some latelies...

well...
sara and i found our dream home! (even if it is just for a year). it was worth all the searching and heartache to find our new place. it's identical to kevin tara's place but better because we have a mini-view of the woods from our balcony. i'm all about hearing crickets and cicadas at nighttime.

and our new complex is fabulous. i would say it is 70% retired people, 20% grown-ups, and 10% college kids. do you know what that means after moving from a place that was 100% college kids? it means that instead of having STD's floating around in the swimming pool, my biggest concern is whether or not the retired people's grandchildren have accidents in the pool. i don't know about you, but i'll go for the accidents over STD's any day. at least the accidents are visible and will immediately be decontaminated.

we have only met one of our neighbors so far. his name is ty and he lives with his girlfriend and two very cute dogs. the guy below us is yet to be seen. so here's the story on him. he comes in late after we're already in and leaves early before we're awake. well one night we heard him come home so we walked outside so we could "check to see if our cars were still outside..." (aka check to see if we could see him). okay i know that sounds creepy but let's use the word adventurous instead. so we walk by and his lights are on and we can see the silhouette of him sitting on his couch. we round the corner and can "still see our cars" and literally within the 3 seconds we had been gone past his windows, all of his lights were now off. sooo we were no longer the lookers we were the lookees! we hastily made our way back upstairs.
we have been here almost a month now and it is about time we ran into him. let's work on that.

anyways. so this semester is bound to be interesting. mainly due to my enrollment in Mental Health. it sounds kind of intimidating, but i'm trying to look at it with positive thoughts. we have to have a 30 minute one-on-0ne with our psychiatric patients when we get there each week. i just hope i don't say anything to set anyone off! i mean over the years i have dealt with a handful of mentally challenged people and the only word to describe working with these people is "frustrating." there is nothing more frustrating than somebody who cannot understand things on the same level as you. and hah, when i put it that way let's add to that list and make that about ten handfuls of people that i've encountered.

wedding wise i am yet to do anything drastic besides selecting my date and my venue. tomorrow i'm going to arrange a cake tasting. and honestly i've never dreamed of having a cherry-lemon-rose-banana cake at my wedding. i'd just be stoked to have someone make me a funfetti wedding cake. perhaps ms. cake lady can arrange that... after i try her free samples of fancy pants cake of course.

and to conclude tonight's ramblings... how about those olympics ay? there is nothing like watching gymnastics all night and then walking around the next day like you're a gymnast too. i practiced my balance beam routine right here in the living room. i'm no shawn johnson but i know God smiled as He watched. and let me tell you about michael phelps. i'm not one of those "future mrs. phelps" girls, but i do admire his amazing talent as a swimmer.

here's to you michael phelps for winning a bazillion gold medals and being precious at the same time. sara and i plan on naming our next beta fish after you. you are also currently the wallpaper on my cellular device.


and to conclude once more here is a video of yet another reason we were relieved to leave our old apartment: (watch close!)