I sincerely apologize to all of my faithful readers π for not updating sooner. It was an unpardonable display of laziness on my part. I do have some excuses, plausible or not, to offer you.
I have found out now that if I put off doing the work of updating my blog, I end up doing more work as I try to write all of my news at once. I should have learned by now, but I’m afraid that I am incorrigible. (I like that line from The Sound of Music.) So I shall probably continue to procrastinate for a month and then, in a frenzy of good intentions, try to write everything at once, as I am doing now. Oh well, if you don’t like, I guess you’ll just have to leave. (Wait! I didn’t really mean that! Come back!)
I’m going to start out by introducing you to a very important person in my life. I would call him my boyfriend, but we’ve never been out on a date, (a fact that we plan on remedying very soon). I wouldn’t say that we are courting either, though it seems to be a popular thing nowadays. We do have a difficult time defining our relationship by modern standards, but I like that. I’m not the kind of person who wants to be categorized. Suffice it to say that it seems our paths will cross (and join?) in the future. But right now he lives 1,889 miles away. So for the moment, our interactions are confined to phone calls and letters. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining. I feel that God has worked it out this way for a purpose, and I can’t wait to see what He’s going to make out of it. It’s going to be beautiful and unique. So without further ado, my dear readers, I introduce you to Evan, my beau.
The last few weeks of June were an adventure for my family. We made an 11 hour drive up to north-western Wisconsin, and stayed for 10 days. For my dad, it was a business trip. He had developed a computer database program for a friend of ours who runs a Christian retreat/campground. Dad spent the whole time diligently installing the new system and familiarizing them with the differences. He didn’t get a whole lot of relax time in on this “vacation”, poor guy. But the rest of us had the run of the campground. It was a pretty big place, but we walked most anwhere we wanted to go. We were blessed with perfect weather the whole time we were there; not hot enough to discourage spending time outside, and not cold enough to keep us from swimming. I forgot to add that we used to live in north-west WI, so it was extra special seeing some of the places and faces so familiar from when I was growing up. We went canoeing (which was a blast!) hiking, and swimming almost every day.
Spirit Lake was perfect for swimming
Hehe, now that you are all sufficiently jealous, I’ll tell you the bad news. I was swimming one day in a pair of shorts that I had been wearing earlier, and suddenly realized that i had forgotten to take my cell phone out of my pocket before jumping in the lake! You may laugh, but this happens to me all the time. I have got to be the most absent-minded person I know. So my phone was submerged for at least twenty minutes. Technocide. My brother tried CPR, but it was too late. It was officially dead. So do you remember that guy named Evan? The one who lives 1,889 miles away? The guy I can only talk to over the phone? Yeah, him. You can see what a blow this was.
Thankfully when we got home, my mom found a solution. My brother Ronald dropped his phone in a lake a couple months back. (I guess it runs in the family.) Well, it hadn’t worked after that, so he bought a new phone. My mom never throws away anything that might be useful, so she kept his old phone. When we got back, she turned it on, and lo and behold, it worked! I guess it dried out and that was the only problem. So I have a phone again, which is more than I deserve. So coming out of an experience like that, I hope that I have learned a valuable lesson. I have earned the nickname of “Phone-killer”, from my good friend Paul (so sweet of him).
Sunrise Over Spirit Lake
Another great thing about life right now: Ronald bought me a Switchfoot CD! He got me The Beautiful Letdown and I seriously haven’t stopped listening to it since I got it two weeks ago. I think I would call this one of my all-time favorite albums, ranking right up there with Delirious?, which is saying a lot coming from me. I have listened to these 11 songs over and over and still do not tire of hearing them. Switchfoot has such a unique sound: rocking electric guitars paired with some funky electronic vibes and brought together by Jon Foreman’s soothing vocals. It makes me wish I had the money to go out and buy every one of their CDs plus Jon Foreman’s solo stuff. Too bad. I am content. π