We leave for Washington D.C. in a few hours. I have been up since 4:30. I will be glad to get the flight out of the way so I can stop being nervous. Nervous does not quite explain it, I am excited and nervous. For me anticipation of an event is always a lot worse than the even itself.
It is going to be strange being in DC and seeing all the sites in person. We have all seen them on TV and in books, but I am really looking forward to seeing them in person, and of course I am excited to take a ton of pictures. Mandy did a great job of setting all this up. I am glad we get to do something cool like this during her birthday!
It is going to be so wonderful to be away from work for awhile. We have both had pretty bad weeks. I am hoping I will feel better about work after being away for a week.
Skillet’s new album Awake is out. It is good so far. Check it out!
Yesterday we drove to Ocoee to go white water rafting. We rafted with Cherokee Rafting and they were great and if you are thinking of going I would recommend using them. The worst part of the trip was when on the bus ride from the rafting company to put in. I came very close to having to stick my head out the window and empty my tummy.
We did the middle river trip and not the full river, so no class five rapids just class four and lower. It really was a lot of fun and no one fell out of the raft. There were a few times when I thought I was gone for sure but ended up in the bottom of the raft and not the water.
We got the truck paid off Friday! Very exciting for us. Now to take care of all the wedding stuff.
We are going to Washington D.C. next month for fiveish days. I am really excited about the trip, but getting very nervous about my first flight. I know it is safer than driving, but I am still very nervous.
The next three weeks are going to suck. I will be working a lot and am very stressed out about it. I am doing my best to not think about it when I am not at work, but that does not seem to be working very well. I will make it one way or another.
I am trying to focus on September when we are going to DC for about a week. I have never been so I am quite excited about it. Anyone have any must see things while we are there? I am sure this will be one of time time that the extra memory card I accidentally order with my camera will come in handy.
The trip to DC will be the first time I have ever flown. I am nervous about flying. Safer that driving, and all that, I know. It is an irrational fear that I am going to have to try and control. I am seriously considering taking a sleeping pill as soon as I get on the plane and hope that I am asleep before take off. The only downside I see with that plan is that it will be a fairly short flight and I don’t think Mandy would have a lot of luck trying to carry me off the plane.
We are also going to head down the Ocoee river sometime this summer. It is looking like very late July or sometime in August. It seems to fall in the category of something I need to do at least once in my life. I think it will be a fun trip, even tho all the stories I hear involve people falling out of the boat and almost being killed. It is crazy that I lived that close to the river for almost twenty years and never went. I used to be such a shut in.
I turn twenty eight tomorrow. It is hard for me to wrap my mind around the idea that I have been alive for twenty eight years. Each year seems to fly by faster than the one before it. I know each year is a year and take the same amount of time to pass, forgetting about leap years of course, but as I age the a year gets to be smaller relative to the amount of time I have been alive which is why they seem to go by faster and faster.
I would love to be able to say that the last year went as I had planned, but you all know that would be a lie. I have not had a single year in my life that has gone the way I had planned. Each year seems to bring its own set of suprised that range from heart breaking to wonderful. This year has been no exception with its share of heart breaks and unbelievable blessings.
My relationship with Mandy is hands down the most incredible blessing of the last year. It is something that I could have never seen coming and am so very grateful for. I can’t describe how much she has changed my life or even begin to convey how encouraging she is.
Heart breaks are not really woth going into. They are hard lessons that life much teach and I can only hope that I learned my lessons and don’t have to repeat any of them.
Mandy and I have been pretty busy with all kinds of things. We spent one weekend at Big South Fork, which is an awesome park. We only got about eight hours of time that it was not raining, but had a blast in those eight hours. We have also been playing a little tennis which is surprisingly fun. I have also started running again. So far the knee has not bothered me, but I am trying to take it slow.
Other than still being sick we had a really good trip. Our first stop was Jackson, MS to see Mandy’s Dad, Aunt, and Uncle. From there we went to New Orleans, LA and then on to Gulfport, MS to see Mandy’s Mom, Aunt, and Grandmother.
From what I have heard everyone approved of me. I was really cool to see all the places and people that Mandy sometimes talks about. I got to see the houses she lived in, some of the schools she went to. Got fighting lessons from her Dad and Uncle. Her Grandmother is such a sweet woman and has a sharper mind than anyone else I know. All the things she holds in her memories is just amazing.
Finally getting to see New Orleans was very cool. We got to have dinner with Kevin which is always a good time. We walked around the city a bit, and when I got to tired we hoped on a little bus tour thing. It took us all over the city including the lower 9th ward. It was crazy to see how much is just gone from the storm, not just in New Orleans either, but all along the coat.
I am off to try and make it through another day at work. I am still feeling the mono, so about lunch time I am just ready to pass out.
We are off to MS and LA. Will be back on Saturday or Sunday.
The move went pretty well. Everything was moved by midday Saturday. Still have things to unpack and put away, but at least it is all here. I am so glad to have it over with and starting next month hopefully it will start saving me some money.
In my old building I was on the left side and in the new one I am on the right. It is driving me crazy! Everytime I go to do something I move the wrong direction. I am sure at some point I will get used to it.
Just one more full work week before I am off for four days! I am so very ready for a break from work. I think it is going to be fun to get out of town!
I only have five days left before I move. A month ago I felt like I was a head of the game, but now it feel like I am going to run out of time. I guess I keep looking at it like I have to have everything out of Friday and that is adding a lot of the pressure. I really have all weekend to make sure everything is out. My goal is to have it all done on Friday.
We have had a little taste of warmer weather this weekend I have loved it. I was stuck at work and did not really get to enjoy it that much, but getting off work and it not being freezing cold was very nice. I still have not really gotten out and taken any picture, but still hoping I will be able to start sometime soon. I am sure I will be taking them like crazy when we are in New Orleans for a couple of days in March.
We are trying another new church today. It is pretty interesting checking out different church seeing how much the services can differ even tho the core believes are basically the same thing. I am looking forward to the one today I think of all the ones on the list to try it seems to stand out the most.
It has been over three months since my last post. It is crazy how much can change in that small amount of time. I am not really sure where to start, or even what I should include.
The biggest thing would be that I have a girlfriend and we are coming up on two months together. I don’t want to get to sappy or anything like that, but she is wonderful and make me happier that I thought possible.
Work is still there (thank God!) and being work.
Church is not really there. In fact starting next week Mandy and I will be starting the process of finding a new one. At this point I am not even sure anyone will notice, but it is still hard. That church has been home for a long time and I will miss it and a lot of the people there, but really do think it best that we move on.
I am moving on the 20th. Going from my two bed room to a one bed room. I have started the process of going though things. More than any other time I have moved stuff is getting tossed out or donated. I am trying to trim off all the excess that I can. I hate moving and can’t wait to get it over with.
In March we are taking a trip to see Mandy’s family in Mississippi and going to spend a couple of days in New Orleans!
That is if for the quick general over view of everything in the Extremely Happy to Slightly Sad range. I can’t decide if I even want to keep blogging or not. I miss it, so thought I would give it a go again.
