Merry Christmas (or Happy Hanukkah or whatever)

Today is Christmas Eve, except my family has to be different and celebrate Christmas Eve yesterday and Christmas today so that we can fly to CA in the AM.

For those of you who know me very well, you know that I am not overjoyed at spending a week in a place where the majority of my memories are sitting in my room crying, but my attitude about the trip has improved the past week. I feel bad because my mom just thought that I didn't want to hang out with my family for a week. Good grief, I love my fam, I am just not crazy CA. Think about having very few good friends who you could really talk to for over 2 years. That basically sums up my experience there.

The real point of this post is to say that I probably will not be posting for the next week. See you in 2006!

ONE Month

ONE month from M-day! (Married day!) One more month and I will be casting off the free and easy life of singleness and taking up the mantel of married life responsibility. Don't worry, I don't really feel that way.

But all joking aside, marriage is a serious thing. In fact the seriousness of it used to be stressed in marriage ceremonies. It is a great undertaking. I have some friends going through some troubles and it impresses upon me again the importance of what my fiance and I are undertaking.

So I am rambling at this point, I suppose my conclusion is that marriage is something to be entered into carefully, thoughtfully, lovingly, and joyfully. But don't mistake this for a happy formula, it's not. It is simply a prayer that God keeps us both close to Him.

Caffeine

Usually I am not really into the numerous quizzes about nothing in particular, but I took a fancy to this one.

Death by Caffeine
How much of your favorite caffeinated drink would it take to kill you? Take this quick test and find out:

You could drink 259.35 cups of Starbucks Tall Caffe Latte before croaking.

I assume that it is in a short period of time and not left in my lifetime. (I hope not anyway, I would have about 1 year left). To find out how to do yourself in:

http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/

10 Degrees

I really didn't know what else to title this post. I have been walking around downtown Kalispell while waiting for my fiance to finish up some busness and it is 10 degrees F outside. I was wondering why I was surrounded by a huge fog cloud until I held my breath for a few seconds and it went away. My breathing appears to be disrupting the atmosphere in this small (but very cute) downtown. I might add that a capachino goes a long way in warming a body up, but it doesn't help that my curls in my hair are frozen into shape.

I did meet a very nice man in a paint store who has a friend whose wife is a nurse at the hospital here in town. So he gets on the phone and gives them my phone number and she is supposed to call me next week. (Can't call me today because her mother is having heart surgery, hey, I'm not demanding.) I also made friends with Lindy, his very nice dog who wanted to go home with me. I love that paint store! Now right down the street at the library, I get free internet for 20 min. What can I say, except for the 10 degree temp outside, I am really enjoing my morning excursion.

Ah neth sum wather (I need some water)

The other day, I finished mailing my invitations. I have licked 120 envelopes. All I could think about the whole time was that episode on Seinfield when George's fiance licks all those cheap envelopes and dies that night from glue poisoning. Not being as bright as some of my friends who after the task was completed suggested using a damp cotton ball or sponge, my mouth was extremely dry.

My grandmother was all freaked out that now I am sending my DNA to all these people. I don't even really know how to respond to that. Ummmm, well yeah, but if they really wanted a sample I am sure they could get their hands on one. Besides I have nothing to hide. My DNA is flawed like everyone else's. And I am not wanted for any violent crimes as far as I know. So I am more concerned about the state of my hydration and not the state of my dried DNA.

But if anyone does get a DNA sample and runs it, could you let me know the results? I want to know what I am going to die from someday!