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Home Sweet Home

I think I have set a record. I have lived in the same house for an entire year. This is the first time that has happened since I began college. When I started school at ACU I went from dorm, to home, to dorm, to Uruguay, to home, to apartment, to Argentina, to house, to family in Colorado (all in 4 years) and then to this amazing house and I have been here a year now. It seems really hard to believe. I got used to moving around a lot but it sure has been nice to not have to move.

Now it all has to change again. See we got a new roomie and her boyfriend is moving to London and she is going to move into his house. So instead of us finding another roommate and her having to find two roommate we are all just going to move into the boyfriend's house. It is even closer to work, is really nice, and is not on top of a hill. It wont have as good of a view but at least I wont have to drive the ice hill in the winter. I am glad to not have to find a new roommate but not too excited about moving, especially with only like 3 months to go till I move again. I like my house. Luckily I don't have that much stuff to move.

Now things are changing again I am not really sure what is going on but I hope it all works out ok. Pretty soon I need to start finding a place to live in Abilene. Not looking forward to that. Here are some pics of my lovely home.

Front View of 402!!

Back Porch and Side View of 402 !!

View from the porch!!

Dream Man

Friday night the little town I live in had movie night in the park and they showed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Tons of people came out and it was so cute and so much fun. I love my town!

Anyways, after watching the movie I decided that Indiana Jones is my dream man. By this I mean the seemingly perfect man that will never be true and would not be as perfect as I think he is but it is still fun to dream. I mean come on, what girl has not wanted an Indiana Jones for herself. He is manly, smart, sexy, a hero and is always on adventure. He is fighting bad guys (always the Nazis), helping the good guys and always has time to save his awesome hat!

He always has a beautiful girl by his side (which is my dream is obviously me). Sometimes she screams a lot and hates bugs and skeletons (who doesn't) but is usually quite adventurous herself. Once in a while Indy has to come to her rescue but she can fight for herself too. They go all over the world together (plotted by a red line on a map) and get in and out of lots of trouble. It can't get much better than that.

I walked home after the movie humming the Indiana Jones theme song in my head and dreaming about my Indiana Jones. Ha! This is what watching too many movies does to you! Think Indy wants to be a missionary?

Ponderings

I am the type of person that loves to question and wonder about things. But I also like for there to be mystery and I like that so much of the world and God I do not understand. Sometimes, I get to thinking about all of these things and I have trouble sleeping at night. These are some of the things I ponder about and some of them just blow my mind!

How do bridges stay up?

Who decided there would be 5280 feet in a mile and why?

How do mountains form so slowly? ( I want to see it happen)

How long is forever?

Why am I so blessed?

How do they get the grass lines so straight on baseball fields?

How do airplanes stay up?

How do our conversations go between phones?

Light years?

Where does wind come from?

Do we all see color the same?

How big is the universe?

What was Jesus like as a kid?

Do we like different foods because they taste different to people or we just like different tastes?

How does it feel to get tackled by an NFL player in NFL pads?

Would I be a Christian if I was born somewhere else?

And my all time favorite...where is the internet?

Now I am sure there are real explanations for some of these things but I kinda like not knowing. And also I know some of these cannot be understood by us and that is cool too. Any other good ponderings out there?

Starbucks Diaries

I have been working at Starbucks for over two months now and I have really gotten the hang of it. I like the people I work with and I love seeing and talking with all the different people that come into the store. We have our regulars that come every day and then the random people that stop by. You never really know what each day will be like and I would like to share some of the interesting experiences I have had since working there.

Most Awkward Moment:
This occurred last night. The store was pretty empty and I was in the storage closet putting things up from our order. There was a large group of older adults sitting at a table and talking pretty loudly and I could not help over hearing part of their conversation. Lets just say the major words that stuck out to me were words like vibrator, position and naked!!!!! I am glad I was in the closet so they did not see my face. I think anyone, no matter how old they are, should maybe keep their voices down on these topics in a quiet public place. I am glad that older people still enjoy themselves but i do not want to hear about it!!!

Scariest Moment:
They tell us that the most common times to get robbed are the first 30 min. of opening and the last 30 min. before closing. So to avoid this we are careful with the money and not going out into the dark by ourselves. The other morning I was opening and the store was still closed and we were getting things ready. I heard a knock on the window and looked up and a guy was trying to say something to me. I just held my hand up and said we opened at 5 but that was not what he wanted. So I went closer to the window and asked what he wanted. He seemed really worried said he had given us the wrong newspapers and he needed to get inside. I asked him to wait and told the shift that I was working with. She said he would have to wait because she had all the money out. So I told him this and went back to work. I looked up a few minuets later and he was gone and he never came back. Now maybe he just decided it did not matter but my little instinct inside said that he was lying and that is not what he would have done when he got inside. I like to trust this instinct too because usually it says everyone is nice and will not hurt you but once in a while it goes off and I like to listen to it. Thankfully he did not come back.

Oddest Moment:
This is another time that I cannot be for sure that I am right but I really think I am. This happened one morning when not much was going on. A lady came in and ordered a drink and sat down at a table. Normal right? Then some police came in just to get some coffee and she looked at them and got up and went outside leaving all her stuff at the table. Once they were gone she came back. This happened two more times when cops came inside and the last time she took her stuff and went to the bathroom and never came back (our bathroom connects to the place next door). Now maybe I am just looking for excitement but I really think she did not want to be seen by the cops! I wonder what she did!

Funniest Moment:
Last Saturday morning I was working and a girl came in and she was not very steady on her feet. Pretty much right away it was clear that she was totally drunk and she informed me that she had just drove from Gunnison which is about a 3 hour drive. Scary to think she was on the road that long since she could hardly stand. So she ordered her drink and I told her it was $2.74 and she looked up and said "No you're $2.74!" It was all I could do to keep from cracking up in her face. Then she started looking in her purse for money and looked for about 5 min. when Johnny, one of our regulars and super nice man, offered to pay for hers. She took her drink and slowly and wobbly walked outside, having trouble opening the door. She stayed around for a while coming in and out looking very confused. I am not sure where she ended up but I think a friend came and got her.