A Little Life Humor

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
- Lily Tomlin


Well...interesting few days. Had quite the adventure yesterday. Well...not really an adventure. I did manage to make quite a few people laugh. Someone even told me that it brightened their day listening to my woes. It started out great though...the day that is. I woke up in a good mood mainly because I didn't have to get up at 5:00 a.m. I decided to watch a couple of episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond...funny show. I was planning on finishing Raymond, going to take a shower, and then heading to Borders to get some of my paper written. Well...it didn't exactly go as I had planned.

I was in the middle of Raymond when I heard a scratching sound. Not too long after that a critter ran across my floor. A critter of the four legg-ed, tailed variety. Yes that's right...I've got a mouse in my house. After it had run across the room it tried to run back across the other way. I yelled at it to go away and it turned around and went back behind the stove. So...I went back in the bedroom and put some shoes on...and picked up some of the clothes that were laying around. Good thing I did. When I went back in the living room Mickey had run behind the TV and decided to head back to the stove. I was standing in the middle of the room hollering at him to go away when he decides to run over the the fridge. I'm still standing there yelling at him to get lost when he runs back in my bedroom. By now I'm freaking out. The stupid critter ran into my bedroom. Not good.

So I finally gathered up enough courage to go back there and put some different clothes on. I also put my hair in a pony tail and put a smidge of make-up on. When I walked out of the bathroom, I once again saw Mickey...run under my bed. Seriously freaking out by now. So I went to Walmart and bought a decon mouse trap. I also called my Mom, Grandma, Brother, and Landlady. Everybody laughed at me. That's okay, 'cause I was laughing too. Except when I went back into my apartment to set the stupid trap. Definitely not laughing then. Thankfully I didn't see Mickey again; I talked to him the whole time I was setting the traps though. Basically I just told him that he needed to stay away until I left then he could go get caught in the trap. I then gathered up some clothes and went to stay the night at my brothers house. I didn't get any of my paper done. Not good.

It's pretty funny except when I walk back into my apartment. My brothers also laugh becuase all day yesterday and today I've been super jumpy. I'm talking seriously traumatized here. I bout jumped out of my skin when a fly flew by when Kyle and I went to check the trap this afternoon...no Mickey. I'm hoping he's gone...although we did see some "evidence" on the couch that he had been there. Disgusting. My apartment will never be the same.

Well...if you've stayed with me I hope you've had a good laugh. I'm really hoping and praying that Mickey is caught by tomorrow so I can sleep at home in peace. I'm sure I'll still be jumpy for a while, but at least I'll know that Mickey is gone. I've definitely taken measures to make sure Mickey doesn't have a Minnie or little Mickey's running around too. Hopefully it'll work...or I might have to move out.

Okay...getting the chills typing about it. Better go before I throw up. Mickey's been good for the diet this weekend. Not so good for the homework though. Oh well...

Much love,
i am not

See the Morning

How can I keep from singing your praise/ How can I ever say enough/ How amazing is your love! How can I keep from shouting your name/ I know I am loved by the King/ And it makes my heart want to sing!
How Can I Keep From Singing by Chris Tomlin

What a beautiful day! Fall is upon us my friends. Although it's supposed to be around 80 today. I love the cool mornings and evenings. This morning when I got to work, I stepped out of my car and took a deep breath. It smelled like Red River. Seriously... I love the smell of fall (especially when it smells like the mountains).

The new Chris Tomlin CD is out today. I'm hoping that my copy will be in the mail when I go this afternoon afterwork. I'm actually listening to the album streamlined on MSN. They put it on there a couple of days ago and I've been listening to it for the last couple of days. It's beautiful. I've been listening to Tomlin for three or four years and have all of his albums. There is something about this one that just hits the heart. Purely Chris Tomlin. Anyway...go check it out. There's a "new" version of Amazing Grace on there that is beautiful. I also love the first track How Can I Keep From Singing. Beautiful. Just go get the CD already.

Well..I'd better go. My little Doodle is at school and I've got to go get him in just a little while. Be encouraged today...and Keep Singing.

Much love,

i am not

Long time coming

Quote of the day: "If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

Okay....so it's been a while. A really long while. I think I have a pretty good excuse. I've been crazy busy. Over labor day weekend I took care of Sid and Abbie's boys. Eleven straight days of Sam and Duncan. I love those boys, really, but I've come to realize how much I appreciate Friday through Sunday when I'm away and can actually sleep past five a.m. I'm so glad I don't have children right now.

School is back in full swing. The countdown is on and it is less than thirty days. I really can't remember what we're down to now. Check my myspace page. That'll tell you. So...that's been keeping me pretty busy too. I also had a houseguest for a couple of weeks. My dear brother crashed on an air mattress on my living room floor for nearly two weeks. I love my brother a lot but a one bedroom apartment is kind of pushing it a little. Actually we got a long really well. It was pretty nice to have someone at home...not that I was here much. Last weekend we started watching the first season of Prison Break. Wow! Awesome show! Not for people with high blood pressure. It raises it. Worse that college basketball. :)

Have I mentioned yet that my computer is in the computer Hospital in ICU. Yes...we nearly had a meltdown a week ago Wednesday. Not good. The puppy is pretty sick. I'm hoping that computer doctors will call me tomorrow and tell me that the thing is okay and ready to come home. I've managed to survive quite well without it. Right now I'm on my dad's computer. He's in town for the next couple of days and was gracious enough to allow me to use his 'puter. My only problem has been with class...two papers due this week and no computer does not equal a good outcome. It'll be fine though. I'm getting ready to email them to my professor.

Well...if you've managed to hang with me this long...bless you. My life is not really very interesting. That's okay...I won't complain too loudly.

Until next time...

Much love
i am not

p.s. the art at the top of my post is my cousin Jerrod's. He's pretty stinkin' talented.