A Little of Me

Its Saturday night. I’m in my new house having a nice chat with my new housemate. Suddenly, I get a call from Genie upstairs telling me our cars have been egged.

I run outside to see what’s going on and meet my new favorite neighbor. He proceeds to tell us the story of the event now known as “The Egging of Spring 2008.”

He tells us, “I heard noise outside and came out to see our cars being egged by 3 kids. When they saw me, they started running so I chased after them. The two little guys were way ahead… but there was a heavy boy running in the back. I screamed at them, “You’re wasting your time running cause I may not get you, but I’m going to get big boy and he’s going to give me your numbers!” Sure enough. I caught up with big boy and he gave me their numbers. I called them and had them come back and clean off all the egg for your cars. If you want their numbers to call them as well, you can have it.”

All 5 of us were in utter shock at our new favorite neighbor. We thanked him profusely as he continued to bring out more soap and water to catch any of the egg the kids left behind. We of course tried to help him, but he was well ahead of the game on us. He had the water prepared, and sponges- knew exactly what to do. The whole event really turned into little inconvenience at all for us because this man took it all on himself.

Things like this dont happen that often to me. When they do, I stand flabergasted. How many people would have responded the way he did? I dont think many. This man displayed what it means to be Christlike- and whether or not this man is or is not a Christian- he emulated Christ’s call for us on Saturday. He is an example for us to follow and I know me and my housemates are all thankful for it.

Would love to hear stories of people helping you out in your everyday or any other comments you want to share.

How do you deal with stress?

 I generally just plunge right into it all and try to eliminate my sources of stress one object at a time. If its my work, I do everything I can to get that in order. If its my house, I throw myself into reorganizing it. If its relationships… well those can be more complicated.

There comes a point though where too much is just too too much.

I think I’ve reached that point in the past month. Everything seems to keep errupting. Seriously. I put out one fire and another one pops up… and then another and another.

Unfortunately when I get to this point, when I’m just overwhelmed with everything, my reaction is to become a little apathetic and then ruthless. If there are undo things in my life causing stress, things that arent crucial to my everyday existance- (job, house, food)- I start chucking them.

Tasks at work that are not crucial to its operation- chuck. Relationship Drainers- chuck. Trying to keep my car in order- haha- chuck. Getting a crown on my teeth- chuck. Being PC- chuck. Car Registration- chuck. The ticket because I didnt get the car registered…..well, cant really chuck that.

It sounds very survival instinct though doesnt it? The unfortunate side of this is that when you throw things out the window they sometimes sprout legs and grow… and when you toss out care or concern for any kind of relationship- people get hurt.

Instead of tossing things that really are important out the window, I really should stop; and have a vacation. I’m in desperate need of one of those. I think part of me is afraid that if I stop though- things I’ve been trying to avoid will come rising to the surface. But I say, if it has to come to the surface… let it come to the surface in a sunset on a beach.

So aside from telling me how you deal with a plate that runneth over,  any suggestions for where to go? I’d ask for volunteers to come with me but…. who wants to vacation with a girl who may cry randomly at sunset..lol!?

This is it….

My living situation is changing, my two jobs are changing. Thankfully, I’m not dating anyone or I’m sure that would be changing as well :). It would seem that life has a way of clumping trials together. I got some kind of fever Thursday and Friday, and I can tell you first hand that makes for a very unpleasant moving situation.

I think what’s probably hardest for me about being sick, is sitting there not doing anything. Ironically enough that’s probably why I got sick in the first place.

 I am constantly pushing myself and unfortunately, without any rest or the proper pacing, I sometimes do more damage then good- a truth I am trying desperately to learn.  I have goals, I have vision, and unfortunately sometimes forget to stop and enjoy the journey to my destination.

With my 3 life transitions as of late though, I’m hoping this will no longer be the case. I adjusted my living situation to lower bills. Lower bills will allow me to save more money and work less hours. Working less hours will let me do the things I really care about- cause ladies and gentlemen, working at a law office is not the cookie from my cutter. Its certainly someone else’s.

Working less at my second job will let me work with the youth more. I’m very excited about that. The extra time will also let me put more into accomplishing my goals. I’m tempted to add onto my list of goals now that I have more time.. but I think I should definitely wait on that. Oh and, since I only posted my goals on my xanga, I’ve reposted them below, in no particular order:

1.  Compete in amateur swing competition and place
2. Memorize a book of the bible.
3. Ride in an air balloon
4. Visit every country in Europe
5. Visit Australia and New Zealand
6. Write a children’s book published
7. Write autobiography
8. Market an invention of mine
9. Fluent in some other language (and my creole no longer counts)
10. Run my own business
11. African Safari… somewhere in the great country of africa (just joking Bunmi..;))
12. Visit Every Continent
13. Be crowned princess of a small wealthy nation (If i knew how to get this, it wouldnt be a joke!)
14. Audition for the Amazing Race
15. Attend an opera at Covent Garden
16. GO Hanggliding
17. Become a proficient pianist in the latin and gospel persuation (play by ear etc.)

I forgot I had already accomplished the Amazing Race audition. That’s exciting. I think the next item I’m actively working on is number 1.

I’ve rambled enough. feel free to leave thoughts, suggestions, a ‘hi’ below!

Welcome to my first blog entry on my first independent blog! This is very exciting for me as not only do I have a site with great colors and designs, I have own my name in a url. Oh the little things that make us happy… lol!

As you may have read in the ‘about’ section to the right, this blog is an extention of my previous blog on xanga. I’ve spent the last 2+ years writing there and seeing as I love it, I decided to take it to the next level. Xanga seems to be fading away as well and I’d hate for my blog to fade away with it.

Looking back over my past entries, certain themes seem to repeat themselves. I write a lot about women, politics, friends, swing and God. Considering I am a social Christian female who loves politics… are we really surprised?

I’ve broken down the catagories i think i’ll write the most under to the right and have decided that for this first blog, I’ll give you a little overview of what each one will look like.

Encounters with God: these posts will concern things I feel God shows me, or what he speaks to me, or great stories from other people.

Friends: i have lovely friends and sometimes i like to write about them…

Once Upon a Time: Sometimes when i go to a social event or have ridiculous happenings in a day, I turn them into stories. I’m generally the princess and I work pictures around the happenings of an event. You really either love these blogs or hate them :).

of the Female Persuasion: I have strong opinions about women and our flaws and strengths. I often write very opinionated blogs on these topics to the delight and horror of many.

Swing: I love to dance swing and there’s really a lot more then I think people realize to this world. A lot of my posts in this catagory will be picture posts or video.

Social Injustice: Some of us have a strong desire to set things right and are fiercely angered over the wrong doings in this world. I am one of those people and write about these concerns.

Humor: I have the oddest things happen to me… these will be included in this catagory. Also just anything i find…. humorous. Profound, i know.

Social Events: not much explanation needed here i think..

Music: I’m a musician. I sing, i play piano, flute…. I have a great appreciation for music and lots of opinions on opera, pop trends etc.

Politics: Yes I love to debate politics. I’ve always loved politics and world events- used to rush home after school everyday so I could watch MPR everyday. I also love debate so put these two things together you’ll either love these blogs or completely hate them. Consider yourself forewarned.

This is where I will begin. I imagine i’ll have more catagories come up as this journey progresses, but for now I think this is a good starting place.

Feel free to leave welcoming comments below or just a line to let me know you’ve found my site. I look foreward to interracting with you all!