happy halloween!

generation gaps

My grandma moved out of her house into an apartment last Friday. My parents and I went down Friday evening to eat supper with her and aunts and uncles and continue helping with the moving/arranging. A few conversation snippets below.

Aunt [holding up a shower curtain to show g-ma what it would look like]: How do you like it, mom?
Grandma: Well aren't you going to iron it?!

The audacity of an unironed shower curtain! Ironing a shower curtain probably would never have crossed my mind.

Uncle: What's that remote to?
Aunt: That vibrator.

gallons and gallons of raw meat

Last Thursday, Brian and I headed to the MCC building to volunteer with the meat canning process. I may not have all of the details correct, but the deal is people donate money to pay for the meat and other supplies, and then MCC sends a canning truck around with long-term volunteers who know the process, and then local people come volunteer to get the job done. The meat is sent around the world to people who need it. See it in action here. Though I signed up for washing and labeling cans, where they needed help was actually in the canning process. Our job was to reach into a huge vat of partially cooked turkey, pick up handfuls, and put it into cans, which were then sent down the line to be weighed, lidded, and put into a large container to be lowered into the boiling water for canning. So much turkey! It smelled like Thanksgiving...except also a little bit sickening. However, I'm so glad they made the switch to turkey a few years back. I remember in high school when they still did beef, I thought I would never do it again because the smell was so horrible. I think the report is that during the four or five (?) days they were here, 24,000 lbs. / 13,000 cans of turkey were canned.

college

As I was walking home from work the other day, I was thinking about why I loved college so much. And I decided it was because it was four years of feeling the anticipation of something great happening. Or maybe that's just the way I like to remember it. Being surrounded by so many great people really increased the likelihood of memorable experiences. Don't get me wrong – I love my life now, but I don't live with the daily anticipation of something great happening. The feelings I live with now that I love are those of comfort, security, and familiarity. A good place to be.

picture

I hereby declare this the saddest picture ever. His little wet feet and underbelly just add to the sadness. saddest picture ever

yesterday

Was Mole Day. My brother reminded me with a call!

I was sick in the afternoon, so I stayed at home. I like to rent chick flick type movies when I'm sick or watching a movie by myself. The one I watched yesterday was ok, but I really liked that they didn't end up together at the end of the movie! For once! It was nice to see something different for a change. Maybe I could like it more with this movie because I didn't really care about the characters all that much.

I received my new license in the mail! I like my picture, but the license seems cheaper and crappier. Also I think it's funny that it's difficult to read the name on it.

geez

Don't read them all at once! Save some for the rest of the week when I won't have anything to post! :)