Blog Stew

When I don't post daily, I end up with a mishmash of subjects that I want to write about before I forget the details. Tonight before I turn in, I offer a serving of blog stew.

--No word yet on the UTPA job. From the second conversation I had with the head interviewer, I suspect they're still fine tuning some aspects of the position.

--Mike brought home 5 dozen Einstein's Bagels from his trip to St. Louis. We had to consume some ancient ice cream in order to make room in the freezer.

--I went to the newish Sephora store for makeovers with my friend, Minerva. Afterward, I introduced Minerva to Thai food. :)

--My Sephora makeup artist was/is the first gay person I've met in McAllen. Yay! He said the gay community is pretty closeted/bearded here and he was thrilled about escaping to New York in three weeks to be with his boyfriend.

--Had my first experience of commiseration with a woman from the ward. She called Saturday and vented about insensitive comments from ward people during her long illness. After recounting intimations of how proud/unforgiving/faithless she must be because she is not healed yet and that a woman who was particularly rude to her is her new VT, she burst into tears.

I confessed I had uncharitable thoughts about the RS pres and the new VT companionships she's imposed, pairing working women with SAHMs and effectively curtailing VT opps to evenings/weekends. (I also went one uncharitable step further and used a Texas accent in retelling the RS pres's more exasperating demands. Would it be a stretch to call my uncanny ability to mimic accents a spiritual gift?)

My co-conspirator said it was unrealistic to expect the RS pres to tell me what she wants when SHE doesn't know what she wants. Apparently, she tends toward grandiose but incomplete visions, leaving everyone who works with her in the same bind I'm in. It was nice to know it wasn't some failing on my part, but rather her standard M.O.

Anyway, I gave my co-conspirator a much-needed laugh and both of us felt less alone in our struggles. I'd call that win-win.