Not a whole lot going on. Well, I should say not a whole lot of exciting things going on. I started school again on Tuesday. It is nice to start a new class with a "fresh start", I think my attitude towards the end is kind of "blah...", mostly due to procrastination on one of the papers and it sets this standard throughout the rest of the class. It felt like I was on vacation over the past week even though I was still working at Sweeds. Weather sucked though so I didn't get any good fishing in.
Our household has been under major spiritual battles in the past few weeks. I was reminded by Steve that the devil does not kick a dead horse, so we must be doing something right. Either way I finally broke down and decided that we need some outside help with getting on track from experts in "the field of householding". The details need to be worked, but basically one or two guys from another branch of POP will be joining us for a while to get us on track. My initial resistance to this was spurned by the thoughts of how our situation seems more complex than SB or Dinkytown. First, problem we only have 3 to 5 guys at this point and we all work different shifts. Having a small number would seem at first glance less complicated, but it is actually more complicated. If one or two guys are not there the household consists of one person. Second problem is that the houses are owned and operated by myself and Dan. We both have different ideas on certain household rules and circumstances that cause conflict. Third, we have individuals who are not underway living in the houses. They may be thinking about going underway and do participate in all household activities, but the fact of the matter is they are not underway. In any case we have proven to ourselves over the past few months that we just can't do it on our own, so we will outsource.
I have kind of fallen out of the rhythm of school-run-work in the past week. I have found if I am not so busy that my head might fall off tend to get lazy, thus I have not been running with any consistency. Last night I gained two running partners though! Chris decided he wanted to start running. Steve(after reading Ultra marathon Man) wants to get into the habit of "10-mile Tuesdays" after the men's group meetings.
Sparked off a conversation with Steve, I think I might take a Certification program at RVC this fall in Basic Construction. We both agreed if we could do it all over again we would go to Architecture school. I am going to go hit up the library tomorrow to get a book on graphic design.
Steve, Trey, and I went up to Devil's Lake up in Wisconsin on Sunday. I had never been there before. It reminded me of Colorado. There were lots of boulders to hike around on. We did a little rock climbing, etc. It was some well needed headship. Steve and I get so busy that we tend to space our meetings over a month or two. Speaking of Steve, I will be picking up extra work as a driver for him over May and June to deliver plants for the greenhouse in Dundee, IL. It's a bi-weekly gig, so I figured what could it hurt?
Tried to get my taxes done at HR block today. I couldn't find my W2 for Walgreen's so I we have to wait until Friday for them to fax it. I am looking forward to my first big tax return. I think I will use it to pay off some student loans and some of my mortgage.
Wow, I guess I really am busy.
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Is not being underway not an OK thing for household? I'm just curious. I was in that position before, I am always interested in how other people handle their houses.
I recently realized I'm not a fan of household and I prefer to live alone (I've had two really bad experiences). So I understand the trouble that can come sometimes. I hope you get it figured out. If you come up with bright ideas I'd love to hear them. I'm still confused as to how households should actually work so whenever you post about it I'm always interested.
Running a household has been a learning experience. So far we have not been living the "typical POP household lifestyle", but we are hoping to change that. I think one of the greatest gifts that household provides is how it prepares you for marriage. Having to learn how to compromise and look past those little quarks people have that you don't see until you live with them is tough. Learning how to pick your battles is another important aspect to this. I know that I have grown while to living with these guys in ways that I would not have if I was living on my own. And there definitely are times when I wish I lived alone. This weekend was a great example, I was working the night shift and told both of them to not make any noise until 1pm so I could get a couple of hours of sleep in. What do they do? The start stomping around the house and doing dishes and all kinds of loud activities. My initial response was to go and beat the living crap out of them, but I just got up an made coffee and thanked them for being so considerate. Oh well, they will get theirs here sometime this week. I plan on waking up at 3am to do a little vacuuming (hehe).
Hilarious! Way to illustrate the REAL issues you encounter in household. Somehow I'm imagining the two guys from Dumb & Dumber beating each others arses on a regular basis. Sounds like a blast! ;-)
(ps - speaking of picking your battles, i love nitpicking battles: it's quirk not quark. "Having to learn how to compromise and look past those little quarks people have that you don't see until you live with them is tough." lol!)
Damn spellchecker making me look like an ass.
What exactly will change when it's a POP household? I keep getting different opinions, or maybe it's just different everywhere.
I think when I get married it will be different, cause we can come uip with structure on our own, insted of me coming into someone else's structure like it usually is with household. I've tried deliberately to make my own structure and live by it (gotta love therapy), so the idea of changing it at this point is terrifying. Eventually, I suppose. Although probably first year teaching is not the time to do that! :) Have fun with your late night vacuuming!
Well the Rockford branch is pretty liberal in some senses. Not so far in that we are Black sheep or anything. I think you will find that everyone has thier own rules due to certain circumstances like the size of the family, ages of the kids, etc, etc... Those rules are molded around Christian concepts that we all strive to live by. Rules are not made to make life miserable, they are there to protect us. Every individual has a different area(s) of weeknesses in their life, so extra steps might be taken by those people that you or I might look at as a little over the top. A good example of this is televison, I am a TVholic. I can watch TV for 4 hours straight with no problem. I have too busy a life (full time career, working on a Masters degree, running a household, doing my share of the choirs, prayer time, getting in a daily jog, trying to fit in a little fun) to being wasting time watching TV. I finally cut the cord last week to get me away from it. Now I just drink all day long. LOL j.k.
You make me laugh.
I'm not as much of a pain in the neck as I come across, really. I figure, even though I may get a little in your face, I always ask "why" so I can hear someone else's thoughts. It's the best I can do, since I can't climb inside their head and feel what it's like to be them.
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