Oh, it's only Tuesday and I feel like it should be Friday with the way this week has turned out to be. It's been busy. It actually started last week and I think by tomorrow I can finally breathe a little. Whew! I sure hope so. Our bookkeeper here at work was on vacation all last week and yesterday so I did the deposits for her. This is not something I'm used to doing but love doing. Anyway, since I'm not use to doing this I'm incredibly slow at it. So many tedious things that are involved with depositing checks and monies to the bank. I'm so slow at it that it would literally take me to lunch time to get it all accomplished each day. It was fun to do and if I did it all the time I'm sure my time would speed up but I guess when you are working with money its better to be slow and accurate.
Now I'm not one to always follow the rules or directions so I don't want to sound like I'm perfect but I have a pet peeve (like I said before, I have many of them.) But when a form says "Office Use Only" why do people still write in that area when clearly that are not office workers? When people send in their donations here they usually send a form back to us that we provide for them to fill out. I can't tell you how many of these said forms where filled out in the improper place on this form this past week and it just kind of irked me a little. It's not a huge big deal that people actually wrote in the wrong box but can't they read? It's like our Faith Promise Cards. When our missionaries take them to the churches to have people fill them out they mail the cards back to me. We have a spot right above the address line where it clearly says "Please Print". Do you think people print? No. They right in cursive. Usually it doesn't matter so much but there are people out there whose handwriting is atrocious. It's worse than chicken scratch and I can not make out what their name or address is. It's a little annoying. I've even had our publication editor bold it, underline it, put it in all caps. We've done everything but circle it and put it up in neon lights. Does that help though? No. People still write and it's not in print. Oh well. I guess that's what makes this world so exciting. All the little things that get your blood pressure up and going. We also had new missionaries come in for orientation so that made for a busy day but I enjoy it. I've always said I would rather be busy than not because I get bored so easily.
I had a nice surprise this weekend. My brother and his family came up Sunday night and then left today at lunchtime. They came to see my mom who has been very ill for the past four months. Luckily, we seemed to have found some medicine that might be working to help her feel better. We will know in a few days once the meds get in her system. But it was so much fun having them here. My niece and nephew have got such personalities and we laughed so hard at them. Last night around 9 pm we ended up getting ice cream and my brother had the brilliant idea to give his 3 year old daughter some. She was so hocked up on sugar that it took forever to get her calmed down but boy was she hilarious during that time. She had us cracking up and I could tell that she really lifted my mom's spirits and you could see she was starting to feel better. We had a great time. I hated to see them go but hopefully I can make it down there in a few weeks.
I'm looking forward to a nice quiet evening at home with nothing to do but watch Dancing with the Stars and American Idol. What would we do with television? :)
Happy Tuesday!
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