i've been quite lax about updating my blog. but yes, things have been going on. here's a short overview:
-work has added a new portion to the building and i had to move all the stoves to it
-work has started selling tractors and i had to learn everything about them
-work has decided to send me out on the road making me work nearly 10 hours a day
-my parents and local restaurants have been making it difficult to plan the rehearsal dinner
-had to finish up invitations and get them sent out.
-did you get yours? i hope i didn't forget anyone.
-got all flustered because the church decided we couldn't have the house
-got all flustered because everyplace else to rent was more money for less home
-got all confused and untrusting cuz the church said we could have the house again
-started moving stuff into the house
-been having to mediate between my parents and myself, beth, and her parents (those were only 2 sides)
-do you know how hard it is to mediate when you're on one of the sides?
-went to see Order of the Phoenix this past weekend
-couldn't have our last counseling session cuz pastor forgot
-zair has been keeping me up at night some times
-i've been very exhausted most days
-i'm broke
-seriously this was the past 2 weeks. the short version. and i probably forgot half the things that happened.
i'm getting really tired and annoyed about all this stuff again so i'm going to bed.
one upside to all this... starting saturday i get to take a short break from planning and all other responsibilities and read HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!!!!! w00t!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Wow. I'm really getting married. Really really.
so even though i've been thinking about marriage for quite a while now, and even known who i'm going to marry for about a year, it's just now beginning to hit me. yes i knew i'm marrying beth and yes i thought long about that decision to make sure i wanted it before i made it. i knew all along i was making a life-long decision in choosing my wife.
but it is only just recently starting to actually sink in. and wow, it's surprising and slightly unsettling. not that i'm questioning my decision or anything, but just that it is only beginning to really hit me the enormity of my choice. it's like rappelling, and stopping just over the edge to look down: you're having a ton of fun, but you can still get a touch of vertigo. lol.
it is amazing (no matter how many times i've said it to myself or to beth already) to truly, deeply, intimately realise that yes, i really do get to wake up every morning for the rest of my life (starting august 19th) to see her face. :-)
it's almost like losing a family member...except in reverse (cuz it's good, duh). but the same feeling of realisation applies: you can logically know that your brother (or sister, or mother, or uncle, or whomever) is dead, but it still takes you a while to truly KNOW it and understand it and even admit it. same kind of thing here (except, like i said, the emotions are good instead of bad) that yes i've thought about it, planned for it, longed for it. but only now am i truly beginning to understand what it means. and every time i realise something new, it makes me wish for that day to come even sooner. :-)
maybe that's how we should all view heaven, as well...
but it is only just recently starting to actually sink in. and wow, it's surprising and slightly unsettling. not that i'm questioning my decision or anything, but just that it is only beginning to really hit me the enormity of my choice. it's like rappelling, and stopping just over the edge to look down: you're having a ton of fun, but you can still get a touch of vertigo. lol.
it is amazing (no matter how many times i've said it to myself or to beth already) to truly, deeply, intimately realise that yes, i really do get to wake up every morning for the rest of my life (starting august 19th) to see her face. :-)
it's almost like losing a family member...except in reverse (cuz it's good, duh). but the same feeling of realisation applies: you can logically know that your brother (or sister, or mother, or uncle, or whomever) is dead, but it still takes you a while to truly KNOW it and understand it and even admit it. same kind of thing here (except, like i said, the emotions are good instead of bad) that yes i've thought about it, planned for it, longed for it. but only now am i truly beginning to understand what it means. and every time i realise something new, it makes me wish for that day to come even sooner. :-)
maybe that's how we should all view heaven, as well...
Sunday, July 1, 2007
they put them there for a reason, you know...
i realised today that i must have missed a memo somewhere. honestly...how could there be this many people on the roads today who have no idea what a turn signal is when (at least i thought) there's a law requiring their use? are there really that many people out there who don't give a flying f... no, umm... a rat's ... wait... who have absolutely no respect for their fellow humans?
think about it... even if there WASN'T a law requiring them, how sadistic do you have to be NOT to use them? let me illustrate: "i'm traveling down the highway, at 15-20 mph over the speed limit. i'm not here to drive, but rather to play an extremely complex game of lane changing such that no other driver on the planet not specifically informed of said game, would ever be able to figure it out. i will drive within 6 inches of your car on all sides, i will cross 4 lanes of heavy traffic to cut into exit ramps after the exit lane has already left the highway and has a 3in. concrete curb between them, i will fully expect you to know and anticipate my moves in this game even though i know this is utterly impossible since i haven't informed you beforehand and therefore will honk my horn loudly and continuously when you do something i don't like until you fix this. throughout all of this, i refuse to use my turn signals or my brakes in any fashion. if i hit you it must be your fault anyway, so what does it matter?"
HAVE A LITTLE DECENCY! do you really think the people around you are telepathic? or just that they don't matter enough to be given any consideration? that's it. from now on if you don't use a turn signal, i won't move out of your way for anything. i won't let you merge, i will cut you off if you try to pass me, and i will purposely drive alongside another car to block the passing lane if there's more than one of you. maybe you'll learn to be considerate of other drivers. ...or at least crash and therefore stay off the road for a few weeks.
think about it... even if there WASN'T a law requiring them, how sadistic do you have to be NOT to use them? let me illustrate: "i'm traveling down the highway, at 15-20 mph over the speed limit. i'm not here to drive, but rather to play an extremely complex game of lane changing such that no other driver on the planet not specifically informed of said game, would ever be able to figure it out. i will drive within 6 inches of your car on all sides, i will cross 4 lanes of heavy traffic to cut into exit ramps after the exit lane has already left the highway and has a 3in. concrete curb between them, i will fully expect you to know and anticipate my moves in this game even though i know this is utterly impossible since i haven't informed you beforehand and therefore will honk my horn loudly and continuously when you do something i don't like until you fix this. throughout all of this, i refuse to use my turn signals or my brakes in any fashion. if i hit you it must be your fault anyway, so what does it matter?"
HAVE A LITTLE DECENCY! do you really think the people around you are telepathic? or just that they don't matter enough to be given any consideration? that's it. from now on if you don't use a turn signal, i won't move out of your way for anything. i won't let you merge, i will cut you off if you try to pass me, and i will purposely drive alongside another car to block the passing lane if there's more than one of you. maybe you'll learn to be considerate of other drivers. ...or at least crash and therefore stay off the road for a few weeks.
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