Here are some random ponderings – feel free to respond, or not. (please note, there is emphasis on the word “random”)

1. Do social networking sites (Facebook, etc) make us more sociable or do they encourage anti-social behaviours?
2. Shouldn’t the term “paradise” be subjective?  I mean…your idea of paradise is probably far different than mine. 

3. Why is it that cockroaches want to live in laptops?  Specifically, why do they want to live in MY laptop?

4. How come when I have a tonne of work to do, I suddenly become obsessed with finishing unrelated tasks, for example, this xanga entry?

5. What does it mean to live sacrificially?

6. Can we really KNOW what God wants or do we just THINK we know?

7. Why don’t people put their carts back in those cart corrals at the grocery store? (this is seriously one of my biggest pet peeves, I want to be a shopping cart vigilante or something)

8. Why can I sit and watch 4 TV shows in a row, but rarely find time to sit and watch a movie?

I guess that is all for now.
As you can guess, I am avoiding the office work that I need to finish.

When it comes to xanga, I just haven’t been “into” updating.  Not that I don’t want to share, but I have nothing of interest, really…or maybe just no motivation to sit and type it. 

January is going by fast.  Soon we will be in California for TOI.  I am looking forward to some mainland time.  I think my “Island Fever” temperature is rising.  I would like to go to Target and eat at Red Robin.  Dream Big.  Right after TOI is Bob and Stephanie’s wedding and we leave from there to fly to Buffalo…and then drive to Canada.  Yay!  I am REALLY looking forward to spending more than a couple days with my family.  We arrive on the day of my parents’ 40^th anniversary, I am happy to be there for that!  After we return from Canada, we have a couple days with the Foleys for our mentor visit.  This should also be a good time to sit and chat with them and do all fun that comes with a mentor visit.  (is “fun” an accurate word?)

Now on to paperwork.
Can you believe January is almost halfway done?
I am 6 weeks away from being a true and proper “grown up adult.” 

Hmmm...update?

I want to.  I really do.

But...meh.

Christmas is over.  For the first time (I think, ever), I did not savour my Christmas season.  I desperately missed my family and friends, I felt too busy and rushed, and well, there isn't any snow.  I am not whining (am I?), but these are facts and I thought I would share them.  I enjoyed Christmas Day with Craig, our first Christmas alone (with Jasper, lol).  It rained....a lot.   The church roof is leaking.  Christmas Eve met me with swollen tonsils with white spots - hurrah.  At least sickness waited until kettles were pretty much done.  The doctor gave me some antibiotics, but unfortunately, they give me some other ailments.  Whine, whine, whine....  This morning we woke up bright and early to go to Oahu for our Officer's Christmas Party, but decided against it, given my health.  I slept today - that was nice.  Jasper is at the "Pet Hotel" so it's kinda nice (albeit quiet) to just hang around.

Okay, so that sounded all negative and "woe is me."
Pay no attention to that - I am just exhausted.

I can't believe it's almost 2009.
Crazy!
I will soon be 30 - which was never really an issue for me...but now that I think of it...it kinda is.  I don't really feel like a "grown up lady" - and I don't think I ever will, not that I need to be...but well....*shrug*

I have been daydreaming far too much and not spending enough time focusing on what I should be.  This probably isn't a good thing, but has been keeping me occupied.

I want to see some movies - need to catch up on some.  I really want to see James Bond still. 

I look forward to traveling at the end of January.  We are going to Crestmont for TOI and then to Canada after that, for the longest time I have been there since moving the States (if I remember correctly).  I am REALLY looking forward to this.  I have felt very disconnected/far from my family, especially since being on the Big Island (the whole surrounded by ocean thing), so I would like to spend some quality "face" time with them and my friends.

Well, well...this is long enough and I don't want to vent things and share what need not be shared.
(not that there are such things....)

Oooh, we are newly addicted to airmiles and will soon have enough for 2 roundtrips to England!    Plans will soon be in the works!  Even Craig is enjoying to fly now (relatively speaking).

Hmmm....that's all.
Also, sometimes it's best to get something on Netflix before you buy it (if you haven't seen it yet).  We both asked for "Spaced" for Christmas (as we both love Simon Pegg), and thankfully we didn't get it.  We have been watching disc one through Netflix, but maybe I need to be in a different state of mind to enjoy it (like perhaps in an altered state?)...I don't know.  We also Netflixed "League of Gentlemen" which is what "Little Britain" kinda was inspired by...but it's a bit too out there for me. 

For real now,
that's all!

Nothing Special...
My brainwaves are not fit for surfing or skipping stones.
So here are some bullet points for updating:

• last week was officers's councils in Waikiki - good times, nice to stay in a hotel and be a tourist sorta, and good to meet all the officers/leaders in our division, and it was cool to see the Smiths
• my Lotus Notes stopped working since being at Officers' councils and I haven't been able to check my email since 10/13.  After calls and issue submissions....still no help...today after 3 minutes on the phone with another IT worker the problem was solved.  I didn't realize how much I rely on email.
• One of our regulars at the feeding program was apparently a sports massage therapist before he moved to America.  Through a series of events today, he was suddenly giving me a massage.  It was strange, but also relaxing, so I guess that was good.  However, I am not a touchy person...meaning, please don't touch me unless we are hugging. 
• I think the dog is bipolar...or he is making me bipolar.  He is cute and lovey 80% of the time, and the other times is total trying puppy angling to be leader of the pack...we really need to get his nails cut because I look like I was folk dancing with Freddy Krueger and Edward Scissorhands.  Dog owners out there, when does it stop being typical puppy behaviour and start being disobedient dog behaviour??  I pray he outgrows this, but I hear puppy adolosence is also a force to be reckoned with...can't wait.
• I am going to Canada VERY soon.  I am VERY excited! :) 
• I miss autumn a great deal - the crisp air, the colours on the trees, wearing a sweater and jeans...but I am not complaining!
• I am now a fan of "Pushing Daisies."  We watched the first three episodes through Netflix and I eagerly await the next three!  I can't watch it on TV tonight because I will be so left out of the loop!  But it's a cute and clever show, and I recommend it based on the three episodes I saw. 

That is all for now.
I am tired.
We get a new garage door tomorrow.  Huzzah!