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two newly hatched snakes are slithering along.  one turns to the other and asks, “are we venomous?”  the other replies, “i don’t know.  why do you ask?” and the inquiring snake replies, “because i just bit my lip.” 

this joke was told to me this morning by a sweet older gentleman while i was waiting to pick bacon up from the vet office.  her spaying came along just great and she seems to be feeling fine.   

over the last weekend i have done the following: 

went fishing.  twice, actually.  i’m not very good at it and my lure usually doesn’t end up where i would like it to, but that’s okay.  i had fun.  one of the times, it was just jeromy and me (and i lost one of his new lures… oops).  and the other time, it was jeromy, susan, neo, and i.  we all saw a stupid guy run his boat onshore and laughed when it got stuck.  silly people.  nobody caught anything.  but that’s not why we go. 

laughed at flag changes.  yes - my apartment re-hung the rainbow and smiley face flags this weekend.  it was great because i thought they were gone for good and boom – there they were all over again.  by monday, the two of them were replaced with the american flag.  i can’t keep up with these guys.   

talked.  jeromy and i had some “down time” this weekend and it made for a good lounging atmosphere in which we could shoot the breeze and talk.  it’s so awesome to have long conversations with someone that you care about and admire.  i also enjoyed having dinner with susan and jeromy last night because we just all joked and carried on.  good stuff.   

went to putt putt.  we (jeromy, momma l, susan, neo, and i) did the batting cages (something that hadn’t been done in forever).  we also did the bumper boats (which were mega fun because we all got soaked).  neo’s boat was broken and barely made a dribble when he pushed his water gun button.  after that, we did the go carts, which i had never done before.  and i found out that i drive go carts just like a drive a regular car – slow.  (sigh)  but we had a blast. 

took bacon to the lake.  jeromy took jack and i took bacon and we went to the lake for a long walk.  jack loved the water and was splashing about in it.  bacon would have nothing to do with it.  she just walked along with her nose to the ground.  she likes sniffing and didn’t want to waste time in the water.  the trip was followed by a bath for bacon.  i’m sure she appreciated it.  jack pooped in the bed of jeromy’s truck during the ride to the lake, so he had a fun time spraying that out.  heh. 

spent more money then i should have.  and mostly on groceries, of all things.  but i did score a new fishing pole and some lures, so that was fun.  jeromy bought himself a new reel.  

napped.  i got the chance to sleep some this weekend… very awesome and well-needed.  there’s nothing like snuggling into the covers for an afternoon nap.  at one point, jeromy thought that it would behoove him to come and wake me up by hitting me with a pillow, resulting in scaring me to death.  i have vowed to get him back for that.  

cooked a meal and cookies.  and with no burning or mishaps (if you forget the fact that i ruined one of my potholders on a stove burner… don’t ask).  neo and jeromy came over and i made spaghetti, peas, corn, and chocolate chip cookies.  it rocked and was pretty good (although two batches of spaghetti sauce weren’t enough to satisfy the tomato-loving neo).   

so yeah… the weekend was great.  it was full of activity but relaxing at the same time.  my headspace has been consumed with thought lately.  i’ve had some good discussion with my mom and friends about life in general.  i’m really starting to think about what i want in life.  what is important to me… and what should be important to me.  what i want to leave behind.  also about spirituality and what role that plays as well.  and how to best incorporate it into daily living so that it promotes personal/spiritual goals and puts me to where i can serve god, but not to where the institution of faith overshadows the relationship that faith should support.  as a follower of christ, i know that my savior has overcome the world. and in that alone, i have joy.  but sometimes i get distracted with things that i feel like i need to be doing and get to feeling down that i’m not doing certain things enough.  and it’s not a totally bad thing – i know that god wants his people to be actively engaged in a good cause and serving him, but it’s by no means something that he wants us to harness as a way to not feel “good enough” or inadequate.  it’s hard to explain.  but things like this and issues relating to this topic have been on my mind as of late.  finding balance, i guess. 

everyone on my group is in vacation mode.  i’ve been a good girl lately and have been banking my vacation time, which rocks.  i’m trying to figure out when i’m going to use it and where i would like to go (more like… where i can afford to go… heh).  i’m poor these days (trying to pay off debt), so i can’t do anything elaborate.  i’m toying with the idea of going to the company cabin in red river, new mexico.  but i’m not sure on that one.  most likely, my vacation will occur in late august or early september.  i’ll be consulting with my vacation partner (aka – jeromy) to see what is doable with schedules and money.  i may be getting ahead of myself with talk of new mexico.  at this point, just having a solid week away from work will rock.    

i wish i had some witty commentary about the news or something.  but i don’t watch tv that much b/c i find myself getting severely annoyed when i do.  i’m hoping to make it to a music shop sometime this week so that i can update my music some.  i need a music makeover like something bad.