Funny Sister conversations: Part 2

Emily: Let me tell you how gay I am
Me: haha, okay
Emily: I just fist pumped when the guy on the Price is Right made his putt
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Funny Sister conversations: Part 1

Me: So, I got a pedicure for Brittany's wedding. The next weekend I kicked my own heal and bent back my left big toe nail, breaking the polish. Saturday I got a pedicure and I just kicked my desk, bent back my left big toe nail breaking the polish.
Emily: Oh me, what is with you bending your toes back? Didn't you do that at Jillian's wedding?
Me: Well, that was because I fell down the stairs.

City of Angels

Is the feeling of rain on your skin worth giving up eternity? Is the knowledge of true love worth forever? Today I watched 'City of Angels' for the first time. I know, I know. Where have I been, right? It was sad, the music was great, and I love Meg Ryan. During the whole movie, however, I was wondering what the point/message the writer/producer was trying to make. Is heaven and eternity worth giving up just to 'feel' or just to have love? Does it mean that angels (given free will) are selfish? Enlighten me on your thoughts.

I did like this quote from the movie, said at the end: 'Someone dying isn't punishment, it is life.'

Ice Cream Dream

Tonight when I got done working out I went to Chick-Fil-A for a healthy dinner (grilled chicken sandwich and a salad, yum!). I sat in a middle booth and after I got situated I looked up and there was a man eating an ice cream cone sitting in the booth across from me. We smiled and continued eating. When he was done eating his ice cream, he commented on how healthy I was eating ( I was trying). Then he asked me if I was a dancer, ha. Kind of a random question, but that opened a door for many different topics to discuss. He said he is church of Christ, I said I was too, and we began discussing different congregations around town. Come to find out, his cousin married my high school principal, he is from Fayettville and he had 2 single sons (ha). Although he didn't show me a picture or really try to 'hook me up' with his sons, he did tell me about their professions and how proud he was of them. We had a lovely talk. It made my day complete because a kind man took time to speak to me because I was sitting alone. Go out of your way to be kind to people. You never know when someone might be having a bad day or just need a 'pick me up' conversation. Even a good day becomes better instantly when kindness is shown.

For Shelly, and the others who care

Shelly hasn't been able to make it to my new apartment yet and she wanted me to send her some pictures. So, I decided to just post them on here so that others may see my new living establishment. It's just a humble abode, but I do like it.
My room:







My Bathroom:



Kitchen/Dining room/Living room:











Entry to Jamie's room. (She wasn't here so I thought I'd leave her room be):




If anyone is in town, I would love for you to stop by. I would even make some brownies :)

Pondering

Do you ever wish you had made different decisions in your life? I often wonder where I would be had I have chosen a different path. Had I gone to a different college, what would I have studied?Had I gone to a different college, would I still be in Nashville? Had I stayed at home, would my life be as it is right now? Had I said that one thought that was constantly on my mind, would things be different? Had I not said that one thought that was falling off my tongue, would things be different? The choices we make impact our lives so much more than I can fathom. No one knows if a choice he/she makes will bring them good or bad. It if will lead him/her down the 'right' path. But is there a wrong path? If we trust in God, shouldn't the path lead to the same place? I sometimes forget that just because it may be difficult does not mean it is the wrong way. He did say the way will be long and hard, so I will have trust and faith in Him to guide me.  

Janie's Got a Gun!

At 5am Friday morning i was woken up by someone crying out. At first I thought it was someone drunk just yelling, but then the crying out stopped and 5 gun shots were fired. Yep GUNSHOTS!! I thought to myself, 'was that gunshots? did someone just throw something down the stairs? what was that?' So i get up and go to the kitchen window to see if i could see anything. A man was standing on the landing of the stairs by the parking lot looking as though he was distraught. He had dark shorts on, no shirt, tatoos on both of this shoulders, dark short hair and was dark skinned. He walked around a little bit, looked down toward the downstairs apartment, then walked down there. About this time, Jamie walks into the kitchen asking what was happening. She heard all the same things I did. After that we didnt hear anything. So we decided just to go back to bed. Not 5 minutes later (about 5:30) someone knocks on our door. I go to my door and open it cause I know Jamie is about to flip out and she is gonna run into my room. So, as i opened my door, she comes running in. Said she heard someone say 'help me' as she was running across the hall. This man was walking to each door in our building knocking. Thankfully, the guy who lives next to us opened his door and the guy said (so we find out later) 'call 911. i've been shot. i'm in 602.' So, all this time, jamie and I are sitting on my bed, lights off, whispering, trying to figure out what to do. I wanted to call 911, but she didnt' want them to know our names cause she was afraid if the shooter found out he would kill us too..(??). So I decide to look at the kichen window again and then call 911. When i got to the window there was a fire truck, ambulance, and a couple cop cars. So, we go outside our door cause our neighbor was out there. There was blood EVERYWHERE!!! He was shot on the bottom floor, 5 times, and walked up each flight knocking on each door. There was blood on the door, blood on our threshhold, blood on the rail, blood on the floor. EVERYWHERE! So we just stood there until a couple cops came to talk to us. We looked down at the outside of the appartment where he lived and he had leaned against the wall, where the siding is, and there was blood all over the wall, then went down a little bit to where he was under his window in the corner and leaned against the wall there too. Ben, the next door neighbor, said he was sitting on our steps after he knocked on ben's door then went down to the stairs going up to the street and sat there until EMT got there. There was this old man talking to the cops, that one of the cops said was the guys roommate, which the 3 of us had never seen before. We have seen the guy that was shot quite often, going and coming from work, but never had we seen this guy. which is a little strange. Well, since I saw someone, the cop got my info and Ben's info cause he saw the victim. As I was drying my hair, at about 7am, the detectives came and I had to talk to them as well. He asked if I would be able to notice him if i saw him again. (AHH! I dont know?! Maybe) So, as of right now we know nothing, but speculate it was drug related. Last we heard, the victim was in critical condition at the hopital. Jamie is still freaking out and wants to move. BUT it isn't like we are in any danger. We aren't drug dealers or hookers, so ther is no  reason for anyone to kill us. AT the same time, this is the 2nd murder since June in our apartment complex. So, last night we started looking for new apartments or town homes. Our gated community's gate has been broken for over a year..so this would be a lease breaker for sure! We'll see I suppose.