Ya Live, Ya Learn May 31, 2007

A few things I’ve learned in the last 24 hours:

1.   If you deprive a kid of all sweets, they will hide suckers in their pants when you’re not looking as you deposit your checks at the bank.

2.  Hairstylists in Decherd, Tennessee will give you porno hair before they de-cloak you of the leopard print cape they used to protect your clothing.  Seriously……”Wow, that hair cut looks great but let me just use a bit of this spray and this flat iron and some of this cream right here and a roll brush and my hair dryer and…..wa-la!” Porn-hair.

3.  It is possible to help out too much.   Somehow I have been roped in to the following summer time pleasures:  watering neighbors plants, sending them their mail, watching their dogs, making sure their attics haven’t blown up (?), unlocking doors for sub-letters….needless to say, I forgot to water the plants.  Oops.

Living is easy with eyes closed May 25, 2007

Is God vindictive?  I like to think not but others would disagree.  Everybody knows that person, the person who is constantly having bad luck.  They may cause it themselves or it may just happen to them but something is always going down in their lives.  I wonder what God’s doing with all that.  Is God even involved in the showdown?  I have come to the conclusion that for one, God won’t give us more then we can handle…I hope and two, for every difficult, sucky thing I’ve had to go through (which hasn’t been much), something good has come out of it even if it was a tiny little thing years down the road.  I think that’s where God is.  God isn’t moving the puppet strings in the sky and making us do stupid things or have stupid things done to us but God is in the aftermath, when we are trying to figure out what just happened.  I still have so many questions when it comes to my faith.  Why are people starving?  Can God really hear our prayers?  How can I know that I am right with my beliefs?  The answer is in the question, it is about faith and knowing how it feels in our hearts.  Girls, we know when a dude is creepy because we feel it……his vibes tell us to be careful.  I think it is the same.  You can see God as long as your eyes are open.

the bog of eternal stinch May 22, 2007

Something smells round here. I had applied for another job here in Sewanee and had kick ass references, was almost perfect for it and this morning, they called me at work and told me I didn’t get it cause someone a bit more perfect did.  Well, I started to cry and had to go to the bathroom and let it all out and I had to do all this under my coworkers noses.  It sucked. SUCKED SUCKED SUCKED!  This is going to sound bad bUt I have always gotten the jobs I applied for.  If I had an interview, I had the job.  Since I’ve been here in Sewanee, I have been denied over and over and over.  What gives?  I feel so low right now.  What does God want for me to do?  Work at the bank for three years?  I say no to that.  I am looking for the positive in this new situation and it is hard to find.

Well, on a happier note, I had a great weekend with the fam and the bish and I went to Alyse’s bridal shower…..she is going to be beautiful walking down the aisle in a few weeks.   The weeked was fab.  I guess I do have those to look forward too.

  Pictures of the bride…………………………….

A racoon that needs a breathmint May 18, 2007

Today was my first day back to sewanee from Wil and I’s trip to the Gulfdon’tcallittheocean Shores.  Our first night, we set up our tent and our bug tent.  At the wee hours of the night, two racoons snuck into the bug tent and ransacked the joint.  They got away with a bag of snyders mustard and onion pretzels and a loaf of Rye.  Let me just say, they were not scared of us but I, I was squilling like a little girl.  The next day, at 2pm, there was a crazy thunderstorm.  We worked on “tying down the hatches” until the distance between us and the lightening was very small.  Then, we jumped in the car and watched as it down poured for an hour and lit up all around us.  Nothing blew away and the inside of the tent was pretty much dry except for the little mishap with the “Order of the Phoenix.”  (I’ll replace that soon Victor.)   The racoons were back again but we had out smarted them….we put something heavy on top of the cooler so in your face robbers of the night.   We had noticed some bugs early on, sort of look like lightening bugs but smaller.  Well, they were all “makin sweet bug love” and were totally harmless UNTIL they moved in to the love shack, formaly known as the bug tent.  They were everywhere to the point that Wil and I just hung outside with lots of bug spray.

An adventure?  Yes.    It was my vacation after all.  Gulf shores is very nice and we ate lots of shrimp and hush puppies.  We also played putt- putt which is an Amanda must at the beach.  And the official name for those bugs:  Love Bugs…..yeah, we get it.

Mr. Amazing May 6, 2007

There’s no doubt that my friend Ian is amazing.  He has been for a long time.  He has this little hobby, wood burning.  The first thing he ever made for me was a burning of my name.  I couldn’t believe the method he used and so, he has perfected it.  Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eV4FoJ1DIA

The Song that Never Ends May 6, 2007

When I awoke yesterday, a song was playing in my head.  It’s by They Might Be Giants and it’s called “Little Birdhouse in your Soul”

They Might Be Gaints were some of my favorties back in middle school.  During this time, I was obsessed with Adam Blake, the world revolved around that boy.  I remember listening to that song during that time and just wishing he would like me back.  So, it was weird when I was having an inner musical with the scenes being my feelings about him and the soundtrack being that song. I could still feel what it felt like back then………………..

Our brains have so may wrinkles and some of the stuff that comes out of there can send ya back……way back.

Random May 2, 2007

Hit another car today with the drawer at the bank and got the stank eye.  All in a days work. 

Invisible children was great.  I learned a lot about Uganda and about myself.  I put some photos in my blog roll.  I had a great time with Therese and Gratia and hope that our experience sticks for a long time to come.

Talked to an old friend today (sincee 4th grade?) and it is so nice to hear that she’s the same ol’ Marcy I’ve always loved. I have a way of losing touch with people.  I guess it’s natural but Marcy, although she grows and goes down different roads, she never changes at heart.  She’s beautiful inside and out. 

I had a great nap in our hammock on sunday.  It was only slightly disturbed by the dog fight going on underneath me but quality for sure.

Pet Peeve of the month:  I hate it when people who are in their 50’s constantly refer to how old and decrepid they are.  Sure, that’s older then me but that is not old.  I just want to say:  “I can’t believe you are still alive!”  or “You aren’t looking that bad for your age.”  Don’t use age as an excuse, kay?