Silly Marie...
(Firstly, please excuse the spelling and grammar issues in this post)
Bryson and I are already late getting him to school. I'm wearing my workout pants that are too long with a lime green stripe down the side, no makeup (a lot of zits), and I think 'It's not like I'm going to see anyone...' We get into the car (which is in the garage) and I figure 'If I pull out fast enough, I won't get stuck'. So, I floor it, and what happens? I get stuck, really stuck.
So...picture this, me in my lime green striped yoga pants, zits all over the place, hair greasy and fro like, trying to dig my car out of my driveway with a car window scraper. Who should pull up?
TA DA! FATHER-IN-LAW (with his big truck) to the rescue! He just happened to be driving by. (Maybe he is a super hero...intuition and all that) He tried to dig me out for the longest time and I couldn't get out so he let me drive Bryson to school in his truck (which was a lot nicer to drive in the snow than my car). By the time I got back, he had shovelled out my car and put it back into the garage for me and shovelled snow out of the driveway so that I wouldn't get stuck the next time I drove out. What a great guy (Did I mention he has a truck)
I've been teasing him about being a 'redneck' but maybe a redneck isn't so bad after all.
When it is all said and done, I'm thankful today for people who help out daughter-in-laws who are challenged in regards to winter driving. Thanks Dad.
This is so true to me that it's scary!
| You Are a Chimera |
You are very outgoing and well connected to many people.
Incredibly devoted to your family and friends, you find purpose in nurturing others.
You are rarely alone, and you do best in the company of others.
You are incredibly expressive, and people are sometimes overwhelmed by your strong emotions. |
P.S. Could I be any more distracted? (A paper must be due tomorrow...)
I thrive on this...
I'm pulling an all nighter tonight... I have a huge case assessment paper due tomorrow. For some reason I seem to work best under pressure. (I'm sure as I get older, this will change... I already can't stay up as late as I used to be able to)
I am 2 weeks away from being finished with University classes all together! (That is until I pursue my master's degree...if that is what I choose to do) It's kind of a surreal feeling. This last term has been so tough and has stretched me, but I don't think I've every enjoyed University as much as I have these past three months. I'm going to miss the people that I worked with in my mini-practicum. I'm going to miss my fellow social work students. As challenging as it has been to survive in this area, I feel very blessed. I've made some very good (lifelong) friends. I feel hopeful... As difficult as it can be to work in the area of social welfare, I have confidence in my peers and their dedication to making this world a better place.
These 6 years have been long...and now it is finally time to go out on my own. No assignment or papers to hide behind... I'll be a 'professional' soon. (April 20th is not far away!)
"I fall, I stand still… I trudge on. I gain a little… I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory."
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
Hellen Keller (1880-1968)
Isaiah 10: 1-4
Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to deprive the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.
What will you do on the day of reckoning,
when disaster comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your riches?
Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives
or fall among the slain.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
Walmart: the high cost of low prices
I've heard that this documentary is a very good one. I haven't seen it, but I'd like to. (If anyone would like to join me) Whether you agree or not, we need to ask the tough questions people...
Lack of sleep...
Three papers, one presentation, and a big mid-term exam all in one week.
Let's just say I'm living off of this stuff:
Once you get past the cough syrup like taste in the first sip (very sweet!) it's not too bad. Although, I don't feel super energetic... yet.
P.S. Thanks to Al's Marie for finding this pandora thing. It's proving to be quite distracting, which could be good...eventually.
