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i ended my last post saying that i was bummed that i didn’t spend more time with my family. jeromy left for out of town last wednesday and that evening (technically early thursday morning), there was a massive storm that came through the area. trees were knocked over, signs down, electricity out, etc. i heard that there was a confirmed tornado less than a mile from my house. whether there was or wasn’t… there was sure a lot of damaging winds. the schools were closed and when i drove through the streets, it looked crazy. powerlines down, glass… everything. thankfully, our house is fine. jeromy’s sister’s house had their fence knocked down, so that sucks. the electricity was off and on during thursday, so i decided to spend the night at my mom’s on thursday and friday night. it was really nice to hang out and be with everyone. there were some pivotal conversations and a touching moment between me and my dad. i really love my family and when i left on saturday, there were actually tears in my eyes. i miss them and i feel bad that i don’t make it over there more often. i’ve always loved my family but i’ve been especially touched and impressed with them in the recent months. i feel their love and they genuinely love jeromy. there is a peace that i haven’t really had before and it’s nice.

the dallas stars have won their first two games in the playoffs. i can only hope that they will maintain their momentum. the next game is tomorrow night… i hope that they show it on the tvs in the bowling alley tomorrow night (since we have league nights on tuesdays).

jeromy is at his second training for the citizens fire academy right now. i’m glad that he’s getting to do this and look forward to hearing what he learned tonight. poor guy worked his butt off last week/weekend. he was exhausted when he got back into town saturday evening. i know he’ll be pooped when he gets home tonight. it’s so great to have such a hardworking guy in my life. i am smitten and it seems like things between us just get better and better (even though it’s hard to imagine an increase on what we already have). we live for each other and we both know it.

i’ve been mildly nauseated all day today. this morning, i woke up feeling like i had to throw up (but thankfully never did). nothing seemed appetizing and the thought/smell of food made me want to lose it today until this evening where i managed to get down a sandwich. i hope i feel better tomorrow. i was wired all last night and couldn’t sleep so that probably contributed to me not feeling well. i’m not as bad as i was earlier today, but the constant lull of nausea is still there. blech.

have you ever felt like god was tugging at your heart but you didn’t know why? i’ve been feeling that way lately and i’m trying to examine what it might be related to. i need to do a better job of leaving some quiet space in my head and heart so that god’s influence has a little more wiggle room to be heard. i’m super good about crowding my life with distractions and noise and such and forget to leave pieces available for higher things (although i don’t intentionally mean to do this). but there’s something going on that i need to be paying attention to…

you know the charmin toilet paper commercials with the cartoon bears? they freak me out and make me uncomfortable. i don’t know why… they’re harmless animated bears but if i could ban one type of commercial, that is what it would be. yep.

i need to hit the sack soon… i have a breakfast meeting in frisco at 7 a.m. tomorrow… which means i need to leave the house by 6 a.m. yikes. nighty night. hopefully i’ll wake up not feeling so green…