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i’ve been on the road now for a week already. yes fabulous. (oh, btw, fabulous is my word this week).
so since last week, i’ve been in one of the most amazing weddings, flown in the most gorgeous storm, and enjoyed the most fabulous hotel and rental car. love love love it.
kr & jph’s wedding was fabulous. the bridesmaids & i had a fun trip up – stopping only for the best: DQ. yes, dairy queen. yummers. hot. caramel. sundae. ughhhhh…marry me now…mmmm…
oh yes, and then the wedding, was fabulous. fantastically fabulous. it almost made me want to do the same.
i’m currently watching the friends episode where chandler proposes to monica. the one where nothing turns out the way any of them thought. i’m pretty sure that’s my life in a nutshell – and i’m ok with that tonight. here’s to what’s ahead.
sometimes
sometimes all it takes for one to have a fabulous day is a white chocolate mocha – at the airport while you wait to board just because you wanted to leave town.
the bonus for the day – starbucks at the airport is now carrying the delicious cranberry orange scone. yum. absolutely.
sometimes i wake up wishing i had a bouquet of flowers waiting for me outside my door – then i realize i have a really big one.
sometimes no matter how much planning we do – everything goes awry.
sometimes it takes all our plans being shaken to the ground for us to be humbled.
sometimes it takes a friend asking about the past in order to move forward in the present.
sometimes a roadtrip to see family for just a few hours is sweet goodness to one’s soul.
sometimes the unknown is the greatest adventure one can think of.
sometimes it just takes a night of doing nothing to bring refreshment to the body, mind, and soul.
sometimes it takes a night of coin-skirt dancing to release the tensions of the year.
sometimes hanging out with your friends on the front porch laughing till you cry makes the best memories.
i love the sometimes…
travel & hobbies
i have adhd when it comes to trips…the second i get back from one the second i start wanting to plan my next. thus i am doing so.
i’m planning on surprising my family shortly…the question is – do i fly or drive?? oh the agony!! It’s $60 to fly or $200 to drive. yet i love driving. love it. i love it like i love a bouquet of gummies on valentines day. i love it like i love freckles razzmatazz regular size on a bad day. i love it like i love hearing my niece say she loves me. i. love. driving. however, the funding is just so scarce these days. what to do. what to do.
i thought about inviting 3 friends to come with to share in the price, but i do want this to be about my family & i would feel obligated (or rather torn) to hang out with my friends the whole time. it’s hard for me to do both.
so, if i fly i need to book it by tonight. no pressure. the great thing – i’m hanging out with some FANTASTIC decision makers tonight – i love letting other people decide things!
oh yes, one more thing, i need to save up all the funds i can as my boss just told me we’re booking a meeting in hawaii. that’s right. BEACH!!! so, as of course i will be taking off a week to lay on the beach i need funds for eating & such. ok, fine. i’ll fly. boo.
la crosse
i’m not going to lie. i was scared to death to come to some county town for a week.
i’m not going to lie. la crosse, wisconsin, could be one of the cutest country towns i’ve ever been to.
yep, that’s right. so fun. i’m even thinking of going two-stepping though not having a partner to take is a bit intimidating.
i’ve had cajun, sushi, the BEST pizza in wisconsin, and subs galore…oh yes, did i mention the cutest coffee shops??? geez, this town is cute!! i will need to put wisconsin on the roadtrip list. love. it.
spring is here
things i love about spring:
- flowers…God makes them grow just for me…don’t tell me otherwise
- new relationships…you can’t deny this…spring makes things grow & blossom…i love seeing these…from new dates, to new beau’s, to new mr/mrs…love is in the air
- front porch sits…with friends, roommate, neighbors…all bring joy
- roadtrips…seems like more have happened this year than usual…excited for some potential future trips as well
- change…some good some bad…some needed…i’m hoping to be more open to it, embrace it, and hang on for the ride…
- fresh starts…like pulling laundry off the line…spring is the new year…i’ve needed to address a situation in my life for months now & this is the new start…i will be bold..i will be honest…i will be loving…eek…and it will be a fresh start
- last, but not least, it’s conference season…which means i live in a state of constant logistics…and i love it…because i’m good at it…i’m glad i get season’s of rest too…but i love conference season…bring it.
monthly news update
i tried. really i did – to think of a creative title for the awesome week(s) i’ve had. sometimes the meds just get the best of me. accept it. embrace it. now let’s move on.
here’s my ‘awesome’ list that made it all delightful:
- kansas city road trip to krista’s world…it included: hot tub, shopping, kid playing, laughing, girl talk, confirming facebook is a BAD way to ask someone out, getting to know becky & jph better, convincing everyone to ride the mechanical bull, hanging out with krista’s amazing parents & talking heritage stuff
- okc road trip (part 1)…as noted in previous post
- okc road trip (part 2)…consisting of a spontaneous decision by lindz to join me…had lunch with old high school friends, happy hour on lake hefner, enjoyed being blown away by the lighthouse with cass, walked b&n for a few hours with brie to kill some time – i did find out she’s famous at the one on may & memorial – everyone knows her & if she talks to them or reads the books they suggest they fall head over heals for her…it was quite humorous & enlightening, found some books i would like to read/give away to people – i do miss perusing bookstores with coffee so thanks brie for that wonderful time, hung out with cass & brie thru the wee hours of the morning – them ‘advising’ me on life. it was hard to hear some of the things they said – but i love that they love me enough to keep me in check, saw malorie’s house (what’s been updated this week) & breakfast with the gals, then lindz & i headed home – having a very delightful road trip back discussing boys, God, and such.
- friday waking up to amy’s phone call – as is customary. we ended up talking for 3 hours. even though we live within an hour of each other it still feels like i continually miss her. she’s one of my best friends – her heart for God, others, and making sure she pleases God before others consistently blows me away. i have learned so much from her over the years – so incredibly grateful for my beautiful & amazing friend.
- I HAVE NEW TEETH!!! they are many, and white, and gorgeous, and i love them.
- ‘you are a very uncooperative numb person; i guess i should know that by now though’ – dentist neil
- ‘i will hold the straw up to your mouth if necessary’ – my happy hour date as i was so numb after the dentist that my mouth couldn’t move for a few hours. i somehow managed to suck down a margarita. somehow. 
- ‘zoomba your way over to shades. don’t make us honk the horn! we’ll be there till 9:30 – c&j’ – a note i found on my car from the guys after an evening out with the gals..too bad this superstar duo had already left by the time i saw it. the horn comment btw is an inside joke – i call it a learning lesson they call it humorous.
- hanging out in the closet due to tornado warnings in tulsa with one of my roommate’s & the other roommate’s great dane – it’s a coat closet. nonetheless, we were tornado ready.
- a few sweet nothings that i am thankful for
- finding a palm tree awning by the riverwalk & wanting to plan a spontaneous beach party there
- i have a small group of prayer warriors that don’t all know each other, but i have asked them to pray for something large – another sun stand still prayer if you will. two of them called me this week both telling me they felt like praying specifically this week & wanted to know what was going on with it. thankful for women of God who will stand in the gap for me when i am too worn out from lifting up my hands to continue with great strength like they have.
- coffee with angie…she & i haven’t hung out for a loooong time discussing life, love, God and all that jazz. oh how i love our times together.
- emails/calls from one of my guy friends truly seeking my thoughts on the minds/hearts of women…i felt so humbled and honored
- heading to napa now (well, by the time i post this i’ll probably be there)…going hot air ballooning…something to mark off my bucket list…speaking of, i need to find it when i get home.
- coffee with lovenburg…i have missed this friend of mine as she’s been over in japan for the past year…she has been changed by God – like when moses came down from the mountain & people could tell he had been with God – that’s how she was…i’m so excited for her adventures ahead – uganda & tulsa.
- family time – i know i mention this almost every other post, but there is a noticeable change in my mindset when i do/do not have family time. i love how my adopted family loves me. i love that gwen sends me emails about what God is doing in africa. i love how donna loves to love on me by having me over. i love how gary presses my heart and mind about life, love and all that jazz…i love them so much…they have taught me how to love unconditionally…if only i could live it day in day out like they do. i’m just sorry i don’t know more adults like them – as i want to keep them to myself because time with them is like gold to me.
- dinner with jayci at pei wei – my roommate who moved to maui a few years ago – we always, seriously about 3x a week, went to pei wei’s. so we had dinner there for a few hours and it was very refreshing. she’s the polar opposite of me – laid back, easy going, enjoys every moment as if that’s the way each moment was meant to be – no expectations. i truly have been changed just by being around her. i hope i become more balanced in this.
- God’s continual provisions the past few weeks (always but they have just been so evident – vividly evident).
fabulous
i had the most absolutely fabulous weekend. i feel refreshed & rejuvenated – the funny part is I was completely busy the whole time.
a brief synopsis would be: roommates, happy hour, friends, road trip, pops route 66, donuts (both edible & using the car), starbucks, taping, dancing, taping, dancing, dancing, sleep (not much), painting, dancing, climbing around like a monkey trying to paint, dancing, head home, eating, dancing, sleep (not much again), church, hammock, throw a little dancing in here too, coffee, volleyball, la crosse, family dinner, bed.
we went down to okc to help malorie paint her new home. hooray for melanie!! i mean malorie!! haha…just kidding…lindz & malorie are best friends & it was so sweet to see them get to hang out – like two sisters. i love friendships like this. when we stopped at pops (awesome side trip courtesy of jeff moss), you could tell lindz just wanted to get to okc. she didn’t make a fuss or anything – it was just sweet to see how much you could tell she cared for her friend. lindsey you are so true to your friends, and i cannot tell you enough how much your friendship means to me. i wish i could throw a ‘lindsey is incredible’ party. it would have tons of pics & camera’s at it as you are the photo queen.
i think painting was a stress reliever in some weird way. it could have been the company. it could have been the dancing. it could have been just getting away for the second weekend in a row. it could be all of the above. so thankful for amazing friends today – both the ones this past weekend and so many countless others.
quirks
i have sooo many weird quirks. i also realized this weekend i have many pet peeves – it’s amazing what a road trip can reveal! haha, not because my pet peeves were done, but rather because we talked about them in our million question game. i also realized i have only been to kc twice & so far i have ridden a mechanical bull both times. such a great city!
one of my pet peeves, probably the main one, is not following thru on something you’ve said.
like saying you’ll go to coffee then not…i’m doing this myself today unfortunately…perhaps i can be in two places at once…moving on. good intentions also falls under this category. like good intentions on taking the dog for a walk but didn’t get to it & now your roommate has to deal with the dog. ugh. good intentions on having margin in life – then you just get overwhelmed & don’t want to be around anyone. smart. good intentions on going to the grocery store so you don’t eat out every meal, but oh you just don’t want to make time. so responsible *sarcasm noted*. saying that you had good intentions on mowing this weekend – now your wife is out there doing it. get off your butt and do it for the love.
i recently had a few guys tell me all sorts of good intentions they had towards me – bringing flowers, dinner, ice cream, mowing, giving me their jackets, helping with xyz..all extremely good intentions…but in the end i’m laying in bed the same way i did last week. i love these men. however, i am praying for a husband of unique authentic integrity. a man that will do & be what he says he is. i said earlier i fail at this – a lot. yet to acknowledge a character trait as being essential & not striving for it – that’s disheartening. so my challenge to myself this week is to follow thru – even on the hard stuff. i want to be a person of integrity – so that my other many quirks may be viewed by others & laughed about (like not liking chocolate or twirling my hair) – instead of disappointment occurring.
what one thing will you work on this week?
roads
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference
may we be grateful for the road that has chosen us
