Lids, Pots and Stoves, Oh My!

I remember driving to my Aunt's house with my grandma and older brother on Christmas Eve. We had just gone to a Christmas Eve service with the whole family like we do every year. I was talking to Cory about how two of my best friends had gotten engaged in the past two days and that it seemed like EVERYONE was getting married. (My brother and I have this same conversation so many times because he's feeling it too with his friends...he's 26 and I'm 22...I'm not really in a rush...just feeling a little left out I guess. I would rather just know that I will be married...not necessarily any time soon. Just that I know it's part of my future whether it be two years from now or ten years from now.) Anyways...

As we were talking my grandma chimes in from the back seat and says..."Don't worry Becky, every Pot has a lid. You just haven't found your 'Lid' yet." Cory and I just cracked up because we had never heard that saying before. I guess you could say that there have been lids come through, they just didn't fit. So now at all our family gatherings we joke about our lids. I have a group of friends from Kerrville that I told the story too and we talk about writing a book entitled "How to find your Lid". It would be a terrible book because obviously we don't know how to find that Lid with the 'perfect' fit. Just thought it was kind of cute.

Well, I saw my grandmother this weekend when I met up with my parents and talking about my weekend visitor. After asking a little awkward question...the second thing out of my grandmas mouth was..."Is he your lid?"
How the heck should I know? I don't know. My grandmother is just one of those lady's that doesn't really think before she speaks...she just says what she's thinking. But as an on going joke, I thought her 'lid' quote was awesome. You just gotta love her.

I know there's been more than one post for today, but it's been a while since I've written and there is just a lot on my mind right now....

"I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak
I lose all control
And something takes over me
In a daze your love's so amazing
Its not a phase I want you to stay
With me by my side
I swallow my pride
Your love is so sweet
It knocks me right off of my feet
Can't explain why your lovin makes me weak"
-SWV

Games, Changes and Fears

Where to start? I had an amazing weekend. It just could not have been any bettter. It was just so nice to be with someone and hang out. We didn't do much but hang out. I feel kind of bad for not taking him around and seeing the "sites", but I still don't know all the great places to go. But I had a good time just being able to be next to him.
We watched a lot of DVD's, that was great. I love watching movies. But I was just so tired for most of the time. That kind of sucked. I had a little temperature one night, that was because then I really felt shitty, but whatever.

I had to check on a dog for this family one night. The family with all the long horns. That was one of the best nights. We sat out on their porch and played with the dog. Then we fed the longhorns some "cubes". Now that was neat to see a city boy feed longhorns. It was adorable. Then we just sat on a swing under a tree and we just sat there for hours. It was just...Nice. We didn't say much, but just to be sitting there was an awesome feeling. I could have just stayed there for more hours.

My parents came through town one day and wanted to stop by. I don't know why, but Matt didn't want to meet them. Go figure. Anyways...I met up with them, I always like seeing my parents. They were surprisingly excited when I told them I had a visitor from Michigan. I guess the fact that someone would come all this way to see me is pretty awesome, so they were happy for me. Which was nice.

But you know...I feel the say way. For someone to fly 1500 miles just to see me and spend time with me, that's awesome. It's a big deal. I had such a good time just being here with him. But again, I'm not very good about sharing my feelings with other people. I thought it would be easier to tell him how I felt once I actually saw him. But you know what...whenever I looked at him it made me so happy, I just didn't want to say anything ridiculous that would ruin it. That's the main thing I'm scared of. I just think I get too nervous that sometimes words don't sound the same coming out of the mouth as they do inside the head. A few words about feelings came out, but I still feel like we're where we started.

I really just can't put into words all the stuff that I'm thinking and feeling right now. I know we only spent about 4 and a half days together, but taking him to the air port this morning was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I've never been one to let myself get too close to another person, I'm always too scared of the consequences. But I wasn't scared with him. Which is good and bad. We had to get up at about 3:30 this morning to get to the airport in enough time for his 6:00 a.m. flight. That was hard. My face is still all red and puffy from all the crying I've been doing. I'm such a cry-baby. But I let myself like him so much and I guess this is just what I get. I don't know how I'm supposed to act today...I'm going to be worthless because all I keep thinking of is....gosh I miss Matt...I wonder if or when I'll see him again...I wonder what's going on in his mind right now....Is he thinking the same thing I am? I tried bringing up the point about what to do from here. He's back in Detroit, I'm still here in Texas. How do we work this, do we have a relationship? None of us had an answer. So now I'm just confused, but I know I like him and I know he'll call me when he get's home, I just don't know anything else.

"Games, changes and fears
When will they go from here

When will they stop
I believe that fate has brought us here
And we should be together
But wer'e not
I play it off but I'm dreamin of you
I'll keep it cool but I'm findin.
I try to say goodbye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it it's clear
My world crumbles when you are not

I may appear to be free
But I'm just a prisoner of your love
I may seem alright and smile when you leave
But my smiles are just a front
I play it off but I'm dreamin of you
I'll keep my cool but I'm findin
I try to say goodbye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it it's clear
My world crumbles when you are not near

Here is my confession
May I be your possesion
Boy I need your touch
Your love kisses and such
With all my might I try
But this I can't deny
I play it off but im dreamin of you
I'll keep my cool but I'm findin
I try to say good bye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it it's clear
My world crumbles when you are not near"
-Macy Gray

Today's the Day!!

It's finally time. I'll leave for the airport in about an hour and half. I'm super excited...and a little bit nervous. I just don't want either one of us to be disappointed. I'm sure it will be awesome. It better be because we have 4 and half days together. YEA!!!

I've been hearing it from my secretary all day though. She's being such a good mom. Just telling me that she worries about me and to be careful. But I assured her that I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't feel comfortable. I'm not a big risk taker. I think this is something good and not something to worry about.

I don't think I'm going to slee for the next 4 days because off all the excitement. Although I haven't slept very well the last couple of days as it is...maybe I'll be tired enough from lack of sleep so that I can get some good rest. I don't really have any plans for us while he's down...maybe San Antonio, maybe a baseball game, maybe a movie. I don't sound like a very good hostess, I'm sure we'll find something.

I guess this means out be out of pocket for the next couple of days. Try not to miss me too much!

"time is never time at all
you can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
and our lives are forever changed
we will never be the same
the more you change the less you feel
believe, believe in me, believe that life can change,
that you're not stuck in vain
we're not the same, we're different tonight
tonight, so bright tonight"
-Smashing Pumpkins

Waking Up is Hard To Do

I totally forgot to set my alarm last night. That is so NOT like me. I usually walk out the door in the mornings at 8:15...I didn't roll over and look at my clock until 7:50. Then I just layed there contimplating what to do. Should I get up? Should I just go in late? Do I worry that I over slept?
I ended up getting out of bed, took a three minute shower and then caught a glimpse of Good Morning America. That really just throws my day off...make my heart beat really fast just thinking that I over slept. I guess I was just that tired because I usually wake up like three minutes before my actual alarm goes off.
Plus, I took a muscle relaxer before I went to sleep. I hadn't been sleeping well so I knew that would help, and it did. I love those little pills. I used to be really bad about taking them all the time in college and now I use them only when needed...or when I can't sleep.

I did alot of home, well apartment, improvement yesterday after work. I put up these side tables to my bed, did some laundry, changed my sheets and made my bed...all kids of stuff. My apartment looks really good. Let's just hope it can stay that way. Tonight I'll clean the kitchen and the bathrooms and finish all my laundry.

I got a phone call from a lady that helps me with my high school youth. She was lecturing me about what to wear tomorrow to pick Matt up from the airport. She told me that I CANNOT wear my Chuck Taylors...I love those shoes and I was actually planning on wearing them. She told me that I needed to wear something nice and inviting and stand there with a rose. I don't know if I can do that. Do guys really want flowers? I didn't think they would. I thought about making a sign (like Kip did for LaFawnduh). I think I would be more likely to do that if I wasn't going to be standing there by myself. I guess I'll just think about it. It would be really funny if I did.

I am unbelievably calm right now about the whole ordeal. I figured I would be real nervous today...I guess I'm saving it all up for tomorrow. Yea!!!!!11

"Turn my head its back to bed with no delay,
can't be bothered by the phone ten times a day,
Why get up my morning doesn't even start till two?
Forget reality waking up is hard to do."
-Sum 41

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

I had a great night last night. I can't tell you how nice it is to have someone to talk to. Actually not just to talk to, but to actually share stuff with. It's been a while since I've actually been open with someone about what's going on in my life. Ever since I graduated from college my groups of friends have changed. I don't talk to my good friends anymore. Not by choice, it's just that we're all so different now. Obviously I've changed as well, I'm a totally different person than I was in college. I don't call my old girlfriends anymore like I used to, they're very focused on their lives right now and it's not that they don't care about what's going on in my life...it's just different. They don't get excited about my life and I don't really get excited about their's. It's kinds of sad.

So I'm very thankful for Lauren's friendship. She's someone that I definitely needed to be friends with in college, but you know, maybe God wanted us to become the person that we are today before we started to learn things about each other. It's still a pretty fresh friendship, we're still learning about each other, but I just know that I have an awesome time when I'm with her.

I'm one of those persons that gets bored after a while...or tired of the same old thing. So I think it's good that we don't live too close to each other. We try and meet weekly and I think that's good for me. I get bothered sometimes when I'm around the same people all the time, so I'm glad that we're not spending too much time together because I would hate for me to get annoyed. Not to say that she's annoying because she's absolutely not. I just don't want to get tired of our friendship because it really means a lot to me.

Well, Matt comes flys in in two more days. I've slowly been getting things ready for his arrival. Cleaning, doing laundry, taking out the trash, etc. Mostly I do it because I'm nervous and I need to be doing something so that I don't get too antsy. But I am getting Super Excited!! I just hope I can sleep these next two nights. I need all the sleep I can get because I know once he's here I'm not going to sleep well because I'll be too excited.

"That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun"
-Cyndi Lauper

She Wants to be the Queen

It was a pretty eventful weekend. I went shopping and spend WAY TOO MUCH money. Whenever I get bored, I shop. I need to kick that habit somehow. Friday I had nothing to do, so I went shopping. I needed some shorts for the summer, I figured that was something I needed and I can spend money on that. Well, I ended up buying two pairs a shorts, a skirt, 4 shirts and two pairs of shoes...plus some stuff for the rat. Then my mom and younger brother Daniel, came up and we went shopping again. I bought a book, a dvd, and some jewlery, plus, my mom got me a few small things. I wanted to save money this pay check so I'll have money for this weekend with Matt. Dang. I did bad.

But it was nice to see family. They took my ran Peanut home with them because Daniel is going to watch her this summer while I got on all my trips. It's only been like a day and a half and I miss her. It was really lonely watching TV last night because she usually watches tv with me. The apartment was quiet without her. No one to talk to. But I'll have company later on and things will be great.

It's getting down to Thursday!! I am soooo Nervous, but soooo excited. It's goint to be a mix of emotions when it comes down to it. But I think I'm ready. I really think this is one of those steps I need to take. Just to be risky. I never do stuff like this, so I think it will be good for me. It's funny, I have a lot of support from people but then there are those few people that are just...Becky, I don't think this is a good idea, you better be careful. I'm sure I can hold my own. But in all seriousness, I'm not worried.

Then my friend Courtney gets married on June 3. That is going to be a three day affair. I'm excited, but a little nervous about being around her for that long. I think it's going to be a really fun wedding. I'm getting my dress altered tomorrow to make it fit. Even though I bought the smallest size, it's still a little big. Alright....that's enough


"Well she wants to be the Queen
And she thinks about her scene
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna be the Queen"
-Train

Handle it, Ladies back it up

I just found out that my mom and my younger brother are going to spend the weekend with me. I'm pretty excited. I don't get to see my family that much anymore. I kind of miss them. I think I took for granted how close I used to live to them while I was in college. I only live about two hours away from them, but it's almost as if I have to actually schedule time to see them. I think that's ridiculous. How sad is it that I have to pencil them into my calendar just to make time for them. They're family, I should always have time for them. It's not that I don't want to see them, it just that work get's over packed on the weekends some times. I'll have to work on that.

Plus, my brother is going to be pet sitting my rat. I think he's going to take her home with him when they leave. That kind of makes me sad. I'm going to miss her. How sad is that? She's leaving me for the summer earlier than what I was expecting, but if that is the only time I can get her to him, then I can't pass that chance up. Now I'll really be lonely when I come home from work. I guess I'll survive.
Things are just changing right now. Summers coming and things will be lonely. But I have enough summer plans with my youth that I should be alright.


"Oh, 'round here we ridin' slow
We keep it gutta, you should know
Gettin' crunk off in tha club we gets low, oh
Oh (oh), all my ladies to tha flo'
Handle it ladies back it up
Gettin crunk up in tha club we gets low, oh"
-Ciara

Just A Little Bit

Well, I've been trying pretty hard to not be such a trashy eater. I have been doing so well with my meals. Mostly it's just a sandwich, but that's better than a frozen pizza all the time. And I haven't had a soda in three days. That's a very long time for me. I usually bring one to work every day, and I haven't this week. Only a bottled water. So, I'm pretty proud of myself.

Then I was feeling a little left out since a lot of my kids have ipods. I can't afford one of those, so I bought a little mp3 player and it came in the mail on Monday. So I put a couple cd's onto it and I was so tempted to use it, that I went walking in the park that is across a couple streets from where I live. It was awesome. I walked about two miles and listened to music. Now I want to walk every day because I won't get as bored now that I have music to listen to.

I haven't talked to Matt in what seems like a huge amount of time and it's really only been a couple days. But after we've been talking every day, it's a long time to not talk in a few days. But I got an email from him...he's such a hard worker. He works 15-18 hour days and is just too tired to hold a conversation at the end of the day. Which is understandable. I would rather him get some rest so that he doesn't get sick from not sleeping. So, now when we do talk, it should be awesome.

My cousin called me yesterday as well. He's a State Trooper and works south of Houston somewhere. Well, he's pretty good about keeping in touch and we got on the topic of girls and tanning. (Not related). So my cousin is like 28 years old and was "seeing" this 20 year old and thigns didn't work out. Now he was talking to this other girl and she turned out to be 19. I for one think that is ridiculous. But one of his friends is introducing him to another girl this weekend so hopefully that works out. He also asked me if it would be 'gay' if he were to go "tanning". I said YES. It drives me crazy when guys go to a tanning bed. A little too metro-sexual for me. I don't think boys are judged as much as girls are when it comes to being tan. I told him that he shouldn't worry about that. Our family just doen't have that gene that lets you tan. My whole family is pretty pale and his family is just as pale. I think we just need to embrace it. Accept the fact that we aren't supposed to be tan. Plus, most people just look fake. Now, I'm not saying that I've never been to a tanning bed before, because I have. I had a membership when I was in college. Now, I just don't have the time. Plus, I don't want to look all leathery when I get older. But I will get a spray-on tan for this wedding that I will be in in June. But that's because the bride wants all of us to look like Barbie's and in uniform and I'm pretty much the only one that's not tan. Whatever...

"Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now"
-Oasis

I wanna Know Everything

Well it's still early, but today has just been a good day. I had two awesome pigs in a blanket for breakfast. I don't get breakfast that much, but I did today and it was delicious.
Then I got to play with a very cute baby boy. I love playing with baby's and this one is just adorable.
Then the learning center that is a part of the church brought in a lady from a spa to give everyone warm neck treatments and hand massages. It was great. I have all these smells on me, but I don't even mind because it was so neat. I don't really ever do that for myself, so it was nice to get a little special treatment. If I had enough friends I would definitely consider having a spa party for me and my friends. I'm sure it's expensive though.

I'm really beginning to miss Matt. We doing get to talk as much since he's being on his business trip. He called last night (just to hear my voice) and we only talked for like 4 minutes. He'll be out of state until Sunday, then he goes back to Michigan and is hopefully on a more regular schedule. Then he'll fly to Texas on that Thursday!! I can't even explain how excited I am right now. NINE more days.

"And i don't wanna fall to pieces,
i just wanna sit and stare at you.
I don't wanna talk about it
And i don't want a conversation,
i just wanna cry in front of you.
I don't wanna talk about it,
cuz' i'm in love with you.

Wanna know who you are.
Wanna know where to start.
I wanna know what this means.

Wanna know how you feel.
Wanna know what is real.
I wanna know everything...everything."
-Avril Lavigne

Imagine me and you, I do

What a weekend. I actually had stuff to do, so it was enjoyable yet relaxing all in one. I got to see some high school friends, which I always enjoy. My friend Carrie graduated from Texas State University along with about 500 other people. It was long, but I'm glad I was there. She came to mine...but there were only like 60 of us from TLU.

After that I hung out with Lauren. Always a good time. We got some free ice-cream from Ben & Jerry's and then we just laid out by the pool I haven't done that in a LONG time and it was so nice to just sit out in the sun. It makes you feel good. Although it kind of drains you to be out in the sun for a while. I was so tired for the rest of the day.

Sunday we had our High School Senior Recognition day. We gave them gifts and then had a hamburger lunch afterwards. I always like it when we have a meal after church because then I don't have to cook. When I got back to the apartment, I went to the pool and just laid in the sun and read a magazine. I got burned that time. So lets cross our fingers that it will turn into a tan.

I didn't talk to Matt at all yesterday. It kind of made me a little sad :-( We had been talking every single day and since we skipped a day...it kind of threw me off. But maybe that was good for us. Take a little break from each other. I don't know...we'll talk later. I know he's super busy with work right now. He's on a business trip doing car shows (or something to that nature) and works like 13 hour days. So I understand that being tired all the time. It's like 10 days until he gets here!!!! Oh my gosh I'm excited.

Back to work I go.

"I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind"
-Gavin Degraw

Missing what I don't have

I never knew that I could ever miss something that I've never had...or missed someone so much without even meeting the person. It's about to drive me crazy.

From the bouquet of roses I got the other day...I took one out of the bunch and brought it to work to leave on my desk. Now I just sit here and stare at it and wish that Matt was around. (That's my soft side coming out) I never realized how beautiful a single rose could be, but when it's staring me in the face for hours at a time...I really appreciate it.

I've never been a big fan of roses...I mean I think they're beautiful flowers, but at times, so over rated. But oh my goodness, I could get roses every day and not get tired of them. It's kind of like that movie...Bed of Roses.

Well. It's fifteen days until he comes down to visit and every day I get that much more nervous. I don't know what I'm going to do when he's actually standing in front of me. I sure hope I don't pass out.

I'm about to have lunch with my sponsor from the church. She's the one that wants me to marry her son. I think she would absolutely die if she found out I was talking to some other boy. So I guess I just won't bring it up just yet. I'll give it a while...see how things work out when Matt actually comes down.

"Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot."
-Joni Mitchell

I Can't Get Enough of You Baby

I had the most AWESOME thing happen yesterday afternoon. My mom called the office to tell me thank you for the mother's day card and then the secretary walks in with a dozen roses and says....Becky. Who's Matt? OH MY GOODNESS. The guy from Detroit sent me flowers, and not just flowers, but a dozen Red Roses. How sweet is that? I've just been so excited. I sat and just looked at them for a while yesterday when I brought them home.
I would have left them on my desk at work, but I didn't want to have to answer to everyone about where I got the flowers from. Plus, they livin' up my kitchen. They really are beautiful roses, not a bad one in the bunch.

I just found out that a couple at our church is moving to Montana. It's pretty depressing. They are wonderful people. Another thing that is worrying me is that the woman is supposed to be altering my dress for my friends wedding and she hasn't even set a time for me to get measured and the wedding is in 24 days. I'm one of those people that does everything early, and this is just driving me crazy that it's not getting fixed. I'll just have to try and relax and not worry about it because I'm sure this lady would just lead me on and then not alter the dress for me.

I can't wait to go home and look at my flowers!!!

"I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you baby
Yes,It's true.
Baby yes it's true."
-Smashmouth

Just another Manic Monday

It's not really "manic"...I just wanted to use a phrase from a song.

I had an amazing weekend. Went to San Antonio for a bacheloretter party on the Riverwalk. It was great to get to hang out with those girls. It had been a while. Courtney is getting married the first weekend in June and it's just sneaking up on all of us.
We started out at Dick's Last Resort for dinner. That place was a little more expensive than I was expecting, but Lindsay and I split a plate and so it was all good. Afterwards we went to Howl at the Moon...a dueling piano bar. It was great. Loud, but great. Just to be out with friends having a good time. Good thing we had a designated driver.
We all crashed at Courtney's afterwards and then got up early to go to her Lingerie Shower. None of us felt 100%, good thing they were serving Mimosa's there. A little jump start in the morning hours. Awesome.

All Right...my friend from Detroit just bought his plane ticket to Texas last night. That mean it's for sure that he'll be here the last weekend in May. Comes in on Thursday late afternoon and leaves EARLY Tuesday morning. Yea, that means he'll be here for 5 nights. Hopefully things go well or that would be a long time to spend with this guy. But I don't have any worries.
And yes Lauren, we'll hang out. We'll have to figure out what we want to do together, OK!!
I am so excited :)

"I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
And I know I know I know I know I know I want you"
-The Pointer Sisters

Won't you sing to me your poetry

Basically I haven't done anything today. My boss, the secretary and myself left work today at 11:00 to go eat at Luby's. Yum. I love their chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. Plus I got a slice of their awesome chocolate pie. We ate together today as staff because it is National Day of Prayer. There was a community gathering in the San Gabriel Park and we went together. Just different people saying a prayer for all the different people in the world. It was nice. Then we got back here and I have just been doing nothing. Which is good and bad. I feel worthless when I don't do anything, but I just didn't really have anything to do.

This weekend will be packed. I'm going to San Antonio tomorrow for my friends Bachelorette party. It should be fun. We'll be spending the evening on the River Walk. I haven't done that in a very long time, so it should be good. Plus I get to hang out with my college friends...I'm not really that old. But seriously, I haven't seen some of them for a while.

I've noticed that I've been spending alot of my money on other people lately. I have two friends (well actually many more) graduating from college, a couple of wedding showers and birthdays all in like a 2 weekend period. I sure wish I would win the lottery pretty soon. I know I won't since I don't buy tickets...but maybe I'll get lucky and just win without spending $1.

What's it Gonna Be?

What an awesome day yesterday was. I didn't realize how nice it is just to have someone watch TV with you. Lauren is such an awesome person to talk to. I love it. We talked about boys, weddings, friends and all kinds of stuff. We really relate to each other nicely. That's awesome to have someone like that.

I think I even convinced my friend from Detroit to come down at the end of the month. YEA!! I definitely hope that works out. I say convinced because after a while of talking, he says, well, maybe it isn't such a good idea if I come down. I think we both have reservations about the whole thing. But why not take a chance?
He's more worried about coming down and things just go amazingly and he has to go back to Michigan. He flat out told me that if things go well, he would NEVER move to Texas. Ever. There's just nothing here for him. Which is a little upsetting that he wouldn't even consider it if something does happen. I told him that if things go well and we take things slow and it's meant to be, that I could probably move to Detroit. (I sure hope I wasn't saying that just to be nice.) But I really do believe in love and you know what, if that's what it takes, then that's what it takes. I guess first of all we'll just see how things go on that weekend.

Maybe it will just turn out that we just become super friends, and that isn't a bad thing, but maybe there will be something more. Aaaaaaaugh. I'm gonna drive myself crazy just thinking about all of this. But I am super ecstatic that he's coming!!

"What's it gonna be Cuz I can't pretend
Don't you want to be more than friends?
Hold me tight and don't let go
Don't let go.
You have the right to lose control.
Don't let go."
-En Vogue

Breakfast with the Govenor

Just got into work a little while ago. Second day this week that I've come in late. I was offered a ticket to the National Day of Prayer Breakfast that is held every year...usually on the actual National Day of Prayer which is the first Thursday in May for those who didn't know that. Well anyways...it was a neat experience. I had to get up at 5:00 a.m. to get ready and then a met a family at my church at 6:00 a.m. to be at the Double Tree in Austin by 6:30. Well it was awesome. The Govenor, Mr. Rick Perry, gave a little talk about the importance of prayer in our lives and in our leaders.

There was also an actual speaker that talked about how our founding fathers built this nation on religion and that we should keep it that way. We really should pray for anyone in a leadership position. There were lots of prayers going out this morning, prayers for people involved in: business's, media, education, church, family, government. It was amazing to see and hear all the prayers.

Thursday, being the National Day of Prayer, everyone in this town is supposed to gather at the city park at noon for prayer. Rumor has it that good ol' George W. Bush is supposed to make an appearance. We'll see. The secretary and I were discussing ways of closing the church for a couple hours that day to go out there. We both have never been to one, so it would be neat to see and watch all the people pray. Awesome....

Things here are just going super. I get to hang out with Lauren tonight as well which just makes this day that much better. Yessssssss.

"God Bless America, Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home."
-Irving Berlin

Wanna be a Balla', Shot calla'

What a stressful day it's been. I came in late, like 12:30, and it has been non-stop since I walked through those doors. Things are slowing down a little, but then I have two different meetings this evening. One at 6:00 and one at 7:00 and so I'm sure I won't get out of here till about 8:30 or so. I might as well just live here. I haven't had a free weekend in months and I won't have another one for a couple of weeks. Something always seems to come up and take my days away.

My lock-in with the high school cats went awesome. We played board games....I LOVE board games. Especially Trivial Pursuit. One of the guys brought the DVD Pop Culture edition. It was great. I'm so cheesy, but I love games. We also watched Mean Girls. What a...different movie. But everyone seemed to enjoy it. Plus, they all went to sleep at about 4:30. Awesome...I didn't have to stay up all night this time.

Also found out that my friend from Detroit would have come down this weekend if I didn't have that silly lock-in. How fun would that have been?!! So I'm a little bummed out about that. But maybe God didn't think it was the right time for us to meet. I am not real good with converstaions in general and so I think face-to-face may have thrown me into shock. But the time will come and it will be wonderful.

"Wanna be a -- baller, shot caller.
Twenty inch blades -- on the Impala"
-Lil Troy

Sharing is Caring

So now we're all into this lets "share our feelings" conversations. That is something that is totally difficult for me. Especially since we haven't met. Is that weird, or is it just me? I definitely feel that I know the guy and I trust him. But again...I really don't "know" him at all.

He said he's coming to Texas in the beginning of July...I'm busy that first weekend with a wedding, so I sure hope that I can see him. Our schedules are so packed that it would be really hard to find a common date. This summer is going to be ridiculous for me with all the trips and activities I have planned with my youth groups.

But things are just going awesome right now. Life is good.

I ran into an old friend, Cheryl, this morning at church. She just got back from being in Japan for three years and just so happened to be in the area. We ended up talking for about an hour after church ended. It was so refreshing to talk to someone other than a person in high school or that is retired. Well....off to the praise service.