The blog lives!

But only so I can try and post this video of my new apartment. Like I have time for blogs...ha! I rarely read other peoples' (although I look at their pictures sometimes), much less write my own. BUT, because I am waiting for this video to upload and I pretty much have everything ready to go for tomorrow and all the dishes are done, I suppose I will write something.


The new job is great. I am busy ALL THE TIME, and I love it. My next free day is my first weekend in September. As Grandpa says, "The only thing worse than working is not working." I've just been going going going with one (sometimes two or more) events a day--even on my days off. But people are giving me food and feeding me (really good food, like ribs) so that's awesome.


This weekend I'm heading up to a minister's retreat for the diocese of Baker, so that'll be nice to meet some new people in the diocese and hopefully see some familiar faces. Afterward, I'm staying with Grandma and Grandpa for a few days to get in a good visit and have a much needed BREAK! While I'm there, I'll pick up some more of my things + some bar stools for my counter. Once I have that stuff and get another chair and a coffee table from Fr. (+ my table that is being refinished), my apartment will be fully furnished! I have lots of places to sit in the living room (and I sit on them all), so come and visit!


In October I will be starting up youth group for Jr. High and HS, Jesus 'n' Java (a Monday night HS prayer group where we'll experience a different style of prayer each week), and Newman Club at OIT. I definitely have my work cut out for me. I'll also be attending a ministry conference in Boise, so it will be nice to go home (briefly--and get paid to do it!). The weekend after is my birthday weekend, so I will be driving up to Seattle (with a stop in Portland both ways) to go to the Journey/Foreigner/Night Ranger concert. Anybody wanna join? I find it ironic that I'll be spending some of my birthday in Seattle, but such is life. Oh yeah, I'll also be taking an online class during that month for my ministry certificate. Phew! (Thank the Lord that some of my classes from UP count, so I only have to take five 15-hour classes instead of eight!)


Aside from all my many duties (including fundraisers for the kids to raise funds for events like Steubenville NW and ICYC), I'll be doing some fundraising of my own to go to IRELAND next summer! Yes, Ireland! Some of you know that there are 3 places I've always wanted to go to: Hawaii, Australia, and Ireland. As you can see by the title of this blog, Oz happened. I did Hawaii in high school. So with my trip next summer, my goal will be COMPLETE!


I am going to the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, Ireland, with the Diocese of Baker. It's about a 10 day trip or so, with 7 of those days sightseeing all over Ireland. I think I will get a very unique experience that I would not get the chance to have if I went on my own. Although, it's not cheap. So, for a fundraiser, I used some pictures I've taken, and added Bible verses to them and will be selling them. I ordered some other products today too, so hopefully it will sell well.


Okay, well, this video is taking a long time to upload, so I think I'll get ready for bed and just let it go...


A-Dios!

8/25: Sooooooo, the video didn't upload here, so I put it on youtube. Here's the link:

Okay, God just doesn't want me to show this video to you right now, so we'll do it later. Thanks for checking in!