Don't worry, you didn't miss too much without a post on Sunday. The only thing worth noting is that last night Lucy didn't want to eat so I ended up putting her food bowl in bed, and she ate it without even standing. I'm not sure if she's the most spoiled dog ever or the most lazy. I wasn't really willing to let her go without though, because chances are she would have woken me up at 5:30 by throwing up on our bed. Oh, also we tried out a community group, it seems like a good group of people.
I was really tired this morning because I woke up before 6:30 both days this weekend. I didn't go to psychology, and just got up in time to go to my Micro lab. Actually I left a little early by accident, so I ended up taking back a CD shelf to Target that I got to exchange it for one like you saw in the picture. I had gotten another one Sunday night that was bigger to add to the one in the picture, but it was really junky, so much so that the shelves sagged in the middle when I put CD's on them. So I took the entire thing apart (I had just assembled it) and put it back in the box. I realized later on in the day that I forgot to put the screws and 2 little pieces back in the box. Oops, someone is going to be frustrated if Target puts it back up for sale without checking it.
I went to lab and then went to lunch with Nate. I had planned on skipping Micro lecture and just going home (ah the joys of no attendance), but Nate asked if I wanted to eat lunch. After lunch I took him by NAPA to get some u-joints for his truck, and then by a mechanic to drop them off. So much for getting home early...
It was such a beautiful day today. When I got home I took Lucy for a long walk around the neighborhood. She is really good at sticking with me, so today I didn't use her leash at all. She found a beach ball back in the woods at one point and was really excited about that.
I put my new CD shelf (which is exactly like the other one) together after that and organized the rest of my CD's. My music room is looking pretty good, and I will take some pictures once I get my drums back in there. I have some great ideas for acoustical treatment and art too, but I'll save that for when I post the pictures.
While I organized my CD's I listened to the new EP by Andrew Osenga (which is free: www.ilikeandy.com). I only really got into his stuff after he started playing with Caedmon's Call. I knew a little of his stuff with The Normals, but not much. His new EP is called "Letter's to the Editor: Volume II," and the idea is that people send him stories about things going on in their lives, and then he writes songs about some of them...pretty cool if you ask me. He has this one song one there that is about everyone writing their stories to him and the lyrics are amazing, so I wanted to post them:
My friends have sent me letters
I've read them all and then
I tried to make sense of the stories
But I was overwhelmed
So much anger, so much pain
We've had to go numb to survive
So I am closing my eyes
And I'm praying for those in my life
Let us feel, let us love, let us be alive
Let us know You
My friends have shared their secrets
I have given mine
The anarchy of what we think
No one will ever find
But in the daylight, to our surprise
Our secrets are shades of the same
So I am closing my eyes
And I'm praying for those in my life
Let us feel, let us love, let us be alive
Let us know You
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with You
You parted the seas, You hung up the flame in the night to guide us through
You drew in the sand, dropped the stones from violent hands
You heard the cry of the crow and set Your eyes on a faithless friend
You are who You are, and You are, and You were and will be
I am opening my eyes
And I'm praying for those in my life
Let us feel, let us love, let us be alive
Let us know You
"Let Us Know You" - Andrew Osenga
That was one of those songs where I completely stopped what I was doing and just sat there for a little bit after I listened to it. For some reason it reminds me of that song that Sufjan Stevens wrote about the serial killer, where at the end he sings, "And in my best behavior, I am really just like him. Look beneath the floorboards, for the secrets I have hid." It's called "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." and it's an incredible song. For some reason God has really given me an appreciation for the brokenness of this world, the brokenness of myself, and how all these broken situations come together for His glory in some way. I guess that's the good thing about living in community also, that once you get your crap out in the open you figure out that everyone else is just as broken as you are, and then all of a sudden real relationships start to build where people are really helping each other. I feel like people are going to read this paragraph and come away thinking I'm a serial killer, but hopefully you get what I am saying. I'm not a serial killer...seriously.
Anyways, after putting my shelf together I emailed Kristi (I can't call her while she's teaching) and asked if she could come home early since it was such a beautiful day. She came home around 4 and we decided to take Lucy to the dog park downtown. Lucy absolutely loves playing with other dogs, so we figured she would love the dog park, even though she has never been to one before.
The trip was quite an adventure. There were probably 10-15 dogs of all sizes at the park, and they were all pretty well behaved. Unfortunately Lucy was extremely overwhelmed by the amount of dogs. She spent almost the entire time standing right beside Kristi and I just watching the other dogs play and looking nervous. Dogs came over to say hi to her every now and then, but she was pretty much just paralyzed. She also had this weird thing where her mouth started foaming...it looked like she had rabies. I googled it when I got home, and apparently dogs do that sometimes when they are really nervous. Near the end she started to play with a 6 month old Doberman, but he was so big that she was starting to get grumpy from getting knocked around, so we decided to leave. We took her for a walk downtown afterwards, which was really nice.
We decided to bring Lucy home and then go out for dinner. We got a coupon for a whole free dinner at MiMi's Steakhouse in the mail, which is incredible. We couldn't really figure out if they are desperate and going out of business, or doing really well. They supposedly were voted "Best in the Upstate," for Japanese food last year, but it doesn't really seem like a happening place. I guess only time will tell...the food was good either way.
After a delicious dinner we came home and I worked on my new song some more while I watched football. I think it's going to be a good one, it is just taking forever to write.
Tomorrow I think I am just going to run a few errands and then go to work. I don't know what's going on in church this week, so I'm not sure what I'll be doing, but I hope it involves soldering!
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