Last night Holly spent the night. I love that we are “grown-ups” and we still have sleep-over’s.
May 20, 2009
I really enjoy morning news. Well, I guess it’s not really “news”, but I like watching “The Morning Show” and “Regis and Kelly”. I like to analyze the host’s facial expressions and body language. I think of how I would talk and move if I were hosting. I like Kelly Ripa’s style.
May 26, 2009
I’m in the office after a Memorial Day weekend in Florida. It’s a three day week that ends with the Celebration LTE. Mmm…Celebration! It’s a whole weekend of “mandatory FUN”! I’ll be a crispy, little, sun-dyed Mexicana after the weekend (which is better than my more Caucasian friends who will be sun DRIED tomatoes after three days at the pool). I’m considering being a part of the Staff Synchronized swimming team. Is it a “team”? Group? Squad? Yes, that’s it! The Staff Synchronized Swim Squad. The alliteration makes us sound like professionals. Maybe I’ll just dub myself the staff cheerleader. I don’t feel like committing. I’d rather be able to be a part of every activity. Cheerleader it is.
My mentor, Mary Beth prayed that I would meet my husband in the next 8 weeks (if he’s here). It’s funny how she slipped that in to the end of her prayer for me. Haha…
May 29, 2009
Val and I have plants that we treat like pets. We tried the pet thing and it just didn’t work out. We owned a Guiney Pig for a week.
Its name was Giddy. Well, I guess her name still is Giddy but I’d rather think of her as deceased than feel the weight of abandonment we caused in her furry, little life. She was a just too high strung for us. We’re both pretty laid back when we come in the room after work, so Giddy’s acrobatic feats that flung her pine shavings all over the room were really not that impressive to either of us. She was spastic and “wiggin’ out” was the nature of her character. I don’t blame her for her tendencies though. She has been through a lot in her short existence. She’s gone through the struggles of foster care; living with four different families.
So, now that we’ve rid ourselves of dear Giddy, I’ve reached the resolve to only have plants as pets in this season of life. We take turns giving them water. They’re really low maintenance. They love the sunshine. And we can shop for new pots every month. Meet Milly (Val’s Coffee Plant), and Bella (My Dwarf Palm).
June 3rd, 2009
June is upon us. Spring has passed, with its pretty little wildflowers and mild temperatures, and summer’s humidity has arrived. Ick! It’s like a watery quilt that magnifies the UV rays. I’ve decided to wear sunscreen this summer. I keep running in to old women who tell me I’ll be glad I did now, because if I don’t, I’ll be leathery and wrinkly when I’m their age.
It has been an entertaining week! So, you know what I said up there on May 27th about only having plants as pets? Well, on May 29th we inherited nine puppies that Hannah Luce found near their house. She brought them home, and made the family responsible for the babies. Val and I decided to take these adorable burdens from Katie because she was struggling with a solution to find them homes. Val headed up the distribution puppy program, and Nina and I were faithful co-leaders. We sent out an e-mail to all staff to inform them of the “puppy preview” that would be happening at the Luce’s home over lunch. I was decently surprised to have so many interested visitors during the hour. Those who we least expected to bite actually ended up with our pups. Sam Hasz surprised his family with little Jackson, and Randy became a proud father to Lutrell (named after Marcus Lutrell, Author of “The Lone Survivor” Navy Seal Class 29). We took the rest to Wal*Mart and found good homes for all after two evenings of practicing our sales and marketing skills (we delegated to some lovely MA’s on the 2nd night). Mmmhmmm…The Romantic’s Mundane.
I hope life will never be “ordinary, boring, humdrum”. I enjoy making an event out of every opportunity! So do the people I live life with, so there really is never a dull moment.
We met some lovely (and interesting) people in the Wal*Mart parking lot. I enjoyed that aspect the most. I love living life with my friends. Nina, Val…I only wish Holly would have been a part of this escapade (she was at a wedding).
June 9, 2009
Sometimes I feel like I’m in a well scripted movie...or an adventurous book. Like all the details are building up to the climax in the plot. Every day has some sort of a climax. Today? Oh, I’d say it happened around 9:00 this morning during something called “The Race”. We used the interns as our guinea pigs to test a new marketing/promotional idea for our mobilization department. I facilitated as group “G” skittered from point A-Z in their allotted 90 minutes. They had no warning to prepare them for our little experiment. I think it was a nice way to start the day…no substitute for a skinny latte, but then, who wants to read a blog about a skinny latte? ;-)
This is actually a cappuccino, not a latte. I took this picture in a café in Barcelona, Spain back in February.
June 15, 2009
I just ate an ant in my cereal. Actually, it was probably more like 8 of the little curious Georges. I saw one or two crawling around before I poured the Special K with Almonds in to my Starbucks cup (we have a bunch left over from a party, and it makes clean up easy!) I decided to take the risk-I was really hungry. I took the first two bites fearlessly…then I started examining each spoonful. As I did, I felt spiteful emotions begin to surface. Ten seconds passed before I realized my eyes were squinted and my eyebrows were bent in a scowl. How dare they ruin my cereal! I started to talk to myself (in my head).
Just eat it.
No, that’s gross.
The little animals were just alive.
So…you eat sushi. That’s kind of the same thing.
No. Not the same thing.
Whatever…just don’t think about it.
Go! Just eat your cereal.
I chewed my cereal feeling like I was teaching the ants a lesson. I feel sick now. I thought about it too much and started giving the little guys personalities. I--ate--them. That’s gross. They were just alive! Ok…moving on.
June 19, 2009
I’m reading Ted Dekker’s Circle Series. I’m half way through the second book, and it’s changed the way I view my life. More than that though, I see the gospel with a new, deeper understanding. I feel it. My heart is mushy. The love of God has been squeezing it in to a different mold. I know more. I see more. I feel more. I love more. All of this makes me responsible for more. Ha! It’s funny, but I find myself journaling about the characters in these books as if they are a part of my life. That’s my personality, I guess. The pieces of my life are woven together. Work…school…play…friendships…romance…all of it is filled with the same life breath from my creator. It’s all a part of the divine strategy.
