Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Just moseying right along
Well, it may not be raining jobs in my neck of the woods, but it is raining travel opportunities. So when opportunity knocks, I like to swing open the door in welcome! Kevin and I are going to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi so that he can have corrective eye surgery (something similar to Lasik). The surgery process will occur over Labor Day weekend so we decided to take a jaunt to New Orleans while we're over there. Then in October Kevin's going to a work conference in Las Vegas that'll last a week so I'm going with him then, too. And in between I'm going to visit my friend Kelsey in Georgia while her husband is on TDY. The traveling apparently is not ending with summer. But that's okay. Oh, and we also got a new desk for our office. As soon as I'm done arranging the stuff around it, I'll post a picture. It's pretty nice and according to Kevin, we got a great deal!
Monday, August 03, 2009
The spiders are out to get me.
Okay. Anyone who knows me knows I'm afraid of spiders. Really really really really afraid of spiders. I know they are only the size of my finger tip (shudder), but in my world they take up half of the room that the two of us (i.e. me and the spider) are in. It's like they have a force field around them that saps any kind of intrepid attempt I may make to try and squash them.
And lately it seems that they have all conspired to come and terrorize me. It has rained a lot (which I'm sure has nothing whatsoever to do with this) lately and so all the spiders have decided that our house is their life raft. So do they think to politely stay hidden in corners and under things so that I can remain blissfully unaware of their existence? No. They have all decided that the safest place to stay away from the rain is on the floor on my side of the bed. There are more than 1000 square feet of great hideouts all over this house and for 3 - count them, THREE - mornings now I wake up and find myself stranded in my own bed without a spider-slaying prince to come and save me. So I've had to take my own safety and sanity into my own hands. After praying fervently that the spider doesn't move - because you know it's worse when you've seen one and then it's not there anymore and you don't know where it went - I gallop to the closest can of spider killer, spray a nice puddle onto the carpet (screw the fibers, I'm saving my life here), then watch in horror and joy as the thing twitches to death. Then I let it crustify for a few hours, then vacuum it up.
But it doesn't end there. I was mowing the backyard today and I saw the hugest brown spider EVER. Then I saw like 5 more. They are the size of baby frogs. That's big. BIG. So now I'm afraid to cut the grass or even go in our backyard.
So that's my story. The spiders are out to get me.
And lately it seems that they have all conspired to come and terrorize me. It has rained a lot (which I'm sure has nothing whatsoever to do with this) lately and so all the spiders have decided that our house is their life raft. So do they think to politely stay hidden in corners and under things so that I can remain blissfully unaware of their existence? No. They have all decided that the safest place to stay away from the rain is on the floor on my side of the bed. There are more than 1000 square feet of great hideouts all over this house and for 3 - count them, THREE - mornings now I wake up and find myself stranded in my own bed without a spider-slaying prince to come and save me. So I've had to take my own safety and sanity into my own hands. After praying fervently that the spider doesn't move - because you know it's worse when you've seen one and then it's not there anymore and you don't know where it went - I gallop to the closest can of spider killer, spray a nice puddle onto the carpet (screw the fibers, I'm saving my life here), then watch in horror and joy as the thing twitches to death. Then I let it crustify for a few hours, then vacuum it up.
But it doesn't end there. I was mowing the backyard today and I saw the hugest brown spider EVER. Then I saw like 5 more. They are the size of baby frogs. That's big. BIG. So now I'm afraid to cut the grass or even go in our backyard.
So that's my story. The spiders are out to get me.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Travel photos
Here are the links to my photos from California
and from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Michigan
and from the wedding I was in (Heather and Bryan Snyder's).
Warning: In the set from SC, NC, and MI, someone got a hold of my camera while we were in a bar and took random photos that have some weird things going on that I can't explain. Just wanted to prepare you. Oh, but don't worry. There's no nakey-ness.
and from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Michigan
and from the wedding I was in (Heather and Bryan Snyder's).
Warning: In the set from SC, NC, and MI, someone got a hold of my camera while we were in a bar and took random photos that have some weird things going on that I can't explain. Just wanted to prepare you. Oh, but don't worry. There's no nakey-ness.
Just venting...
Why do I keep hearing about all these people getting teaching job interviews and then getting hired and I haven't had one interview??
Some of these people don't even like teaching! Sorry, but it's true.
Life is unfair. This is where I now try really really hard to hone into the faith that I'm supposed to have that everything will work out in the end. My head knows it will. But my heart doesn't. My head and my heart need to reconcile.
Some of these people don't even like teaching! Sorry, but it's true.
Life is unfair. This is where I now try really really hard to hone into the faith that I'm supposed to have that everything will work out in the end. My head knows it will. But my heart doesn't. My head and my heart need to reconcile.
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