for life amidst the small hours of reprieve of "work".

Things that could be done, but...oh the time

• clean the room
• clean the bathroom
• feed Bernard...apparently he can last a solid 4 days without food, that's the kind of pet to have!...no wonder he is a little see through currently...
• oil change, obviously, but goal for this week
• letters to friends to tell them how much they are appreciated
• food preparation besides opening a can or frozen package or microwaving
• studying right now...??? yeah, not gonna stick past midnight, proven by experience
• read the three+ journals and magazines sitting bedside
• be still and know that He is God...a recurring request from the Big Guy.

Things to do after midnight

• watch late night tv
• blog
• talk to friends who work nights and are guaranteed to be awake as well
• facebook catch up time
• come up with ideas that don't require much brain power
• put in a movie to fall asleep to
• eat ice-cream (acceptable at any hour)

Things to do when you run out of things to do

• ummm...open to suggestions