Yup, today really IS St Patrick's Day. Well, kind of. If you are Catholic and celebrate Mass in honor of the Saints, the feast day for St Patrick will be held today. This of course is because of the conflict with Holy Week. Now, that doesn't mean that your favorite St Patrick's Day Festivities need to change. Only the feast day has been changed. We sill plan to celebrate green beer, beef and cabbage and everything else Irish we can think of. I am a tad bit Irish after all. I'm Irish all year, not just on March 17.
An Old Irish Blessing
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
I am the superstar!
Sunday evening Nick and I joined a classmate of his, and her boyfriend for dinner, studying biochemistry (i think) and playing the Wii. Now, of the 4 of us, I have played the least amount of video games in general.
We played Mario Party 8. Of the limited amount of gaming I have done, virtually none of it has been Mario anything. No Super Mario Bros, no Mario Kart, or any of the other countless Mario brand spin-offs. Not to mention, the first 7 Mario parties. If I am lucky, I was allowed to play one "world" where I was successful at jumping off something to my own death, or being destroyed by the "bad guys" in whatever level/world I was in. Apparently the point was to get to some mystical castle and save a princess....I had no idea. Anyway, all that to say, I have quite limited experience with Mario and his brother Luigi.
Well, I ended up being the winner, and therefore "THE Superstar" of the game. Yup. My strategy worked. I FINALLY did get a star. But mostly I spent the whole game traipsing around the board. I did a lot of moving around, which means I collected, and therefore ate, lots of candy. Based only on the merits of my success on the board, I was second or third. But then at the end they hand out "bonus stars." I traveled the most distance. Woohoo! accepting the ride on the water slide and DK barrel shot gun thing was worth it! and "eating" candy on almost every turn paid off! Go me!
Now, please don't misinterpret my description of the game for actually UNDERSTANDING what was happening. I don't. I kept thinking it was a lot like "the Game of Life" but you can't buy insurance. Anyway, it was fun, and hopefully Nick did well on the test he was studying for.
We played Mario Party 8. Of the limited amount of gaming I have done, virtually none of it has been Mario anything. No Super Mario Bros, no Mario Kart, or any of the other countless Mario brand spin-offs. Not to mention, the first 7 Mario parties. If I am lucky, I was allowed to play one "world" where I was successful at jumping off something to my own death, or being destroyed by the "bad guys" in whatever level/world I was in. Apparently the point was to get to some mystical castle and save a princess....I had no idea. Anyway, all that to say, I have quite limited experience with Mario and his brother Luigi.
Well, I ended up being the winner, and therefore "THE Superstar" of the game. Yup. My strategy worked. I FINALLY did get a star. But mostly I spent the whole game traipsing around the board. I did a lot of moving around, which means I collected, and therefore ate, lots of candy. Based only on the merits of my success on the board, I was second or third. But then at the end they hand out "bonus stars." I traveled the most distance. Woohoo! accepting the ride on the water slide and DK barrel shot gun thing was worth it! and "eating" candy on almost every turn paid off! Go me!
Now, please don't misinterpret my description of the game for actually UNDERSTANDING what was happening. I don't. I kept thinking it was a lot like "the Game of Life" but you can't buy insurance. Anyway, it was fun, and hopefully Nick did well on the test he was studying for.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
A Decade Ago
Today is the decade anniversary of my car accident. It seems like yesterday, and a million years ago at the same time. As is typical with life changing events, I've thought about this car accident quite a bit. At church, Pastor Ben has mentioned miracles several times. This has got me thinking even more about my car accident. Ben has mentioned when "miracles" happen, we tend to overlook them. Now, there is a bit more to it than that, but its the basics. Even when we do see them, overtime they go from "that was a miracle" to "we were lucky."
Well, for me, 10 years ago I thought I was lucky. Ok, it was probably like 10 years ago next week. 10 years ago today I was high on demerol and loving it. It took a week or so to sink in. I felt pretty lucky. People told me I was lucky. Now that it is 10 years later, I know I wasn't lucky. It was a miracle. It was a miracle that I didn't fly through the windshield. It was a miracle that after hitting the dashboard at 50 mph, I walked away, with injuries that were "easily fixed."
So here were are, 10 years, 7 oral surgeries, 5 sets of teeth and countless hours in a dentist chair later, and yes, I'm positive that this was a miracle. God obviously had something important for me to do.
Well, for me, 10 years ago I thought I was lucky. Ok, it was probably like 10 years ago next week. 10 years ago today I was high on demerol and loving it. It took a week or so to sink in. I felt pretty lucky. People told me I was lucky. Now that it is 10 years later, I know I wasn't lucky. It was a miracle. It was a miracle that I didn't fly through the windshield. It was a miracle that after hitting the dashboard at 50 mph, I walked away, with injuries that were "easily fixed."
So here were are, 10 years, 7 oral surgeries, 5 sets of teeth and countless hours in a dentist chair later, and yes, I'm positive that this was a miracle. God obviously had something important for me to do.
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