engaged to my best friend

i'm hungry!

So much better. Prayers worked :)

This morning i took this picture from Joey & Ginger's window facing out over the hills...a cool November day. They say we have more rain coming tomorrow...i can't wait.

I just indulged myself in a super cute pair of Toms. When they come, and if they fit, i'll post a picture. :)

Have you seen the opening for the Office season 7? (the best version i could find is flipped :/ but it's still good)

I am contented today...in spite of things really not being much different than usual. This morning when he called to wake me, Chad prayer for blessings on my day, and on his. I think that's why i'm feeling so happy. 

our days are like grass

tonight we found out a dear family friend suddenly has between 3 days and 3 weeks to live.

chris has become so precious to us in such a relatively short amount of time that his imminent death really hasn't registered.

i feel like the Lord just gave him to us...we barely even got to experience what i have seen of his deep, overflowing, genuine, joyous and almost childlike fervor and passion for God, His word and His people.

later, chad mused bittersweetly as we drove back to my apartment: "i can't picture anyone more happy to sit at the feet of Jesus."

morning.

sometimes...you sleep through your alarm...waking up right when you're supposed to be in front of a class full of students. and then you jump out of bed so fast and in such panic, you go into vasal shock and faint on your bathroom floor...coming to just as you hear your cell phone ringing and it's the school wondering where the heck you are, and you tell them you missed your alarm and then fainted and are feeling nauseous but NOT TO WORRY you're still coming, you're just going to miss the first class! "are you sure," they ask, "because we can call another sub"...and you assure them you will be there at 9:00 insisting you will be fine...so you get up to finish brushing your teeth, only to fall down on the floor with your ears ringing again. then, after finally grabbing a bagel even though you feel like you want to puke, you run down to your car, get inside, and put the key in the ignition...and nothing happens...then you notice the dome light has been left on for about 15 hours and the battery is dead...so you have to call the school and tell them the car won't start and you feel horrible and they'll just have to get another substitute that day and you sit in the seat and can't even cry from the shock of what the heck all just happened??

brilliant

while talking to chad on the phone tonight, i checked my e-mail...

me: you sent me an e-mail!!

chad: huh?

me: you sent me an e-mail!

chad: i figured out how!!

care

what makes being this awfully sick well worth it? when a certain lovely man drives for 45 minutes and braves my terrifying germs...just to bring me soup and keep me company for a few hours. 2 evenings in a row. i'd call myself spoiled, but it's all still so new and unreal to me...so i'll just call myself blessed. :)

whoooaaaaa

chad and i were walking through downtown clairemont yesterday, and a short distance ahead i saw some planters, people sitting on benches, and a wall covered in murals. there was a man standing in front of the mural examining it very closely...i thought it was funny and kind of weird...i even remarked about it out loud.

then as we passed him, we realized he was just peeing on it. chad started walking really fast and i began to laugh aloud. "DON'T JUDGE ME!!" he yelled in drunken amusement. "I KNOW YOU'RE JUDGING ME!!"
 i had to run to catch up with my very embarrassed boyfriend.

la cañada rain

i did this watercolor a couple of weeks ago for chad's birthday. i like it.

i want to do more :)

might as well just say it...

know what's really weird? having my first boyfriend at 27 years old.

it's also kind of awesome.

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head...so...light...