observations from 2a.m.

our 24 event at church went really well, and getting up at 1:15a.m. wasn't even as bad as i thought it would be. (well, ok, it was at first, but then i got over it.) i learned a few things, though:

• there is a line at the starbucks drive-thru, even at 1:30a.m.
  
• there is a line at the starbucks drive-thru at 1:30a.m. because they apparently train their new-hires at that hour. and no, i'm not kidding. she was, indeed, new.
  
• i am less than amused by 15 minute waits for three cars in front of you at starbucks at 1:30a.m., especially when i haven't had my coffee yet... which is why we were there in the first place.
  
• my husband is a little more sensitive to caffeine than we thought. he was so wired after we got done with our 2a.m.-3a.m. shift, (initiated by a tall peppermint mocha, and continually fueled by a steady stream of 40 ounces of MDX over the course of about 8 hours) that he drove me home and then went back to the church for another shift, and promptly stayed up the rest of the night, and all day saturday, totalling 36 hours from the time he got up for work friday morning, to the time he crashed to "rest his eyes for a few" saturday evening. maniac.

so that's what i learned. i was also reminded that we serve an incredibly good, gracious and empowering God, and i'm really thankful for each of the worship and fellowship events we took part in this weekend.

on the scrapbooking side of things, i think i've come to the conclusion that i'm limited one fabulous layout per day. for some reason, i can create one stunningly incredible layout (confidence is good, right?), but anything i create after that layout, that day, will be crap. that's it. as the good people at the Washington State Lottery say, know your limit. so i guess that's my limit. i've decided that from now on, i have to be super inspired to attempt exceeding that limit.

and i've also decided something else about my scrapbooking... sometimes, i'm going to throw away a page that i created. and i'm okay with that. are you horrified? because there always seems to be a shortage of photos around my life, i've taken to scrapping some photos/events more than once, from different aspects/perspectives. so what if i dump the extras if i decide later that i really dislike them? oh, and i've even tossed a few layouts of photos that i DIDN'T duplicate, but i salvaged the photos and re-scrapped them. so there. rules be damned.

my contraband external hard drive arrived on friday. let the attitude re-adjustment begin! tonight, i'll sling over all of my data and photos and layout scans, and then i'm going to wipe my belligerent little laptop clean. i'm so excited by the prospect of having a clean slate with which to work.

gotta run - coffee time! happy monday!