tip of the month:

if at any time you find yourself in the vicinity of a pregnant woman, the following is a list of things it would be really rude for you to do:
*rub her belly if you don't know her (whether you ask permission or not, it's still unacceptable)
*stop to tell her every horrible pregnancy/delivery story you've  ever heard or witnessed
*tell her she should not be drinking that tea/coffee/pop or eating that donut/lunchmeat or just giving her a rundown of the diet she should be sticking to
*tell her that regardless of what she says now, she WILL spoil her children ()

the following *should* not result in any harm to your person:
*offering- once- to help her lift something heavy if she's alone
*saying "congratulations"
*leaving her completely alone

really, it's a matter of common courtesy.

cheers!

welp, it's me again.

does anyone even read these anymore? you all probably think i dropped off the face of the planet or something.

i didn't.

but sometimes working at home depot feels like it.

so, a few weeks ago i got my "final notice write-up" at work (if you don't know what that means- um, it's not a good thing. basically it gives them the right from here on out to fire me for anything at anytime). oddly enough, last week they started talking about giving me a promotion of sorts. wow, i must be a real troublemaker, eh?

so this gross guy started hitting on me at work the other day. one of the guys i work with (part of a group i fondly refer to as "my boys") came over when he saw what was going on. and then he proceeded to stand there, be amused, and not even try to intervene.

(which led to me making the above face at him)

when the icky guy finally left, i walked over and said, "the next time i give you that look you're my husband until the customer leaves, got it?"

he just continued to be amused.

so we tried this Church of Christ last sunday. don't worry- the billboard outside said, "founded in 33 ad". you better believe i had to compose myself before we walked in the building.

i forgot how quiet those churches are.

the people were nice. i'm not sure we'll be going back.

in other news, we woke up one morning last week at precisely 2:18 am. for a second we both sat there, not sure who had woken up first or why we were both awake at all. then i noticed lights flashing through our bedroom window.

long story short: our downstairs neighbor's car was on fire.

our landlord thinks it might have been a drug vendetta.

and i thought I  watched the shield too much.

but he's probably right.

anyway, we're actually in town to check up on sbu (don't tell anyone, but it's a baptist university). we're thinking about going back for teaching degrees.

so maybe i better get on that.

i missed this.

cheers!

*ps*

so, it turns out i'm still in love with donald miller.
i've now officially read all of his books.
and i'm ready to take a road trip to oregon.

*the real end*