one week...

one week from today will be my last day of work. it's a bit strange, thinking about cleaning my office out and leaving behind my life of 3 years. i've been looking into jobs down in richmond and have thought briefly about doing domestic violence work again, but i don't think i could handle that emotionally. i need a break from trauma work, maybe something mindless like being a barista or a shelving books at a library or bookstore. that i can handle. ok. work of some sort is calling me. happy friday everyone! don't forget to watch the olympics this weekend! go phelps!

oh oh oh...olympics!

i just wanted to take a moment to convey my undying love, admiration, astonishment, awe and wonder for michael phelps. in athens i loved him. i thought he was a spectacular swimmer, thought he was an adorable kid, and quite possibly a superhero. (can't you see a cape on the back of his tiny speedo? no? ok then.) so i missed a bunch of the olympics while i was in cali and just got to see my first races live last night and monday night. he's unreal. he's more gifted and dedicated in his pinkie that i will ever be at anything in my life. it's so freaking awesome what he's doing. i swear, every time he swims i get a little teary at the history he's making. he's just demolishing his competition. i think i read that in each individual gold medal race he's won this year he's set a new world record. i mean holy crap. and he does it in more than one stroke. i might have to find a 'michael phelps fan club' tshirt and buy it. that's how much i love him.

ok. i'm done. happy wednesday!
r

notes on the conference

hey kids, here are some pearls of wisdom from the conference...

"Whenever we shortchange ourselves, what are we saying about God?"

"The church does not know how to deal with human sexuality...Why won't the church tell us 'God made our bodies and they are good'"

"Technical Virgin: I've had anal sex, oral sex, I don't know, feet sex. But not intercourse, so I'm a technical virgin"

"You can't be a dooer of justice if you're afraid to be wrong"

"The things we regret most in our lives are the risks we don't take"

"Relax. Enjoy. This is not a dress rehearsal. This is life. Enjoy"

"Don't say I can't do this. Say 'I can't do this by myself'"

hola

hey everyone! back from cali! i had a fantastic time at the conference, met some great people, went to some fantastic workshops, had a blast being tourist-y in san francisco. and now i'm back home. i'm totally exhausted, my sleep is a little wonky from the 3 hour time change, my last day of work is next friday (!!!!!) and i have lots too do! so i'm a touch overwhelmed. my plan is to try and write a real post on the conference tonight, we'll see. i only got about 5 hours of sleep last night and i woke up at 8am, which felt like 5am. yawn. yawn. yawn.

later kids!
r

little blog break...

hey everyone! i'm going to san francisco for the national network of presbyterian college women's conference on 'the power of poverty. i'll be gone the 6-10, back in state college sometime during the morning of the 11th. (yay redeye) it's my first trip to california and i'm super excited! the keynote speaker is a spectacular woman and i'm jazzed to see a new city! i'll be taking my camera but probably not my laptop. if i have it i'll blog, if not i'm sure i'll handwrite some blog entries and then i'll post them when i get back. enjoy the picture of my new car :O) and have a great rest of the week and weekend! i might post something tomorrow if i'm so moved, but if not see you next week!
love and hugs!
r

wahooo!!

my parents decided that my old car was too old to reliably take me to richmond and back for the next 4 years, sooooo they got me a new one! it's a 2005 honda civic. i LOVE it! it's gray with a cute spoiler on the back. wahoo! check it out...oh and if you're my facebook friend i have a few other pics there...

creepy

hey everyone! it's been a few days since i've blogged. life is good, a bit stressful but good. we're looking for a car for me to take to school, i'm trying to get things done, and next week i go to san francisco for a 5 days to a poverty conference. work is ok. i'm feeling super overwhelmed to get things done and get things that have been ignored up to date and in a good place before i go. anyway, i read this article this morning and wanted to pass it on. our culture jokes about stalking a lot but it's a seriously creepy crime. this woman wrote a book about her 10+ years of being stalked by a former boyfriend. she says that to this day things still happen. and he's not a violent stalker, but he would break into her house and take a spoon from the kitchen and put it on the middle of her bed. things like that so she would know that he was there. so check it out if you want, we had a training by the one guy quoted in the article, mark wynn, and stalking is just some spectacularly messed up stuff, done by some spectacularly creepy people. have a great weekend everyone! r