Rodeo Parade

This blustery windy day, Diamond and I spent the morning passing out hundreds of free bandanas to fans of the rodeo parade. I thought we were never going to get rid of those things! Then, we quickly went down the parade line to jump in our float to find out we were the very last ones in the parade. It was so cold!!! The wind blew uncontrollably, but we had a fun anyway. Afterwards, I treated Diamond to her favorite - Chinese food! She deserved it since she put up with me volunteering her to help with these things!

Never walk alone

Yesterday, while Diamond was in ballet practice, I decided I would take a walk at the park and kill time. I was sure I could get in a couple miles while I waited. So I did. I usually go there with friends, but today, I decided to walk alone. It was still sunny out, but it was starting to get dark, but not dark enough for me to be scared...

I know, this is off topic, but I'm also not easily offended. I can take a lot of jokes. I guess if I can dish them out, I should be able to take them too. I've been asked several questions about what nationality I am. After speaking Spanish on and on to me, I've been told by a customer I need to learn how to speak Spanish and even though I'm not Hispanic, it should be a language I need to know how to speak. I've also been asked if I was a Malaysian missionary while eating at Wendy's. I've also been served Polynesian sauce at Chick-fil-a, even though I asked for honey mustard. ;) It doesn't bother me though.

So back to the park story... Yesterday, as I walked my fourth lap around Unidad, I see a car sitting in the parking lot with two boys in it. Then as I'm walking away, I hear in their best Chinese accent, "Me love you long time. Want free sample?" again and again and again. Should I turn around? I chose not to just in case they were bigger than me (which at my height, it doesn't take much.) I walked my last lap and left the park... It was getting dark anyway.

Maybe we should shave our heads

One bad thing about long hair - clogged up drains! I hate cleaning out the drains, but it's something that must be done. But you see, if we shaved our heads, then we wouldn't have this lovely problem. I wonder if Diamond and I have nice round heads...

What's wrong with my blog?

I go to the home page and my background shows up but nothing else...

This is a test to see if works.

Special delivery

After my Friday morning meeting, I arrive at my desk and I have a new message. I check the message to find out I have a special delivery at the greeter's desk. Really? I do? I never get deliveries at the front desk.

So, I walk downstairs and find this:A beautiful bouquet with my favorite flower (lillies) and my favorite color (purple) of baby's breath. Someone knew me well! I was very surprised! So of course, I had to thank the person who gave it to me because they made me feel special. I was the very first delivery at the credit union and they were beautiful. Usually, my desk is the empty one without any flowers so this definitely made my day. And they smell so good too!!!

16 hour day

Today, on a Saturday, my one and only sleep in day, I had to be ready and out the door by 6:35!!! That is earlier than a normal school day morning!

A bunch of my friends and I headed out to San Antonio for the day in search of dresses and tuxes for a wedding. My friend and I sat in the third row of a Tahoe with our legs crunched up in a really weird position. In hopes that someone would offer to trade our seats on the way home, we decided to be nice and not complain and just take it. It's only a 3 hour trip anyway.

So we went to Alfred Angelo and tried on some dresses, ate at Pei Wei Chinese Bistro (a little brother of P.F. Changs), then did some shopping at the San Marcos outlet malls. This was my first time heading to those stores. We bought the dresses, but were unsuccessful with the shoes and tuxes. We'll have to save those for another trip.

But we made it home and 16 hours later, I am ready to head off to bed.

Unripe bananas

Do those make your tummy hurt?

I ate one for breakfast and since then, my tummy has been aching all day... I'm going to bed now...

Breathing

Today, or yesterday actually, I went to our monthly CnC (College n Career) Bible study. This is a small group I really enjoy and on top of learning more about Jesus, we also made some thick, juicy homemade hamburgers. Delicious!

But tonight we talked about breathing... How we take it for granted. It's one of those God given gifts we do everyday without thinking about it yet without it, we would not live. In one minute, an average human takes about 45 breaths of air. That's 64,800 breaths in one day. Yet sometimes we take this simple thing and just blow it off - I'll read my Bible tomorrow, I'll spend time with them next week, I'm doing something right now, maybe we can play that game later, we're still young so we've got plenty of time to do that, etc, etc. We can make several excuses to put things off for later, but later is not something we may always have. So this year, on top of the normal resolutions everyone has for the year, we were asked to add a new year's resolution for God - to do something for Him. We may have to sacrifice time or money, but we should never wait to add to our list of things we do to honor Him because in the end, these are the things that will count.

Thank you Heavenly Father for every breath we take... I pray we continue to be encouraged this coming year to grow closer You. Thank You for the refreshing words and reminder today.

45

That is the number of days until our spring break vacation. Everything is ready to go. Diamond and I will be taking our first trip without the rest of the family and we're headed to Universal Studios Orlando! We have never been and I'm very excited yet also a bit nervous about this trip - for many reasons.
1) I haven't gone on a long distance trip with just Diamond and I since we're such s small family.
2) It's so much better to look over at mom and dad and say, "We're hungry," and not have to pay for the meal.
3) I'm not exactly a "street smart" kind of girl. I am very easily distracted.
I know it will be an enjoyable time though and I'm looking forward to it. And I know God is everywhere with us so I should not be worried and I will not be...

So until then, I'll be counting down the days...