Let the Search Begin!

i think after spending time in the hot hot hot sun, nothing feels better than a shower.
or maybe a glass of water?

well the cat's out of the bag. i am now unemployed.
here is the story. i found out about two weeks ago that my co-worker, Johnny, would not be helping out with the drama team anymore. (If you don't know this, I work at a church in Plano and I write scripts and teach teenagers acting skills and direct them on stage. So drama ministry). Johnny is busy with another ministry at the church but I really rely on him to get things together for the coming weekend. I am there one day a week, so my role isn't as crucial as Johnny's (I feel). But when I found that out I was given the choice of either stepping up and a doing a job that 2 people do, but as one person...or having to disband the drama team.
The commute is already pretty hard on me, even though it is just one day a week. Now with planning a wedding and taking more upper level classes, I can only imagine that it would get even harder. A lot of other things wieghed in on my decision. I mean, the drama ministry was really what kept me going to church when I first became a Christian. It's been a BIG part of my life and I am very honoured to have served in it for such a long time. But the time has come for me to step down. I can not do it to the level that I would want to deliever. I hope, pray that someone else who is more able to dedicate the time that is needed to the ministry will take over for me and lead those remarkable kids in changing lives.

I am content with my decision. It now pretty much forces us to find a church. Which we need.

Last night, I went to a candlelight service for a retreat that my mom has been on this whole weekend. I don't think I'm allowed to talk about it b/c I have no idea if our readers have been on a similiar retreat and I don't want to ruin the surprise. But needless to say, it was a very moving and very uplifiting service. My mom looked so happy.

Greg was trooper during it too! He has not been on a retreat like that, so he made the decision to not come to the service so it wouldnt' spoil the surprise. We all thought (me, Paul, and Greg) that it would be an hour long or something. So Greg holed up at a local Starbucks. Well, well, well...it was 2 hours and 15 minutes long!!! Thank goodness Greg had a book.
I love him even more now.

We took Olive to the dog park this morning and it was the first time that I actually had to get mad at another dog owner. This man's dog kept....um, getting frisky with Olive. Over and over and over and over. HE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I can understand it happening once or twice or something. But seriously. This man's dog didn't just go after Olive but pretty much every dog at the park, he kept going at it. We got Olive away and took her to play with some puppies about her age and here comes the sexually frustrated dog and his owner. So this dog starts going at it again on Olive and the owner is just sitting there and finally I ask him to do something about it and he's like "it's a dog park." and I said "well, my dog was playing nicely with the other dogs until your dog came along" (his dog was barking and growling at Olive whenever she would throw him off and not let him do his thing). So the man, nicely, took his dog away.
I was mad! But pleased that he was nice about it.

That is my dog park story.

Now time for lunch.