We matched at Vanderbilt! Both of us were thrilled. Joe's roommate and his best friend also matched at their first choices, which is really incredible. It's going to be a busy month and a half, but we're looking forward to it. I sent in my deposit to the Divinity School. We bought our plane tickets to come back to Houston for Joe's graduation, and ( Read more... )

Today is the day we've been waiting for for nearly a year. Around noon, we will open that envelope and see where we're going to be spending the next 5 years of our lives together. We have it on fairly good record that there are likely to be no surprises in that envelope. As such, we've been in contact with a landlord about the most perfect little ( Read more... )

I don't write here much anymore. There is, at once, too much and too little to say ( Read more... )

The kitten that we've had for two months is in the hospital under the care of a neurologist because we realized yesterday morning that he wasn't using his hind legs. I've been a nervous wreck, and naturally, it made for a horrible Valentine's Day. Things are looking up, however. It seems that he has some sort of neuromuscular disease. We're ( Read more... )

It's been a busy few weeks. Joe and I went to Nashville this past weekend. I met with the Divinity School on Thursday and loved it. We met with a realtor on Friday morning and found the perfect apartment walking distance from Vandy, hardwood floors, built in 1903 but rewired for central heat and air, and with a big enough living area for one of our ( Read more... )

Joe came back, then we fled to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. It took us 10.5 hours to do a 5-6 hour drive. Thank you construction and traffic fatalities. The weather was fabulous. I played shaker and danced a lot. I'm sure there are pictures of me floating around somewhere. The parades generally rolled on time, and we even got moved up in Endymion, ( Read more... )

I don't normally think a lot about angels. I'm not one of those people who says that they have seen the figure of Jesus, though I have experienced the presence of God, but when I drove away from a six-car pileup on I-45 without a scratch on me or my car, I knew there was a little more than luck and well-maintained brakes involved. I saw pieces of ( Read more... )

I was approved by the Commission and cried tears of joy and relief. Then I let myself go to the grocery store and buy whatever I wanted, which was as follows: 1/2 lb of Bing cherries, 2 Texas grapefruits, Brie cheese, French bread, and fresh spring rolls. Joy ( Read more... )

My mom sat next to the Presiding Bishop's husband on her flight from Birmingham to Nashville yesterday. I may be grasping at straws here, but something in me says it's got to be a sign ( Read more... )

I'm going in front of the Commission on Ministry a week from today at 10:30 am. Tuesday I had two pre-interviews and drove all over Houston. Yesterday I woke up at 4:30 am to take Joe to the airport and then went to a Rice Young Alum Happy Hour downtown after work. I am exhausted and anxious and stressed out, and I can't decide if I want to pray, ( Read more... )