Mesquite, Church, Football

Mesquite - just as I had planned =). Spa, pool, massage, steam, eat, drink, gamble, sleep, read, pool, eat, drink, read...oh, and I made some phone calls =). Actually, I made an international call from my cell phone for the first time! I was surprised it worked. I never was quite sure if I could do that with my phone. I had tried before but never succeeded - once to a German cell phone in the US and another time to a Japanese cell phone in the US. But this time I called my friend Yuko in Japan on her cell phone. She was in a bookstore and was very surprised =).

Church - I was searching to see if last Sunday's drama was posted on YouTube, but I found this video instead. It's the welcome video they show at the start of the service. It reminds me of the flight attendant videos they show when you fly =).

But I was looking for the video of the drama because it was really well done. It was a short piece (no talking) done to music. But it portrayed the message that we often get distracted by other things in this world, which can lead us into despair, but Jesus is always pursuing us and is strong enough to bring us back to Him. I still think that music can be such a powerful tool when used in conjunction w/some kind of visual arts. Now that I have Sundays off, I will try to make it to service more often. There's a new senior pastor that will be starting soon...next week?

Football - I'm doing that football thing again (last year I won $250!). Every week you pick teams and you can either pick all the winners, losers, or Fiddle-in-the-Middle (meaning half winners/losers). I laugh because last year, I was trying to pick all the winners, but it ended up I kept getting half of them right, so that's how I won. And last week, the same thing happened! I don't win anything now...it's only if I get half of them right as a total at the end of the season. So that's my method - try to pick all the winners, and end up getting half of them right. It's just something fun to give me a reason to watch football (since that's what was usually on TV at work all day long).

Mesquite

My mom is having fun on her new laptop. I finally got around to doing the wireless connection thang and encouraged her to learn how to search for information on her own. I'm no expert and believe she can learn just as well as I can...she just needs to learn how to ask the important questions and be able to make use of the resources out there. I'm looking forward to seeing how much she'll learn on her own. I'm sure her first project will be how to copy those Korean DVDs she gets from her friends!

I'm off to Mesquite in a few hours. I'll come back Thurs. afternoon. My plans? Sit at the pool, read, get a Stone massage, sit in the steam or sauna, sit in the jacuzzi, lay out at the pool, read, sleep, eat, drink, gamble...maybe watch Big Brother. There's a good restaurant in the hotel called Catherine's? Last time I was there w/Christina, we shared the Shrimp Scampi and Creme Brulee. I might have to have those again! And I had the Cioppinno, which was soo ono. I like Cioppinno...when we went out to Pasta Pirate's downtown just last Thurs., I ordered it and they give such big pieces of seafood. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

After my busy month, I'm ready for some relaxation. I should start packing. I'm driving so it's no rush...Mesquite is about an hour away from here. I wish I could stay longer. But I'm thankful for those 2 free nights =).