Yesterday was my physical therapy appointment, which meant all kinds of stretching and stuff for 45 minutes, so it shouldn't surprise me that I'm kinda worn out today. Thankfully, it's Friday, so it was okay that I stayed in bed until 10:00. When I finally came into my living room and opened the blinds, I saw all kinds of greenness on the trees outside my window! I can hardly see the Mennonite church on the other side of the railway tracks! Spring is here :smiley:
The high today is in the eighties (!!!), but then it's suppose to be rainy for the next three days. So I think that even though my body is a little beat, I'm going to try to get out and get a little sunshine. I'll at least go to the old capitol mall for lunch with Tiffany and then maybe I'll sit outside for just a little bit and read.
On a more serious, spiritual note, God's been teaching me a lot about trust lately, and it's not always been easy for me to learn. I always say that I trust God to do what's best in my life, but I get hurt and confused and upset when hard stuff happens. Most of my life, I've never really felt angry at God on a cognitive level, but emotionally, I know I sometimes felt that way after a few months of dealing with the tornado and with my health issues. And I know that it meant that I wasn't entirely trusting God. Yet, maybe, through those situations, God was helping me see that that kind of emotions isn't right or useful so that I trust him more in the future? I hope :-)
Friday, April 24, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Since I've Been Gone . . .
So, I know that my blog has been suffering lately from lack of posting, but life's been a little crazy. Crazy in a good way, but still busy enough to prevent me from blogging.
Last Wednesday, after French class, I got on a plane and went to Pittsburgh for the 70th CEA (College English Association) conference. I presented a paper entitled, "Home and Country: The Trauma of World War I, British Identity, and the English Home." My presentation was on Thursday. It went really well, I didn't make any horrible reading mistakes, and I was able to field the questions well. Beside my own paper, I went to hear papers read in five other session over the weekend and felt that I learned a lot about the professional academic conference experience.
I stayed with Shari for the week, and it was wonderful! I think we figured out that we hadn't spent so much time together since we were both at Union. We celebrated Christmas on Thursday night, complete with red applesauce, green potatoes, green beans, and red meatloaf. We also watched Christmas episodes of TV shows and listened to Christmas music. Friday night was our second annual dress-up-pretty and go out for dinner birthday night. Last year, we went to the historic part of Downtown Memphis, and this time, we went to La Mont, a really nice restaurant on Mt. Washington. Our table was next to a large window, and we had an amazing view of the city while we ate.
Saturday, we hung around Shari's house, eating pizza, watching TV, and taking a short walk. That night, we went line dancing with a bunch of Shari, Jess, and Crystal's friends. I was really worried I wouldn't be able to handle dancing physically since I'm still so fatigued, but because we did so much rest earlier in the day, I was able to really enjoy it. Sunday was church, lunch with Shari's family, and Sunday night church at Southside. I gave her my present to her that night. On Monday, we watched EMMA! Emma is probably my all-time favorite movie, and Shari's never seen it. So, we finally watched it, after three years anticipation. I hadn't seen it for at least two years, and I cried a lot. It's so sweet! I want a Mr. Knightly. Shari drove me to the airport, and I opened my present, which included all sorts of stuff she got for me in New York-including a Gucci bag! I'm pretty much in love with it. It's bronze with a sparkly buckle, and I wish I could carry it around with me everywhere!
So, this has gotten freakishly long, and all I've done is shortly summarize my past week. I will go now, and return at a time when I have interesting, non-summary kind of things to say.
Last Wednesday, after French class, I got on a plane and went to Pittsburgh for the 70th CEA (College English Association) conference. I presented a paper entitled, "Home and Country: The Trauma of World War I, British Identity, and the English Home." My presentation was on Thursday. It went really well, I didn't make any horrible reading mistakes, and I was able to field the questions well. Beside my own paper, I went to hear papers read in five other session over the weekend and felt that I learned a lot about the professional academic conference experience.
I stayed with Shari for the week, and it was wonderful! I think we figured out that we hadn't spent so much time together since we were both at Union. We celebrated Christmas on Thursday night, complete with red applesauce, green potatoes, green beans, and red meatloaf. We also watched Christmas episodes of TV shows and listened to Christmas music. Friday night was our second annual dress-up-pretty and go out for dinner birthday night. Last year, we went to the historic part of Downtown Memphis, and this time, we went to La Mont, a really nice restaurant on Mt. Washington. Our table was next to a large window, and we had an amazing view of the city while we ate.
Saturday, we hung around Shari's house, eating pizza, watching TV, and taking a short walk. That night, we went line dancing with a bunch of Shari, Jess, and Crystal's friends. I was really worried I wouldn't be able to handle dancing physically since I'm still so fatigued, but because we did so much rest earlier in the day, I was able to really enjoy it. Sunday was church, lunch with Shari's family, and Sunday night church at Southside. I gave her my present to her that night. On Monday, we watched EMMA! Emma is probably my all-time favorite movie, and Shari's never seen it. So, we finally watched it, after three years anticipation. I hadn't seen it for at least two years, and I cried a lot. It's so sweet! I want a Mr. Knightly. Shari drove me to the airport, and I opened my present, which included all sorts of stuff she got for me in New York-including a Gucci bag! I'm pretty much in love with it. It's bronze with a sparkly buckle, and I wish I could carry it around with me everywhere!
So, this has gotten freakishly long, and all I've done is shortly summarize my past week. I will go now, and return at a time when I have interesting, non-summary kind of things to say.
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