1. Alright ya'll, guess what! I went to a pro-life event for a Pregnancy Clinic in my town last night and check out who I met:
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| Abby Johnson! |
I died a lil. I told my husband that I was going to tell her who I was and that she would probably politely nod and be like "Oh yeah!" but not really know who I was. Well either she's damn good at politely nodding or she actually knew who I was! We exchanged numbers, and now Steven actually believes that I do stuff on the internet that is productive. Win-win!
2. In not as fun news we got another foot of snow this week. Yup. Fortunately though that meant I got two more snow days so I'll take it. It didn't hurt that it was a BEAUTIFUL snow, truly one of the most gorgeous snows I've ever seen. And to top it off it was the perfect packing snow. Steven and I threw snowballs for a bit and then hung our head in shame as our 10 year old neighbor showed us up with this:
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| It had lights on top too! |
3. The other good thing about the snow days was it got me out of 3 days on the busiest part of the current service I'm on, Psych. It also got me out of 3 days of Psych which I'll always gladly take. I definitely don't want to do Psych and to tell the truth it scares me, a lot. I've seen one too many scary movies in my life, obv.
4. On a totally different note, we're all sedevanctists now. I didn't even know until the other day that that was a word and that people already thought they were sedevacantists. Crazy, right? The things I've learned about the papacy in the past few weeks, it's ridiculous. That's one of the coolest thing about all of this, that we all have such an opportunity to evangelize. That is, if we're able to keep our cool and speak eloquently which I'm not so good at. Yesterday I overheard tons of patienta talking about it and even caught a few glimpses of the cover on the news. I wasn't able to add anything nice or appropriate so I did a lot of silent praying for them yesterday. I know, I suck.
5. That's my optimistic side of this whole abdication thing. Yeah the thing that ended in "I know, I suck." was supposed to be optimistic. Last night was pretty rough though as I looked through the coverage of it all. I didn't think I'd be as upset as I was but my heart is heavy. I am thankful to the pope that he recognizes his own abilities and weaknesses but I'm sad that he is in this state. And now I'm crying.
He's a lab mix and was set to be killed today for no other reason than being there too long. I'm so excited to get him in our house, clean him up, and love him. I know he's going to get snatched up in a second because that is the most adorable face ever. I admittedly may be a bit biased as he's the spitting image of Jacker.
7. Friday Funny: If you haven't seen the video, you need to. They cuss, a lot. Consider yourself forewarned.
NO, Abby recognized you? That's awesome! I've been feeling sad since yesterday, too--it's weird, since up until now, I've been so admiring and at peace with the Holy Father's decision. Now that he's really gone, it just feels different, you know? Love him so much. Have a good weekend, Katie!
ReplyDeleteLove that video. In fact, my coworker came over and made me play it because we both go to the Goodwill Outlet (the shots with the blue floor bins in the video - not ours but Goodwill Outlets are hard to miss). She buys for herself and I buy for the child.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing about that video, despite the swearing, is the fact that for a ridiculously popular rap video, there are no half-naked women dancing around and there is no sexual innuendo. It's genius.
ReplyDeleteLOL! loved that video...
ReplyDeleteHow cool meeting Abby Johnson...and the outfit you're wearing in that picture, adorable!!!
"we all have such an opportunity to evangelize. That is, if we're able to keep our cool and speak eloquently" - this is such a beautiful way to look at things, and I agree... And the work you do online is also spoken eloquently, but does not come solely from your intellect but also from your intuition - a gift that will continue to bear great fruit, as it has already begun to do.
ReplyDeleteLOVE that you met Abby Johnson! That is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to ignore the mediza coverage about our Pope. It disgusts me and encourages me to get back into parish Christian service. I stopped after I had my youngest - she is over a year old now. It's time.
I'm sorry, and I know it is creepy, but the first time I heard the Thrift Shop song, I thought of you. ;)
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ReplyDeleteSo exciting that you got to meet Abby Johnson! And that you all have a foot of snow!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great weekend! :)
I'm so excited you got to meet Abby! How awesome!
ReplyDeleteHey Katie! I nominated you for a Liebster Award...check out the details here: http://www.thehappyhubbardfamily.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-heck-is-liebster-award-cause-i-got.html
ReplyDeleteAwesome that you got to meet Abby Johnson!
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of setting in that I totally missed out Thursday night. I was so going, but of course, my life kind of turned upside down about noon that day. So glad you made it there, though! go you!!!
ReplyDeleteHow neat you got to meet Abby Johnson!
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time commenting here, but I've been reading your blog for awhile. I'm a grad student at UNC-Chapel Hill studying Maternal and Child Health, and NFP is a passion of mine as well. Hope to talk with you more about NFP and women's health in the future!