Okay, so the 4th of July was 2 days ago, but in my time-warped world where I go nearly a month without blogging, 2 days is like 2 minutes. Anyway ...
Joe should be getting his mission call any day now, maybe even today. It's in the mail, so whenever the US Postal Service gets around to delivering it, we'll know where he's going! I never thought this day would come, and yet here it is. We're working on going back to being just friends which is interesting to say the least, and that's all I'm going to say about it, other than I'm glad to discover that there is in fact a friendship under all this attraction. He's become my best friend these last several months that we've been dating. We still see each other every day and we even joined a gym yesterday. We're going to try to work out every day together and whip ourselves back into shape before he leaves. We bought racquetball rackets and we're learning how to play. I am going to be SOOO bored when Joe leaves. I'm sure I'll be quite lost without him. Still, I know that it's finally time for him to go; he's ready and the people he's going to teach are ready. I am grateful for him and for this time that we've had together. I know a few of the reasons why we've needed each other these past few months and I am grateful for the blessing he has been in my life. I'm may never know all the reasons why but I'm grateful all the same.
Last weekend I flew to Las Vegas for Kylene's wedding. Kylene has been my best friend since we were freshman in college. She is currently going to grad school in Philadelphia and she met a really neat guy who is now her husband. Despite being sick for most of the weekend, and travelling complications which included the bride and groom's flight being cancelled at the last minute, etc. etc., the wedding was beautiful and I was so grateful that I had the opportunity to go. I took pictures for the first time in a couple of months (*feeling sheepish*) and i posted a couple above.
Wednesday was of course the 4th of July and like most people, Joe's parents decided to put new roofing on their house on Independence Day *wink*, so I went over there and helped with that. I did NOT get up on the roof; I stayed down on the ground and picked up old shingles. Man there were a lot of shingles to pick up. I couldn't believe how many shingles there were everywhere! We still didn't even have all the felt on by 5pm but it was just too darn hot to do anything else. Most people pooped out by noon. I gave up around 2:30 and went home to take a shower. I was so dirty and I had fiberglass crystals stuck in my skin all over. That was a bit uncomfortable! We rounded off the day with a swim in the pool, mooching off other people's picnic foods, and watching fireworks.
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