I see the light!

No! Not the one at the end of the death tunnel, but the one at the end of what you thought was an extraordinarily long tunnel that would never end, and yet, there is the light, shining in my face! I don't want to get into the specifics right now, because nothing official has occured, but there are people that will read this and know what I am talking about.
on another note... let's talk about how difficult it is to teach your sister how to write a college english paper via aim! she is freaking out because her first paper is due at midnight and she thinks it sucks. What I'm trying to get her to realize is that the teacher understands this is the first college paper and it doesn't have to be brilliant. In fact, it's sometimes better if it sucks big time, because then by the time you get to the end of the semseter and you're writing half-decent papers, it looks like you've made a lot of progress and it looks like it's all because of the brilliance of your college english professor!
and apparently, she also needs to be taught the techniques of "drag and drop" and email attachments! what are we going to do with this one?!!
I think I'm going to go to bed pretty soon... it's been a long day, that began with a very long meeting. g'night

If they're called prayers of the people...

...why aren't the people the one who are praying? It has come to that time again when I have to write the prayers of the people and I am stumped. I just can't figure out the "formula" for writing a "good" prayer for this particular part of the service. I like that at the Episcopal church, they are the same everyweek, pre-written in the lovely "Book of Common Prayer" and there is a time of silence for members of the congregation to state their personal prayers. Stupid Presbyterian way of doing things! So, here I am, at 9:30 on a Saturday night, attempting to come up with the prayers of the people. And did I mention they are making me attend the 8:30 AND 11:00 services? They are mean, mean people. Grrr...
On a lighter note, I cooked dinner for myself tonight and you'll never guess what I cooked... fish! That's right, kiddos, I made fish for dinner and it was scrum-diddly-uptious! Along with my pecan-crusted tilapia, I had lima beans and mashed potatoes. And of course, can't forget dessert... chocolate pudding! Yippie!
Oh well, I guess I will try to come up with something for this silly prayer... night :)

uber long day!

it just seems utterly eternal because I only got like three hours of sleep last night and I only spent 5 minutes at home between church and youth group because I went shopping for a tv (for the youth room) and then had to put everything together before youth group started. I think we may have made a break-through! (with the youth group that is)
well, I'm going to bed now, at the end of this never-ending day! have a good night and a pleasant tomorrow ;)