This weekend I went camping with Rich and several good friends who exist in couples. So it was a couples camping weekend. And it was lovely. But it was very cold.
We went to Kiptopeke Park on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. So we were right by the bay and the ocean and we walked on the beach on Saturday. I think that is pretty nifty, to camp in a wooded area right by the beach.
Anyways, so it was quite chilly all weekend and we slept in tents with space heaters and lots of sleeping bags and blankets. The first night was pretty miserable for me. I was really cold and I was snuggling with Danielle, who is a great sleeping buddy, but my body was not happy at all. The second night, it was very cold again, but before I went to sleep, Buddy and Danielle presented me with a pair of Buddy's thermal socks. Apparently I have bad circulation and my feet are always cold. Yay for me!
We switched our position on the bed so that our heads were near the heater and I wore the lovely thermal socks over two pairs of socks. My feet were toasty and happy which made my sleep much nicer.
So there is a story of socks on a cold camping excursion and of the good friends who make life warm when it is cold with socks and love.
:)
Monday, November 15, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Cold Muscles
Currently I am doing yoga. By currently, I mean as I write this blog. You would think that doing yoga and writing a blog would be incompatible simultaneous activities. But they are not when your video will not play continuously because it needs to buffer and is taking forever because the network is clogged.
So I figured I would take this opportune time to tell the world about my frustrations.
On the upside, I really enjoy yoga. I like feeling my body move and the blood flowing through my joints as I increase my flexibility. This activity also makes me mourn my current state of unhealthiness. At least I am trying to change things.
I talked to my momma on skype this evening and I encouraged her to try yoga as well since she doesn't have much to occupy her evenings with besides tv. Hopefully she will take me up on this.
The only thing that sketches me out about yoga is that it is a religious practice and involves meditation and the emptying of your mind, which I am not down with. So usually during the focusing parts, I concentrate on my body like they tell me, but I also pray. I don't think it is good to allow my mind to be empty and open for outside influence.
I also don't think it is really wise to allow poor images and influences from things like horror movies into our minds. That doesn't mean I don't watch anything like that, but I do hold that opinion and I do try to stick to it.
Well, that is my thought on yoga.
So I figured I would take this opportune time to tell the world about my frustrations.
On the upside, I really enjoy yoga. I like feeling my body move and the blood flowing through my joints as I increase my flexibility. This activity also makes me mourn my current state of unhealthiness. At least I am trying to change things.
I talked to my momma on skype this evening and I encouraged her to try yoga as well since she doesn't have much to occupy her evenings with besides tv. Hopefully she will take me up on this.
The only thing that sketches me out about yoga is that it is a religious practice and involves meditation and the emptying of your mind, which I am not down with. So usually during the focusing parts, I concentrate on my body like they tell me, but I also pray. I don't think it is good to allow my mind to be empty and open for outside influence.
I also don't think it is really wise to allow poor images and influences from things like horror movies into our minds. That doesn't mean I don't watch anything like that, but I do hold that opinion and I do try to stick to it.
Well, that is my thought on yoga.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Chilly Air
So it's November now and the air is getting pretty chilly. I dislike being cold, but I can appreciate the crisp air and the fall colors and the warm clothes that accompany the fall.
As the cold air has crept into the atmosphere I have had a pretty strong hankering to simply sit by a fire with a warm drink in my hand, preferably a really large cup of hot mulled cider, with Rich and watch a movie all curled up in blankets. You can substitute the movie with a book and I'd be good.
Since this has not been possible, I have taken to drinking tea and watching tv online. It's not too bad, but it's inadequately filling the greater desire to be in companionship with a specific person during these crispy fall days.
I guess it's kinda like substituting things of the world for the greater things of God that we yearn for. Weird. Cool.
bye!
As the cold air has crept into the atmosphere I have had a pretty strong hankering to simply sit by a fire with a warm drink in my hand, preferably a really large cup of hot mulled cider, with Rich and watch a movie all curled up in blankets. You can substitute the movie with a book and I'd be good.
Since this has not been possible, I have taken to drinking tea and watching tv online. It's not too bad, but it's inadequately filling the greater desire to be in companionship with a specific person during these crispy fall days.
I guess it's kinda like substituting things of the world for the greater things of God that we yearn for. Weird. Cool.
bye!
Friday, November 5, 2010
A Friday Flood
Today is Friday. Friday's are glorious because they bring an end to the schedule of the week and allow for freedom and sleep and catching up on work and friends.
This Friday was no different, although it brought a little extra financial stress from the school, but it was still a glorious Friday. Most Fridays (some Saturdays) I drive home to Virginia and spend time with people. I had a few friends who wanted me to join their Salsa dancing fun tonight, but I declined. I wanted to just be at home and maybe spend some time with my dad or alone and watch a movie or something.
After talking to Rich for a good long while, which was exceptionally nice as he is in Colorado and not with me, Dad said he was good to watch a movie even if he fell asleep. The poor man works a ton and doesn't sleep nearly enough.
I tried to find a movie and we settled on 2012. I was slightly wary of this because I dislike doomsday and all that hype. It freaks me out to tell you the truth. But we both wanted some action/drama.
The movie was good. There was a lot of tension for the characters involved and I was stressed out the whole time. But I enjoyed the ending. I like hope.
Now, there were certain features of this movie that really bothered me. There was an enormous amount of water involved, usually in the form of tidal waves. Pretty much the whole earth gets flooded again and tidal waves are a key player in that happening.
Let me tell you something about myself. I used to have nightmares about tidal waves. For reals. Huge walls of water terrify me. So that happened. Quite a bit. Although, it wasn't as stressful as it could have been because they weren't REAL. But I still don't like them.
I just needed to share that part. The rest of the movie that involved huge explosions of lava and large fissures opening in the earth's surface and parts of the world falling into the core of the earth or the ocean were also REALLY stressful. But most especially the tidal waves.
Good night...
This Friday was no different, although it brought a little extra financial stress from the school, but it was still a glorious Friday. Most Fridays (some Saturdays) I drive home to Virginia and spend time with people. I had a few friends who wanted me to join their Salsa dancing fun tonight, but I declined. I wanted to just be at home and maybe spend some time with my dad or alone and watch a movie or something.
After talking to Rich for a good long while, which was exceptionally nice as he is in Colorado and not with me, Dad said he was good to watch a movie even if he fell asleep. The poor man works a ton and doesn't sleep nearly enough.
I tried to find a movie and we settled on 2012. I was slightly wary of this because I dislike doomsday and all that hype. It freaks me out to tell you the truth. But we both wanted some action/drama.
The movie was good. There was a lot of tension for the characters involved and I was stressed out the whole time. But I enjoyed the ending. I like hope.
Now, there were certain features of this movie that really bothered me. There was an enormous amount of water involved, usually in the form of tidal waves. Pretty much the whole earth gets flooded again and tidal waves are a key player in that happening.
Let me tell you something about myself. I used to have nightmares about tidal waves. For reals. Huge walls of water terrify me. So that happened. Quite a bit. Although, it wasn't as stressful as it could have been because they weren't REAL. But I still don't like them.
I just needed to share that part. The rest of the movie that involved huge explosions of lava and large fissures opening in the earth's surface and parts of the world falling into the core of the earth or the ocean were also REALLY stressful. But most especially the tidal waves.
Good night...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Drop Out
So for a little while today I seriously contemplated dropping out of my Hebrew 3 class. I am so stressed out in there but I don't care at all so it's a weird limbo thing to be in. I haven't done any of the work really, I haven't got any of my books and there is about a month of school left. I don't understand anything. I was just fed up with trying to blindly grope my way to the end of the semester. I was also very intently considering changing majors. That is still another hurdle to cross.
Today in my frustration I talked to a fellow student on how to approach our professor and we didn't get much resolved. Still, I went to speak with him because tomorrow is the last day I can withdraw from classes. If I had gone to list off my complaints to him I knew he would likely bring the discussion back to my failures as a student, not so much the changes that need to be made in the course. So instead of listing off my issues with his teaching style, I focused more on my decisions to be made and the frustrations and stresses I was facing. This naturally brought about what I thought would be helpful changes and such.
In short, he encouraged me to pray about it and see where I think God is leading me. He assured me that if I do the rest of my work I likely will pass the class. So I think I will stick with it. I plan to get the books tomorrow or so and to motivate myself to get through this because, in the words of Rich Meister, what if I stick with it next semester too. I need to be prepared. He's a smart fellow. I like him. I like that he encourages me by not letting me cop out.
I don't want to take the easy road through life...
Today in my frustration I talked to a fellow student on how to approach our professor and we didn't get much resolved. Still, I went to speak with him because tomorrow is the last day I can withdraw from classes. If I had gone to list off my complaints to him I knew he would likely bring the discussion back to my failures as a student, not so much the changes that need to be made in the course. So instead of listing off my issues with his teaching style, I focused more on my decisions to be made and the frustrations and stresses I was facing. This naturally brought about what I thought would be helpful changes and such.
In short, he encouraged me to pray about it and see where I think God is leading me. He assured me that if I do the rest of my work I likely will pass the class. So I think I will stick with it. I plan to get the books tomorrow or so and to motivate myself to get through this because, in the words of Rich Meister, what if I stick with it next semester too. I need to be prepared. He's a smart fellow. I like him. I like that he encourages me by not letting me cop out.
I don't want to take the easy road through life...
Monday, November 1, 2010
The Weekend of AWESOME and Roadtrips!
Rich is back in town! Well, kinda. He's leaving again for a week conference. But the point is that he is going to be in town CLOSE to ME for the next few months! I am especially happy to be able to call him up and spend time with him in person and not over a computer screen.
This weekend we got to take a road trip together and have CRAZY adventures that often occur when he is involved in a situation. Also, when he is around, capital words happen to show the loudness and excitement. I am just explaining their extra presence in my writings.
So yeah, Saturday morning I woke up at 3:30 in the a.m. to fly to Texas so that we could transport him back to Virginia. Him and ALL of his earthly possessions that resided in TX. I also got to meet the team he has been working with which was pretty nifty and a big deal.
Whilst in Texas with his team we hung out with some small children. Small as in under 3 years old. They were freakin cute. The little girl of the family he stayed with is especially cool and talkative and she likes me! And remembers me! A few weeks ago I was on the phone with Rich and he told me that Kate had wanted to look at pictures of me. I felt pretty dang significant.
After meeting people and hanging with kids and packing his car a bit we headed onto the road and drove foreeeeeever! I did not drive at all. I just kept him company and it was neat to just be there for his peace of mind. Long car trips are a fave. I like just sitting and having time to make conversation without rushing because there is another event coming up that limits the ability to just let things happen. It's kinda how I like my life to function.
I also started a new scarf this weekend that is a completely new pattern for me. I am enjoying figuring it out. Of course, it is pretty simple, but it's progress for my limited knitting abilities.
There are a few adventures from the road trip of Aimee and Rich that brought him home.
This weekend we got to take a road trip together and have CRAZY adventures that often occur when he is involved in a situation. Also, when he is around, capital words happen to show the loudness and excitement. I am just explaining their extra presence in my writings.
So yeah, Saturday morning I woke up at 3:30 in the a.m. to fly to Texas so that we could transport him back to Virginia. Him and ALL of his earthly possessions that resided in TX. I also got to meet the team he has been working with which was pretty nifty and a big deal.
Whilst in Texas with his team we hung out with some small children. Small as in under 3 years old. They were freakin cute. The little girl of the family he stayed with is especially cool and talkative and she likes me! And remembers me! A few weeks ago I was on the phone with Rich and he told me that Kate had wanted to look at pictures of me. I felt pretty dang significant.
After meeting people and hanging with kids and packing his car a bit we headed onto the road and drove foreeeeeever! I did not drive at all. I just kept him company and it was neat to just be there for his peace of mind. Long car trips are a fave. I like just sitting and having time to make conversation without rushing because there is another event coming up that limits the ability to just let things happen. It's kinda how I like my life to function.
I also started a new scarf this weekend that is a completely new pattern for me. I am enjoying figuring it out. Of course, it is pretty simple, but it's progress for my limited knitting abilities.
There are a few adventures from the road trip of Aimee and Rich that brought him home.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Playing Dress Up
This week has held quite alot of fun and entertainment. Let me share it with you. It is Spirit Week at MACU because it is the beginning of our basketball season. To commemorate this auspicious occasion we designate specific costume themes for each day of the week. Monday was Useless Super Hero Day, Tuesday was Multiplicity Day, and today was Inanimate Object Day. Monday I dressed up as Knitting Woman which I must admit was pretty lame, but I still had fun walking around with a big skein of yarn and a half finished scarf. Tuesday, the object of the day was to get as big a group as you could to dress the same. Some of the girls and I dressed in tie-dye shirts, jeans, belts, side ponytails with tie-dye ribbons and bright blue eyeshadow. It was quite silly and nice. Today I was lame and wore a shirt with a tree upon it.
What I am especially excited for is tomorrow: Pirates vs. Princesses Day! Of course, I shall be a princess. I have an old prom dress that is perfect and I am ecstatic to be able to wear it. Friday is MACU Day which we dress in school colors for. It will also be good fun.
Last evening for devos we had a MACU Top Model contest. I dressed up as Hobo Hannah and had a good ol time strutting my stuff. All of the ladies who participated were hilarious!
A:LSO! Tomorrow night is our costume party and a group of us are going as Bat-man characters. Can I declare how much fun I am having with all this crazy dressing up going on? I feel like I'm 10 again. And I'm totally down with it. Well, anyways, I get to be Poison Ivy and Nicole is gonna do me up right. So maybe I'll put up some awesomesauce pictures. Stay tuned!
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