mouse problems

so. my bad. i had total intentions on blogging about my room last night... but then my computer mouse broke. yeah... no little crawly mice running around. no no. my mouse to my laptop (which is not even a mouse; its just one of those flat things you drag your finger on) yeah it stopped working last night. i didn't feel like dealing with it... so i slammed the comp shut. today i restarted the comp... and it works.

i moved rooms... and am so glad. i LOVE my new room. its so nice to totally re-decorate and re-orgranize everything... this is the one and only ::crappy:: picture i have AND its from my cell phone. but its my bed. lovely i know. haha




anyway yesterday was fun. ry helped me rearrange. we sat out on my deck for a while and just watched critters... it was so relaxing. then we bought games on my wii. yeah like on it. its so awesome. for 5 bucks you can buy the original nintendo games online and play them on the wii. so fun! :)

today was a great day... i mean i worked 12.5 LONG hours... but had 2 of the best patients/families i have EVER had. one was a 98 year old woman- who was remarkable. the other guy was this man from egypt who married a lady from greece and they live in the florida keys (and have for 40 years). such a fun couple... and so funny!

so yeah... back to the grind tomorrow... so im off to bed.

12 hours tomorrow.
12 hours wednesday.
THEN... 8 hour drive to LAGRANGE!!!!!!

excited you ask? oh buddy. i can't describe. all i know is that ill prob cry a lot. laugh a lot. not want to leave. have tons of fun. and do lots of silly adventurous things. :)

for now... here is verse i read tonight.... which is so applicable to my life... and something to think about constantly... "be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers. let your conversations be gracious and attractive... col 4.5-6"

much love and peace.
see you very very soon!

early morning doubts...

well. i was up at 7 to see chels off...
it was tearful.

after a good hearty "pancake and sausage on a stick" for breakfast
i began the task of moving ALL OF MY GARBAGE i mean CRAP i mean STUFF i mean TREASURES I HAVE COLLECTED OVER MY 22 YEARS OF LIFE...

ive only been going for like an hour... but im doubting this idea to move.
i know... everyone was thinking why would you do that? why move all your stuff out of its pleasant spot in your current bedroom... to another room. really. why.

now i am beginning to ask the same question. i mean im excited to move and change. i LOVE doing that. when i was a kid i would rearrange my room ALL THE TIME... but now that i have LOTS of furniture and it is nestled into its little home... im thinking its not going to fit right in the new room.

i will persevere though. well after church. after getting not much accomplished its time to shower and head to church... then back to work i go.

ill keep you updated on the progress... and if all works out... ill have pics soon.

success X 2.

before i begin my success story. i must clarify something. the test ry dominated was "easier" and it wasn't his "big hard jw midterm". and he did well on it. dont tell people his actual grade if you found out. shh. its a secret. his overly excited girlfriend shouldn't actually share #'s. just that he did well. or something. anyway. thats that. ok success story #1.

1. my car isn't totally done-zo. i just neeeded a new battery. thankfully it was just that. back in may- when we bought the car little bro told me thta the battery would need replacing sometime. he was right. but luckily its just that and ill be cruisin down to ga with no prob in a mere FIVE or so DAYS!!!

2. we have a roommate. 100% sure. and she is fabulous! ...so far anyway... haha. jk. unless she is totally 2 sided and has a whole other side i havne't seen (or seen on facebook) then its going to be great. im really happy it has worked out bc man oh man i was nervous!

the roomie moves out sunday! her parents and the moving truck will be here tomorrow. so crazy. its quite sad. we are going out for a big dinner tonight- which is exciting, but still im sad to see her go! luckily ill see her again- since she is going to savannah- but itll be different around here!

oh and since she is moving out- im moving in to her big room. i know. its going to be a lot of work- and i could be nice and let the new girl have the big room- but i really want it. its dark with only one window- which will be imp. when i start working nights. has a great view of the woods (my current view is of the neighbors and some trees, and its much bigger. so yeah. ill post some pics when i get moved iN!

hhaha...
much love and peace-

a ride in a tow truck...

so yeah. it wasn't a dream. my car actually broke down last night.

so my roomie #1 got me home last night... and I joined AAA so I had to get back to my car this morning for them to tow me. since ry has school and everyone else works...
i was in a little conundrum.
(is that even the proper use of that word? i dunno. sounds good)
so after thinking about it... my car was only 2 miles or so from the house...
so
i rode roommate #2's bike to my car. woahhhhh. what a work out! i was def sweating after it. (even thought its only 50* outside!) it was good though the sky was cloudy. the trees are great. it was a ride through the trails in my neighborhood.
simply lovely really.

the car. and the bike.

me a little skeptical of what is to come...

the -suby on the tow truck!

so after my su-beee was loaded up. i hopped on board and headed to the AAA car shop. kinda random. a little scary- but i had no choice! haha. i just had to step up and ride with bubba.

so i didn't actually catch his name, but if i had to pick one... it would be bubba dave. and im only picking dave bc his tow truck was called "dave's towing" he looked more like a leroy.

anyway i rode over to the shop. told them my car was "clicking". they said they'd do a diagnostic and call me. i said.... they should prob call my dad. we will see what they say.

then i loaded up in the AAA car and this nice guy took me home. yeah.

talk about service. i have been a member for 12 hours and they are shuttling me around town!

ill keep you posted.

good news... ryan dominated on john wesley midterm #1. and i am sure he dominated his other one. gosh. that kid is so smart! i love it about him. his smartness. his passion for learning. and for john. so attractive.

ok well back to watching across the universe (one of my fav movies!) and enjoying this unplanned day off work!

triple A.

so. talk about being a grown up.
i had a quite HUGE grown up moment today.
good grief. i thought i had enough for this week... but nope. God wanted to squeeze one more in.

so im sitting at a redlight talking to my FUTURE NEW ROOMIE HEATHER! ::yeah the good awesome fabulous one:: anyway. back to the red light. so its red. and my car stalled. its a stick. and i stall about 4Xs a week. im still just learning. but i get lazy and take my foot off the clutch. or dont do something perfect and it stalls. anyway. back to the red light.

its RED.
i stall.
I tell heather hang on.
my car does not start back.
i tell heather im going to have to go.
my car does not start.
still no starting.
hmmm. i think..... what do i do.

::let me throw in i am at a pretty hefty size intersection::
say i were in lagrange: comparable to the one on the corner of the catholic church and hwy 27.
say i were in columbus: the one on the corner of whittlesey and whitesville.
if you are here in durham i was at the corner of garrett and hope valley

so im stalled out. car wont start. its dark (bc i get off so dang late)
i think maybe i can put it in neutral and roll it myself to that bank across the way...
i take my foot off the break and realize immediately. nope. not going to happen.

let me admit i now had a moment of tears and then i realized. no danielle. you can't cry. no need. that wont accomplish anything. mom and dad aren't here to come and fix it. so grow up quick and do something.

so i pull up that emergency break. and called 911. wouldn't that be the most logical thing to do? yes. i thought so. ...and think it was... granted they never came. but thats beside the point.

next on list to call was the roomie chels (i was only 2 miles from home!)
so she gets there quick. and is laughing... bc really. you have to laugh. what else do you do! laughter is way better than crying or freaking out.

so we are standing there. 2 girls on a street corner. looking at my car in the turn lane. its flashers on. thinking hmm. what to do. at this point some young sketch boys drove by and wanted to help. we said no. haha. they were sketch.

a few moments later our dear heroes of the night came along. two grown men. in their 30's. they offered to help and help they did. they pushed the car into a parking lot across the intersection. they looked at the engine. tried to start my car on a pushing start... like in little miss sunshine!! but sadly that didn't work. so they parked it and told me its prob the starter.

the next infamous question... do you have triple A?
no. dang it. i was suppose to get it as soon as i moved out... but i didnt.

its ok though. i signed up tonight... and AAA will come tow me tomorrow! really. soooo hopefully i think things will work out.

i had to call out of work tomorrow... bc i have no way to get my car towed, be at work, then pick up my car... so ill loose a day of work... which sucks- but i suppose things like this happen and you suck it up and deal with it and move on.

so thats what im doing. SO. thanks to chelsea, 2 random guys from the neighborhood, papa macminn for staying in touch and keeping me grounded, and the foshee family for their expertise in AAA I should be good to go.

granted we shall see how tomorrow goes... im riding my other roommates bike to the car so they can tow it to the AAA shop... and then HOPEFULLY the AAA shuttle will pick me up from my house when the car is ready to go. lets cross our fingers.

and lets pray its not too pricey. really. gosh i hope not. i mean i have money in savings for moments like this... but i want money to go on trips and have fun... not pay for my car.

for now i am finally off to bed after a shockingly eventful night.

::oh and the reason Rhino was left out of all of this... was he has TWO HUGE mid-terms tomorrow. his first ones of div school! scary!! so i didn't want to bother him. granted he knows now, but at the time... he didn't need to stress!::

love and peace from a tired car-less nurse

rewind...

lets take it back... oh about 4 years.


my how we have changed...

man oh man i love that guy!!
more and more everyday.

today was just an ordinary day.
i felt like such a homemaker/wife/mom/something...
i went to the gym (which was full of young moms and their kids running around the little daycare room)
then went to harris teeter to stock up on groceries for me and ry
came home and read a book.
grabbed some coffee at a coffee shop.
then cooked dinner.
had a wonderful time with ry as we ate dinner on my back deck.
did some laundry.
packed my lunch.
now im off to read and then bed because i work tomorrow.

really- have i already grown up!?!
what happened to those college days of studying late, not even thinking about going to the gym, grocery shopping consisted of buying junk food at walmart, and cooking dinner was reserved for special occasions!
man oh man... how life changes in just 6 months!!!

the "try-outs"

sorry i have been away for a few days.
no real reason... except for maybe the fact i worked 42hours last week.
im not used to that business.
so basically i came home everyday and was exhausted.

anyway. this weekend we held (as ry likes to refer to it) "try-outs" for the new roomie.

oh right. i haven't mentioned that yet. one of my roomies... the one i am good friends with from savannah... is moving back home. yeahhhh. interesting i know. its fabulous for her... she has gotten a HUGE promotion in the suntrust world of banking- so we are excited about this new venture for her- but pretty bummed to loose a fabulous roommate! ...no comment about loosing the loud, obnoxious, barking dog.

anyway. chels put up a posting on craigs list helping us look for a roommate. luckily we have had a GREAT response. from 38 year olds to 25year old guys... weve had everything... but we settled on two girls and invited them over. this one girl in particular was so fabulous! talkative, clean, a preacher's kid (like myself), is going to grad school next year to be a P.A. and just seems great... so we are crossing her fingers she will be 'the one".

hopefully we will know within the next 24hours! cross your fingers!
chels moves out this upcmoing weekend!! so we need a roomie quick!

hm. other weekend shinaningans... oh i saw "nights in rodanthe" with ry. we had such a wonderful dinner date! a little mexican food- went and looked at pets and petco- then went to the movie. which i will add... we were the youngest people in there. it was so precious... lots of old couples. like grandparent age. so sweet... then there were some in there 30's and then us.
i thought it was another great nicholas sparks movie... ryan- not so much. but thats ok. it was so sweet of him to go with me!!

saturday was filled with the try-outs

and then today... guess what. i went to church!
wahHOOO finally a sunday off of work.
it was nice to be in church. i mean always is. especially the church we went to.
makes me think of our church in lagrange... (alvin's). well 1. the pastor kinda looks like alvin. and 2. the people are SO welcoming. i mean the guy at the door said "come on in and make yourself at home". how wonderful is that.

so yeah... it was nice to be at home in a good old methodist church.

speaking of home... and lagrange... ill be there in TWO weeks!! yipeeee!! actually about 1.5 weeks. gosh im so excited... totally dreading driving 8/9 hours by myself- but it will be good. i might go buy a book on tape or something. anyway im about to head out to do some fun sunday night evenign things such as dinner with friends... and THEN ANOTHER MOVIE with ry!! :)

yay!

love and peace from durham-