Pride & Prejudice - I've watched this movie twice in the last 7 days. The newest one, with Kierra Knightly.
The story stirs something in my heart, something that I'm scared of, something that I've always suspected was there, but never wanted to come face to face with it. I'm not a girly girl, and don't fancy myself the kind of woman who wants to be in love for the sake of being in love. Quite frankly, most men scare me, and being around most men is difficult at best these days. It's rather surprising to realize that there is still this ... thing ... in me that is growing day in and day out...
It's this desire to meet a man who challenges me in every way, spurring me to be a stronger woman and a stronger Christian, even while vexing me with the surety of his own strength...something akin to arrogance, I suspect. It's the desire to meet a man who sees me, with all my faults, and finds me irresistable - intectually and spiritually. It's the desire to meet a man who respects not only the appearance of purity, but also the action of purity - even while wanting to kiss me senseless. It's this desire to meet a man who appreciates that I can be all those things to him as well.
In the most simplest words, it's the desire to be loved wholly, as I am, with no pretense.
I want this.
Don't get me wrong...I do not need this. I have been single for a long time, and will remain so for the rest of my life, if that is the life God has chosen for me. I do not need a man in my life.
But...I do want this.
I have been single for a long time, and although the wait is more difficult some days than others, wait I shall. And pray that my affections are held in check until the right man...the man I described above...makes himself known.
At that time...I will smile, laugh, take his hand, and be happily content to spend the rest of my days with a man who will continually spur me to become an even better version of myself.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
To Hotel Guests
Housekeeper Pet Peeves:
1. There are three trash cans in your suite: one in the bathroom, one in the bedroom, and one in the living room. Use them for trash. That's what they are there for.
2. If you must leave your dirty underwear on the floor, at least put it in a laundry bag and put it on the floor of the closet.
3. A non-smoking suite is a non-smoking suite. This means that you are not supposed to smoke in it. If you need to smoke, go to the casino or request a smoking room. We understand that the smoking floors smell like smoke, and the suites on those floors smell like smoke, but in all honestly, once you smoke once in your suite, it stinks just like those rooms on the smoking floors. If you don't like the smell...QUIT SMOKING. Duh.
3. Do NOT under any circumstances smoke illegal drugs in your suite. We can tell when it happens. There is a distinct odor. DUH.
4. Used condoms belong in one of the three trash cans mentioned in the first point. Not under the bed skirt.
5. Do not take towels and amenities off the housekeeper's carts when they aren't looking. You are not the only guest in the hotel, and we will give you any extra stuff you need if you ask. Housekeepers have other suites to clean, and need the things on their carts to do their jobs.
6. If you do not want to be woken up at 9 am, put your "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door. Put the sign on the OUTSIDE of the door, so the housekeeper can see it. Otherwise, don't be angry or disgusted when the housekeeper knocks on your door and walks into your suite waking you up.
7. Yes, parties are part of life. But if you trash the suite, please at least leave a tip for the housekeeper. It's rude to expect someone to spend two hours in the room after you've left trash all over the floor, moved all the furniture, spilled alcohol all over the place, and thrown up everywhere except the toilet...and leave nothing. Have some class. Apologize by leaving a tip.
8. The bathtub is not an alternate toilet. Please to not urinate in the bathtub. That's just gross people. That's just gross. Do you have ANY class at ALL??
9. We understand that $25 extra dollars for every person over 2 in the room is a very steep price to pay when you're already paying $300 a night for one of our suites, but please be honest and above board. It helps the housekeepers to know how many people are in the suite. To find 6 disgustingly dirty people instead of the one person on the reservation only sets them back and adds more stress to an already unbelievably stressful job.
10. Everything in your suite is for your use. But do you have to hoarde amenities? Do you honestly think we don't realize that you're not actually using the stuff, but taking it home to your wife, or taking it home for your bathroom? Speaking of your wife, are you taking the prostitute trading cards you've collected home to her as well?
11. Lastly, daytime housekeepers typically work from 9 am - 5 pm. This means that your suite might not be cleaned until 4:30 pm. It's basically the luck of the draw, ya know? Our housekeepers clean 11 suites a day, and each takes anywhere from 20-45 minutes to clean. (Double that for trashed suites.) Which means that there is no way in hell that the housekeeper will have ALL eleven rooms cleaned before noon. Be patient. Do not yell at the housekeeper. And don't be selfish, expecting your suite to be cleaned first everyday. Especially if you do not leave the suite until 2 pm, and return at 3 pm. Chances are, she didn't even know you left. Give her a break, will ya? Sheesh.
12. We have 7 pools. You don't need to bring your own and set it up on the bathroom floor. (Yes, someone actually did this.)
1. There are three trash cans in your suite: one in the bathroom, one in the bedroom, and one in the living room. Use them for trash. That's what they are there for.
2. If you must leave your dirty underwear on the floor, at least put it in a laundry bag and put it on the floor of the closet.
3. A non-smoking suite is a non-smoking suite. This means that you are not supposed to smoke in it. If you need to smoke, go to the casino or request a smoking room. We understand that the smoking floors smell like smoke, and the suites on those floors smell like smoke, but in all honestly, once you smoke once in your suite, it stinks just like those rooms on the smoking floors. If you don't like the smell...QUIT SMOKING. Duh.
3. Do NOT under any circumstances smoke illegal drugs in your suite. We can tell when it happens. There is a distinct odor. DUH.
4. Used condoms belong in one of the three trash cans mentioned in the first point. Not under the bed skirt.
5. Do not take towels and amenities off the housekeeper's carts when they aren't looking. You are not the only guest in the hotel, and we will give you any extra stuff you need if you ask. Housekeepers have other suites to clean, and need the things on their carts to do their jobs.
6. If you do not want to be woken up at 9 am, put your "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door. Put the sign on the OUTSIDE of the door, so the housekeeper can see it. Otherwise, don't be angry or disgusted when the housekeeper knocks on your door and walks into your suite waking you up.
7. Yes, parties are part of life. But if you trash the suite, please at least leave a tip for the housekeeper. It's rude to expect someone to spend two hours in the room after you've left trash all over the floor, moved all the furniture, spilled alcohol all over the place, and thrown up everywhere except the toilet...and leave nothing. Have some class. Apologize by leaving a tip.
8. The bathtub is not an alternate toilet. Please to not urinate in the bathtub. That's just gross people. That's just gross. Do you have ANY class at ALL??
9. We understand that $25 extra dollars for every person over 2 in the room is a very steep price to pay when you're already paying $300 a night for one of our suites, but please be honest and above board. It helps the housekeepers to know how many people are in the suite. To find 6 disgustingly dirty people instead of the one person on the reservation only sets them back and adds more stress to an already unbelievably stressful job.
10. Everything in your suite is for your use. But do you have to hoarde amenities? Do you honestly think we don't realize that you're not actually using the stuff, but taking it home to your wife, or taking it home for your bathroom? Speaking of your wife, are you taking the prostitute trading cards you've collected home to her as well?
11. Lastly, daytime housekeepers typically work from 9 am - 5 pm. This means that your suite might not be cleaned until 4:30 pm. It's basically the luck of the draw, ya know? Our housekeepers clean 11 suites a day, and each takes anywhere from 20-45 minutes to clean. (Double that for trashed suites.) Which means that there is no way in hell that the housekeeper will have ALL eleven rooms cleaned before noon. Be patient. Do not yell at the housekeeper. And don't be selfish, expecting your suite to be cleaned first everyday. Especially if you do not leave the suite until 2 pm, and return at 3 pm. Chances are, she didn't even know you left. Give her a break, will ya? Sheesh.
12. We have 7 pools. You don't need to bring your own and set it up on the bathroom floor. (Yes, someone actually did this.)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Please explain this to me...
Las Vegas summers are hot. We all know that. It's not been that bad yet, but it's starting to heat up, finally. And the warnings are going around -
"DON'T LEAVE YOUR KIDS IN THE CAR!"
So explain to me why a child died, a 4 year old boy, after being left in a car by his parents and family? FOR 17 HOURS?????? SEVENTEEN HOURS???? And explain to me PLEASE, how the parents can just pass it off as an oversight?? And how the DA can say the law PROTECTS them unless it's PROVEN that they INTENTIONALLY NEGLECTED the child?????
I'm not unreasonable. I'm sure that with eight kids, it gets kinda hectic - especially getting into and out of the car. And to be honest, I could understand the term "oversight" if it had been a few hours. And in our heat, a child can die in a closed up car pretty quickly.
But SEVENTEEN HOURS? How do you NOT notice a child missing for SEVENTEEN HOURS???
This is too much. This is just too much for my brain, for my HEART, to digest. In fact, it makes me want to vomit.
The father said "You do everything right for 21 years, and then something like this happens." What an excuse.
YOU KILLED YOUR SON! There IS no excuse for that.
"DON'T LEAVE YOUR KIDS IN THE CAR!"
So explain to me why a child died, a 4 year old boy, after being left in a car by his parents and family? FOR 17 HOURS?????? SEVENTEEN HOURS???? And explain to me PLEASE, how the parents can just pass it off as an oversight?? And how the DA can say the law PROTECTS them unless it's PROVEN that they INTENTIONALLY NEGLECTED the child?????
I'm not unreasonable. I'm sure that with eight kids, it gets kinda hectic - especially getting into and out of the car. And to be honest, I could understand the term "oversight" if it had been a few hours. And in our heat, a child can die in a closed up car pretty quickly.
But SEVENTEEN HOURS? How do you NOT notice a child missing for SEVENTEEN HOURS???
This is too much. This is just too much for my brain, for my HEART, to digest. In fact, it makes me want to vomit.
The father said "You do everything right for 21 years, and then something like this happens." What an excuse.
YOU KILLED YOUR SON! There IS no excuse for that.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Baby-Faced Teddy Bears & The Digital Age
Okay, so there's this guy on the bus in the mornings - weekday mornings. If I ride the early one (which means I didn't eat breakfast at home, but am eating at work), I see him. He's tall and thick, has the most gorgeous baby face I've ever seen, the chocolatiest chocolate brown eyes (which look gentle and kind), and looks like a huge teddy bear. The first time I saw him, couldn't take my eyes off him. He wears an iPod shuffle, like me, but different color, and stares straight ahead. One time he sat across from me - facing me, and I was so fidgety it got on MY nerves.
Anyway, we spoke for the first time the other day. He came up to the busstop, the bus had just left, and I said (very intelligently) "You just missed it." (I was waiting for a ride, but regretted that as soon as I saw him walking up.) He said, "Yeah, I know. I missed it twice back there." (Motioning to the other busstop a block back.) And....that was it.
His voice is deeper than I'd have thought. But I would LOVE to hear it again.
I tried. Really I did. I tried to talk more to him. Loads of questions, like why does he go to the Apple store at 7 am when the mall doesn't open till 10? And how is it that he's lucky enough to work M-F with weekends off? How old is he? (I swear he's only 15.)(Okay, maybe 20. But that face...he can't possibly be over 25.) Does he receive commission at the Apple store? (If so, I'd totally buy my MacBook from him when I buy one.) Can I just...have a hug? A nice long one? Please Mr. Baby-Face Teddy Bear?
**sigh**
Oh, yeah, and I bought a digital camera today. I've finally joined the digital photography age.
Anyway, we spoke for the first time the other day. He came up to the busstop, the bus had just left, and I said (very intelligently) "You just missed it." (I was waiting for a ride, but regretted that as soon as I saw him walking up.) He said, "Yeah, I know. I missed it twice back there." (Motioning to the other busstop a block back.) And....that was it.
His voice is deeper than I'd have thought. But I would LOVE to hear it again.
I tried. Really I did. I tried to talk more to him. Loads of questions, like why does he go to the Apple store at 7 am when the mall doesn't open till 10? And how is it that he's lucky enough to work M-F with weekends off? How old is he? (I swear he's only 15.)(Okay, maybe 20. But that face...he can't possibly be over 25.) Does he receive commission at the Apple store? (If so, I'd totally buy my MacBook from him when I buy one.) Can I just...have a hug? A nice long one? Please Mr. Baby-Face Teddy Bear?
**sigh**
Oh, yeah, and I bought a digital camera today. I've finally joined the digital photography age.
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