What I did today

About 10:47am I finally decided it was time to get up and stop just rolling over and going back to sleep in my soft warm bed. I showered. Dressed (my favorite navy blue polo and some jeans that are too big! the one pair I thought I didn't need to try on because they are the same size as all the other jeans I wear). I'm having a great hair day, by the way. I ate a microwave burrito. Not bad. I wrapped a Christmas gift for my brother's girlfriend. I watched the first half of the Gilmore Girls episode I taped from the day before. It was a rerun. I decided I had time to go by Now We're Cooking to say hi to Johanna before I had to be at a doctor's appointment. I went. I said hi. I was weak and had to purchase three things. A small addition to Christmas gifts for mom, dad, and my best friend. Johanna was super cute in her little worker apron and showing me all the cool stuff they have in the store. It was fun to see her today. Then I went around the corner to Dr. Ng's office. He is the super special doctor who is going to do my jaw surgery when the time comes. He looked about 16 yrs old. I was finally convinced he wasn't a teenager when he started talking about his three year old daughter. He pretty much just scared me to death about what the surgery will entail. It won't happen for probably another 10 months or so. Still...I'm frightened. The only comfort was that he and his office mate are the state's specialists in this exact surgery. So at least I know I'm in the hands of the best there is to offer. Then I went to Wendy's and got a Jr. Green chili cheeseburger. I took it to the church. Downstairs to the basement. Into the resource room where I finished painting Merry Christmas in Navajo on a white 4x1 plank of wood while eating my burger. I gathered more items for the outdoor Live Nativity scene and sat and waited for someone else to arrive to help set it all up. We put out a manger with a baby Jesus. We illuminated the scene with fluorescent bulbs. We even got a small sheep hand puppet for the shepherd (Thomas) to watch over. It turned out really nice! I am very excited about how cute it is and how much fun it's been to put it together. Then I left the Nativity in the capable hands of Scott and went to work. Work is very slow since we're approaching the Christmas break. 8 of us from work went to Bennigan's for dinner. Desta drove in her Matrix. I am normally a very patient person. I was getting a little irritated with the amount of time we had to wait for a table and the circumstances surrounding it. Finally we got a table and I had the country chicken salad and a roll with butter. I ordered coke to drink even though I have normally been having diet coke. I feel guilty about this decision. We came back to work, and now I am about to inspect something on the SEM (scanning electron microscope). It's a really neat tool that fascinates me constantly. Now. And now. Even now, it still fascinates me.

On a scale of one to ten...my day has been a 7. It lost three points when I couldn't find any decent music to listen to on the radio or via cd because everything I listen to reminds me of a friend and it makes me sad to think of this friend. Also the points went down because of the whole Coke vs. Diet coke debaucle. But the SEM thing should compensate for that. Because even now...it still fascinates me.