the problem with not doing much with your days is you have little to write about. who wants to read of the mundaneness of your most recent obsession to update your mp3s? who wants to hear you whine about still not being able to sleep? who wants to read about how you're squandering your summer break? not me.

the week has gotten more productive as it's gone one. monday was a wash - i think i literally did nothing productive, which in some cases is fine, but i had a list. i had things i needed to get done. and when the day came to a close, they remained undone. most significantly, i needed to call two doctors to discuss two different issues - my continuing battle with the sleep machine and my forgotten battle with my gall bladder. but lack of sleep kept me from calling and i put it off until tuesday (the upside - i have an appointment tomorrow morning with the sleep guy and next week with my pcp, so at least i'm making strides).

i did cross off another important issue - i got a new tire and installed it on my bike, which i've been needing to do for a while. i also had them "fit" me for my bike and discovered i'd been riding with my seat too high for years now, which may have led to my numbness while i rode. can't wait to get on and see if the changes help. i think the inner tube is still bad, so i'll install a new one, but hopefully i'll no longer have to fill the back tire every time i go riding.

last night's house church was a good and challenging one. we've been looking at 1st corninthians and hit chapter five last night - paul admonishing the church to turn a member over to satan. i thought there would be more resistance against the idea since it smacks of being graceless - how can you deny someone access to fellowship? how will that help them in their relationship with God. but as steve pointed out, we do this all the time with people - we break ties with those who betray our friendship or are co-dependent in some way, as much for our own protection as hopefully breaking their own destructive cycle. been a good series so far, though i'm a bit trepidatious about next week's chapter - marriage and divorce. something i have oh so much experience with.

tomorrow is the second flash fiction night. i've got my prompt idea all picked out - i think, unless something else strikes my fancy. the possibility exists for a larger turn out this week than last, which is great, unless it becomes too unwieldy. i wonder at what point an experience like this too large. hopefully we'll get the chance to find out. i think i might type up my story from last week - i hesitated giving it to SEA for posting on their website, but might turn it over this week. not sure why i hesitated other than it felt like giving up some control. probably should get over that issue sometime.

tonight brandon, steven and nathan came over and we watched a couple of euro 2008 matches. forced me to do some cleaning around the house, something i need to do more often. and since i only seem to do it when forced to, i guess that means having more gatherings at my house. i don't know, though - two in two days seems pretty good. quarterfinals start tomorrow which should be lots of fun.

enough for tonight. need to go wrestle with the dreaded machine again before tomorrow. last night i kept the mask on the entire night, but i still couldn't fall asleep and woke up again after 4 hours, which is the same problem i had without the machine. glory. hopefully they'll be able to give me some hope tomorrow.
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