Enchanted

I bought this movie and just loved it! It combines parts from at least four Disney Princess movies that I could figure out. And this is one of my favorite songs from the movie, it just makes me want to sigh and day dream. =)

Still single but sassy

This past weekend I got two birth announcement from friends out of state. I am very happy for them! Both friends have new baby boys in their household and are very excited. But at the same time of my joy for my friends a hint of melancholy hits me. It is another stark reminder of how very much I am still a single person. My married friends who are around my age are starting their families and yet I am still without that milestone marker. A few single friends have tossed around the idea of adoption and being a single parent if our "Mr. Right" does not come alone for us in the next few years. I've even gone as far as toss out the idea of in vitro fertilization, but that was quickly dispelled by all my counselors. Adoption isn't bad but then you are missing the whole principle of Ecclesiastes 4:8-12. So what's a girl to do?

Now those of you who know me, know that I have already made peace about the whole "gift of singleness". But this doesn't mean that I won't need the Dove bars and rocky road ice cream when I get a wedding invitation or a new baby announcement in the mail or e-mail. =) Feelings of longing for a husband and children cannot just be shut off like a light switch. (There are times when I wished they were!) There are things I can do. Just because I am not married doesn't mean that I will spend the rest of my life waiting to buy a house, a new car or travel around the world until someone comes along that I can share all those experiences with. I'm not a full fledged romantic here, frankly I prefer to say that I am a realist (Dictionary definition: a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly). So if my "Mr. Right" doesn't ever come and I am left traveling this life alone, that doesn't deter me from enjoying this life. I already am enjoying life! My passport is a testament to the places I have been. You won't catch this gal staying down and moping for long periods of time! I'm going to move on and live life to the fullest. But there will always be room in the fridge for chocolate and ice cream! ;-)

Mental-pause

Having co-workers who are much older than me and some of them undergoing a certain process of womanhood . . . menopause. Here is a list of the psychological side effects of menopause from Wikipedia.com

Psychological

• mood disturbance
• irritability
• fatigue
• memory loss and problems with concentration
• depression and/or anxiety

Well for me the second to the last symptom seems to be occurring more often. Take tonight for example, I was supposed to work overtime at work. But I forgot about ever signing up for it, so much so that it wasn't on my PDA/phone or wall calendar. My supervisor called me up and had to do a wellness check on me. How embarrassing!

There is a little bit of comfort though. As a search on Wikipedia.com about memory loss said that stress-related activities are another factor which can result in memory loss. That is a little comfort since I'm in the midst of a very stressful and life changing decision right now. So many things are up in the air and out of my control, the things that I do have control of are at times mundane. I just have to remind myself that no matter what the outcome is of the next few weeks and months, the Lord is in control.

Strangers may be angels unaware

The other day I had a little adventure. I was on my way back from a meeting up north and driving on the freeway when I heard an odd noise coming from the back of my car. It sounded like "thuwp-thuwp-thuwp" and so thinking it may be a flat tire I quickly pulled off the nearest exit from the freeway. Sure enough I had a flat tire on my rear left side of the car. Now there is a reason why I have triple A insurance because of incidents just like this. I was a little panicked since I had to meet with my trainer in less than an hour and it would take exactly one hour before the tow could get to me. So the first thing I did was call home and beg my dad to come fix my flat tire. (I know, I know by now I should have learned how to change a tire and I do. But here's the thing, little me on the side of a road in a not so great neighborhood. I'm calling someone else to fix it!) Of course my dad told me to call the 1-800 line for triple A but just as I was going to get off the phone this lady knocks on my passenger side window. She was one of those backpacker/disheveled looking people you see holding a sign on the side of the roadway. I was very wary but she seemed nice and offered to change my tires for me. Of course she wasn't much taller than me but she definitely was built on the more muscular sense. Her husband came over and helped her, I told her I only had $20 cash to pay her. Which was true I only brought that much with me to go to lunch but my friend paid for lunch so I didn't have to use my money. I opened the trunk and showed her where the spare tire and jack were. Her husband checked to make sure there was enough air in the spare, which was a good thing since there wasn't and he had to go across the street to the gas station to fill it up with air. The lady then showed me how to change a flat tire all the while my right had was hovering above my cell phone ready to call 9-1-1 at a moments notice. (Yes, I was still wary and a little scared about this whole thing. Praying my heart out while the lady was chatting.) In ten minutes she had changed my tire, put the ruined one back in the trunk and her husband said a prayer after I gave them $21 (I found an extra $1 bill in my jeans pocket). They thanked me and told me I was an angel, when I was just thinking how they were the ones who were heaven sent!

So that was my adventure for the week! I still made it to my gym session on time and my dad was like 2 miles away by the time I was back on the road. So I followed my dad home, since I caught up with him two stops away from where I was stuck on the side of the road.

Book review: The Commoner

My co-worker lent me a great book. She was reading it at work and couldn't put it down. It is called The Commoner:A Novel by Jonh Burnham Schwartz. The book is about the royal family of Japan or to be more specific the women of the family. The author tells it from the point of view of the first commoner who became an Empress. It isn't a romance but a wonderfully written book about how the daily life and toils of an outsider coming into such an intimidating institution. Japan's royal family is looked upon like god's and it is because of this status that makes them so intimidating. This book gives us an insight on the struggles of the young lady and how she can relate to her son's chosen bride, another commoner. It seems a bit like an autobiography but it is purely fiction that was well researched. I highly recommend this book!

Be Careful what you wish for

You know that old saying "be careful what you wish for it may just come through?". Well the other week I was just thinking about how my workouts at the gym needed to change in the intensity level. Now in my mind I was thinking more along the lines of increasing my time at the gym to 1 hour and 30 minutes instead of just an hour. That way I can do both cardio and some resistance training. But God on the other hand has a different plan. My trainer got a chance to "do his own thing" and left the gym so now I have a new guy. Which means getting used to a new way of doing things and getting used to a new trainer's style of helping me get in shape. So after one session where it was mostly a "get to know you" type and introduction, my back is sore and I return today back for another session. Isn't it amazing how God can answer something that you didn't even know you wish for much less pray about in such an unexpected way?