Weekend

This weekend was not that exciting, but it was relaxing. On Friday night, Jeremy and I hung out. We played the game Qwitch, which we received as a wedding gift and are just now playing (thanks, Rach!). It was a lot of fun. I think I lost all three games. We also watched The Conscientous Objector, a movie Jeremy checked out at the library. It was about a Seven Day Adventist during WWII who wanted to be a medic, but refused to carry a gun. It was a little slow because it was a documentary, but the story of his courage and his decision to stick with his beliefs was neat to watch. He received a medal of honor from the US Army for his work in the army as a medic.

On Saturday, Jeremy woke up before me to go work at the Buckeye football game as security. He worked one of the gates and then manned the locker room in the fourth quarter. While he was gone, I worked on lesson plans for two weeks from now - never hurts to get ahead! I also entertained our eight year old neighbor kid who rang the door bell and invited himself in. We had a serious dicscussion about Santa, and how when you get older sometimes you get fewer gifts, and sometimes Santa knows what's good for you and what's not. He agreed with that last one because last Christmas he didn't get the violent video game he wanted. When Jeremy came back, our neighbor, Julian, came back again to hang out before supper. After supper, Jeremy and I had another game night (I guess that what you do when you are on a limited budget). We opened another wedding gift and played Scene It. Jeremy, once again, beat me.

Today, has been quite relaxing as well. We went to church and helped with the youth group's worship time, The Awakening. I took an hour and half nap. We went grocery shopping. Jeremy made a guess (jokingly) that our grocery bill would be $56.29 this week. Shockingly, it was $56.27! Unbelievable! That was our big joke of the day - it doesn't take much. I called my mom and talked til my cell phone battery died. It was good catching up with her. She had been having some back problems and is finally feeling better. Dad is improving too. It is fun to hear the updates on all my neices and nephews from her as well. Well, we are wrapping up our day by watching our 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th ...??? football game of the day - Packers vs Cowboys. I'll make it til about 10pm, and then I'm off to bed.

At church we are in the midst of a series called Jesus for President; we are learning about the traits of a good leader based on the example of Christ. Last week we learned that a good leader has an outside source of strength - God, and is strengthed through prayer. This week at church we talked about how we should do what's right no matter what. A good leader should be a person of character and comptency. It is a good challenge for me - am I being a good leader? is my character consistent, even when no one is watching? Hope everyone has a great week - be a leader based on Christ's example.