Oh the Weather Outside is...

Very interesting!! One day it's in the 60's and absolutely GORGEOUS! I'm rocking my flip flops and a t shirt, and the next day....

A BLIZZARD!!

Last Friday it was awful. It snowed all day and through the night, and I'm not talking a little bit of snow. Jewell and I went to run some errands, while we were in Sam's for maybe 30 to 45 minutes getting groceries enough snow accumulated on my car to cause us to take about 10 minutes to clear it off when we got out. But on Saturday it was gorgeous outside and I was driving with the sunroof open, so all was well. We had a few more days of absolutely beautiful spring weather and then today hit.

It was so gorgeous outside, but for other reasons then being warm and sunny. It was cloudy, and the air felt cool and crisp. A thunderstorm was brewing and I was excited!! I LOVE thunderstorms! As I was driving to work I watched the lighting dancing in the sky to the beat of the thunder, I was so excited for a thunderstorm, they are one of the things I miss the most about Oklahoma. And then it went from good to interesting to WOW! Raindrops started hitting my windshield, followed by sleet, which turned into hail. As I pulled up to the building I experienced something I never thought was possible and probably will never experience again. It was raining, snowing, sleeting, and hailing all at the same time! I watched the storm from our hospitality room as I worked, did I mention I love storms! I think they are so incredible, it's like a movie God creates for us, the most amazing "special effects" you will ever see, and they're LIVE!

So after much debating we decided to cancel programing for the night and I drove home. For those who were in OK this Christmas for the blizzard and experienced driving conditions on Christmas Eve, let's just say that today's was far worse. Visibility was awful, the plows couldn't clear the roads fast enough, after driving 2-3 miles you would have to clean off mirrors and/or windshield wipers, and the drivers here are ridiculous which I find quite ironic.

I was planning a nice evening at home with the roommates when I got a call from one of the parents I work closely with, her car wouldn't start and she had no way to pick up her daughter from work. So Jewell and I threw on our snow gear and ventured out, we picked her up, took her home, and hung out with their family for a few and headed back home. Stopping to help people along the way. Side Note - I can't tell you how happy I am to have a best friend/roommate here who likes to help people the way I do! I'm pretty sure if we both weren't starving we would have stayed out giving rides and pushing cars all night. We finally made it home with some firewood in tow. The snow is still coming down, the trees outside my bedroom window are sagging from the weight of the snow already on them, it reminds me of the ice storm a few years back. Luke's school was canceled for tomorrow, Jewell has off work, and if the snow keeps up like they say it is we'll be canceling programming for tomorrow as well, which means....

SNOW DAY WITH THE ROOMMATES!!!

And I am so excited. First off I haven't had a legit snow day in like 8 years! Second there is sooo much snow that the opportunities for sledding, snow ball fights, snow angels, and snow men are endless! Third, we haven't had a roommate day in forever! Like I'm pretty sure it was before we were roommates! Fourth, I'm finally going to get some family pictures, which I've been trying to do since we've moved in but we are never all together unless it's late at night after work and right before bed. So hopefully I'll have some new pictures to post for you all soon!

Hope you all are enjoying the spring weather as I'm enjoying my blizzard!

Much love!!

Whirlwind Adventure

So I've been in desperate need to update this, but haven't known where to start. Let's just say I'm not very good at resolutions.

Life has been so many things, amazing, wonderful, hard, stressful! But life is good, for the most part.

We're still settling in to the apartment! I love it here and I love my roommates! I think I've re-arranged my room 50 times and I'm still working on it.

Work is going well. I run our Wednesday night kids programming now and it's amazing. I love my volunteers and kids. Wednesdays are pretty much my favorite days. I've also started mentoring two of the girls. I'm loving it here and I don't know how I'm supposed to leave in a few months!

Now onto the whirlwind part -

Part of the wonderful perks of having two roommates means we share everything, including sickness. Jewell got sick over a week ago, gave it to Luke, who then gave it to me. In being sick with two other people, I have learned that I don't do sick like other people. I think it's because I've always watched my mom, a woman who NEVER lets getting sick stop her. Well my sick finally stopped me yesterday. I woke up with a horrible stomach ache, decided not to eat, and then decided to pass out due to dehydration. After a forever long trip in the ER full of tests, IVs, scans, stitches, questions, and so much more they finally let me go. I'm bruised all over, have 5 stitches below my lip, 3 stitches inside of my lip, 2 caps on my front 2 teeth, and I'm incredibly sore. I'm not allowed to drive for a few days, have to take a few days off work, and I'm supposed to make sure I keep my heart rate under control. It took forever to get it down while at the hospital, they were about to admit, praise the Lord they didn't! Needless to say I look really cute right now and I'm having a really hard time relying on other people.

But that catches me up on the happenings of life. I'll try and do better on updating this!

Much love!!!