Quick Takes

1) I'm about 60% done with all the packing. Feels good but I still feel SO far from done. Damn those closets where I have simply thrown things in to get out of the way...

2) I was having a bit of an "issue" with a cousin of mine today. She's 21. She told me 4 months ago that she felt old and that she wished she was already married with children, etc.. Now she is engaged. I tried calling her to talk about this but wasn't able to get a hold of her so I sent a message via FB just to check and see more about what was going on, follow up on our crazy conversation from a few months ago and see if she was truly ready to be married (etc..etc..). Yeah...that went well. And by well I mean the sh*t hit the fan. It's just so darn hard to get a message across, emotions and all, in a message without the possibility of it coming across as judgmental. After I received her "not quite the response I was expecting because I was being nice and non judgmental" I was shocked. Thankfully, this time instead of messaging back I sent her a text and said to call me when she got off work and she did and we talked and things are fine now. Apparently, the part of the message where I wrote "I don't think you are being crazy, stupid or irrational..." she read as "I think you ARE being crazy, stupid or irrational..." thus making sense of her response. Although I still may have reservations because of our conversation in February, I realized that all I could do was express my concern, hear her side and pray for her.

3) #2 kept my mind off moving and surgery all day because I got the message from her this morning and we weren't able to speak until tonight. Maybe it was good to worry about something else for a change. Just kidding, I'd really rather not worry about anything but that's kinda not me. I really am trying to work on not worrying so much, though, because no good comes from it.

4) Speaking of surgery, I can't believe that it's in a few short days. The hopefulness is still there and I like that. I HOPE the hopefulness stays around...

5) Have I mentioned how much I hate packing?! Well...I do!

6) I was really excited today to read that I had won an award over at Little Catholic Bubble even though my answer wasn't all right! Maybe next time! :)

7) Last but not least...I'm missing my husband. Since he works nights I'm trying my best to do the packing so that he doesn't have to worry about it. Although I know how much he loves working nights, in his certain area, with his guys...I don't so much like it. There are times that I wished that we could be a "normal" couple where he goes to work 9-5 and we spend the evenings and weekends together. Even though I think about this, I would never want him to change because it's what he loves and it makes him happy. Happy husband=happy wife=happy life!

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. (Leo Buscaglia)

Quick takes

1) If it seems like I'm not as "active" in the blogging world it's not because I choose too, it's because our hard drive crashed!!!! It's a bit harder to read/comment/post on my phone but I'm trying! Who knows when we'll get the computer taken care of! Let's just say it's not at the top of our list since we've started looking for a house!

2) I saw Eclipse tonight with some of my family and I loved it!! Yes, it's true...I'm really a 16 year old who loves Twilight! ;)

3) I'm heading to West Texas tomorrow for our family reunion! It'll be fun I'm sure but I am a bit bummed that my DH can't come because he works. We've been together going on 8 years and married over 3 and he's never been able to make it because of deployments/training/work etc... Maybe next time (we have them every two years)...

4) We saw a home we really liked the other day! It was crazy, looking at homes with my husband...we've lived in apartments our three years of marriage and so this is definitely new! We are going back out Monday to see it again and some other ones our realtor found. So far it's been quite fun, let's hope it stays that way!!

5) It rained cats and dogs today. I was out running errands and when I got home all I had to do was go from the carport to the stairs (a hop, skip and jump away) and I was DRENCHED!!

6) I, like many others, am excited to be participating in the prayer buddies.

7) No word from my doctor about the lab work and so surgery hasn't been scheduled. I've been so busy this week helping my Gm and family get ready for the reunion that I haven't thought about it much or I guess I should say I haven't worried about it as much! I'm sure I'll hear next week and if not I'll call them myself! Check me out taking initiative!! ;)

Ps...my brother's wedding was beautiful and so much fun! We all stayed in a cute hotel downtown and enjoyed every moment of it! Yesterday my cousins and I went to their apartment and dropped of their gifts and made some "welcome home to the new mr.&mrs" signs and bought them some goodies to enjoy! Just something fun for them to come home to from their honeymoon tomorrow.

And now...since I have to be up in 4 hours to get ready to leave for the reunion, I think I'll call it a night!

Quick Takes

I'm not exactly sure if there's some sort of rules to follow with this "quick takes" thing, all I've seen is that 1)people tend to do it on Fridays and 2)you simply write 7 "quick takes"...so if you are suppose to link it to something or do something more with this, well I don't quite know so let me know!

1) I just watch the Desperate Housewives of NY final reunion and it was CRAZY. Kelly is so hard to follow that I was literally laughing out loud at half the stuff she said because well...it was too loopy not to!

2) I just ate an avocado and it was so delicious. I like to think that I am eating SUPER healthy when I eat them but unfortunately I know that they are rather high in fat content. Okay, I lied. I had two. But that was all I had for lunch so it's all good. Right?!

3) I'm stressing a bit because we are suppose to be out of our apartment at the end of next month and we need to either find a courtesy officer gig (free rent for us since my husband is a cop) which isn't easy or find a house because we are done throwing money into apartments. The house thing would be great, we have been looking but it's rather a lot to take in. Obviously if we are able to find a courtesy officer gig we would take that because we need to pay off some debt and to be able to throw all our money, that would be normally used for rent, to pay that off and save up before getting a house...well, that would rock. We shall see!!!

4) My older brother is getting married in 2 weeks and I'm soooooo excited!!!

5) I need to find a healthy alternative to my diet coke drinking. I know it's not good for me but it's hard not to drink them because 1)they are tasty 2) they give me that caffeine jump that I need at times and 3) When I think I wanna snack extra, usually a diet coke with do the trick!

6) I'm going to do my best and post my faith story this week. I've been meaning to do it but I'm worried that once I start, I'll keep going and going! Who knows, maybe I wont and will be able to finish it in one sitting. Maybe not. Once again, we shall see!

7) I've found so much inspiration in reading the blogs that I read. I love that God has opened this door for me. I really feel like I am a better person because instead of holding things in or desperately trying to explain to someone who just doesn't get it, I'm able to vent my feelings on here knowing that I have some amazing people who know the pain/anxiety/hope/desire I feel and are able to give advice or a simple prayer. Also, this week especially there have been quite a few posts of others that I have read and literally been taken aback because it feels like something that I have emotionally been trying to express for so long now and there it was...typed out on someone's blog. Truly amazing and truly God-sent.

That's it for my first "Quick Takes!!"


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