Great Day, Great Book

Gotta love off days! After I went to my theater class I came back to the dorm room and took a loooong nap. Around 2:30 I decided to get ready to seize the day! Brad Anderson (Justin's best "bud") gave Justin and me a ride to Lufkin to pick up the Expedition. Unfortunately, Nick (Justin's brother) had been out driving around in it, so we were running a bit late. Since they were unable to clean the Expedition, Justin, Katie, and I headed to Wal-Mart to buy a few supplies. A few minutes later we were on the road hunting for the "perfect" car wash to visit after dark. Settling for the one on Timberland we cleaned that sucker until it was sparkling! Several errands after that, Justin and I were on the way back to Nacogdoches....

Man, oh man! I just finished reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, and I have to say that I am actually sad that there are no more chapters. For those of you who don't know and/or don't feel like clicking on the link Redeeming Love is basically a fictional story based off of the book of Hosea. I absolutely would not have been able to put this book down if I didn't have things to do! The way Francine Rivers was able to capture and make the reader feel a taste of God's love amazed me. Reading this book has made me want to go back and read Hosea again. I'm sure I will look at it from a different light this time. Sometimes, it is just hard to think of the people in the Bible as real people who have lived before and had the same reactions to things as we would today. I think that is very important: being able to read the Bible and first understand it for what it simply is....not trying to read within the lines. These people were real even though they lived so long ago. If watching a movie or reading a book can kind of "suck us in" to what is happening...why shouldn't the Bible?

Texarkana and a New Cell Phone Provider!

Sunday Justin and I (in pic) drove to Texarkana to hang out with Tim and Rhonda (Justin's Dad and Step-Mom) at The Cracker Barrel. I had never eaten there before and I have to say that I wasn't all that impressed with their mashed potatoes and gravy. On the other hand, their chicken fried steak was delicious! The trip up there was awesome, since it was one of our first full days of sunshine and I actually got there with no trouble. (phew) I have had trouble with mapquest in the past, but this time they didn't fail me!

Today Justin and I went to Lufkin to inquire about our cell phone plan. Yesterday Justin had called our provider and found out that we were no longer in a contract due to a mix-up on their part. Yay! We had been having problems with the service lately and this was our open door to get out pain free. So now I am happy to say that we have a new service provider!! On top of that we took a chance to see if I could have it in my name and lo' and behold I have credit now! It feels nice to be able to pay a bill that is actually in my name and not my mom's. The bad news was that my phone with the pretty flashy lights won't work with our provider...sadness. I wasn't able to get a new phone for myself, but Justin got one and gave me his old phone. The phone isn't even a year old so I was happy to get it AND I got a C-U-T-E pink holder for it to make it last.

As you might have noticed I finally broke down and got a MySpace. I've never really liked it because of the massive amount of advertisement on the profile, but I found a way to customize it just for me!

Oh! And if you want something to entertain you for a bit go check out Todd Wright's conversation starter on his blog and comment on it! Until later...

Tired...

Alright, my day was a complete waste! I slept in way too late because I stayed up way too early washing laundry, watching American Idol, and reading. Justin and I went to Lufkin to get his eye drops and to ship off his ebay stuff. I raced home to get ready for work. That's right, fresh, clean work clothes! Work was great. I have been trying extra hard this week to just do my job the way it should be done. Not that I've been slacking in the past, but this week I've decided to give it a bit more elbow grease. Oh, I partly have been trying harder so that I can ask my manager if they've stuck me as hostess for the weekends just b/c I'm a bad waitress. I don't think I am, but all mothers think their children are beautiful too. Anyways...I waited tables, cleaned tables, spilled Tobasco sauce in my eyes, and was off for the night! I just finished re-washing one of my work shirts (Tobasco sauce stains), and watching American Idol. Now I have to go look for a couple of monologues to show my Prof. tomorrow...yep, I'm tired and for no reason at all.