What time is it? 9 o'clock. Who's not up yet? Becky

day 2

Isn't it nice to be able to count days of a road trip? I think so. Anyway, as previously specified by my sister, I awoke at 8 this morning so that I could shower and wake her up so that we could hopefully leave the hotel 2 hours later. I was out of the shower by 8:30, which was pretty good considering that I was groggy enough to try to put face wash into my hair.

I didn't post very much last night because the computer started glitching on me. After I uploaded the photos, I couldn't get my cursor back. Moral of the story: write all that you want to say, THEN go back and upload the photos into their appropriate places.

Our drive yesterday really went well. We had no troubles until 40 miles from our designated resting place. Becky's low tire light came on, but upon investigation it appears to have been a glitch. We tested all of the tires with Becky's handy green tire gauge and found them all to be within the levels of pressure which dad told us was acceptable. So we'll check today before we leave (at 10???) but I am confident that it will be fine. The only other time we had trouble was when we got lost trying to find the hotel. However, Becky's amazing abilities to picture the layout of towns in her head (this truly is quite spectacular) saved us by magically finding the hotel in about 10 to 15 minutes.

Great news! Becky just got up! I now have hopes for a 10:30 departure. Which means that I must stop blogging and start getting ready/repacking my stuff.

If there is wireless Internet tonight, I'll tell you about our day once again.

Later Days,
blendy

ROAD TRIP!!!!!

Today is the first official day of my road trip with Becky. We are headed to a wedding at the end of the week and decided to turn it into an excuse for a full-fledged vacation. Today went rather well, we only got lost once and for about 7 minutes. We had a really late lunch in order to visit a chick-fil-a. And we called mom at least 10 times so that she was privy to our whereabouts. Speaking of mom, here are some pictures of our hotel room that Becky snagged super cheap from Priceline:

Sweltering Heat

Sweltering: suffering oppressive heat, characterized by oppressive heat; sultry.

Never before in my life have I thought that I could write the word sweltering. I don't think I ever fully understood the word until today. Sure, I've read it in books, thought it was a marvelous word for certain situations, even thought about praising whoever came up with it in the first place. However, today has put all of that in the past- except the thinking it is a marvelous word- for I, blendy, painted a room in a building without air conditioning and poor air circulation. Sweltering is probably the best word I could come up with for the day. I came home and proclaimed to my mother that I was officially the grossest person on the planet...I had the total and unshakable feeling of 'ick.' But have no fear, I have showered and now feel awesome! May you all feel as un-icky as I.

Later Days,
Blendy

trying to figure out...life

Life has a funny way of sneakin up on you...those words are courtesy of Alanis Morissette and her song Ironic. That makes me think of a video that made fun of her song. But that's beside the point. Right now I am trying to decide what I am going to do next year. I could either transfer to a Bible college, racking up a rather large amount of debt, or I could take a year off and work for a year. Both options are valid. Both have pros and cons. However, the second option may have the most pros. I just don't know. My parents and I are trying to figure out the best path for me.

I am just having a hard time giving up my dream. In church this Sunday the pastor talked about Faith. He said that living by faith is a challenge and that giving up your dreams to trust that God is faithful to take you where you need to be is difficult. Living by faith isn't easy...but I think that it's worth it. His example was Abraham, who had to exercise faith all of the time. I was really encouraged and challenged by this. I think that I need to be willing to give up my dream of going straight to another college and maybe work to that I don't have so much debt. It's not going to be easy, but if that's what my parents and I decide is best, I'll do it.

Those are my weightier thoughts of late.

Later Days,
Blendy

Welcome Surprises

Surprises... aren't they just great? Today I had two lovely ones. When I was walking to my car after work I heard the bird that has a whistle that sounds like its saying "Bob White." That made me smile. I instantly flashed back to playing outside with my siblings and my grandmother's house and my mom telling us about the bird that was singing a man's name.

The other pleasant surprise was the new templates on Blogger! HURRAY! I'm going to be honest, they were boring when I first signed up for a blog...and I think they have been new for a while, but... I haven't checked in. Tee hee. My bad.

Anyway, I can't write very much because my sister and mom are WAY too loud. The NBA Finals are on and they are each rooting for an opposing team.

Later Days,
Blendy

Frustration Station

Let me just say that I like technology when it works. Let me stress that- WHEN it works. Right now I am taking a break from a simple class project to vent. We were supposed to make a photo story (a slide show ). Easy. I found the pictures I wanted, put in the text that I found fitting, even added transitions. Then the program decided that it would not take the songs that I had expertly picked for background music. I tried downloading a new song, changing the song to an mp3 (which is what photo story said it required) and finally gave up in frustration. I shall now wait for my instructor to come and see if she can figure it out. ugh. This stinks.

On a happier note, I received a package from one of my dear friends attending another college. It totally made my day as a whole AMAZING!

Later Days,
Blendy

Drizzle

Today is a dreary day. I woke up later than usual because my room was so dark. The clouds are sharing their gloom with the world today. Do not misunderstand me, I enjoy days like these- they make great reading days. The gloom is good for any sad story or melancholy spirit. It was misting the whole way to school and I listened to Michael Buble croon out "Cry Me a River" on my way. It was splendid. The only unhappy part about today is that it is my long day at school. This means that I cannot go home and drink hot cocoa and read or write as I so wish to be doing. So I will take a tiny break to write here, in a an unusually still computer lab. I love how days like these tend to calm people down, at least for a little while. An riotous room can be hushed by band of rain clouds. That is the magic of a dreary day.

Anyway, I should get back to work.

Later Days,
Blendy