Jesus Christ, Where Have YOU Been?

Today is Monday.
I wrote the following on Sunday.

It’s been a very long time since I made a journal entry. I chalk most of that up to being on dial-up service for the last week. It’s almost not worth the effort.

I’m trying to remember what went on the last week. The weather has been dismal. I flew in Tuesday, March 9th and it was foggy and it hasn’t let up until today Sunday, March 14th. It’s partly cloudy and I can actually see blue sky and SUN! It’s a miracle.

So, I guess I have to go as far back as Tuesday.
No! Farther! Friday March 5th we went out to a salad bar type restaurant called Sweet Tomatoes. They have a great salad bar and they also have pasta and soup. I pigged out. No dessert though. Well…I had a cranberry muffin for dessert. I should have passed as I was stuffed.
Sunday the 7th after church they usually serve coffee and coffee cake; stuff like that. I took what I thought was pound cake (which really isn’t cake at all), but it turned out it had lemon curd in it. I took only a bite or two before I realized this, and promptly threw the rest away. Was it wasteful? Yes. But God can deal with that.

Tuesday, during my layover in Atlanta (all four hours of it), I sat down and had an actual meal. I had cream of broccoli soup and a grilled chicken sandwich with baked potato. It wasn’t the greatest thing I’ve ever eaten, but it wasn’t bad for airport food. My server was amazing though.

Since being here I think I’ve done okay. Without high-speed internet, I find myself bored a LOT, and I want to eat. I’ve cheated twice since being here, but I can say honestly that they weren’t intentional. I had some Silk chocolate milk and it wasn’t until the next day that I realized I shouldn’t have had it. Yesterday there were pancakes for breakfast and without thinking I had a bit of my chocolate chip pancake. After I realized what I had done, I gave it to my mom.

So yes, I cheated. Like I said though, they’re not intentional cheats. It wasn’t like I got the chocolate milk out of the fridge and said to myself, “Well, just this once. No one will know.” Not at all. It just didn’t dawn on me at all. Same with the pancakes. The only time I think I intentionally did cheat was when I was at my dad’s in Florida. I had a bad taste in my mouth and just wanted to clear it out, so I ate a single wheat thin. One.

So speaking of Lent, I went to Menasha last night to see a production of JCS. I’ve never seen it before, so that was cool. I know some of the music, but never saw the show. It was quite good for a church community production. My friend Crystal was the choreographer and had a small role, so it was good to see her. My old High School band teacher directed the show. He recognized me, but I don’t think he could put a name with my face. Oh well. Saw some high school acquaintances (they were in my brother’s grad class, not mine). I think my two favourites were Pilot and Judas. They sang the best I think, although I think the numbers for Judas were a touch out of the actor’s vocal range. You could tell he had some jitters at the beginning but smoothed himself out as the show went on. And Pilot was solid all the way through.


Monday:
Anyway, frosting cut-out cookies tomorrow. Wish me luck.