Runnings Errands on the Jewish Sabbath

I was really exited today because I had many errands to run. Yes, I'm very very weird, but errands help me feel like I've accomplished something. Megan came with me and it was nice to have the company. I made a deposit at America First and I even went through the drive through to do it. While I think drive-thru's are only good for fast food, I was pleased at the service I received without a human face.

Since I'm sending out graduation announcements this week, I needed to take a picture. Sure, I could just send out the announcement, but I've always found those to be quite boring. When I was visiting my parents during Christmas, they received Christmas cards from people that were only signed. No picture, no newsletter, nothing! I felt like they were obligated to send one so they did. Since that annoys me, I wanted to send a picture and write a note on the back of the picture. When we went up to campus, Megan took many pictures of me and I finally decided I wanted to send this one. It actually was the first picture she took, which proves what a good model I can be! Maybe it's just my good looks....

Me and my school.

After we took the picture, we started driving away when I suddenly realized that I had left my wallet next to the "University of Utah" sign. I'm so absent minded sometimes, especially about losing my wallet. This is about the fifth time I misplaced or lost my wallet since January.

I also washed my car with Megan's help. When I do wash my car, I usually check the weather report to make sure it doesn't rain soon afterward. This time I didn't check and it did rain about two hours after I had washed my car.

Last week at family home evening, Allison asked me if I would babysit her adorable kids. I immediately said yes and was excited all week to babysit tonight. Unfortunately, she got wrapped up in finals and had no time to go out. I hope she calls me again to babysit because I have it all planned out: hokey-pokey, dancing, and playing hide and seek.

Since I now didn't have plans, I had Megan call Scott and Nathan to see what they were doing. We decided to go to see the award-winning documentary, Born into Brothels. I've been wanting to see it since it won best documentary during the Academy Awards.

This morning, when I thought I was going to be babysitting, I asked Brian if he would come with me. He told me he was working late so it wouldn't be possible. As we were arranging our movie plans, Brian came home. He asked if I was going to babysit and I told him no. After telling him this, he admitted he got off early and came home but found my car still parked at home. Since he really didn't want to come with me, he left and went to the GameCrazy store in Rose Park to hang out with a work friend. When Brian told me this, it really hurt my feelings because he made me sound like a miser who demanded his company everywhere I go. It hurt my feelings because I felt like he couldn't just tell me he didn't want to go. In addition, I invited him to come with us to the movie, but he didn't want to see a documentary (which is so Brian) and wanted to see Sin City instead. Because I really wanted to hang out with Brian, we switched plans. Even though I didn't want to see it, I'm glad I did because it turned out to be an amazing film.

When we got to the Gateway, Brian did something to make me mad (in addition to the driving away and changing our plans) so I didn't hold his hand the whole night. When we went to dinner at the Gateway, I didn't have much fun because I was still mad at Brian. The waiter brought by Brian's cheesecake with 3 spoons, but Brian didn't share with Megan or I, which really annoyed me. At home, Brian asked me why I was so mean to him and I explained how I felt. He made me realize that he never does things intentionally to hurt me, but I try to intentionally hurt him (by things like not holding his hand). While Brian may do dumb things, he never tries to be as mean as I am to him. I'm glad he and I were able to resolve my bad feelings and learn something about how I react to his actions. I'm going to try to be better about it.

(By the way, I just have to mention that Scott and Nathan did come to see Sin City with us and Scott was ID'd by the usher. Scott is a high school teacher attending Westminster college and is 21. I thought it was really funny that the usher thought he was 16 years old and in high school.)