The Past Few Weeks.....

....have been a whirlwind in which i......:


.....have become increasingly frustrated with the drama at work. apparently it was not meant for me to retire my installments of "sha's anatomy." the latest: my front office lady does not take anything i say seriously and calls me "desha." one of my medical assistants has family problems that involve a delinquent cousin, an elderly aunt with a broken hip and dependency issues, a child who cannot stop getting yellow cards at school, a husband who bartered for "romantic time" every time LSU won a football game, and potential initiation of lexapro. (for her, not me.) my other medical assistant may be pregnant after a tubal ligation that was done years ago and a boyfriend who apparently got a rude awakening when he was issued a bench warrant for his arrest for non-payment on some furniture that she told the seller she wasn't going to pay as long as he didn't send her the throw pillows as was originally promised.

......had to tell my aunt (who is now a patient) that she probably has lung cancer (notheing in medical school or residency prepares you for stuff like this)

......had to assure my 70 year old diabetic with heart failure (who just had breakfast at the waffle house including a large OJ and hashbrowns) that i, in fact, am not gaining weight. (thanks)

....have not been able to find local outreach that will allow me to apply the only thing i know how to do to help others....yet

........had to field a phone call from the mother of a guy i went to high school with.....she called me at work.....to try to set me up.......on a blind date......with a guy who goes, oddly enough, to the church i've been visiting....supposedly, as she says," i don't think there's anything wrong with him, he just hasn't found the right person yet" (is that what people say about me? if so, please stop. now. )


........have gone to multiple concerts. here's the rundown: NewSong, Echoing Angels and Jimmy Needham last sunday evening.....it was good stuff. Do not mock....even if you don't like their studio music, there concerts are worth it. my brother took me to one of their concerts when i was in jr high and i've made it to most of them in my area if possible. the echoing angels guys seem pretty cool. nate sallie (now with newsong) had on some low-rise man-jeans that were seriously disturbed. todd, i dare say, would not approve.

monk and neagle, aaron shust, mercyme on my birthday....awesome experience. i really missed having stacy there but was obviously praying for her health. i was excited when i found out she actually heard my attempt to let her hear her favorite song. love me some monk and neagle...could have listened to them for an entire set. my friend marne experienced her first "christian" concert and i think she enjoyed it.....if the happy hand raiser sitting in front of us didn't throw her off... :)

matt wertz and dave barnes last night in BR at the varsity.....i think my sister may actually forgive me for taking my 20 year old nephew to a bar since i told her they were "good kids" (it was for the music, after all). they were pretty much rockin the house even if....i may have been one of the oldest people there and dedra fell asleep on a stool.


....exercised my civic responsibility and voted last saturday. even if the lady kept telling me my name was "not on the list" and i insisted it was (hello? type-a me went to the courthouse to hand deliver my information so i could get registered). for a moment i thought there may be a jesse jackson-like throwdown, but my name was found on the "new registrant" page (who knew?) and confrontation was avoided. it was worth it just to have a new governor outright.

.....got new appliances!!!! i know this may be frivolous on my part, as there was nothing wrong with the ones that were already in the house, but now i feel like the kitchen is complete...and since hospitality is one of my spiritual gifts, let's just consider it an outreach ministry investment

.....turned 30....what can i say? i'm not upset about the age per se, just the fact that the entire last decade of my life has been a blurry mess (in a non-baggage, non-tattoo-bearing, non-reproductive, boring baptist girl kinda way).

.....had some serious introspection about my prayer life.....i will bore you with the details later when i can finish wrapping my mind around it all