i woke up early to the phone ringing. garry asked me yesterday if i could put together the bulletin for his baby's service at next. i was very happy to help out, and he sent me the most lovely photo to use. since brendan and i had spontaneously gone out to see black swan at the movies last night i didn't get to the bulletin until quite late and went to bed around 1:30. garry had a few changes so he called so i could make the changes asap. i didn't mind at all. as a graphic designer i see myself as a service provider, which sometimes involves sacrifice of some kind.
i went back to bed for a little while then got up to work on hatch before going to esme's adieu. garry and shannon planned a lovely service to commemorate their wee babe. many tears were shed and many lovely words were said. i reallly wanted to speak to shannon, but i was afraid that i wouldn't know what to say or that i'd say something inappropriate, i'm kind of clumsy at the worst of times. but it was much more natural than i expected and i felt much more at ease once the ice was broken so to speak. both garry and shannon are doing remarkably well, they are well loved, at peace, and God is very present with them. we gathered to remember, although we'll never forget.
on our way home, b suggested we stop by staples to price out some netbooks. we've been talking about buying a little netbook with my work bonus since b's computer is busted. he would like to buy a mac eventually, after he's saved enough for his tuition. we thought a netbook would be inexpensive, small, and tie us over until he's saved his shekels. we saw one on sale and had a little conference in the chair department - hashed out the details, and so on then decided to get it!! i'm writing to you on our little netbook right now!! :D this will be so handy, we can take it with us when we go to ireland, away for roadtrips, and i can take it with me when on business trips! or to the goat to write sermons! it's pretty exciting. it feels a little funny because i would never normally voluntarily buy a pc, because i'm pretty loyal to apple, i even have an apple bumper sticker, but whatevs, i'm computerly bilingual. i really wanted to buy a cute little travel case but brendan strongly discouraged it because it was an additional cost. but i'm gonna buy one eventually, i'll look forward to that :D
after more work on hatch we went to see the king's speech (it's been a weekend for movies!). it was really good, however, there was one part that made me think "well... i definitely cannot suggest this movie to my mom". haha. i liked it a lot. what intriguing people. i look forward to reading all about them on wikipedia.
i'd rather see the world from another angle.
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