Another week has gone by, 10 days actually.\u00a0 Wednesday was Christmas, which was a very low-key event this year.\u00a0 No one in our family could muster up enough energy to put up the tree or decorate the place.\u00a0 There were few presents.\u00a0 Still, we had a nice time.\u00a0 Our afternoon was spent with friends eating Vietnamese Soup and playing board games.<\/p>\n
For the past 10 days, I have also attended more than the usual number of church services.\u00a0 I\u2019ve played electric, acoustic, classical and bass in that span of time, mostly due to others taking time off from the band to go elsewhere for Christmas.\u00a0 I was even the sole male vocalist yesterday, and to my knowledge, that has never happened in 20 years of playing in this band; most of the time, they don\u2019t allow me to sing at all (because I\u2019m concentrating on playing and because we have plenty of singers)!\u00a0 With the New Year, things should get back to normal at church\u2026 including getting back to The Story<\/i>, a Bible Study series we\u2019re doing for Adult Ed.\u00a0 This means that I have a bunch of powerpoints to make for that Adult Ed. class.\u00a0 I\u2019ve made two this week, 17 more to go!<\/p>\n
With Christmas over, I finally began to study for the English CSET.\u00a0 In just a few days now, I have learned so much!\u00a0 I hope I can retain it!\u00a0 I feel like I have just been through a couple semesters of College English.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue working right up until the test in two weeks.<\/p>\n
I have also taken some time to rest in the evenings.\u00a0 I call it quits around 5PM most days.\u00a0 Barbara is more studious \u2013 she\u2019ll work until past midnight most days for her CSET.\u00a0 Courtney and I have been binging on TV series in the evenings (Heroes & Battlestar Galactica).\u00a0 This weekend, we also saw a couple of movies on our new Amazon Video Channel.<\/p>\n
We have heard from Jeffrey twice this week.\u00a0 We were expecting the call we got yesterday because it was one of the three official calls Jeffrey gets during boot camp.\u00a0 This was the week 4 call where he is supposed to verify that we\u2019re coming.\u00a0 He already knew we were coming, so we just talked.\u00a0 He was also able to talk to us on Christmas Day (in lieu if actually getting Christmas off).\u00a0 I wonder if he\u2019ll also call us on New Year\u2019s for the same reason?\u00a0 It\u2019s Barbara\u2019s birthday, so that would be cool if it happened.\u00a0 So far, Jeffrey is doing fine, but is also ready for boot camp to be over.\u00a0 He is looking forward to \u201cBeast Week\u201d this week where the trainees spend a week surviving out in the wilderness and climbing up big hills in full gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another week has gone by, 10 days actually.\u00a0 Wednesday was Christmas, which was a very low-key event this year.\u00a0 No one in our family could muster up enough energy to put up the tree or decorate the place.\u00a0 There were … Continue reading