Ten on Tuesday

1. So, last week at this time, the one thing that was just fine in my life was the fact that I had all of my move-in plans all nailed down. It was great...note the key word "was". Like they say, you plan, God laughs. On Friday, we were informed that we have to help with the move-in process, which changed move-in by a good two days, which is quite a bit of time when you're moving. Needless to say, I wasn't very excited about it, but thankfully, my roommate and I got a new plan worked out, so I guess that it'll be what it'll be. Later, I will be heading to town to work on deep-cleaning my room, but I probably won't start moving much until tomorrow or Friday. Also, I've found out that I pretty much have to be in town every day for the next few days, so it looks like I might want to stay in town one of those nights only for my gas tank's sake. I am slowly, but surely getting my better attitude back, but it is still an uphill process. It will get better! It will get better!

2. Tevis is finally home!!!!! You don't know how happy this makes me to have him back! He has been visiting his dad for the past three weeks, but he finally made it home on Saturday afternoon. I got to see him for the better part of Sunday afternoon, and it was great to be with him again!

3. I got my hair cut on Saturday. This isn't particularly interesting, but it was a definite highlight of this past week. After everything went haywire last week, I finally came upon something that went right from start to finish! It really was the pick-me-up that I needed. It turned out just fine, and, even better, I was able to mostly recreate it last night! That makes me even happier!

4. Today, Shea, Tonisha, and I will be having our last lunch together before Shea goes back to Norman. I think she's moving in the next couple of days, so she really doesn't have much time left here. I'm sure that it will be a great time, so I can't wait!

5. The last few days my mom and I have been watching Cody & Kyle during the day. We have had some good times together. What has been the best part, though, were the things that we have talked about. On Friday, the boys and I were out watering the cattle, and they were picking at old locusts hanging from the tree. For some reason, it triggered a thought about the Exodus story, so I proceeded to tell them the condensed, off-the-top-of-my-head version. Cody knew it pretty well already, but Kyle really wanted to hear about it. He loved the story! Yesterday, we ended up discussing the Trinity during our lunch of pigs in a blanket, which was a hit in itself. Thank heavens that Cody attended Catholic school for three years, because he knew quite a lot about it. We really have had quite the spiritual conversations during the past few days, and it makes me happy to be able to tell them about these things. Oh, the little moments!

6. I have been back on the running wagon in the past week! My next race is in eleven days, so I definitely needed to get on that!

7. The biggest reason that I have been able to accomplish my running goals in the past week is that we have finally been blessed with cooler weather! No sizeable amounts of rain, but, by golly, we have cooler weather, so that will suffice until we get the downpour we've been waiting for! The past few mornings have been in the 60s and 70s, and the afternoon highs have been in the mid 80s to low 90s. Woah! That is nearly unheard of for this time of August, but I'll take it! The only thing left on our list is a good rain, and I know that it will be here one day!

8. Have you been able to watch the Perseids meteor shower? I have! Thanks to a reminder from a friend, I remembered to head out on Sunday night to watch a few. It was great! I was only out there for about thirty minutes, but I still saw at least ten to fifteen meteors. I would've stayed out longer, but I was starting to fall asleep, so I figured that I would just go to bed then. I wish that Tevis and I could've watched it together, but we both had to go home. However, I happened to see a big one before I left his house, that he supposedly didn't see, but it still made me happy! He assured me that we could watch all kinds of meteor showers later on, so that also made me happy! I think that there will still be a few meteors in the next few days, so there still should be some chance to see some if you haven't already! :)

9. Last night, Wyatt told me something interesting. He told me that he didn't want me to marry Tevis. Where this came from, I really don't know, but he randomly came up to me and told me that he didn't want me to marry him. After some coercion, he managed to tell me that he didn't want to share me with him and that he was afraid that I would forget about him if that happened. I assured him that, if that were the case, I would never forget about him, and that he wouldn't have to worry about sharing me. After that, he changed his tune and told me that I could marry Tevis...when I was older. I told Wyatt that if that was what he wanted, then he was talking to the wrong person! A totally random conversation, but it was cute nonetheless!

10. As a random last thought, I really didn't watch much of the Olympics last week...again. I did watch most of their coverage of synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, and some of the track stuff, but that was about it. I did luck out on Sunday, and I caught the last part of the men's basketball gold medal game. It was the only game of theirs that I was able to watch, but, even so, I loved watching them take the gold! Woo-hoo! No, I didn't watch the closing ceremony, but life goes on.

Hopefully, we all have a great week, and maybe, just maybe, we'll get the rain we've been waiting for!