rolling along

things are rolling along for me. still no word on the next job situation, but i'm trusting that God is lining something up for me that i couldn't have done otherwise...so yeah. for now i'm filling my time with baby-sitting and packing!

i move out of my room in Brier Creek on May 15 (next friday!!!!! eep!) but i'm not moving into my new place until June 6th, so if you do the maths, i'm a little 'homeless' for about 3 weeks. thankfully, Tiff is gracious enough to let me leave all my junk here in the garage so the plan is as follows:

between now and next friday- PACK LIKE CAH-RAZE-EEE.
Friday the 15th/Sat 16th- put all of my junk in the garage!
May 16th-June 6th- couch surfing!
June 6th-Morning Move In Extravaganza!

i can't wait to live downtown, i'm itching for it now! i will definitely be sad not to have Poppie (my cat!) anymore, but i have to be a responsible pet-owner....also, not living with Tiff is more than i have been able to think about....she is my only family in Raleigh. we'll have to be diligent about making time to catch up and talk on the phone because she won't be across the hall anymore. :(

reading: Soul Cravings (still, i know! i'm almost done with it! i love it Chris!) and Psalms (David gets me).

listening to: Fiction Family. dear Jon Foreman and Sean Watkins, i lub you and your lyrics. want to come and sing me to sleep? i can pay you with laughter.

that's about all i can think of...oh, and Karl. but he is another post entirely.

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so,

when are we going dancing?

let me know.

i'll wear a dress!

yay!

-e*

things to do, people to see

big things are in my forecast.

i am taking baby-steps right now in order to figure out "What's Next?"

but what i do know is that it is something great, something huge, a step in the right direction. a step away from the direction of self-centeredness and pride. a step toward helping people and loving people and putting myself last.

Christ has been speaking to me. i can't say that i have been giving Him my undivided attention. but right now, He is the only place i can lean. trust is still something i have a big issue with, mainly because i have a hard time believing that anyone else has my best interest at heart.

will you pray for me?

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stacie getting married.

went home for a lovely wedding shower for my baby sis Stacie.

i really am having a hard time believing that my little sister is older than 8 years old, much less that she is getting married in 3 months! she really shouldn't be getting married if she is only 8 years old.

it's weird for me to think of Stacie as a full-grown adult woman, but on Saturday as i sat across the room from her, watching her open the gifts, unwrapping the things that she will use in her home, i was overwhelmed with a strong sense of big-sister pride.

my little sister is a class-act. she's poised, polite, sweet, kind-hearted. so many of the things i wish i was, she is. it's crazy how polar opposites we can be. she sat in the chair across the room, thankful for the presents that she was given, and i sat in my chair, thankful that she was my flesh and blood.

i haven't yet decided what i am going to get Stacie for her upcoming nuptials, but i know it has got to be something that comes from the heart. something that reminds her of our history and blesses her future with Jared. oh man. i'm tearing up. i guess i should stop for now. but Stacie, i love ya.

once a Terry girl, always a Terry girl.
love you littlest Terry girl.

P.S. Mel Mel, i am so glad we could talk for a few minutes, i want to steal you away sometime so we can have some more heart-to-hearts because, well, i miss you.

asking.

there are years that ask questions, and years that answer them. -Zora Neale Hurston.

i'm ready for 2009 to be an answer year.

my thoughts are far too jumbled tonight for me to type them all out here, but please say a prayer for me today, something better has got be on the way, and i'm hoping that we can expedite the process if we all chime in.

answers please.
answers.

current fave video

the lyrics,

especially that last verse,

will GETCHA.