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Holy Week is Nigh!

I apologize for posting this half a day late. I thought sleep would be better than staying up and writing. I also get distracted pretty easily when distracted. Also of note in this blog is the fact that I will be on a hiatus for the better part of a week. I am going to West Virginia as part of a college "Alternative Break Challenge." For the last four years I have gone on one of these with a church group in Durham where I used to attend college and I was invited back again.

My current plan for the blog is to journal on paper then scan it and post it or just type cast it. Either way I'll have lots of stories to tell. SO this will be the last post for some time.

Report- (3/13/08)

I woke up, and again was little late for work. I don't think my manager or anyone really cared. I kinda felt like filler for the store, and did a few stupid thing around the store. My only real project for my 9am-5pm shift was cleaning up trash that has mysteriously appeared now that a lot of snow has melted away.

For many hours I was outside thatching lawn and scooping up mostly dead grass, but also a lot of trash. I really got into the zone with it, and I did a great job. My manager later walked the property with me and was pretty happy with the result. I think it is very rewarding even at my job, to work hard and get some praise. To know that my work is appreciated, just makes me feel valued on some sense. Emotionally I am surprised at how much it matters to me. This need for emotional edification is something I am trying to understand better, in order to live a more holistic and healthy life style.

There were also many employees not just at my store, but under the same roof at the Dunkin' Donuts, that were curious to know how things went with Liz in Farmington. Everyone was very happy for my success, and it felt great to have some adulation around my life.

After work was my weekly Dungeons and Dragons session in Salem. It was great fun to be back there again, hanging out with the guys, laughing and being geeky. We ate nice pasta made by Scot, and ice cream sundaes prepared by Seth. I may perhaps later have a full in game journal of Unferth's adventures when I get a chance. However I have work soon, then packing. Tomorrow I have ballet, then work, then going straight to Durham to then go to West Virginia, so I can probably spend my time more wisely somewhere else.

I hope everyone has a blessed Holy Week, and an enjoyable Easter. I will also be trying to delve back into the depths of my spiritual life this next week. Wish me luck, or pray for my success, either way I need to phase God back into my life, now that I finally cleaned it up a little. Also good wishes for all the work I'll be doing and for the impoverished people I'll be visiting in West Virgina would be appreciated. I be writing again in over a week. Be well.

Body - 7: My body was sore from exercising with Liz, then driving and getting all cramped up. When it came time to work, my body hurt a lot, however it held up pretty well to the rigors of doing yard work at my job. I ate decently well, I had a flat bread at Dunkin' Donuts which I think was both delicious and healthy. My Salem dinner wasn't that bad, however the ice cream kinda killed all the healthier foods I had been eating all day.

Emotion - 8: Finally coming off the emotional high of the last few days, I can report a score lower than a ten. I was really exploring the reasons for needing emotional edification. I was emotionally honest, though I think in my happiness I had let my heart wander a little bit, and so I am also trying to reign it back in. Its kinda like its own entity sometimes. However because my heart was playing games with me, I had to report an eight instead of a ten.

Mind - 6: Well once again lack of focus, and fatigue kept getting the best of me. I am not sure how much I need to sleep to keep up with my mind's needs. I guess I can't always win, however I can be doing a lot better. I ever struggled at Dungeons and Dragons to keep attentive. However because I kept enough to get everything I need done, and still remember a schedule I will retain a six for a score.

Overall - 7


I have actually been to this bridge in West Virginia, and yes it does look this cool.