[ Posted by Rebecca
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:25:31 GMT ]
Two of the best men I’ve ever known are engaged to beautiful women who will make them happy forever.
It’s funny too because they always were so down on themselves for being nerds, and were always talking about how awesome I am, and now they are beating me to the punch on marriage. Way to go guys! I knew you were too awesome to be on the playing field for long!
These guys were some of my best friends during a very difficult time in my life and I love them both dearly. I don’t think either one of them ever figured out what they meant to me then and what they still mean to me now.
I’m exceedingly happy for them both because I always knew how awesome they were, even when they couldn’t see it in themselves. It’s just a little bittersweet because I don’t see them very often (I think it’s been about 4 years) even though they live relatively close by, and I know that once they are married there will be an even less likely chance of me seeing them.
But I guess that’s how life goes. Anyway, this is all on my mind because one of them (who I’ve been looking for forever now) messaged me today and we got to chat a little bit. We made sure to exchange information so that we can keep in touch better. It was really good to hear from him. In fact, it may have made my day.
There’s nothing like old friends.
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:23:54 GMT ]
We’ve moved and we are dog-tired from it.
This weekend, Becky and I moved out of our apartment and into a duplex. Including Becky and myself, we had 17 people helping out with the move on Saturday.
From packing our last few items to picking up the truck and feeding everyone, everything went smoothly. We ate lunch, moved everything out of the old place and into the new place in only two hours and fifteen minutes.
The word “fast” should be added to the proverb: Many hands make light work.
It should say: Many hands make light, fast work. Well, at least in this case.
Becky’s mom was a tremendous help before, during, and after the move. She is awesome. She came over early on Saturday, along with Becky’s brother and dad, to help us move our fragile stuff into vehicles before the masses descended upon us. Becky’s dad went over to the new place to meet the cable guy so we could have our internet access working while her brother and mom loaded stuff up. Her mom provided lunch and then after the move stayed over at our new place until late helping us clean and unpack the kitchen. She helped Becky get her bedroom and bathroom ready (which was good because I didn’t have a shower curtain and we both needed to have at least one clean bathroom to use).
Then on Sunday her mom went back to the new place after church and did a bunch more cleaning and unpacking in the kitchen, while Becky, Emily and I were at the old place cleaning.
Speaking of cleaning. We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. We got to the apartment at about 1:00 PM and cleaned until about 6:00. Then Becky and I went home to get dinner, which her mother had provided for us (and it was a home cooked meal, too.). After we ate, we went to home depot to grab some light bulbs and keys and then went back to the apartment where we cleaned until nearly 10:00 PM. We finally finished and got to go home, eat some mint chocolate chip ice cream, watch some tv, and set up my bathroom so that I could function like a normal human being.
We still have boxes everywhere but the basics are in place. So far, I only found three broken plates, which really is not a big deal since they were all hand-me-downs anyway.
Oh and when we went back to our apartment on Sunday we found Becky’s curtain rod laying in the grass. Apparently it never made it into the truck on Saturday, and laid in the grass unnoticed for 24 hours. We grabbed it and have it at the duplex now. It was one funny little thing that happened.
Today I’m exceedingly glad to be at work because I will be forced to sit in a chair for 8 hours today and not exert myself physically. This is a very good thing because the last 6-7 days I’ve awakened in the morning only to feel like a steamroller ran over me multiple times during the night.
It’s all forward progress from here and I see rest and relaxation up head.
Thank God for everything He provides.
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:37:46 GMT ]
Last night, Caroline went with me over to Heather’s house to get my stuff out of Heather’s garage. What I thought would take two hours only took a little bit over one hour, so that made me very happy. Caroline wanted a work out and man was she on fire last night! I think I saw her muscles get bigger with every box she lifted.
After we finished up I went back to the apartment and called Heather who then came over to help Becky and me pack. She was a great help…both Becky and I are almost ready to go.
Tonight after work I’m volunteering to help out with the Caedmon’s Call concert that is being held at my church. After I’m finished with my volunteer work, I’m going to head home and do a whirlwind packing job on the few bedroom items I have left. I also have to pack my bathroom stuff and the stuff in the kitchen, but I don’t think I’ll have any trouble getting that done.
Last night was the first night in a week that I was able to crawl in bed at a reasonable hour and go straight to sleep. I had two lovely friends help out last night, and God is having mercy on my poor old tired bones.
I’m also one step closer to being finished with this process, one step closer to relaxation, and one step closer to a huge sigh of relief.
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:54:54 GMT ]
I forgot how much I hate moving. Last night, I was reminded.
Becky and I realized while we were doing our move-in inventory that our new place was filthy. At first glance it looked clean, but the windows were pretty dirty and the blinds looked like they had never been cleaned since the day they were installed. The light fixtures all revealed the shadows of the dead bugs they contained, and the floors, which are tile and berber carpet, we decided needed to be cleaned after we cleaned everything else mentioned above.
So after we both worked full days yesterday, we went over there and cleaned.
In the time that it took me to clean mini-blinds on three windows (blade-by-blade using clorox wet wipes) and mop the tile, Becky cleaned all the window sills, washed the windows, and vacuumed and shampooed the carpet. w00t!
I removed all the light fixtures and wiped them clean on the outside. Becky vacuumed the carcasses out of the insides and I reinstalled them.
We got back to the apartment at 10:00 PM last night, exhausted and dirty. I showered and crawled into bed around 11:15 or so. Man did I want to kill my alarm this morning. Somehow I managed to make it to work but I think I’m only firing on one cylinder today, and I’m probably going to be this way well into next week. I’m sure Becky feels the same way.
It’s scary when you think about it. We’re both already exhausted from moving and we haven’t even moved a single box or piece of furniture yet.
All I can say about this is “yuck.”
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:38:41 GMT ]
Beautiful.
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:54:18 GMT ]
I was tagged by Yellow Turtle to post this meme on my blog, so here we go.
The rules are:
- Link to the person who tagged you.
- Post the rules here
- Share 7 random or weird facts about yourself
- Tag 7 random people at the end of the post, linking to them.
Leave a comment on their blog so that they know they’ve been tagged.
I just found out on my last birthday that I am a fan of David Bowie. A lot of you know that I like the movie Labyrinth, mostly because I was scarred by the spandex as a young child. However, my friend (was it Marci or Caroline? I don’t remember, sorry) played some David Bowie for me at my birthday party, and I realized I knew and loved most of the songs but had never noticed it was David Bowie singing them. Thus my revelation that I am a fan.
I love colubrid snakes. I think they are beautiful and entertaining. My brother and sister had pet snakes when I was a kid and it was like having “Wild America” in your living even if CNN was on the tube. I don’t think I’d ever want one as a pet, even though they are terribly low-maintenance, but I still think they are fascinating creatures and are fun to play with.
Sometimes I eat salt by itself, right out of the shaker.
When I was a kid I had a crush on Roger Rabbit. He made me laugh. I think that’s the only crush I’ve had that is weirder than my Jeff Goldblum crush.
I can’t drink water if it has been in a glass over night. It grosses me out to think that I’m drinking dusty water. As a result, I highly identify with that creepy little girl from Signs.
My favorite poem is “Very Like A Whale” by Ogden Nash.
Until I was too old to join, I often thought about running away to join the Air Force because I secretly want to fly blackhawk helicopters.
I’ll tag Dominic, Blabber Blog, lippylou, lex,finalite missris, and spherical aberations.
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:56:10 GMT ]
Today is the first day that my thighs don’t feel like they’ve been mistaken as a super-bounce ball by a very bored yet hyperactive five year-old.
The peasants rejoice!
This past weekend, Dominic and I attended the annual Texas Geocaching Challenge - an event where geocaching teams from geographical areas in Texas complete against each other to see who can find the most caches in the course of a morning.
Dom and I decided to geocache in the hard hike part of the park. It would have been perfect had we had time to take breaks, but we were racing against the clock to get as many caches as we could for our team, so the only break I got was when Dom climbed up a cliff to locate a high point cache.
Needless to say, up until this morning my butt and legs were very sore. I’m glad I got the exercise and had time out in nature with my favorite person, but man, what a literal pain in the ass.
Our team came in third, and much to my chagrin, our team was comprised of a lot of sore losers who couldn’t take the defeat without accusing the north Texas team (who hosted the event this year) of cheating.
I was just happy to have been able to participate.
This coming weekend kicks off with me taking tickets at the Caedmon’s Call concert at my church, followed by moving on Saturday and cleaning on Sunday.
Everything after that is completely off my radar until March 31. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:50:13 GMT ]
Have you ever had a day when you doubted yourself so much that you felt like your skin was too tight and you needed to molt and then run away somewhere?
Today is one of those days, and I don’t know why.
So I’m going to be needy by asking for encouragement. If you read this today, please encourage me in whatever way you think of.
Thanks!
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:50:48 GMT ]
10 Then the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
11 The LORD said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?
12 “Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands.
13 “Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.
14 “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”
15 The sons of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day.”
16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.
–Judges 10:10-16
Can you spot the beautiful part?
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[ Posted by Rebecca
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:27:58 GMT ]
My office is in the center of a large suite that has several faculty offices, a copy room, and a conference room off of it.
Every time a faculty member has a meeting in the conference room, they always leave the door wide open and are always really loud. It bothers me, but I get over it because in the grand scheme of things it’s not that big of a deal.
The funny thing is that inevitably, halfway through the meeting someone comes in my office for help, or I get a phone call, which requires me to be slightly louder than a mouse.
Every time this happens, the faculty member suddenly realizes that I exist, and that I have an office just through the door of the conference room. Then, they get up and close the door like it’s the biggest annoyance on the planet.
My job amuses me. A lot.
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