Thanks for the sunset
Friday 22 Aug: nannied the baby for 10 hours...I'm going to miss him! Went to dinner w/ Therese and Paul (as Mike refers to them) and it was good. They are real fun to chat with. Therese thinks I live in a cave b/c I don't watch the news. :P I haven't lately!! I haven't had time! and when I do, true--it's really not my top priority. :D But I used to wake up to the news. I'm pumped to have my own apt now. I get to wake up and watchsome local Denver news. It's no Fox 5-New York Style, but I'm sure I'll adapt. If not, there's always CNN.
Sat 23 Aug: errands for moving, laundry, standard. I feel really comfortable w/ the Skluts. I do my part, they accept. I'm not opposed to the idea of being an adopted daughter. Who ever didn't benefit from two sets of parents?! We went to Uncle John's (Grossi, the one's I'll babysit for on Tue/Thur) cottage and went out on the pantoon via kayak. It was good old fun. ...Save for the fact that I now have quite the black and blue on the back of my left heel. I need to be a bit more careful. Eh, it's the price you pay for playing with kids and still acting like one :) I hit the metal tubing edge of the trampoline. Ouch. That will prove to be a bummer when I ran 7 miles today. Ice works wonders.
Matthew is a good kid. Long story short, he doesn't want to throw his life to Western (a Michigan college). I respect that, the kid wants to surround himself with a solid, intellectual crowd and hey, I'll all for it. I hope he can transfer to State, maybe UM. I got him some transfer info, I hope he makes use out of it. He's a smart one. He just needs to get this dumb lease off his hands.
Sun 24 Aug: As suggested by Therese, Megan came to church w/ me this morning! We met up w/ Kurt which was great and Megan enjoyed the experience. If she wants to continue going, that would be solid. It's a 25 min drive every morning, but hey...New Life is awesome.
caught up w/ Sklut (Michael), he won't return to MI until the end of Sept/Oct for a football game and some SIG stuff. Blah, blah, blah. We'll miss each other until another opportunity arises. If nothing else, 2010...haha!*
*side story: Therese stipulated two options: Either they have to adpot me, or one of the boys need to marry me. Well, conicidentally Mike and I decided that if by the time we're 30...correction, 26...correction, 24..neither of us are involved in a serious relationship, we need to hop on the task of serving as each other's back-up. So there are several other factors involved as well as more detailed plans, but we won't get into those. Now if this actually happens, it could be one heck of an interesting story and an ever more interesting ride.
I ran 7 miles today. Chris registered me for a 10k in Denver and I am really not in the best shape for running 6.2 miles in Denver. Whatever, it'll be sweet. I just hope my body doesn't fall apart by then. :P
Anyways, I ran about half of my run in the nearby Arboretum/Park and headed for the high school. I'd run about 2 miles there and head back. Well it was (yet again...b/c they are incredible this time of year and I have never spent a summer in MI until this year) incredible, to say the least. It was a plush, subtle pink around 8:20 I'm assuming and as I headed back East towards the house I glanced back and literally, vocalized a, "WHooaa.." and trailed off. I couldn't stop, but I turned around and ran backwards at the sunset as it burned an intense, rosey tangerine--seriously, it was amazing. I'll never get sick of sunsets, Chris!
Another reason that I'm pumped for Colorado. Now of course I have my reservations and concerns, but who doesn't? Moving to a completely new city where you know barely anyone and you have a quasi-job that is potentially temporary? Whatever, God's got my back. :) I'm good.
I'd like to find out more about the issues in the election. I am pretty sure (like, 98.74%) that I'll vote for Obama. Yes, Democrat. I understand that is not how I voted in years past, but I think about two years ago it was pretty clear that my opinions (as far as the issues I'm concerned with) seem more "left."--How coincidental w/ my dominant dexterity (but lets not get ahead of ourselves. We know that we're not entirely sure about that...David can confirm this ambiguity). Let's get one thing straight: I would NOT have voted for John Kerry.
Anyhow, it's bed time. I had a nightmare last night that I struggled out of around 3:45AM. I need time to wind down I think.
Wait, one more thing: I started reading The Lemon Tree. Excellent so far. I need to finish Ishmael. I'm losing interest like I did w/ The Lovely Bones, but not as bad. Hey! I did finish Flowers, though. I want to read more. Looks like I have to decide between running, reading, and randomly researching things I'm interested all the time. Running usually wins, so I just need to learn to give myself more time. Which is another reason, but I'm excited for CO. I'm 110% a people person, but at the end of the day, I do need more time to myself...thought David doesn't think I should live alone. Then again, not everyone (SURPRISE!) thinks the same way he does. :P
The sunset was great in Northville, MI tonight...Loved it.
Sat 23 Aug: errands for moving, laundry, standard. I feel really comfortable w/ the Skluts. I do my part, they accept. I'm not opposed to the idea of being an adopted daughter. Who ever didn't benefit from two sets of parents?! We went to Uncle John's (Grossi, the one's I'll babysit for on Tue/Thur) cottage and went out on the pantoon via kayak. It was good old fun. ...Save for the fact that I now have quite the black and blue on the back of my left heel. I need to be a bit more careful. Eh, it's the price you pay for playing with kids and still acting like one :) I hit the metal tubing edge of the trampoline. Ouch. That will prove to be a bummer when I ran 7 miles today. Ice works wonders.
Matthew is a good kid. Long story short, he doesn't want to throw his life to Western (a Michigan college). I respect that, the kid wants to surround himself with a solid, intellectual crowd and hey, I'll all for it. I hope he can transfer to State, maybe UM. I got him some transfer info, I hope he makes use out of it. He's a smart one. He just needs to get this dumb lease off his hands.
Sun 24 Aug: As suggested by Therese, Megan came to church w/ me this morning! We met up w/ Kurt which was great and Megan enjoyed the experience. If she wants to continue going, that would be solid. It's a 25 min drive every morning, but hey...New Life is awesome.
caught up w/ Sklut (Michael), he won't return to MI until the end of Sept/Oct for a football game and some SIG stuff. Blah, blah, blah. We'll miss each other until another opportunity arises. If nothing else, 2010...haha!*
*side story: Therese stipulated two options: Either they have to adpot me, or one of the boys need to marry me. Well, conicidentally Mike and I decided that if by the time we're 30...correction, 26...correction, 24..neither of us are involved in a serious relationship, we need to hop on the task of serving as each other's back-up. So there are several other factors involved as well as more detailed plans, but we won't get into those. Now if this actually happens, it could be one heck of an interesting story and an ever more interesting ride.
I ran 7 miles today. Chris registered me for a 10k in Denver and I am really not in the best shape for running 6.2 miles in Denver. Whatever, it'll be sweet. I just hope my body doesn't fall apart by then. :P
Anyways, I ran about half of my run in the nearby Arboretum/Park and headed for the high school. I'd run about 2 miles there and head back. Well it was (yet again...b/c they are incredible this time of year and I have never spent a summer in MI until this year) incredible, to say the least. It was a plush, subtle pink around 8:20 I'm assuming and as I headed back East towards the house I glanced back and literally, vocalized a, "WHooaa.." and trailed off. I couldn't stop, but I turned around and ran backwards at the sunset as it burned an intense, rosey tangerine--seriously, it was amazing. I'll never get sick of sunsets, Chris!
Another reason that I'm pumped for Colorado. Now of course I have my reservations and concerns, but who doesn't? Moving to a completely new city where you know barely anyone and you have a quasi-job that is potentially temporary? Whatever, God's got my back. :) I'm good.
I'd like to find out more about the issues in the election. I am pretty sure (like, 98.74%) that I'll vote for Obama. Yes, Democrat. I understand that is not how I voted in years past, but I think about two years ago it was pretty clear that my opinions (as far as the issues I'm concerned with) seem more "left."--How coincidental w/ my dominant dexterity (but lets not get ahead of ourselves. We know that we're not entirely sure about that...David can confirm this ambiguity). Let's get one thing straight: I would NOT have voted for John Kerry.
Anyhow, it's bed time. I had a nightmare last night that I struggled out of around 3:45AM. I need time to wind down I think.
Wait, one more thing: I started reading The Lemon Tree. Excellent so far. I need to finish Ishmael. I'm losing interest like I did w/ The Lovely Bones, but not as bad. Hey! I did finish Flowers, though. I want to read more. Looks like I have to decide between running, reading, and randomly researching things I'm interested all the time. Running usually wins, so I just need to learn to give myself more time. Which is another reason, but I'm excited for CO. I'm 110% a people person, but at the end of the day, I do need more time to myself...thought David doesn't think I should live alone. Then again, not everyone (SURPRISE!) thinks the same way he does. :P
The sunset was great in Northville, MI tonight...Loved it.