Just Killin' Time...

So it's 11:16 PM and I'm awake. Yes, I have to work in the morning. Yes, I'm beyond exhausted. I'm making some Valentine's gifts that have to go into the mail and I finished making the cards and the other little somethings to go with the cards. I decided to make one last thing using my computer and it's taking forever. Normally my computer does not annoy me. Tonight, it's annoying me. If this slowness in doing the simple task I've asked it to do is a sign of bad things to come, I will be very sad. My computer is going to be three years old soon. I'm not ready to buy a new one just yet.

1. Something else that annoys me? My neck is messed up. I was just getting ready to leave the house this morning when I noticed my neck getting stiff. I didn't do anything to tweak it - it just happened all of a sudden then got progressively worse as the day went on. I did make a chiro. appt for Tuesday so hopefully that will help. Any sort of neck or back pain is annoying but I'm thinking I would prefer a sore neck over a sore back. At least you can get around and do what you have to do with a stiff neck. When your back is out, you're pretty much stuck.

2. Happier topic: I'm so excited about the new First Presidency! President Monson is an incredible man who will continue to be a great leader for us. Of course, I would have been excited with whomever was put into the presidency with him but I was thrilled to hear Pres Eyring was still a counselor (he is my favorite Apostle - forgive me for sounding like a groupie!) We in my stake love Pres Uchtdorf because he was the one who set apart our current stake president so that was equally wonderful news. I am even more excited for General Conference than I normally am. I love that we'll get to hear from these phenomenal men even more than we already do. I'm so grateful that as I watched the news conference today, I received a confirmation that these three men were called of God.

3. I have to speak at the VT conference tomorrow night. Have I written the talk? No. When I do write the talk, will I take the 10 minutes given to me to cover a very narrow topic? No. Hey, it just means everyone gets home in time to watch American Idol. I'll consider it my act of service for the day. Oh but Ryan Seacrest? Majorly annoying.

4. Have I mentioned that my boss resembles Mitt Romney? He really does. The other day he had a blue blazer and white dress shirt on and he just totally looked like Mitt. They have the same hair, facial features, etc. One time while my boss was in Chicago, he walked into a bar downtown and some guy said "hey, are you Mitt Romney?" My boss, who has been well-versed in all things LDS said "Isn't Mitt Romney a Mormon?" The guy goes "uh, yeah." My boss went on to say, "Do you really think Mitt would be drinking in a bar in downtown Chicago? I think not. So, no, I'm not Mitt Romney." So now I call him Mitt all the time. I think he secretly enjoys it.

5. I leave for Chicago one week from tomorrow. Holy cow. I need to think about what I'm bringing with me besides Guitar Hero. Like maybe every sweater I own. I also need to find some black gloves. A new pair of jeans would be nice too. I just checked the extended weather forecast and it's snow, snow, snow. Great.

Finally my computer is done and I can go to sleep. It's 11:46 PM. A 10 minute task took about 45 minutes. Sigh.

Goodnight!!