Ok ... weird stuff

 

October 5, 1999

Ok ... weird stuff ... but first ... I woke up in even more pain than yesterday ... today my neck and my back hurt ...  dean and I were on the phone most of the morning ... doing work stuff ... and we were supposed to have a meeting tonight ... to go over all the stuff he learned at his convention ... but when he called ... I was hurting bad ... really bad ... that he came and picked me up and took me to his chiropractor ... who was very nice ... and made my back feel somewhat better ... but that wasn't the weird part of my day ... this was ...  about a week and a half ago I was going through my mail ... and I saw this ad for a chiropractor ... and the picture of the guy was soooo cute ... that I actually saved the ad ... and every once in a while I look at the guys picture ...  anyway when we walked into the office tonight ... I saw the other doctor in his office and thought he was so cute ... when he came in to say goodnight to my doctor ... I saw he was even cuter than I thought ... and as I was leaving I saw the doctors cards on the counter ... and the other doctor was the one whose picture I had saved ... I couldn't believe it ... so since dean is friends with his doctor I told him he had to find out if he was single ... heeheheeee so other than that ... just been working working working ... missing Kris ... I am going over to their house on Friday to help Chevy clean ... so Kris will come home all happy on Saturday and want to go out ... and I think I am going to ask Chevy if he wants to go play bingo on Friday night ... he and I always want to go and Kris is never too into it ... so it is the perfect opportunity for us to go and play ... it is something I love and I haven't gone to play bingo since I moved out here ... and I have my bingo inkers too ... I am sure he will want to go ... we may even get to play 2 rounds ... hahahahaaa ahhh well I need to do some serious grocery shopping ... I was kind of hoping I could wait till Kris got back ... so I could get some help carrying everything up here ... but I don't think I can wait that long ... and I had wanted us to make a price club visit together ... so we could split everything ... but our pay periods are different so we never have enough money for a price club trip at the same time ... cause ya know you gotta have more than you want to spend with you when you go in there ...  Kris and I have been talking this last week or so about volunteering our time ... both of us have it pretty good ... which means we should share that with others ... as children we both had friends that passed away from cancer ... Kris' friend of brain cancer and my friend Tammy from Leukemia ... so I am going to look into volunteering in the children's ward at the hospital ... my mom sent me a great letter ... that drove the point home really well ... it is kind of long ... but well worth the read ... and I want to keep it somewhere where I will never loose it and can refer to it whenever I want ... so here it is: BIG ROCKS FIRST!!!! One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz" and he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked,  "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more,  "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was on to him.  "Probably not," one of them answered.  "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question,  "Is this jar full?" No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked,  "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"  "No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point.  The truth this illustration teaches us is if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.  What are the 'big rocks' in your life -- time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others?  Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. " So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first." I just love that story ... well on that note I think I will read my cards and get back to work ... much to do!!