Facebook Three Things

Names I have been called
1. Mookie
2. LT
3. LTB

Three jobs I have had in my life
1. Risk Manager Student Helper
2. Student Helper at DSHS in ML
3. Market Data Analyst

Three places I have lived
1. Hazlehurst, MS
2. Moses Lake, WA
3. Seattle, WA

Three TV shows that I watch
1. Sex and the City
2. Seinfield
3. Friends

Three places I have been (last three)
1. England
2. France
3. Italy

People who e-mail me regularly
1. Deidre
2. Denise
3. DNC (LOL)

Three of my favorite foods
1. Tacos
2. Roast and potatoes
3. Pizza

Three Favorite drinks (besides Water)
1. Lemonade
2. Sweet Tea
3. Martinelli’s Apple Cider

Things I am looking forward to in the near future
1. Summer vacation (Ireland and Scotland and maybe Wales)
2. More furlough three-day weekends
3. Summer

In the Fullness of Time

People express their love for God in many ways. People also seek God differently. Some people seek out God in the divine. I seek out God in the everyday. I am not just talking about seeing Him in His handiwork, though He is there. The sound of rain. The smell flowers. The mountains covered in snow. I seek God in what are seemingly random acts of life. I am always totally amazed how everything falls into place. Every seemingly ordinary event falls into this overall puzzle that is shaping itself into being my life. Some people might call it chance. I call it things working out for my good. Yes, there are things such as destiny and fate and all of these seemingly random acts of life are working together. It’s like all the decision, choices, and paths are leading me somewhere. My ordered steps are continuously completing more of the puzzle. Now, something is waiting for the fullness of time to reveal itself to me.

Safeway

There is a Safeway two blocks from my house that I shop at. It’s “my” Safeway. There is however occasions I will shop at the Safeway near Genesee. The sad truth is that I only shop there in the hope I will run into this guy I used to see.

I know, I know, it’s sad. One of my coworkers told me he saw him there. And, I have done a few drive bys since in the hope that I will run into him. I am very aware that his mom lives in the area, and I often hope to run into him when I am in the area.

Overall, he is a decent guy. It’s probably the one occasion I can’t sing a “he did me wrong song.” The truth is that I ruined things by trying to rush them too fast.

I am not sure why I want to see him. I just do. Part of me wants to apologize. The other wants to beg for forgiveness and a second chance.

Yes, I will continue to shop at Genesee. Hoping, wishing, and maybe praying.

I don’t think this can be considered stalking since I don’t camp out, and I don’t have binoculars, rope, or tape.

Moments in Time

There are moments in time that I want to freeze. Perhaps it is not so much the moment but the feeling of the moment. It’s like going to a Prince Concert and hearing “Purple Rain”. Or a Motley Crue concert and hearing “Home Sweet Home”. Or a Bon Jovi concert and hearing “Wanted Dead or Alive”. It is the moment in time I had looked forward to the most. Once that moment came, I wanted it to last forever.

It is strange that certain music can evoke a feeling. Perhaps a better word would be longing. There are times I yearn for a taste of that feeling. I am often confused if I am yearning for a feeling I have had or some distance feeling that is coming. Or is it a feeling I have had but lost.

There are times when I go still and it is almost like at that moment that some fathom emotion wants to rise to the surface. Maybe it is the memory that music has. A certain song can remind me of a certain person or a certain event. Like “Volare” will always remind me of Italy since I heard it in Venice and Ostia Antica. “Home” will always remind me of India.

It is puzzling that I am not sure what I am looking for. I just know that I have not found it.