It’s raining…somewhere
If you can see that, it says it’s raining right now in Kentucky. If you could see the doplar thing (for some reason, it wouldn’t show up in screenshot), you would see that almost the entire state is covered in green for the rain.
It’s raining there because it always rains on my birthday–at least in Kentucky. My mom tells me it was storming when I was born, and every birthday since then until I moved to California, it has rained back home. Seriously. Not one that I remember. Even if just for a few minutes, pop-up thunderstorm, it rained.
I usually check the weather back home on my birthday too. My first year here, it was a weird feeling, not to have the rain. I kinda like the rain. I’m also sure that if it EVER rained here during the summer, it would rain today. But alas, I’ll have to settle for the fact that I know it’s raining in Ky and probably will every year for as long as I can remember.
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My prayer
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the once forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Here is the song that goes with it. It’s by Brandon Heath. This is just a random YouTube Video. The song isn’t really about 9/11, it’s just a tribute video.
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Pretending
I’ve learned that sometimes I have to tell myself and convince myself of things that aren’t entirely true in order to feel better. When I was in High School and my best friend was going off to college (she was a year ahead of me) she told me just to pretend like she was away at camp. Afterall, she’d be back home in two weeks for the weekend. So for the next school year, or at least until I was okay with the idea of her being so far away (ahem, two whole hours), I lived my life in short periods of 2-3 weeks, telling myself it was just camp.
Now, I’ve never had too much trouble being the one leaving. When I went to college it was no big deal, even though I went to a college that the majority of my friends didn’t go to. When I graduated college and even when I moved to California, I dealt with it fine. California was a little harder because of the distance, but it was my choice and my adventure. I convinced all my family and friends that “it was just one year,” then I’d be home and everything would be normal. I probably convinced myself of that too. I never intended to stay here. But suffice to say, I’d rather be the person doing the leaving. It puts me in control and who doesn’t like to be in control?
So right now is especially hard on me. My bosses/pastors are leaving in about two weeks. They’ll only be 3 hours away, but they won’t be here. To make matters worse, there will be new people here, replacing them. It’s the way it is with the SA, and I understand the reasons, but it sucks right now. So, I’ve been living in this state of denial about them leaving. If you know me at all, you know how attached I am and how much I like the Lowcocks. They’re like my surrogate parents, but it’s more than that too. So my plan right now is that since they normally go on vacation during the summer for a month, once they are gone, I plan to just pretend like they are on vacation. I’m not sure how to deal with the other people here, but maybe by the time my imaginary “vacation” is up, I’ll have grown used to them (I’m sure I will anyway. I hear they are nice folks).
Denial and pretending. I hear it’s the best way to deal with any problems.
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The Five
I am in a baseball mood today. So here it is…the 5 worst and best teams in baseball (based on their win % which isn’t always the best predictor in post-season, but oh well).
The 5 Worst:
5th worse team in baseball: SF Giants. Yep. Sucks to be me. I bet Barry is sitting back laughing at them. I don’t blame him.
4th …: Colorado Rockies. They have however won 7 of the last 10 and are on a 2 game winning streak. Hey, it’s something when your average is .406
3rd…:Washington Nationals. I could careless. I hate expansion teams. Yes, even the above mentioned Colorado.
2nd….:Kansas City. Nothing to add about them. I don’t like them and don’t care, but come on, .391is pathetic. Anything below .400 and you just need to quit for the season.
1st…Worst team in baseball thus far this season: Seattle Mariners. They’re not just below .400, they are .351. The 2 best teams have lost more games each than they have won, and are still the best teams. And they are 16.5 games back right now. Just give it up. Come back for spring training.
The 5 Best:
5: Tampa Bay. I hate expansion teams, but they’re beating the Yankees, so I’m happy.
4: St. Louis Cardinals: Ugh. .592 is respectable though.
3: Anaheim Angles: Yes, I still call them Anaheim. If I have to cheer for a winning California team, I guess it’s them….just barely beats out St. Louis… .594.
2: Boston Red Sox: I love teams over 600. (.611 here). It says, “we’re so much better than you,” especially to the .351 team. The BoSox are hot again this year. Keep beating the Yankees and I’ll keep cheering for you.
1: Chicago Cubs: The Cubbies are really hot right now. .643 is nice. St. Louis is on their tail, but the Cubs are keeping their distance.
Think about this. If things continue and the best teams actually come out in the end at the World Series, we’ll have the baseball match-up to end all match-ups. The Cubs and the Red Sox. Granted the Sox have managed to break their curse, but still. Those are some die hard fans there.
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This is Home
New Switchfoot song from The Chronicles of Narnia; Prince Caspian. I’m not a huge Switchfoot fan, but I really like this song. It’s one of those songs that kinda speaks to your life at a particular moment in time, at least for me.
Tags: narnia, prince caspian, switchfoot
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