So for fun today...I helped a guy with beer tasting at work....my official job was to card people. Now you'd think that people would understand. Corporate Wegmans policy being what it is, I will lose my job if I don't card everyone. But still most people were surprised...I got some who were flattered that I carded them....some said I made their day, but others were absolutely disgusted that I had to card them. Oh well....all in a days work. ;)
Now to enjoy dominoes for dinner
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Our Love Story
So I decided that it was time to put on the story how Derek and I met onto my blog.
This story actually starts about a month before I officially met Derek. I was a brand new freshman at Baptist Bible College. I was just settling in, just getting to know my roommate, and making several new friends. There were guys all over campus that were attractive to me, several that I had crushes on, but to be completely honest, Derek was not one of those guys. In fact I did see him hanging around campus, but he was to me, just this big guy with a beard who was loud. Which hit two of the things that I swore would never be traits of the man I married. I swore he would never have a beard cause they're so scratchy, and he wasn't going to be loud or ever embarrass me, which were obviously traits of this guy.
I had decided before going to BBC, that finding a husband was not going to be my first priority there. I was going to concentrate on school, and if God decided to bring that lucky guy my way, then so be it, but I wasn't going to go looking. My plan worked very well the first month of school. I didn't go looking, although I did see several attractive guys. But then I started noticing how everybody seemed to be dating or with somebody else, and I spent several nights praying that I would be able to concentrate on school, and that God would take away my desire for love and a boyfriend away until he was going to give me my desires.
Shortly after that, me and a new friend were hanging out at the Underground when this guy came up and started chatting with us. I had my laptop with me, I think I was doing homework or facebook or something, cause I wasn't a huge part of the conversation. The only things I remember was hearing him talk about his ex-girlfriend whom according to him he treated like an angel. Then as my friend and I left the underground I remember talking to her about how if he was our boyfriend, we would've never let him go.
So like every new relationship with anyone, boy or girl at BBC, we facebook friended him and after that we hung out with him, my friend and I did almost every night. As a freshman I was a smart student...did all my homework in the afternoon and therefore had my evenings free. So my friend and I hung out with Derek every night. Most of the time together.
However it shortly became a routine for Derek and I to talk for an hour or so every night on facebook. Then because facebook chat is horrible, we eventually moved to Aim. But as all things go, my friend and I both started to like Derek. And as two girls liking one guy goes....my friend got jealous. She started to accuse me of butting into conversations with her and him when I never did it intentionally. One night we finally rose to a climax with us girls arguing, her saying that she felt like I was hurting her chances with Derek, and I was saying, I had no idea I was doing anything wrong. So I told her, fine, if this is the way you feel, I'm backing off. Then I went to my room, and instead of chatting with Derek, I went to bed. And as I lay in bed waiting for sleep to come, I asked God to remove the feelings that I had for Derek, and for me to be able to just treat him as a friend.
The next morning I didn't see my friend until right before chapel. She came into my room as I was cleaning it up for chapel checks. She then proceeded to tell me that she had talked with Derek the night before after I had left her room. She said that he told her that he liked me and that he was praying about a relationship with me. I could almost not contain myself.
Things after that kinda blur together, but I know Derek and I had a conversation mid September about starting a relationship and we decided that we wanted to get to know eachother better first before we started dating. Then on October 14th we met with my parents, and officially started dating. That is when it became tradition to sit on the back patio of Jackson Hall at night...talking. I actually miss that.
TO BE CONTINUED.........
This story actually starts about a month before I officially met Derek. I was a brand new freshman at Baptist Bible College. I was just settling in, just getting to know my roommate, and making several new friends. There were guys all over campus that were attractive to me, several that I had crushes on, but to be completely honest, Derek was not one of those guys. In fact I did see him hanging around campus, but he was to me, just this big guy with a beard who was loud. Which hit two of the things that I swore would never be traits of the man I married. I swore he would never have a beard cause they're so scratchy, and he wasn't going to be loud or ever embarrass me, which were obviously traits of this guy.
I had decided before going to BBC, that finding a husband was not going to be my first priority there. I was going to concentrate on school, and if God decided to bring that lucky guy my way, then so be it, but I wasn't going to go looking. My plan worked very well the first month of school. I didn't go looking, although I did see several attractive guys. But then I started noticing how everybody seemed to be dating or with somebody else, and I spent several nights praying that I would be able to concentrate on school, and that God would take away my desire for love and a boyfriend away until he was going to give me my desires.
Shortly after that, me and a new friend were hanging out at the Underground when this guy came up and started chatting with us. I had my laptop with me, I think I was doing homework or facebook or something, cause I wasn't a huge part of the conversation. The only things I remember was hearing him talk about his ex-girlfriend whom according to him he treated like an angel. Then as my friend and I left the underground I remember talking to her about how if he was our boyfriend, we would've never let him go.
So like every new relationship with anyone, boy or girl at BBC, we facebook friended him and after that we hung out with him, my friend and I did almost every night. As a freshman I was a smart student...did all my homework in the afternoon and therefore had my evenings free. So my friend and I hung out with Derek every night. Most of the time together.
However it shortly became a routine for Derek and I to talk for an hour or so every night on facebook. Then because facebook chat is horrible, we eventually moved to Aim. But as all things go, my friend and I both started to like Derek. And as two girls liking one guy goes....my friend got jealous. She started to accuse me of butting into conversations with her and him when I never did it intentionally. One night we finally rose to a climax with us girls arguing, her saying that she felt like I was hurting her chances with Derek, and I was saying, I had no idea I was doing anything wrong. So I told her, fine, if this is the way you feel, I'm backing off. Then I went to my room, and instead of chatting with Derek, I went to bed. And as I lay in bed waiting for sleep to come, I asked God to remove the feelings that I had for Derek, and for me to be able to just treat him as a friend.
The next morning I didn't see my friend until right before chapel. She came into my room as I was cleaning it up for chapel checks. She then proceeded to tell me that she had talked with Derek the night before after I had left her room. She said that he told her that he liked me and that he was praying about a relationship with me. I could almost not contain myself.
Things after that kinda blur together, but I know Derek and I had a conversation mid September about starting a relationship and we decided that we wanted to get to know eachother better first before we started dating. Then on October 14th we met with my parents, and officially started dating. That is when it became tradition to sit on the back patio of Jackson Hall at night...talking. I actually miss that.
TO BE CONTINUED.........
Time to Catch Up!
Gosh it's been so long since I've written in this blog. Lots of things have happened since then. I know I swore to write in this blog every day, but life gets busy, and sometimes I get lazy and don't take the time to type. Lol.
So lets see...where shall I begin? Well, I guess I could begin with the cat and her two kittens that we rescued from underneath our apartment. The cat seemed to be malnourished, which turned out to be true. She has eaten so much food since we moved them into our bathroom. And she has also gone to the bathroom several times which smells up our bathroom so bad! The kittens are so adorable, and so curious. They are trying to explore the entire apartment when we let them out of the bathroom. Sometimes we have to rescue them from some scary situations.
We have both been praying and trying to figure out what God wants us to do within the next couple of weeks. There are several different things that could happen. Derek has been applying for several different jobs, one of which he didn't get, but he has another interview this Monday. I think, no matter how stressful and painful this has been for us to endure, that God has some lessons He is trying to teach us. The past 8 months that we have been married have been full of fun, stress and some hard lessons. Financially we have just barely made it every month. Somehow, without my knowing how it happens, we always end up having enough money to eat, pay rent, and pay for all of our other bills. Some months we didn't know how we were going to make it, and then something would happen that would allow us to. Over Christmastime there was a church that God brought into our life that blessed us beyond anything we could've imagined.
Within the next couple of weeks we have several exciting events, and some scary ones. Sunday is Easter.....and I am so excited. Not only do I have a new outfit to wear, we also invited my inlaws to come for dinner. She is bringing the ham, and I am making everything else. I am making a blueberry and an apple pie, applesauce jello, green bean casserole, and Derek is making his baked potatoes wrapped in bacon. Such a wonderful feast. I will be sure to include pictures.
The next exciting event happening in my life is graduation. I can't believe that I am actually graduating from college. I have no idea what I will do with all of my spare time. I suppose I will think of something. But at least graduating will be exciting. But I guess the bigger thing that is taking up all of our prayers recently has been whether or not we will be moving out of this apartment up to NY at the end of this month. Well, actually whether or not we give our 30 days notice at the end of this month. Which is the end of next week. Slightly scary to think about. Needing to make a pretty serious decision in a little over a week. Ah!!!!
So lets see...where shall I begin? Well, I guess I could begin with the cat and her two kittens that we rescued from underneath our apartment. The cat seemed to be malnourished, which turned out to be true. She has eaten so much food since we moved them into our bathroom. And she has also gone to the bathroom several times which smells up our bathroom so bad! The kittens are so adorable, and so curious. They are trying to explore the entire apartment when we let them out of the bathroom. Sometimes we have to rescue them from some scary situations.
We have both been praying and trying to figure out what God wants us to do within the next couple of weeks. There are several different things that could happen. Derek has been applying for several different jobs, one of which he didn't get, but he has another interview this Monday. I think, no matter how stressful and painful this has been for us to endure, that God has some lessons He is trying to teach us. The past 8 months that we have been married have been full of fun, stress and some hard lessons. Financially we have just barely made it every month. Somehow, without my knowing how it happens, we always end up having enough money to eat, pay rent, and pay for all of our other bills. Some months we didn't know how we were going to make it, and then something would happen that would allow us to. Over Christmastime there was a church that God brought into our life that blessed us beyond anything we could've imagined.
Within the next couple of weeks we have several exciting events, and some scary ones. Sunday is Easter.....and I am so excited. Not only do I have a new outfit to wear, we also invited my inlaws to come for dinner. She is bringing the ham, and I am making everything else. I am making a blueberry and an apple pie, applesauce jello, green bean casserole, and Derek is making his baked potatoes wrapped in bacon. Such a wonderful feast. I will be sure to include pictures.
The next exciting event happening in my life is graduation. I can't believe that I am actually graduating from college. I have no idea what I will do with all of my spare time. I suppose I will think of something. But at least graduating will be exciting. But I guess the bigger thing that is taking up all of our prayers recently has been whether or not we will be moving out of this apartment up to NY at the end of this month. Well, actually whether or not we give our 30 days notice at the end of this month. Which is the end of next week. Slightly scary to think about. Needing to make a pretty serious decision in a little over a week. Ah!!!!
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