something new

we have a new cat. well, technically, my roomate amy has a new cat. it's a stray. from next door. I remember her litter from sometime last year.. hm. at this very moment, I'm watching her sleep on the sofa. which is what she's done for the majority of her first day with us.

suprisingly her fur is quite soft, but i've realized i'm not the biggest animal person - although i'm growing warm toward the idea of our own pet. or at least want myself to. when i was growing up we always had pets in the house. i remember when i was maybe five - we had like 7 hamsters at once. and they always died in clumps. and then we'd just get more..

we also had two guinia pigs. (how in the world do you spell?) their names became - poopsie and apple blossom. you could never say "apple blossom' then 'poopsie' it was always poopsie first.. i think they're funny names, as in i laugh inside when i remember them - i wouldn't expect anyone else to think those names were funny - although i would cherrish a moment with someone else who would.. name origins: poopsie pooped on one of my sisters or me on the way home from the pet store and apple blossom had red eyes... like apples.

we also had cats and dogs. lots of dogs. mostly mutts and such.

well, again, i'm procrastinating. with homework. must go.

happy thanksgiving

yew hew.. it's thanksgiving day. THE one day to be out right thankful for everything in my life.. which i really have a whole lot to be thankful for. really. so, Thankyou. mostly to God, but really also to everyone a part of my life (and not a part of it). apart? a part? eeee.

i drove to be with family today. just for the day - to columbia. i like columbia, liked living here. it's been a long time since i've visited.. It's always kind of weird being/living in greenwood and then visiting other places I've lived before - it's like I forget that there's other possibilities of the life I could be living. i get stuck living in greenwood - granted with several wonderful friends (that I wouldn't know what to do without) - so in a sense, it's not really 'stuck' but just.... i don't know.. I guess it's that balance between being content in any and every situation and - at the same time - pursueing goals, interests, adventure. .... And also, it's not always about the place I live. or my particular situation. ... its about attitude, interactions with others, caring, loving, and so on. : )
wow, all these words. Finally, God is very good. gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.

pumpkin con eine dent

So, this may be the first pumpkin i've ever carved using actual tools - specific to pumpkin carving. woop woop. :/. it was supposed to have two teeth, but the right one broke off while i was trying to pry out the rest of the mouth.. next time i want to carve something more interesting than a jolly face. I was told it looks scary. which, yea, i guess it does, or is supposed to (haha, right.) , or whatever... :)

Anyway, i need to be working on my student teaching portfolio. shame. shame on everything that distracts.- which is pretty much anything at this point.. ho hum.and a bottle of "hoping to find some motivation?" eh. bah ha.