5 September 2017
After church, I published my journal entry before driving down to visit my parents for Labor Day. Trevor's Friends Ben and Mickey were at my parents' home. We played Machi Koro and Tokaido. My game play in Machi Koro was practically non-existent, but I won the Tokaido game. After the game, Trevor started playing Overwatch; then, I remembered that Austin, my half-brother-in-law, plays, so I invited them to add each other. The next day the family visited a family friend, who was our next door neighbor for my entire upbringing in Capitola. Her name is Bea Grossman. Her husband died about a year ago, and she wants to go to be with him in the spirit world. When we returned from Monterey, we had to prepare for a barbecue in like 20 minutes. Somehow it worked out. Laurie Quinn and Judy McNally came. Laurie Quinn is in the nursery with my mother. The conversation was good for dinner.
6 September 2017
Yesterday was a unique day at work. I did office work most of the day. I did this mainly because no crews worked Sunday or Monday. I need to do a deep study into what are in the crates at Oakland. I thought that my study was thorough, submitting data to our superintendent, but my project manager said that my assumptions are wrong. We have a meeting with another subcontractor, and we are going to give a section of the building to them, which I am preparing for.
At home I started looking into Wi-Fi providers. We need this because Jessica is preparing to complete her degree online.
8 September 2017
I missed writing in my journal yesterday because Jessica wants me to go to sleep an hour later and wake up an hour later in order to help her drive to young womens', since she is a young womens' advisor. Wednesday was crazy because I had to meet everyone from the crews on a project that I was not working on. I got back to the office about noon, when I usually get back in a couple hours after seven in the morning. My office work has become beyond manageable, since my project manager has return from his two weeks at working at Oregon. Jessica proposed that I help her drive to the church, and she will help me in the mornings. The composition of the Mormon YSA Blog Spot Storify post and writing in my journal was impossible to do in the time of Thursday morning without the 4 am hour.
I want to bless peoples' lives, so I drive Jessica to church with the intent to sit in some meeting. Camilia Bradshaw's husband pulled me into the 11 year old cub scout session. He introduced me to the boys, asking me if I am an Eagle Scout. A boy asked me what my Eagle Scout Project was. My eagle scout project was replacing a dilapidated fence at my old high school. They are a rambunctious group of boys.
Yesterday I looked into Wi-Fi at our apartments' management office, and it seems that we can get it; although, I thought that we did not have cable outlets.
13 September 2017
I don't think that I can fit writing in my journal every day in the morning. I am only able to write now because Jessica is serving the youth of our stake in mutual. We got internet in time for Jessica to enroll in classes and start her classes. Trevor said that Xfinity has really bad customer service, but I have had good experiences with the customer support. Their sales department was brutal though.
The last day that I wrote in my journal was last Friday. Mornings are tight now. Work was normal. I wish that I could keep up each day, but Jessica and I made a deal that I would help her drive to the church, and she would help me in the mornings. Her help is procrastinated most days. Most days she stays awake all day, which helps her productivity.
In the evening of Friday, we went to Santa Cruz for the Greek Festival. We ate Greek food and listened to their music. I think that feta cheese is Greek. The texture of feta cheese was a theme of the food. We had a unique lasagna without meat. We stayed the night because I was planning to purchase a modem with Trevor at Best Buy.
That night my father committed to play Tokaido with us after he finished his business stuff. We did not start until 10 pm. Dad did have beginner's luck. I thought that he was going to win, but one thing that I explained to Jessica, Trevor, and dad is that the game reminds me of a long distance running race. One needs to take advantage of their individual attributes. Use strategy to get ahead. The game ended in my win, making me undefeated for four games straight.
In the morning, I got the bottom of the line modem at Best Buy. Xfinity wanted me to lease a device that fulfills the need of a modem and a router for ten dollars a month. That is a waste of money. My internet may be faster, if I got a better modem. We streamed one video, and the buffering did not allow high definition quality video. In the afternoon, I caught up for the weekend recording the progress of Columbia Stone's Crews. Coming home, I stopped at the Xfinity Store. I came prepared to get the thirty dollar service. I did not want to fall into their tricks to make me pay more money. Thirty dollars a month is still a lot.
When I got home, I connected the modem to the router, and so forth. Xfinity got the Wi-Fi working. They did not give me my username at the store and the guide said to download an app to figure out how to get started. The app was bogus. The process said to call costumer service because there was something off with the information. When I called costumer service, they politely figured out everything, getting my Wi-Fi started and figuring out my information in a reasonable amount of time.
Jessica and I had to get to church early in the morning because she had a meeting with the leaders of the Young Women. I was planning to join the choir, but it was cancelled. It is hard for me to get sleep at my parents' house, so I napped a little at church. At church the Elders' Quorum President asked me to teach priesthood next week. During Sunday school, I helped Jessica prepare for her first lesson for the Mia Maids. I forgot my laptop at my parents' house, so we went back the next day. At Capitola, Jessica and I went with my father to check out the Art and Wine Festival. The art looked the same as usual. Nothing was really impressive. Jessica and I left early from our visit with my parents because Jessica and I went to a Self-reliance conference in our stake.
The conference was very organized and formal. The program was designed by the church through the efforts of the perpetual education fund. This fund did not apply to me much until Sunday. I knew that it existed, but I did not understand its work. The program that I started participating it started 4 years ago in India. It is unique that the program was started abroad, recently coming to the United States.
The next day Jessica enrolled in classes; although, the wind caused the power to go out temporarily messing with our Wi-Fi. She said that my encouragement gave her the motivation to figure out her new grad plan to change her major. It was approved rather quickly, and she was able to start her online degree with BYU-Idaho.
On Tuesday, Apple had their big event officially announcing their new products, so I was not allowed to go to work on the campus. My project manager instead had invited me to help him with inventory at the warehouse. At lunch, he bought me a pizza, expanding my responsibility again. It is not overwhelming, but I have my work cut out for me. Working from home, I found it hard to work diligently on my responsibilities with the company especially, since I have not been getting enough sleep. Naps have been making my sleep light.
After church, I published my journal entry before driving down to visit my parents for Labor Day. Trevor's Friends Ben and Mickey were at my parents' home. We played Machi Koro and Tokaido. My game play in Machi Koro was practically non-existent, but I won the Tokaido game. After the game, Trevor started playing Overwatch; then, I remembered that Austin, my half-brother-in-law, plays, so I invited them to add each other. The next day the family visited a family friend, who was our next door neighbor for my entire upbringing in Capitola. Her name is Bea Grossman. Her husband died about a year ago, and she wants to go to be with him in the spirit world. When we returned from Monterey, we had to prepare for a barbecue in like 20 minutes. Somehow it worked out. Laurie Quinn and Judy McNally came. Laurie Quinn is in the nursery with my mother. The conversation was good for dinner.
6 September 2017
Yesterday was a unique day at work. I did office work most of the day. I did this mainly because no crews worked Sunday or Monday. I need to do a deep study into what are in the crates at Oakland. I thought that my study was thorough, submitting data to our superintendent, but my project manager said that my assumptions are wrong. We have a meeting with another subcontractor, and we are going to give a section of the building to them, which I am preparing for.
At home I started looking into Wi-Fi providers. We need this because Jessica is preparing to complete her degree online.
8 September 2017
I missed writing in my journal yesterday because Jessica wants me to go to sleep an hour later and wake up an hour later in order to help her drive to young womens', since she is a young womens' advisor. Wednesday was crazy because I had to meet everyone from the crews on a project that I was not working on. I got back to the office about noon, when I usually get back in a couple hours after seven in the morning. My office work has become beyond manageable, since my project manager has return from his two weeks at working at Oregon. Jessica proposed that I help her drive to the church, and she will help me in the mornings. The composition of the Mormon YSA Blog Spot Storify post and writing in my journal was impossible to do in the time of Thursday morning without the 4 am hour.
I want to bless peoples' lives, so I drive Jessica to church with the intent to sit in some meeting. Camilia Bradshaw's husband pulled me into the 11 year old cub scout session. He introduced me to the boys, asking me if I am an Eagle Scout. A boy asked me what my Eagle Scout Project was. My eagle scout project was replacing a dilapidated fence at my old high school. They are a rambunctious group of boys.
Yesterday I looked into Wi-Fi at our apartments' management office, and it seems that we can get it; although, I thought that we did not have cable outlets.
13 September 2017
I don't think that I can fit writing in my journal every day in the morning. I am only able to write now because Jessica is serving the youth of our stake in mutual. We got internet in time for Jessica to enroll in classes and start her classes. Trevor said that Xfinity has really bad customer service, but I have had good experiences with the customer support. Their sales department was brutal though.
The last day that I wrote in my journal was last Friday. Mornings are tight now. Work was normal. I wish that I could keep up each day, but Jessica and I made a deal that I would help her drive to the church, and she would help me in the mornings. Her help is procrastinated most days. Most days she stays awake all day, which helps her productivity.
In the evening of Friday, we went to Santa Cruz for the Greek Festival. We ate Greek food and listened to their music. I think that feta cheese is Greek. The texture of feta cheese was a theme of the food. We had a unique lasagna without meat. We stayed the night because I was planning to purchase a modem with Trevor at Best Buy.
That night my father committed to play Tokaido with us after he finished his business stuff. We did not start until 10 pm. Dad did have beginner's luck. I thought that he was going to win, but one thing that I explained to Jessica, Trevor, and dad is that the game reminds me of a long distance running race. One needs to take advantage of their individual attributes. Use strategy to get ahead. The game ended in my win, making me undefeated for four games straight.
In the morning, I got the bottom of the line modem at Best Buy. Xfinity wanted me to lease a device that fulfills the need of a modem and a router for ten dollars a month. That is a waste of money. My internet may be faster, if I got a better modem. We streamed one video, and the buffering did not allow high definition quality video. In the afternoon, I caught up for the weekend recording the progress of Columbia Stone's Crews. Coming home, I stopped at the Xfinity Store. I came prepared to get the thirty dollar service. I did not want to fall into their tricks to make me pay more money. Thirty dollars a month is still a lot.
When I got home, I connected the modem to the router, and so forth. Xfinity got the Wi-Fi working. They did not give me my username at the store and the guide said to download an app to figure out how to get started. The app was bogus. The process said to call costumer service because there was something off with the information. When I called costumer service, they politely figured out everything, getting my Wi-Fi started and figuring out my information in a reasonable amount of time.
Jessica and I had to get to church early in the morning because she had a meeting with the leaders of the Young Women. I was planning to join the choir, but it was cancelled. It is hard for me to get sleep at my parents' house, so I napped a little at church. At church the Elders' Quorum President asked me to teach priesthood next week. During Sunday school, I helped Jessica prepare for her first lesson for the Mia Maids. I forgot my laptop at my parents' house, so we went back the next day. At Capitola, Jessica and I went with my father to check out the Art and Wine Festival. The art looked the same as usual. Nothing was really impressive. Jessica and I left early from our visit with my parents because Jessica and I went to a Self-reliance conference in our stake.
The conference was very organized and formal. The program was designed by the church through the efforts of the perpetual education fund. This fund did not apply to me much until Sunday. I knew that it existed, but I did not understand its work. The program that I started participating it started 4 years ago in India. It is unique that the program was started abroad, recently coming to the United States.
The next day Jessica enrolled in classes; although, the wind caused the power to go out temporarily messing with our Wi-Fi. She said that my encouragement gave her the motivation to figure out her new grad plan to change her major. It was approved rather quickly, and she was able to start her online degree with BYU-Idaho.
On Tuesday, Apple had their big event officially announcing their new products, so I was not allowed to go to work on the campus. My project manager instead had invited me to help him with inventory at the warehouse. At lunch, he bought me a pizza, expanding my responsibility again. It is not overwhelming, but I have my work cut out for me. Working from home, I found it hard to work diligently on my responsibilities with the company especially, since I have not been getting enough sleep. Naps have been making my sleep light.
Jessica and I also finally cleaned up our house to make it look decent on this day. A guy was coming to clean our chimney. We did not do much. All we did it move everything into our extra room, so we can grab things out of it. I hope that everything will have a place eventually.
In the evening of Tuesday Jessica and I went to the self-reliance class. It is exceptional. The facilitor and Rob were the only other people who attended the class. The initial meeting was very disappointing because my group is not committed to the class; although, two more people should be attending.
17 September 2017
Today is now Sunday. I wish that I could keep up with my journal. I am lost in writing time. My project manager needs data, but I was unable to get complete data to him in time for the session designated to prepare the schedule. I gave him semi complete data. On Friday I started, creating an inventory tracker. My project manager wants to know if we are missing an stone that will be installed in the buildings from our inventory by Tuesday. It is a little overwhelming.
On Saturday I cleaned all our dirty clothes. All of the clothes probably weighed over 60 pounds. I did six loads of laundry all at the same time; then, Jessica and I went to the Cheesecake Factory shortly after I finished to celebrate my parents' anniversary. I think that laundry would be a much greater hassle, but I found an unused laundry room.
We went shopping at our favorite Asian store before we went to the Cheesecake Factory. At the Asian store, I was confused because Jessica would shot down food possibilities. I think that it has to do with consuming animal products, but she did not say specifically. I don't care about the vegetarian culture. I think that eating chicken eggs are fine, but she somehow lumps it into dairy products. I don't believe in eating products produced from cows because we are not cows. The milk is not designed for man to consume, but most foods are eggs. Fruit and nuts are essentially eggs. This vegetarian philosophy espousal was new to me. I was confused. She doesn't want to cook with Fish or oyster sauce. She should have explained this principle before we went shopping. Jessica is very detailed oriented. I have not drank cows milk for a long time; then, she asked me about cheese and other dairy products. I agreed with her observations, but avoiding all animal products was new to me. Fish sauce is our family secret for my mother's incredible cooking. I cooked dinner today with soy sauce for the first time, and it felt odd. I didn't use soy sauce for a long time because it was like a condiment that Americans put on rice. It seems fine to cook with.
The Cheesecake Factory was an okay experience for me. I tried my first vegetarian burger. It was made with brown rice. It tasted like putting rice between bread. The patty fell apart easily too. When I decided what cheesecake that I wanted to eat for dessert, I was disappointed that it was a cake. I had it replaced with the classic fresh strawberry cheesecake. The cheesecake was disappointing too. It was ironic when I said to the family that it tasted like it was produced in a factory. The strawberries were not even close to fresh. I am a fruit monster, and strawberries are my favorite.
Since I am on the topic of food, I would like to write about the pizza that my project manager purchased me. I said that I liked exploring unique foods, thinking about going to a poke restaurant because I never heard of poke until I moved to Campbell. He didn't want to eat marinated raw fish, so we went to eat at The Curry Pizza House in Milpitas. I have a friend with the last name of Curry, so I didn't assume that it will mix curry in the pizza. The pizzas did have curry as part of the ingredients of the food. I thought that it had chicken on it at first, but it turned out to be tofu. The curry was mixed well with the cheese. I told my project manager that I enjoy writing. He asked if I would write about the experience.
I started recording all of our expenditures and income because the commitments of the self-reliance class. It is 12 weeks long, and I hope that I will developed great personal financial habits. The textbook recommends that I get a notebook, but I got an app, which fits well with the counsel of the program.
My Priesthood lesson went well. This is my second priesthood lesson that I formatted after D&C 88:122. I taught what virtue is. I was surprised to learn that the elders did not know the spiritual definition of virtue. It is one of the most deep subjects in my gospel understanding. It includes the word of wisdom, chastity, integrity, honesty, authenticity, and more. I wish that I had time to expound.
In the evening of Tuesday Jessica and I went to the self-reliance class. It is exceptional. The facilitor and Rob were the only other people who attended the class. The initial meeting was very disappointing because my group is not committed to the class; although, two more people should be attending.
17 September 2017
Today is now Sunday. I wish that I could keep up with my journal. I am lost in writing time. My project manager needs data, but I was unable to get complete data to him in time for the session designated to prepare the schedule. I gave him semi complete data. On Friday I started, creating an inventory tracker. My project manager wants to know if we are missing an stone that will be installed in the buildings from our inventory by Tuesday. It is a little overwhelming.
On Saturday I cleaned all our dirty clothes. All of the clothes probably weighed over 60 pounds. I did six loads of laundry all at the same time; then, Jessica and I went to the Cheesecake Factory shortly after I finished to celebrate my parents' anniversary. I think that laundry would be a much greater hassle, but I found an unused laundry room.
We went shopping at our favorite Asian store before we went to the Cheesecake Factory. At the Asian store, I was confused because Jessica would shot down food possibilities. I think that it has to do with consuming animal products, but she did not say specifically. I don't care about the vegetarian culture. I think that eating chicken eggs are fine, but she somehow lumps it into dairy products. I don't believe in eating products produced from cows because we are not cows. The milk is not designed for man to consume, but most foods are eggs. Fruit and nuts are essentially eggs. This vegetarian philosophy espousal was new to me. I was confused. She doesn't want to cook with Fish or oyster sauce. She should have explained this principle before we went shopping. Jessica is very detailed oriented. I have not drank cows milk for a long time; then, she asked me about cheese and other dairy products. I agreed with her observations, but avoiding all animal products was new to me. Fish sauce is our family secret for my mother's incredible cooking. I cooked dinner today with soy sauce for the first time, and it felt odd. I didn't use soy sauce for a long time because it was like a condiment that Americans put on rice. It seems fine to cook with.
The Cheesecake Factory was an okay experience for me. I tried my first vegetarian burger. It was made with brown rice. It tasted like putting rice between bread. The patty fell apart easily too. When I decided what cheesecake that I wanted to eat for dessert, I was disappointed that it was a cake. I had it replaced with the classic fresh strawberry cheesecake. The cheesecake was disappointing too. It was ironic when I said to the family that it tasted like it was produced in a factory. The strawberries were not even close to fresh. I am a fruit monster, and strawberries are my favorite.
Since I am on the topic of food, I would like to write about the pizza that my project manager purchased me. I said that I liked exploring unique foods, thinking about going to a poke restaurant because I never heard of poke until I moved to Campbell. He didn't want to eat marinated raw fish, so we went to eat at The Curry Pizza House in Milpitas. I have a friend with the last name of Curry, so I didn't assume that it will mix curry in the pizza. The pizzas did have curry as part of the ingredients of the food. I thought that it had chicken on it at first, but it turned out to be tofu. The curry was mixed well with the cheese. I told my project manager that I enjoy writing. He asked if I would write about the experience.
I started recording all of our expenditures and income because the commitments of the self-reliance class. It is 12 weeks long, and I hope that I will developed great personal financial habits. The textbook recommends that I get a notebook, but I got an app, which fits well with the counsel of the program.
My Priesthood lesson went well. This is my second priesthood lesson that I formatted after D&C 88:122. I taught what virtue is. I was surprised to learn that the elders did not know the spiritual definition of virtue. It is one of the most deep subjects in my gospel understanding. It includes the word of wisdom, chastity, integrity, honesty, authenticity, and more. I wish that I had time to expound.
Last night I was working on family history, and I realized that a friend, whose name is Kiki Nielson, which connected me with Jessica at P2B, has the same last name as my grandmother. We looked into it tonight, and we are not related. Kiki has a much greater depth of Nielson heritage than me. I only have three generations. I was able to connect with a Hicken at BYU Idaho, who is related to me. I wrote about this many years ago. The Nielson surname seems to be much more common than Hicken.
