A Weepy Hot Mess

Well Tom and I arrived at Windy Gap on Friday for our month long assignment here. So far it's been great. Great people, great food, beautiful surroundings, and perfect weather. So yesterday, the first group of campers arrived and apparantly I decided that weeping was the appropriate response. If you've ever been to Young Life camp before, then you know that when you arrive, this huge group of people (the work crew) is waiting for you, jumping up down, screaming and cheering. Yesterday was the first time that I had witnessed this without actually being on the bus, and my eyes just filled with tears. I don't know what it was...I think I was just so excited for these kids that were arriving, knowing what lies ahead of them this week. So that was cryfest #1. The next blubbering moment came at club last night. We were singing Your Love is Deep, and I was sitting in the back running the powerpoint. Most of the room was sitting down, but in front of me were about 6 campers with special needs...all standing up, arms stretched far apart (doing the motions for the song), and singing with all their hearts. It was such an amazing sight, and I couldn't help but well up with tears AGAIN. Then the speaker showed a video of some olympic event where the runner pulled his hamstring half way through and his dad came down from the stands and helped his son hobble his way across the finish line. The runner was painfully sobbing in his father's arms....and there I went again. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH ME?! I'm gonna chock it up to PMS this time, but if this continues I'm gonna need to get checked out.

I love birthdays!

Yesterday was such a great day. Tom and I left Goldsboro around 10:30 yesterday morning to head to Cary for my family birthday celebration. We got to my parents house and had some lunch, and then my mom took me to get my hair did where shegets her hair did. That salon was seriously like a sitcom. Everybody was talking to each other across the room while all the cutting, coloring, and perming was going on. When I first walked in, they thought I was there to get anupdo for PROM. I was like...um,I'm 25...(I mean, do I really look that young??). So I sit down with my stylest and she asks me how long it's been since I've cut my hair. I sheepishly
uttered, "uh...almost a year". I swear the whole place got silent and everyone gasped. It is however, sadly true. If you've seen me lately you know that my hair looks like a horse's mane. So needless to say, it took a long time for her to do my hair, but I LOVE IT! I would attach a pic, but that would be awkward.
So after my hair was beautified, my mom and I headed off to Crabtree for some shopping times. I needed to get some new clothes for our month long stint at Windy Gap coming up. If you really know me, then you know that I'm not a big shopper, but I got so lucky yesterday! I found everything I needed and in a relatively short amount of time. By the way, the Gap has great stuff right now: you should go check it out.
After my shopping list had been crossed off, mom and I met up with the rest of my family at The Cheesecake Factory. It was soo good, but of course way too much food (I really had to unbutton my pants as soon as we got in the car). Everyone was there: mom, dad, Tom, my older brother, his wife Tanya, and their babyKyleigh, my younger brother Alex, and his girlfriend Jen. That's the whole crew. Kyleigh was cracking us up the whole time. She was dancing to the music and would freeze with one hand up in the air and a serious face. It was hilarious....I think my brother's going to post the video onyoutube. I'll attach the link if he does.
Then Tom and I headed back to Goldsboro, where we pulled out the couch bed and watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on TV. I mean, is anybody as excited as I am about the new movie? I LOVE Indiana Jones!
So that wraps up my wonderful "birthday" (my actually birthday is Tuesday). It couldn't have been better. It's gonna be sad when I get too old for my parents to make birthdays a big deal anymore.

Hitlist

So you know when you have DVR/extended cable, you get all those extra music channels? Well right now I have the "hitlist" blaring as I start to put together boxes and pack up the house. It's kind of sad. For the past 2 years, we've been living in Goldsboro where Tom has been in an internship for Young Life. Last week, he was offered the Area Director position in Washington, NC. We are super excited to be moving there, but it's still kind of sad. Goldsboro has definitely become home to us and I guess it's always hard when you're closing a chapter of your life and moving on. We will certainly miss the friends we've made here, along with:

the wonderful smell of hog farms
driving 5 mph behind a tractor on a two-lane road
the eternal threats on church marquis' (actually we really will miss those..)
the long-standing trash burning tradition
the slam packed Pizza Inn buffet (okay, we'll really miss that too)

But on a serious note, we will truly miss the wonderful people here. Thanks for a great 2 years!

Why NOT me?

So I really enjoy reading other people's blogs, but I always thought that I wouldn't have anything interesting to post on my own. Well I was talking about it this weekend with my friend Jan Archer and she said it's always the bloggers that write about the everyday, ordinary stuff that she enjoys, and she encouraged me to JUST DO IT. So here it is, a work in progress. Seriously, tell me if you ever get bored.