Category: Life

It's been over a month since Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast and until last night, we still hadn't heard from our friend Dan. We had gotten word from his Grandpa that he was OK and staying in Baton Rouge. We sort of guessed that he was probably going to work with his firm there until they could get back to NO.

So we were quite surprised when he told us he was in Arizona, looking for new work. We invited him to come stay with us. “Head north and hang a right at Utah, k? We've got free Wi-Fi.” I give it a 50/50 chance that he'll show up on our doorstep sometime this week. Continue reading “Good News/Bad News”

I have two birthdays to celebrate today. The first is our friend Dan who went thru Vandy with us. He had recently graduated from Tulane Law and was working at a New Orleans firm when Katrina hit. We heard he evacuated to Baton Rouge, but we still haven't gotten to talk to him. I hope it's a nice 26th birthday for him, despite the obvious.

We're looking forward to may more New Years' Eves with you, Dan. Happiest of happy birthdays. Hope the next year is a little less eventful. Continue reading “Happy Birthdays”

This little bird just showed up on our front porch one night and has kept coming back. I guess it’s a pretty nice place if you are a bird. It’s up in the air; the lights on porch attract a lot of bugs; and it’s very dry. The only problem is he makes a little bit of mess. Well, I guess we can forgive him that. Anyway, he’s welcome to stay as long as he wants, he won’t even be expected to clean up after himself.

We're calling him “Squatter.”

I am 25 years old today. I've had quite the year. This time last year, Matt and I lived in Madison, WI in an apartment with our doggie, May. Now we live in Denver, CO in our own house with our doggie, Loki. Lots of stuff good and bad has happened, but I think the good has far out-weighed the bad. Or maybe, I just choose to believe that.

I'm so glad that I've gotten to share the past year with all of you people that are so dear to me. You know who you are. I just luvya. Thanks so much for making the past year and my life in general brighter.

As far as b'day plans go, we're keeping it low-key. But we did celebrate with my aunt whose b'day is Aug 2 on Tuesday with a nice meal and Film on the Rocks featuring The Princess Bride. Magical.

I am one of those people who I used to make fun of. I don't know how it has happened, but my life has become so jam-packed with junk that I'm constantly feeling rushed and like I don't have enough time to do anything … paticularly the things that I want to do. I wouldn't say I'm unhappy. I think I am, by nature, a very happy person. But I have been let's say … discontented. Whenever I actually have the time to do what it is I want to do, I frequently lack the energy or motivation. I don't like that.

While I was in the Bahamas, I read an article about the benefits of slowing down and taking more time to do everything but really making the time you take count. It spoke of meditation as a way to calm, soothe, and re-examine why you're doing what you're doing. Meditation appeals to me a lot anyhow. I kind of think it might help to counter-act my impetuous impatient nature. Plus (and here's the rushed, trying to squeeze tons into a day Jess talking), once you are capable of meditating, it can replace sleep at a 2:1 ratio (or so I've read). Whatever the case, I don't think it can be bad for me. So I got on our library's website and requested the beginning meditation video. I won't go too much into it, since there are some very nice and accurate accounts of the video on Amazon, but I find it to be a very good place to start. Continue reading “The Slow Movement”