Big Weekend

Yesterday I whitewater rafted for the first time. David and I went to the Ocoee with some friends of his from work. It was very exciting and scary. I'm really glad I did it, and I think I want to give it one more try. I fell out of the boat once, was underneath the boat, and that sort of freaked me out. It happened early on in the trip, so I was a little spooked for the rest of the trip. David fell out twice. The second time he had to be picked up by another boat...it was a mess.

We just got back from seeing AbiLyn in the summer musical, Fish Tales. Of all the musicals TPOM has done this one is my favorite. Eric, my brother-in-law, was also in it. They did a fantastic job. Also the staff did a great job of running things all week at the workshop. Here are a couple of pics of AbiLyn.





Oh, and if you're wondering why there are no Ocoee pictures. Well, Saturday morning we were in a tizzy getting out the door, and I vividly remembered carrying the camera outside along with several other things. Well, we get to the river, and we're at the little visitor center where they had the Olympics, and there's a little museum and overlook. Well, I start looking for the camera and can't find it anywhere. I think, "I guess I just left it at home." We get home late last night and can't find it anywhere! We look all through the house, the car, the garage...everywhere. I think...hmmm, I had a bag of garbage from where we got Chinese food Friday night that I threw away Saturday morning. I look in the trash can in the garage...sure enough. There's the camera.

Have a great week, everyone! It's a short one!

Thursday Night...no, Friday Morning

Hey! As you'll see from the timestamp, I've stayed up entirely too late doing freelance work. I always procrastinate. Grrr.

It's been a pleasantly normal week. David and I finally got out to see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian tonight. It was really good! Makes me want to go to DC and spend a month walking through museums.

We're going rafting on the Ocoee this weekend. I'm very excited, but very nervous. David's been several times before, but it's a first for me. I've always had a fear of water, and I'm more than a little leery! I'm going to get my eyebrows done tomorrow on my lunch, but if for some reason I'm unable to (and something happens to me), will one of my girlfriends or sisters please make sure someone plucks them before they put me out for the viewing?

They Just Don't Get It!!!

I'm in a tizzy and need to rant. I went to the lovely U.S. Post Office on my lunch. I needed stamps and to get some things out in today's mail. I had stopped at Kroger, but didn't buy stamps because I needed to go by the Post Office to mail things anyway. I got cash back at Kroger, so I could use the machine at the Post Office...everyone with me, so far.

Well, I get to the Post Office on my way back to work, and they've taken out the machine that only takes cash and put in one that only takes debit or credit cards. Arrrggghhh!!!! I thought, well I'll just buy some at the counter. Nope, long line (at lunchtime mind you) with one slow-as-Christmas employee working the counter. I just gave up and used my debit card for the stamps. I'm thinking about boycotting the USPS...I'll pay my bills online or use UPS/FedEx to send anything else. It's beyond frustrating, and I don't understand why people think it's a great idea for these same people to be the ones to take care of us when we're sick and make our cars (sorryforthetiredconservativeopinionthatIjusthadtoputinthere).

* Added later
Okay, I've calmed down a little bit, and I realize I sounded like an insane person. It's about customer service, and the consumer having the power, and trying to make them happy, not just doing less than the minimum because you know the consumer has no choice.

When Life Gets Weird

Good Sunday morning!

It's been over a week, but I've had some thoughts mulling around to blog about, so here we go.

This was one of those weeks where I didn't think things would be busy, but they ended up being very busy. David was a little worker bee who went in to work early every single day, so that meant that he was in bed before 8 every night. Well, when you factor in all the running around I do on any given evening that meant we didn't see each other much. I hate when that happens. However, we did go together yesterday to a wellness fair open house at Vought, where he works. For the first time in almost 11 years, I got to see where my significant other goes and toils day after day. It was great. The coolest thing by far were these giant, overhead beam cranes that are on tracks that move up and down a huge building from one end to another to pick up wings and move them from one process to the other. They had a capacity of 2 tons, and it was printed in huge block letters on the side. Really, really cool. Oh, and in the building where the C-130 is built, there is no air conditioning, so there are the largest, scariest looking ceiling fans I've ever seen.

So, also this week I did water aerobics for the first time. My perception of water aerobics was skewed, because this is what my Granny June does to exercise when she's in Florida. I thought it wouldn't be high-impact enough...I was wrong. It's awesome!

Now, what I've been mulling about for a couple of weeks is this: I love living in M'boro where I grew up. I even mention it in my profile, and I don't ever want to move, but it can get weird sometimes. Last Fri. night I took my niece to Movies Under the Stars at the school where I spent the summer for ESP when I was 8 years old. She was running around the lawn and playing on the exact same playground I did. Swinging on the same swings. The pool where we have water aerobics is the exact same pool where my sisters and I took swimming lessons. When I go for my walk, I walk by the high school where I took driver's ed the summer I was 15. It's just a little strange...surreal somehow. People generally move away from the town where they grew up, so they come back to visit and are filled with nostalgia. I face that nostalgia almost every day, and sometimes I'm not sure if it's meant to be that way. It's a little too much to take.

Tetris

I can't believe Tetris has been around for 25 years! Check out Google today. They have their Google logo set up like Tetris blocks.

I may have to dig out the old Nintendo and play some. Wonder if we could download it on the Wii?

I hope everyone's having a great Saturday. It's an astoundingly gorgeous one.

Manic

I don't think I'm remotely bipolar, but if I were, I'd be on the "up" side of things tonight.

It's Friday night. I just got home with my FIXED truck. I'm going to make chocolate chip cookies. I'm taking AbiLyn to Movies under the stars to see Madagascar 2. I have no plans tomorrow except to clean my truck and my house (going to the greenway somewhere in there). The weather is perfect. The windows are open and there's a breeze. The New Moon preview was released today (sorry, only Twilight geeks will know what this means). David's excited about hanging out with friends and singing tonight. One of my sisters got a puppy; the other one is about to. One of my sisters is moving to an absolutely adorable retro house, and I'm so happy for her.

In short, life is good. Thank you, God, that the little things make me happy, and thanks for letting them happen in a clump sometimes!

Cuteness beyond belief

AbiLyn and Lex had they're pics taken by a wonderful photographer and friend. Check 'em out here.

Eight

Eight years ago today a prissy, naive girl married a loving, sweet boy in a beautiful, romantic wedding. A lot has happened since then, but they are still totally in love. They still find delight in the little things, and that makes every day interesting! He kisses her goodbye every single morning, and she scratches his back every single night.

I love you, David. Happy anniversary!