word of the week: sedulous

sedulous: /adj./ persistently or carefully maintained. diligent in application or attention. persevering, determined. plugging. tireless.

sedulous: /adj./  1. Part of the joy of life in our little-but-growing- bigger-outskirts-town is that church buildings have been sparse. Okay, I know it sounds awful to claim that as a joy, but it does mean that church is relegated to a 2½ hour block. Until today, that is. Honestly, how bad could an extra half hour be? Well, I have two rather small children. Pants can be wet in an extra half hour. Fits can be thrown in an extra half hour.  I could bare my breasts to hundreds as D pulls at my shirt for an extra half hour.  Not to mention the whole issue of having to sit through 40 minute lessons myself. Can my now child-trained brain really concentrate that long any more?  I wasn't sure.  But I was sure that I needed to be sedulous to make it through this new block. Miraculously, I learned that persevering wasn’t so difficult after all. And my children aren’t so young after all, either. Two hours of real gospel study with real people (who DID NOT see bra nor breast) was bliss. I look forward to a future of more sedulous Sunday study.

sedulous: /adj./ 2. In college we listened to a song called “my insatiable one”…and it readily comes to my head when my boys with bottomless pits clear off the dinner table. When I read this word of the week, the song popped into my head with a new word inserted.  The definition instantly brought Davyn to mind, followed the tune & words: “he is my sedulous one".  Because...well, he is. Persistent, plugging, tireless, diligent. Words full of boundless potential and wild progress, yes. But try them on a 2-year-old and you just might rethink their value. His sedulous side definitely comes hand-in-hand with a will that refuses to bend.

sedulous: /adj./ 3. This week I need an injection of sedulous Christmas carding. Otherwise, at this point, the cards simply won’t happen at all. I can do it. I can do it. I will persevere.. determined.. plugging along, tirelessly… Or perhaps I’ll just set “my sedulous one” to the task and you’ll open your mailbox soon to a picture of Batman escorting Mary to the stable on My Pretty Pony. Could be interesting.  Could be. 

Comments

[Megan]

Three hour church, whatever will you do??? I was so envious of your 2 1/2 hours before. But kids do surprisingly well in three hours. I was shocked that my kids made it through almost a five hour day with leaving the house a little after nine and not getting home until almost two, due to Tom's choir practice. I don't think I could go that long without eating.

[jenny c.]

I assume they finally got your church done out in your neck of the woods??? Love those stark blue eyes. Hopefully after a few short weeks the adjustment will come. That would be hard. Good luck with the christmas carding!

[Kelly]

Okay "my insatiable one" is ringing all kinds of bells, but I can't quite place it and it's driving me crazy. Email me the details on that. I feel it on the tip of my brain.

I'm glad the extra 30 minutes of church didn't lead to any nudity. That is quite a consequence. I don't imagine we will ever have a need for a compressed schedule like that in our neck of the woods. I am excited to move to 11:00 in a few weeks. But, that's probably only because I'm not in nursery any more. That time shift there will be brutal, I'm sure.

[mandy]

I cannot get over what amazing eyes your boys have. They are shockingly beautiful! Sorry if that was weird.

I, too am working on Christmas cards. I can't believe how many I have to make this year. I just keep hoping I will be bitten by a creativity bug.

[Aprilyn]

I had to be sedulous to make it through Stake Conference today. It was PACKED and we were in the gym. Marshall (my sedulous 3 yr old) couldn't handle all the noise and commotion and being in a different spot, and there being no Nursery, etc. He had so many meltdowns before we even GOT to church. It was such a bad day. I didn't hear ANYTHING!! Thankfully, they had an adult session last night and I was able to hear everything and really loved what I learned. See my blog for details. We had Elder Robert D. Hales there. It was cool to have an apostle there.

[Marie]

Congrats for getting to have a three-hour block again. That is a good thing.

Today we had our tithing settlement so we had to drive back to church a couple hours after leaving. Carter and Aimee were none too impressed. "We already went to church today!" But they were happy they weren't in store for another three hours of attempting reverence. So funny.

[April]

Ah...the three hour block. Brutal readjustment...at least sacrament meeting is still the same amount of time. Otherwise, bra or breast may have been seen.

Oh, this picture of Davyn just steals my heart. I couldn't begrudge him anything.

And DITTO on the Christmas cards. I am in serious trouble over here too. Good luck on your side of town. When you get discouraged, remember I absolutely need a Scott card on my wall.

[Lucy]

I never realized three hours of church corresponded with the fleshier parts of being a woman, but, for the more prudish members of your ward, I'm glad you were able to remain covered.

By the way, thanks for your comments yesterday. That was a pretty hefty task, so I'm especially flattered that you'd muck through all those details. It was a phenomenal experience, and I think I might just love Asia now too!:)

[Tiffany]

What a picture! You have such a fun take on the word of the week. I have yet to jump in...sometime!

[Annalisa]

Wow. I want those eyes. Always dress him in blue ties, maybe he can charm away any extra-30-minute occurrences. I love the 43 cents. You know when he's 25 he'll be asking you tell that story to him again right? That is just so sad about his face too :(. It's always around picture time too right? Once I was checking myself in the bathroom mirror on my way to load Alexis in the car to go get pictures and she toppled into the bathroom head first.
I love that you celebrate Hanukkah! What a wonderful tradition.
And happy blogging anniversary! (now that I posted about exclamation points I realize how abundant they are in my comments.) It's funny how these seemingly strange starts for relationships are some of the best ones. I'm not a hugger either, and I certain don't share my feelings with people and yet here we are open up so easily online (and taking so many pictures).

[Barb]

Davyn is going to have one lucky wife. I know. I married someone who has been sedulous since birth.