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It's been ages since I've posted anything. I don't know why, but I just haven't been motivated to do it at all. I haven't even looked at other people's journals. I've been spending way too much time on Facebook, which in general isn't that bad of a thing because I am able to keep up with so many people from so many different times in my life. This past Thursday though I saw how it might not be so great to be so open an available on Facebook. A guy I know from Iowa had said he would be in Chicago for a Cubs game. I commented about it and about how I live relatively close to Wrigley but I rarely make it to games and then later said that I would say to stop by and say hi, but that I would be out of town. Somehow he took this as something more than it was intended because on Thursday he got on Facebook chat and started flirting with me. He was coming on really strong and I started to get uncomfortable so thankfully Lizzie wanted to go get some dinner so I was able to bow out politely. When I got back from getting dinner for Lizzie, I saw he had sent me an email on facebook saying that he's had a crush on me since youth group. Uh, okay. I was expecting something like that really since he was coming on so strong earlier. However, I was never in youth group with him. He's too old to have ever been in youth group the same time as me. We were in a college and career Bible study, but that was like 7 years ago and I seriously haven't talked to him since then. The whole thing was just so strange. So now I'm hesitant to be on facebook chat unless I'm constantly monitoring who is online so I can get off if he comes on. I think I just need to respond to him so that he knows definitely what I think, although I think my silence is a pretty good indicator too. Oh well.
So last week I had some time off work because Sarah is on maternity leave and the girls were on Spring break. It was nice because I was able to get out of town for a few days and see some friends I hadn't seen in a while. I left Tuesday morning and stopped at Mandy's grave in Indiana. It's the first time I've been there since her burial service. The weather was rainy and gross, but it sort of matched how I was feeling while I was there. It was good to be able to say goodbye to her without lots of people around, some of whom were trying to be in the middle of everyone's grieving. I was too distraught last time to say, get away from me, I'm trying to say goodbye to my friend. This time I was able to stand there and say all the things I wanted to say and to have a little closure on that. I still miss her terribly, but I do know that life has to go on and that I have to go on. After I left Mandy's grave I continued on my way to the Cincinnati area. I went to Jungle Jim's because someone had suggested it. I was so glad they did, because I had a blast there seeing all the different stuff they had there. The international section was amazing. I was able to get foods from so many different countries. It was great. Evangeline met me there and then we went to Rings and Wings for dinner with her husband and a friend. Supposedly the guy was there to keep Dempsey occupied if Eves and I got to talking on our own, but I also know that it's the guy that she's been wanting me to become friends with on Facebook because she wants us to get to know each other. Whatever, he was a really nice guy and I did become his friend on facebook and I am interested in getting to know him a little better. I don't know how I'm supposed to get to know him that well since he lives so far away, but we'll see. After dinner and a stop at Starbucks I drove down to stay with my friend Chrysti. It was a good thing I got a GPS because I'm pretty sure I would have gotten lost going there. Especially since it was so dark and rainy. I had a great time with Chrysti too and I got to see some fun places around Cincinnati and Kentucky. It's been ages since I last saw her, but we've kept in touch through facebook, blogs and instant messenger. I'm so glad that we have stayed in touch. She has become on of my dearest friends and we both process a lot of what is happening in our lives with each other. She's definitely helped me keep my sanity through a few times in my life. While she was working on Wednesday I ended up driving around in rural Kentucky and seeing some beautiful scenery. Unfortunately there weren't any places to pull over and take pictures. The roads were really narrow with no shoulder and sometimes there were steep drop offs with no guard rail. I took a few pictures while I was driving, but it was difficult to do and most of the time it didn't really work. Oh well, it was fun to drive on back roads like that. I do so much city driving so it was nice to be out in the country again. When she wasn't working we went to Eden Park in Cincinnati and took pictures of flowers and talked and then we got Skyline chili for dinner and Graeter's ice cream for dessert. Then I fell asleep while she was watching Fiddler on the Roof. I love that movie, but I was just too tired to stay awake. The next day we went to Big Bone Lick State Park.(hilarious name, I know!) It was fun to get out and walk around so much and I think made up for all the time I spent in the car on my trip. I headed back home on Thursday afternoon and stopped at Lizzie's on my way since she was coming back with me on Friday.
I may write more about my week and weekend, but that's the basics.
So last week I had some time off work because Sarah is on maternity leave and the girls were on Spring break. It was nice because I was able to get out of town for a few days and see some friends I hadn't seen in a while. I left Tuesday morning and stopped at Mandy's grave in Indiana. It's the first time I've been there since her burial service. The weather was rainy and gross, but it sort of matched how I was feeling while I was there. It was good to be able to say goodbye to her without lots of people around, some of whom were trying to be in the middle of everyone's grieving. I was too distraught last time to say, get away from me, I'm trying to say goodbye to my friend. This time I was able to stand there and say all the things I wanted to say and to have a little closure on that. I still miss her terribly, but I do know that life has to go on and that I have to go on. After I left Mandy's grave I continued on my way to the Cincinnati area. I went to Jungle Jim's because someone had suggested it. I was so glad they did, because I had a blast there seeing all the different stuff they had there. The international section was amazing. I was able to get foods from so many different countries. It was great. Evangeline met me there and then we went to Rings and Wings for dinner with her husband and a friend. Supposedly the guy was there to keep Dempsey occupied if Eves and I got to talking on our own, but I also know that it's the guy that she's been wanting me to become friends with on Facebook because she wants us to get to know each other. Whatever, he was a really nice guy and I did become his friend on facebook and I am interested in getting to know him a little better. I don't know how I'm supposed to get to know him that well since he lives so far away, but we'll see. After dinner and a stop at Starbucks I drove down to stay with my friend Chrysti. It was a good thing I got a GPS because I'm pretty sure I would have gotten lost going there. Especially since it was so dark and rainy. I had a great time with Chrysti too and I got to see some fun places around Cincinnati and Kentucky. It's been ages since I last saw her, but we've kept in touch through facebook, blogs and instant messenger. I'm so glad that we have stayed in touch. She has become on of my dearest friends and we both process a lot of what is happening in our lives with each other. She's definitely helped me keep my sanity through a few times in my life. While she was working on Wednesday I ended up driving around in rural Kentucky and seeing some beautiful scenery. Unfortunately there weren't any places to pull over and take pictures. The roads were really narrow with no shoulder and sometimes there were steep drop offs with no guard rail. I took a few pictures while I was driving, but it was difficult to do and most of the time it didn't really work. Oh well, it was fun to drive on back roads like that. I do so much city driving so it was nice to be out in the country again. When she wasn't working we went to Eden Park in Cincinnati and took pictures of flowers and talked and then we got Skyline chili for dinner and Graeter's ice cream for dessert. Then I fell asleep while she was watching Fiddler on the Roof. I love that movie, but I was just too tired to stay awake. The next day we went to Big Bone Lick State Park.(hilarious name, I know!) It was fun to get out and walk around so much and I think made up for all the time I spent in the car on my trip. I headed back home on Thursday afternoon and stopped at Lizzie's on my way since she was coming back with me on Friday.
I may write more about my week and weekend, but that's the basics.