Days of the New used to be my one of my favorite bands growing up. There was one bad track on it that I had to tell Bishop Bertoch to skip when we were coming back from one of our High Adventure trips.
I started relistening to Pandora about 6 months back and realized how much I liked my old music. I find it interesting how the music I liked then still seems to be some of my favorite. Those teenage years were so important.
I had a really good past few weeks. USAA Realco had a record year and we were rewarded handsomely for it. I got a Superior rating, which I was rather grateful for. I worked really hard for it, making sure the financial meetings with the CEO were fruitful and discussed issues or items that he might not be aware of and improving several of the financial reporting processes and output for our corporate team.
Heidi and I had a fun time at the Spurs game together. I enjoy spending time alone going out but the $50 babysitter pmt still hurts. :) We have an adult session Stake Conference on Valentine's Day. I would say that's not what I had in mind when I wanted to have a romantic evening. We get to go to the rodeo on the 17th and are going to see some band called Newsboys. They are alright...not my first choice.
At church today, we had our financial audit and had no issues identified...I kind of cheated and looked two weeks ago to make sure all the support was there and everything was signed....I gave the lesson on prayer in Elder's Quorum, which went well. I have had several good experiences recently with prayer, but one in which we were watching a Netflix show called Prison Break. It was rated TV14 and was a little bit violent. The plot was amazing and I was really getting into it but I couldn't sleep for two hours after each episode and would cause huge amounts of anxiety. One time right before we were going to watch it, I heard the words in my mind say, "are you sure you want to watch it? You know what it does to you.." During the two hours while I was waiting to fall asleep, I pulled open Section 2 of President Benson's talk on prayer and read that the Lord tries to persuade you to follow him but doesn't force. I realized that the thoughts in my mind, were in fact the Lord persuading me to not watch it. I finally had the strength to stop watching the show, which had one of the best plots ever. I went on wikipedia and read all of the remaining 60 episodes. :)
I started relistening to Pandora about 6 months back and realized how much I liked my old music. I find it interesting how the music I liked then still seems to be some of my favorite. Those teenage years were so important.
I had a really good past few weeks. USAA Realco had a record year and we were rewarded handsomely for it. I got a Superior rating, which I was rather grateful for. I worked really hard for it, making sure the financial meetings with the CEO were fruitful and discussed issues or items that he might not be aware of and improving several of the financial reporting processes and output for our corporate team.
Heidi and I had a fun time at the Spurs game together. I enjoy spending time alone going out but the $50 babysitter pmt still hurts. :) We have an adult session Stake Conference on Valentine's Day. I would say that's not what I had in mind when I wanted to have a romantic evening. We get to go to the rodeo on the 17th and are going to see some band called Newsboys. They are alright...not my first choice.
At church today, we had our financial audit and had no issues identified...I kind of cheated and looked two weeks ago to make sure all the support was there and everything was signed....I gave the lesson on prayer in Elder's Quorum, which went well. I have had several good experiences recently with prayer, but one in which we were watching a Netflix show called Prison Break. It was rated TV14 and was a little bit violent. The plot was amazing and I was really getting into it but I couldn't sleep for two hours after each episode and would cause huge amounts of anxiety. One time right before we were going to watch it, I heard the words in my mind say, "are you sure you want to watch it? You know what it does to you.." During the two hours while I was waiting to fall asleep, I pulled open Section 2 of President Benson's talk on prayer and read that the Lord tries to persuade you to follow him but doesn't force. I realized that the thoughts in my mind, were in fact the Lord persuading me to not watch it. I finally had the strength to stop watching the show, which had one of the best plots ever. I went on wikipedia and read all of the remaining 60 episodes. :)
We always go out for dessert after the adult session if you want to join us. :) I love TV summary guides... I totally read those if I want to see how a show ends but I don't want to spend the time watching it.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way. If I watch a really intense show right before bed I can't go to sleep for a while. I try to either watch something less intense or read. We record the intense shows and I watch them earlier in the evening.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the thing with music ever changes. Your first favorites are still your favorites. But for me, what I call non-meaningful music, not uplifting or with a good message, is not as worth listening to as it used to be.
Newsboys has a few good songs, but even though I like christian music, they are a little too pop for me.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for plot summaries. I can't even count the shows I've been able to quit watching after finding out what happens in all the subsequent episodes. It's how I was able to quit watching Lost, Pretty Little Liars, and completely skipped Glee.
ReplyDeleteSo true about the music-- for better or worse. I listened to some pretty depressing music as a teenager, and it's nigh on impossible to conpletely cut out of my life. You guys introducing me to Keane was the best thing that could have happened.