Does anyone else find the security words (that aren’t quite real words) that you have to type in to post comments on blogger amusing? Sometimes I look at it and just sort of wonder what word ‘they’ were actually thinking of…
Had a really fun night tonight bowling and at yakuniku (the kind of place where you cook your own meet). Really liked the cow tongue, and tried intestines for the first time. Surprisingly, it wasn’t bad. Wouldn’t want it every day though! Bowling was fun too, but we could only get in one game before we got kicked out because the lanes were reserved for some kind of tournament or something. It was fun though. Oh yeah, and I won.
Yesterday was great too! Hillary and I went shopping (not too successful) and saw some Christmas lights at the station, did a few random things and then in the evening had a little surprise fondue party. So yummy – big smiles there… and lots of fun talking and playing Dutch Blitz with the Reisters, too.
Dutch Blitz and Spoons and other card games and ‘family’ games definitely make my ‘smile list’… Fun times with friends is always good.
People asking for help makes me smile, too (usually!)…
We all passed our Japanese tests… that gets a big smile!
Other smiles include…
A student playing on his iphone touch (or whatever that’s called) during English class. He’s 35.
Thinking about spending the first Christmas in 4 years with my family!
Warm hugs and warm drinks (it’s cold out!)…
Crossing things off the to-do list.
Friends who make to-do lists of things they’ve already done just so they can cross them all off. I wonder, do you put ‘cross of my to-do list’ on your to-do list??
Students interacting and listening well during our Bible studies. And taking books out of the church library.
I’ll be heading back to MD in… 10 days! Excited to spend Christmas at with my family, at the same time sad to leave people here at my second home. December 15th is the day! I arrive at Dulles at 11:59pm! J
Hopefully I’ll see many of you soon after…
Bobby
excellent list :) Thanks for keeping your word on making this a bi-weekly routine!
ReplyDeletethose security words always make me smile too... but I keep forgetting to add that to my list! I got scerlsi this time... what do you think that word was supposed to be?
I knew it was too good to be true that you would let your win go so quietly! :P Did you post it on your Facebook status?! (You were pretty good though!)
I bet that if/when my Mom reads this, she'll instantly think it was my fault that we were so unsuccessful because she knows my history of 'finicky shopping'!
You especially like warm drinks that make you jittery don't you?! :P (Sorry about that!)
I think if this "friend" was given a chance to defend themself, they might say that this is not completely true! I happen to know this friend you speak of does not make completely new lists of things already accomplished just to that they can be crossed off... this friend just happens to find it satisfying to add a thing or two to the 'un-done' list to make themself feel like they've been more productive... and no, they do not put 'cross off my to-do list' on their list!! :P By the way, I'm waving my hands in the air and saying "this is a true story"!!
I can't believe you're leaving in just 10 days!! I hope you have an amazing Christmas with your family! I look forward to hearing all about it and reading your smile lists with things about your time with your family and friends! We'll miss you here though!