Yes -- PR Day!

I was up and completed my 8km... 

And Isaiah took off and I had the house to myself.

First, I made a ground beef dumpling dish... Well... I put all the ingredients in the rice cooker and hit -- cook!

I then sat and read... and napped... 

The morning flew by!

At 2:30, the 'alarm' sounded: no going out for the military drill that had started! REALLY!!!!

The drill finished at 3pm.

The dumpling dish was finished and it was delicious... WOW... 

At 5:30, I headed out to the library to return books and then tutoring at 6pm -- two hours... When that was finished, I stopped at our local mini supermarket to buy soy bean milk... and headed home!

I decided to use the time to pack up the suitcases that Isaiah will bring to the States... WOW! Now, all Isaiah needs to do is to put together his stuff in the carry on... He's not leaving for another two weeks... but hey... I wanted to know if I have any more room or weight to put more stuff in those two suitcases! I think I do... 

Prayer time at 8:45... 

Tomorrow... MOE Day!

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Much Needed Time...

I was up early and finished my 8KM.

After Isaiah left, I called Ms. Hsieh and she had time at 11:30.

I went down to do the recycling and spent the rest of the morning reading... I am going to plan a week when both Alan and Isaiah are gone and limit tutoring to after 6pm and just stay home all day and read, read, read... 

Before leaving at 11:00, I got the iRobot going. I dropped off things at the old gentleman 'thrift' stall! Then I went and had a 2-hour massage... my back and legs felt so much better.

I had tutoring at 2pm and another student at 3:40 and I was home by 5:30. YIPPY!

I was really hungry, so I made myself a huge salad. I'm still working on clearing the fridge. I wonder if I can avoid going to Costco for the entire time that Alan is away! Isaiah will be leaving on August 26th... so... We shall see... I might have to buy meat, but I'm working on clearing the freezer... and I'm doing quite well... 

I blogged for HOP and then Prayer time at 8:45 and Bible study at 9pm.

When that was finished, I went and read in bed... 

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Splendid Tuesday

I was up early as I had slept early the night before... I had quite a long Monday... 

I went and did my usual 8KM run... Will I be running more? I hope so... once the summer heat turns into Autumn breeze... 

Isaiah took off and I proceeded to undo all the fans blades to wash everything. As I finished, I headed out to my Bible study and let everything dry. I was early to the study and set everything up! YEAH...

There were only four of us... One gal was sick at home and she wanted to join online. I started the video call and she didn't answer. So... when she called back, I don't know why I didn't hear it.

When we finished, one of the gals taught me how to use this special app to do powerpoint... wow... that saves so much time and it even helps to translate things. It isn't perfect, but it gave a base which I will add to...

I was going to run errands, but the rain started... so I headed home.

It was so nice to be home. 

I put all the fans together and did the study for next time and enjoyed the afternoon watching Netflix... 

No nap... 

I then got started with my talk and have almost finished it all... 

For dinner I had a huge salad... yummy. I still have plenty of food to finish up!

I gave two suitcases away and also some more clothes... and a table cloth. Tomorrow, I will donate more stuff to that old gentleman when I go to tutor at 1:30. That's tomorrow.

Prayer time at 8:45... blogged... and headed off to bed early... 

I had to get up early every morning for these next several weeks as there is no time when it is not hot!

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Monday, Monday...

I was up early and did my usual 8KM.

Isaiah took off and I took off soon afterwards as I had a breakfast prayer and share time... 

I had to cut that time short as I had tutoring at 1:30... I made it there not only on time, but 10 minutes early... and I ended 15 minutes late.

I got home at around 3:35 and it was so nice to be HOME...

I got a message and one of my students had to cancel... for Wednesday! I'm so thrilled as Wednesday was going to be a massively busy day... so to have that 90 minutes tutoring session cancelled was an answer to prayer!

I put things away... and took down the clothes... and blogged... 

I was absolutely too full so I skipped dinner...

Prayer time at 8:45... And I baked these hot dog cheese muffins for our Bible study tomorrow morning.

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What A Sunday!

I was up but not too early as it was Sunday... and wow... the weather was so 'perfect'... my kind of perfect: raining, around 20, windy and cloudy. Typhoon Dolphin brought the rain and the nicer temperature... but no one wanted to be out... I did... but... but No Run on Sunday!

I took the time to read... and at 10:30, Isaiah and I headed out to church. 

I set up while we waited for others to join. We had four people.

We ordered lunch... UBER DELIVERY... and sat and chatted. I stayed at church while Isaiah and Fenny went back home. They were late to church.

I was the MC... ha, ha, ha... and Isaiah translated for the speaker.

There were many people who needed counseling, so I didn't get home until 8:30.

Prayer time at 9:30... and I blogged, cleaned up, and went to bed fairly early. The week has started.

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Typhoon Dolphin Cools Down the Weather

I was up early... YEAH... I truly want to do that every day...

I ran my 8KM and hit 50 for this week!

Alan decided to extend his stay (paying 240US$) in order to go to the Chargers Opening Game! That guy...

I did a load of laundry after I got home and posted another toddler car seat... But different people came to pick up other items.

I had tutoring at 11am... 

That went well... and I was home... I had made hard boiled eggs... and Isaiah and I had two each!

He helped use Gemini to beef up my PPT for next Sunday (August 16th) so that it would be bilingual... He is not finished yet. And then we went to drop off a bag of donations for Nepal at TIC and he went on to meet up with Fenny. I drove back home!

So nice... I had the house all to myself... I cleaned out the back balcony a bit and just loafed around... I started to read through the Chosen Bible study material and quite like it... 

The rain started and I was glad to be home. I had thought about running errands... but I can do that tomorrow... "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, Tomorrow, You're always a day away..." ha, ha, ha...

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Another MOE Day!

I was up early and went out for my 8KM... There is a mild typhoon blowing through but the heat was still blaring and the air muggy... I was out at 5:45! I can't imagine going any earlier.

I was back and took a shower... and ate toast with butter and a mug of coffee before resting a bit... and then taking off to the office!

I had to stop to put on my rain coat as it was raining on and off... not sprinkling... but raining!

I made it and glad to be in the office with the AC.

I spent the morning getting my ppt done for August 16th and reading the news... Needless to say, the morning flew by! Yes, I finished the first ppt and sent it to Isaiah. He's going to use Gemini to bring in the bilingual element... we will see how it turns out. I'm not keen on using AI... but I think I need to be wise. For all my message prep, I use commentaries and listen to pastoral messages on the passage... But the best way to prepare is to just read and re-read the passage and the context... 

For lunch, I brought instant noodles and just so enjoyed it... sitting and watching a movie while eating lunch at my desk. I love this job... ha, ha, ha... 

I was heading home by 5:10 and met up with a student at the church near our house as I bought him breakfast cereal from Costco.

HOME... and a free evening... Prayer time at 8:45... and the weekend has started!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!