back from the dead

hi!
how are you?
how's your mom doing?
good, good.

i always feel inexplicably guilty when i take forrrreevveerrrr to post a new entry. not that i'm failing anyone in particular but myself. i want to blog because i want to write and become better at it. i cannot become better if i fail to write, yes?

but ANYWAYS!

life is…. interesting. good, quite good! but baffling at times. i know that God is always good and holds a purpose in everything… even in the annoyances and confusion, amen? AMEN!
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BIN LADEN  is dead. wow. that totally threw me for a loop. yes, i really believe that he is dead and that he was killed when those handsome, strong, amazing navy SEALS went to do their duty. i’m not that much of a conspiracy theorist ;). that said, i would want to see the pictures. maybe i’m just morbid that way.

i remember being in my 2nd period 11th grade u.s. history class, mostly likely fighting sleep, and seeing my teacher try to log onto to the internet but was unable to because of the “bombing in new york”, he said.  

WHAT? 

i remember my eyes glued to the tv during my next class as we watched the news with the horrific videos. i remember trying to call my sister during that class (who lived in the city at the time) but being unable to reach her since i’m sure people all over the country were trying to call their loved ones. i have an aunt who worked in one of the buildings and thankfully, she got out of there unharmed.

i remember getting off of the school bus that Tuesday and thinking that the world as I know it has changed forever.

and i remember hearing Obama’s Osama’s* name for the first time and wondering how such evil could reside in a person.
*{I couldn’t help but snicker at all the newscasters who constantly fumbled on the name!}

so you can say that he was just a human being and you can feel sorry for him and all that. it’s your right. i have a right to feel patriotic pride that this guy is gone. are we safe from another attack now that the mastermind is dead?? FAR FROM SAFE. this freaks me out. but for all the families who lost someone on that day, for all the annoying procedures that we have go through in the name of Airport Security and for these insane GAS PRICES that we now pay, i gladly wave my American flag with pride.

PUERTO RICO  was grand!! yes, i was there 2 weeks ago and i will post alllll about that quite soon.

MEMORIAL DAY  is next week, doncha know. another reason to be a proud American…. and to be ecstatically happy. because, dear friends, the prospect of sleeping in on a Monday morning makes me ecstatically happy.

CALORIE COUNTING  is my friend. it’s tedious but effective and i’ve started again! sparkpeople.com is pretty great for that. how ironic that i’m currently munching on salad and sipping water as i type this.

MOTHER NATURE has been scary. i love a good rainstorm but i'm not a fan when they cause death and destruction. tornadoes touched down in the area last night. i've always wanted to see one in "person" but i'll be totally content with looking at pictures online! my hearts go out to all the people in Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and etc who have been affected in such devastating ways. i woke up this morning with lamentations 3:22 constantly echoing in my heart :

It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

WEDDING BELLS will be ringing in a couple weeks for a dear friend. this also makes me ecstatically happy! yay for him and for road trip to come!