Ever had one of those weeks? Not the kind where everything has gone wrong or anything, but the kind where the week just seems like it will never end and your brain is so overloaded that you find yourself doing really strange things? Well, that has been me for the past couple of weeks...hence the long time between posts. So, I shall explain my interesting title to you below.
My new job at the Seminary has been wonderful and I can say that I am truly enjoying it. There are several events each year that I plan and they are not for the faint of heart! In a 4 day time period I had a luncheon for Adjunct Faculty, a New Faculty Orientation and then the 2 day Faculty workshop full of 65 professors, 4 meals, 4 breaks, session materials and a guest speaker! No, I don't mention all of this so you feel bad for me...I thrive on this kind of stuff and truly enjoy it! I tell you this so you understand where my mind has been dedicated for the past few weeks. Needless to say, when I have gotten home at night I have done some strange things.
After the first event, I came home that night and proceeded to make dinner. Making dinner calms me down and seems to put me back in the right state of mind. However, on this particular day my brain got left at work. I actually managed to melt the bottom of a tea kettle....yep...melt it. I had turned the wrong stove eye on and didn't realize it until it was too late. So, that was a fun story to tell Mike when he got home!
But, the craziest thing I have managed to do in the kitchen was yet to come. After the Faculty Workshop on Tuesday, I come home and started dinner. As I am getting everything together for our Mexican Fiesta night I went ahead and preheated my oven to 350 so it is ready to go. What I had managed to forget was that I had put a few items in the oven to get them out of the way when we had unexpected company the day before. So, picture this...cookie sheet with a cutting board and cooling rack sitting inside it. Now picture plastic cutting board in 350 degree oven....yep...more melting. And not only that, the cooling rack got stuck in the melted cutting board. After I realized this, with Mike standing in the Kitchen watching my madness, I called myself all sorts of interesting names! Have no fear, they were all G-Rated :-) At that point all I could really do was shake my head and laugh at my own absentmindedness. But, it also made me thankful that the Lord has all things under control. It doesn't matter how much I try to juggle in life, I will always have those moments where my brain just doesn't work the way I want it to. Thankfully we have a Father and a Savior who knows it all and keeps this big world turning. I am truly thankful for the Ultimate Multi-tasker :-)
Guess that is all for now. Thanks for enjoying another installment of my ramblings! I better go though....I think I smell something melting :-) Until next time...
hehehe. I chuckled the whole post. I know in those times you're probably a lot more frustrated, but it is nice to laugh about it later. I wish I had an excuse like work to leave my brain there. I do stuff like this almost every meal! :o) I especially love visualizing you calling yourself names because that's exactly what I do and Britton really enjoys hearing me in the other room. I felt most connected to you sister when you said you call yourself names. It's nice feeling connected :o) Enjoyed your story, and it's a good reminder when life (always) goes 'wrong.' Love ya!
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