Category: Journal (Page 3 of 917)

On the last day of my eighth grade class trip, my debit card stopped working. Fortunately, I had a credit card I could use, but I would have to figure out when I got home.

As it turns out, my card was locked for a suspicious charge, and as it turns out, it WAS a fraudulent charge. I used a company a long time ago to buy a piece of music I needed for church instead of stealing it. They rewarded my honesty by using my card number and charging me $70 for some prescription I didn’t sign up for.

I’m thinking the bank flagged it because this company has done it many times before, and other people have contested the charges, and now the fraud department of the bank automatically stops payment. Good job, bank!

I didn’t lose any money, but I lost time having to get a new card and changing all the things it was paying. Shame on you, music company!

Yesterday afternoon, the music ministry at my church had a season-ending celebration. We met in one courtyard of the church for drinks and chatting, then moved to another courtyard for dinner. It was a Tuscany-themed event.

The food was great. I sat across from a couple I didn’t know, so I chatted with them a little and got to know them. Hopefully I’ll remember their names next time I see them. Heh.

The people in that picture are in choir or handbells or the praise band. My church is so big. I’m still adjusting to it. Everybody doesn’t know everybody, and it seems weird to me, but it would be hard to know everybody when there’s so many people! Maybe I should find out if there’s a picture directory….

Yesterday was Philippine Independence Day. There was a celebration at a park near my house. I could walk there! On my way, I walked over Interstate 110. I’ve never done that before! How exciting!

The festival was festive. There was music and stuff for sale and food. I got some food. Yum!

In the evening, I went to Mary and Karl’s house for a farewell party for the Blakes. It was nice. Lots of talking and laughing. They will be missed, but their new ministries in Texas will be great I’m sure.

The middle school choir and handbells played at Knotts Berry Farm (a local amusement park) yesterday. We arrived in the morning, played in the park a bit, performed, then played some more.

Knotts Berry Farm is western themed.

Most of the rides I saw were roller coaster types. The group I was with rode one. I was afraid to try it, because it had a big hill. I don’t do well with big-hill roller coasters. It also had loops. Here’s one of them:

Here’s the stage we performed on.

The performance went well, except the wind kept blowing the handbell music.

Yesterday at school, we had a “park and pool” day. We walked to a nearby park, and hung out there for a while, then went to the pool (which was on the same property)

The air was almost cold while we were in the park. When it came time to swim, I thought it would be hard for the kids to get in, but the water was warm.

I mostly just watched things all day, mostly sitting, but I was exhausted when I got back to school. I fell asleep in my desk chair a little bit before I packed up and went home.