"Are you PREGNANT?!" / Underwear Oracle

Church today was all right, although I didn't get to talk to people much because it was raining buckets after service. The Sunday School class was at the perfect size, with about seven kids or so: SUCH a blessing after two months or more with 10+ kids in the toddler class! I had a family lunch: my sister managed to intimate that I was somehow bad because I'd wait for Sam after their Hallelujah Chorus 100-member choir practice, but I wouldn't wait for our parents while they ran errands and such. Uh, excuse ME... but we actually had somewhere to go after the practice! I read a book in the library while Olivia, Julie, Michelle, and Gladys played Hangman / drew various things on pieces of paper. I had that 2-litre blackberry extravaganza ice cream which would have been perfect for tonight, but it's still in my freezer... maybe some other time! Michael remembered that I wanted to borrow his copy of the Da Vinci Code... I can have it after the girls finish with it, he says. Fine by me! :D

The Awana barbecue / orientation was cool... we joked about sexual abuse of the underage leaders, plus Alysia and I spent the first hour STILL trying to catch up on our sleep. After that, I entertained the idea of a system cleanse because I'd eaten too much oily / greasy food this weekend: Kent's Kitchen Chinese take-out for Friday dinner, the 10-course Chinese meal at Esther and Wes' banquet, and the Shanghai food at lunch today. Don't get me wrong: the food was good, but you can only eat so much grease before your stomach feels like a giant greaseball. (as Dennis said years ago after he ate some A&W Chubby Chicken when it was still relatively new) The teen girls played Uno and Risk, while some of the guys played Othello AKA "the Oreo cookie game." Sam mentioned that one of his friends had to go to a porn shop and buy something when he turned 18, so he chose some watermelon-flavored lube... innocuous enough choice, but then his dad ATE HALF OF IT during some camping trip! Hahahahaha, that had to be awkward or something! o_O

I limited myself to salad, veggies, steamed chicken drumsticks, one piece of steak, and such when it came time to eat. We all applauded Andrew for being the first clubber to become a leader... he's so young, but we'll all support him! At dinner, a bunch of people were discussing my sister: she likes telling my mom about her menstrual irregularities at dinner and such, and of course my dad doesn't much appreciate it. So this one time, he banged his fist on the table and yelled "ARE YOU PREGNANT?!" at her. Steph was re-enacting this at the Bon's breakfast last week for the guys (don't ask...), and after she imitated my dad, she got LOOKS from a bunch of people in the restaurant since they apparently thought she was asking the guys if they were pregnant... she got like the WORST surprised look from this one white dude who was just gobsmacked! o_O Joey asked if I remembered that incident.. I wasn't there for it, but I certainly heard about it later! My dad's known for being really loud / authoritative... he'd SCARE the kids if he were in Awana, for sure!

From there, we talked about how Chris was sometimes... he had to ask one of the guys what man-boobs were, for instance! (although Patrick's younger sister once said that she wouldn't mind a fiancé with man-boobs, because then they could share clothes!) Emily told us about what she'd do for her boyfriend Mike's birthday on Sept. 26, which made me think about what I'd do for my own next week... eep, that quick! (nothing TOO expensive like Rasputin, as I told Sam later on) Cindy told us that she was taking a leave of absence for at least one year since she's too busy with school / work... that made us very sad, since she's an excellent leader! Later, Joey unsuccessfully tried to fit his head through the gaps in the banister. Melia told Sam and Joey how Jon used to playfully slap girls until my dad caught him doing it once: "You shouldn't do that, Jonathan... there might be a lawsuit!" He still does it to his guy friends, and not at all to me or Steph.

Sam drove me home, and I said I'd confirm Awana rides with him on Friday nights now that he's in Daniel Fellowship... but I'll have to bus it out this Saturday because he signed up for the Walk-A-Thon, and I'll probably stay for the E-Free Worship service since both him and my sister are doing stuff for that. (the sacrifices you make when your local rides are active at church... although I'm still hoping I can get a ride home with someone, haha o_O) I also told him to save the date of my birthday (the 17th), since I might be doing something for it after Awana... who knows. The Daniel Fellowship people were asking him all sorts of weird questions ("How would you describe your ideal mate?") on Friday to know him better, and apparently my siblings came up with some real doozies.

Nathan would come up with those too, but he's moved to my Fellowship. There was this time we were all playing Eunice's twisted card game, and he came up with "Would you still stay with your potential partner if they lost both arms and one leg?" Speaking of Nathan, he just came online with a name referencing a Broken Flowers show at 1:20 tomorrow at Silvercity Riverport. (he always helps people out, and that's SO appreciated!) I might be up for that before the PNE and such, but I need to catch up on my sleep so perhaps not... I can SO see myself waking up at like 2 PM tomorrow since I'm so tired now. *thud*

The return of the sulfur burps has happened. Is it stress or something else? I'm not sure. But this happens at least once a year... :P

What Your Underwear Says About You

When you're bad, you're very bad. And when you're good, you're still trouble! You're comfortable in your own skin - and don't care to impress anyone.

The Underwear Oracle