power outages

so the power was out for 17 hours in kaneohe the other day. people were panicking... banding together... camping out in their cars with their dvd players.

my mom slept.

my brother and i played with fire.

at least it was warm and it wasn't an ice storm. lol

i have come to the conclusion that natural crises bring out the best or worst in people.


i rather like the candle-lit atmosphere... it's rather romantic, right?




so today, i wore a ring on my left ring finger. it's one of those spinners that says "he loves me". any of my friends would know that's a purity ring or whatever they call it. i bought it some weeks ago and thought it was neat and good reminder that my Heavenly Father loves me. Jesus loves me... and someday, my husband will love me. so i shouldn't be so quick to give my heart away to the next joe schmoe that says the right things to me. it doesn't fit too well on my right hand... plus it has worked to ward off perverts.

speaking of... i went to visit my old work place. they didn't hire me back. but that worked in my favor. the creep-o that kept saying incessant things to me and calling me "baby" this past summer clearly followed me from one side of the restaurant to the other. he came at me like he was going to hug me... but i quickly moved away and grabbed one of the waitresses to block me.

it's a good thing i didn't get hired back.

so, back to the ring. my pastor and my nieces berrated me with questions because that's the "wrong" finger to wear a ring on... unless i am betrothed... or whatever the word is... but whatever. i didn't bother explaining things to them because i didn't think it important for them to know.

i hung out with an old friend today. it reminds me of the times we'd hang out before. it was nice being around him and just talking about life... then we went and peroused around a thrift store.

my new passion.

you never know what you can find.

i'm not sure why i'm feeling so chatty. maybe because i haven't blogged since the beginning of this month.

i forgot to mention the ordeal i went through from MO to MN... then from MN to HI... but i'll save that for another day. just ask me.

today in church, pastor was talking about what we thought of our church, ourselves, and our world... in all the changes that we've had... and i thought about all of the hard times i have gone through this year.

i fought depression. i said goodbye to a friend who meant so much to me. i welcomed another niece into the world. i have decided (tentatively) on my future.

here's the clincher:
I AM THINKING ABOUT STAYING IN SPRINGFIELD... GETTING A JOB... GOING TO MSU'S MSW PROGRAM.

okay, i think i've written enough for now