December 12, 2024 - Thursday



We did school this morning and I didn't do too much throughout the day. I touched up paint in the bathroom and am *this* close to being entirely done with that room. I still need to touch up the baseboards and put in a couple of towel hooks and change out one of the outlets. I did change out most of them today and, guess what, ELECTROCUTED myself! It was very mild. Honestly, nothing to write home about. But it's funny because Ben has stressed to me so many times that I can't take for granted that the power has been turned off to the entire room. I need to check each outlet before messing with the wires. Well, I did not do that and one of the outlets in the back of the room was still live. *face palm* I'm grateful that nothing terrible happened because of it, just a little shock. 

In the evening, we went to Clemi's choir concert in Westerville and Brit joined us! It was pretty short and sweet and Clem's solo sounded so beautiful. I went to cell group afterwards and it was a little weird. Possibly because I got there almost an hour late? Possibly because there wasn't quite enough seating? I'm not really sure. I tried to start a few conversations, but, as always, ended up doing most of the talking myself. I hate that. I wish I were comfortable just letting silence hang. I sat near Rachel, Jenna, Megan, and Noemi and I got extremely annoyed with Noemi. She has this know-it-all-ness that really rubs me the wrong way. I just brought up a conversation and, next thing you know, Noemi is showing me book recommendations she uses for her kids to help me with my problem. It was so hard for me to contain my ire. First of all, the "problem" that she thought I was having is not a problem that I'm having and, secondly, the books that she recommended were geared towards pre-schoolers and my kids are old. Truth be told, she has pissed me off twice now doing the same thing and, even if she was spot on with what my problem was and offered me terrific advice, I probably wouldn't be receptive at this point. Ben thinks God put us together to help both of us grow. Fun times ahead!

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