GOD is alive and well on the Edens!!!

So driving to work on the Edens this morning, there was one of those moments when you are going 50 and then all of a sudden you are stopped. It is my norm in these moments to check my mirror to see if I am about to get slammed. I know this is probably a bad habit, but if I’m about to get hit, I’d kinda like to know. Well, this morning when I looked in my mirror there was a semi-truck barreling down on me. And I don’t know how familiar you are with semis but they have poor stopping power and tremendous crushing power. So that’s the backbone and the somewhat unimportant part of the story.

Here the part that was so cool! God completely showed up, and met me there on the Edens at 8am. And why wouldn’t he? I had a tremendous peace, resting in the knowledge that that God was there and he was holding me and protecting me – and HE was in control. I didn’t have to freak out about how I was going to “save” myself; He already had it taken care of! What a tremendous peace and joy! I don’t think I’ve ever stared into a situation like that before, when you think, I could be mangled in 2 seconds and felt such peace, it was AWESOME! What an amazing God we serve!

The next thing I know the semi has swerved off onto the shoulder and all is well, GOD is so GOOD, and worthy of all praise!!!

Come on PEEL!

You know that moment when you are peeling a hard boiled egg and the shell all comes off so smoothly, 1 maybe 2 pieces...you throw your arms in the air with reckless abandon and cheer VICTORY!!!!

Why can't that ever happen with an orange? It would be so cool!

Closeted...

So my co-worker and I were talking about none other than the Olympics and she said to me..."if I didn't know better I'd think you were a closeted boarder!" My response, "I am a boarder, not even a closeted one!"

So this led me to think about the things that we don't tell people at work...and then you get to chime in with one thing you either wouldn't talk about at work or aren't allowed to...

Things that are TABOO at work...
-Apparently Snowboarding
-Weekend activities
-Dating Life
-POLITICS!
-Religion - but why?
-The things closest to our hearts!
-Real Fashion
-Anything that would make people think that I wear anything other than these black pants and button up shirt!

...U S A!!!

I know I am a bit of a freak about the Olympics...but can you deny that Shaun White is anything but fantastic! Oooh, that was fun to watch. I am reluctant to admit that I do watch half pipe competitions outside of the Olympics, I know this also makes me odd...but who really cares. There is something about the Olympics that just makes you stay up far too late. It's just so much fun!!! Can I also take a moment to comment on the uniform worn by the snowboard team - plaid red white and blue jackets and board pants that look like jeans...now if that isn't preppy take on grunge boarding style I don't know what is. Hands down to whoever picked that!

I love it, love it! U S A...U S A...U S A!!!

blood:water mission

There are a lot of things in my life that I do because they sound like a great idea...I give it very little thought and then I'm committed. I haven't quite decided if this is a good or bad thing at this point. It is generally not life altering decisions, those take more thought but small things that at times turn into big things. The current one is a challenge from blood:water mission. They work to fight AIDS in Africa and also provide clean drinking water. So the challenge is to only drink water for 40 days, no coke, coffee, tea or alcohol - just water! Whatever money you save you then donate to their project to provide fresh drinking water in Uganda. Sounds like a great idea...Day 1: I have a headache and am extremely hydrated.

Cadbury Creme...Ahhhhhh!

I went downstairs to grab lunch, and wandered into the company store, and there it was, the Cadbury Creme Egg display...light shone all around it, such delight! I let out a little bit of a scream, ahhh, they're here! Eileen the store manager quipped that they were not discounted. Oh, but I do not care, don't you realize, these are creme eggs! I was like a little kid in a candy shop, the candy that I wait for every year was here, and I couldn't resist. I bought three, now I know that this should send me straight to the dentist but again, I don't care! If I knew how to type giddy sounds I would...woo hooo!!!!!

Disclaimer: Despite what current posts may lead you to believe, I am not a sugar junkie in need of intervention...

Mush...

My head hurts and I can't quite seem to form a logical sentence. The first signs of a migraine - woo hoo - and completely scatter brained.

So here are some of my scattered thoughts...

-Easy Cheese - yumm!
-I really wish I had some pretzels, and gummi bears...
-I wish this phone was easier to work, as in if I pick it up, it should answer and stop ringing...DUH!
-I just got an e-mail from Wayne Simien and I feel special...why because I do and this means that KU still loves me as much as I love them...oh wait I think they just love my money...wha wha

My head hurts...ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK - We're #1!

I want 'em, gotta have 'em!

I really want some Haribo Gummi Bears right now...GOLD series! The other kinds are just not as good. Would you still be my friend if I bought in bulk? They're just really hard to find!!!

Time Warp

I understand that the world operates in different time zones and that this is necessary but at times it is really annoying. Like right now, when I need someone on the west coast to fix a software glitch and they're not at work yet, and late at night when I want to call my friend Caroline for some girl time and she's already asleep. Or whenver I want to talk to Diana, Oz is so far off that I don't even know which way is up half the time. Basically I wish there was some way that whenever I am up everyone else was too. I fully realize this is not a possibility, but it'd be nice.