by zarco 30 Replies latest jw friends
Then: Get up grumpy, shower, go to Starbucks, leave magazine to start time, drive to Kingdom Hall, hope to be able to work with friends in service so we can do just a few doors and then calls and an early lunch.
Now: Get up when I wake up, make coffee, read the boards, read the WSJ and SF Chronicle, wait for wife to wake up, take dog on a walk and decide what fun things to do in the bay area this weekend.
I love my weekends now!
zarco
woo hoo
Being able to sleep until I wake without an alarm is something I'm still getting used to. More on a Sunday to be honest as I never went out on field circus! but it still fees strange being in my PJs at 10am!
My favorite time of the year is assembly time. I cannot describe the joy knowing I DO NOT HAVE TO GO!!!!!!!!
i have early rising kids :(
but for the time i didnt and had stopped going to meetings, it was great
I remember a JW saying the hardest door in the AM for the JW's was the bedroom door.
Zarco, your SF Saturday AM experience definately deserves a 'get thee behind thee Satan' admonishment from the JW's. It will make ALL JW's jealous and probably lead to many not going out in service if they read it. National hr avg. would drop as well.
Here comes the confession. While in I would feel ill on a Saturday, the thought of the service, then rush home quick lunch, out the door for the meeting, get home at 6ish shattered. Then be expected to be on service next day.. wife of elder so supposed to set example. Many times I would be so sick on a Saturday, yet still bug my husband to go, for appearances sake. I ALWAYS had a guilty conscience...never felt happy even when I was doing alot.
Now we love our weekends, brunch with friends, time with the family and around the home. We go away to our summerhouse quite often without feeling we are materialistic hedonists. Life is good!
Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. No alarm. No jumping in the shower. Can go to work if I have to. Can do anything or nothing.
The best part is knowing that I can just relax. No hours to count, no making sure my timecard in filled in. No magazines to push.
The worst part is when the door bell rings, I pretty much figure it has to be JWs. 8 out of 10 times it has been the last few years.
Welcome to paradise.
Wall street journal
