a few ramblings.

thank you to all you guys who i saw last night. i had a great time with y'all! i am so glad you guys are my friends, and i am honored to live this life with you.

i keep dreaming about morocco. more specifically, about being a tour guide with intrepid there. i still haven't heard back from them, and at this point, i'm not all that hopeful. but obviously i'm still dreaming...

i got all these books from the library that i can't read. one is a bout 2 guys who kayak half the way around australia. one is about a woman who walks the inca trail in peru. another is about a guy and his team that walk from the peak of kilimanjaro to the indian ocean. i just get too jealous and am mad that i can't do any of those things right now.

i am feeling more hopeful, at least right now, that i WILL be moving on, in at least SOME aspect of my life, in the near future.

in the meantime, i need patience. not only for the "job search/career search/life search", but in seeing my family over this holiday. oy. grandmother comes in this afternoon (i have more cleaning to do...) and michelle and lee come in on friday morning. for those that are local, please feel free to kidnap me at any time. ooh, even better, those that are NOT local should kidnap me!! :-P :-D

rosamond damron died this morning. she used to live 2 doors down from us, then moved back to her hometown in kentucky a few years ago. she was a sweet woman and dearly loved by her 7th grad students. she and her husband were my "halfway" point when i went back and forth to oklahoma. the last time i saw her is when i went to the passion conference in nashville, last jan. i drove up to see them one afternoon to visit and catch up. please be praying for her family, in particular her daughter amy and granddaughter chelsea. and of course her husband dave.

i had a good time at my family reunion/Christmas party this past weekend in Christiansburg. i really enjoy seeing my cousins and aunts and uncles. all my favorites were there, and i enjoyed catching up with them all.

i went walking yesterday on the noland trail, around the maritime museum in newport news. it was 5mi, and my legs are feeling it today. but it's a good feeling. i also got to check out trader joe's, since it was "close", aka, also in newport news (not all that close, but closer than i usually ever am).

did i mention how much i like my friends. y'all rock.