Arizona

Hey guys. Guess where I'm at? Phoenix. :) Yay! It's warm. We wore short sleeves today and had the windows rolled down, just cuz we could!

Today the girls went shopping for wedding dresses for Natalie Knochel. (Who got engaged to Nathan Virkler on Sunday). We had tons of fun! Tried on our own, took pictures, the whole works. Then we went to Knochel's and hung out there for a while. Then to Morgan's for supper. Then to Jester's comedy club. That was really funny, many laughs.

Then we all came back to MaryAnn's where us girls are staying for the week and played Loaded Questions. All in all, it was a successful day. :)

Right now Natalie is picking up Nathan at the airport. They're meeting for the first time as engaged people. For some reason, she didn't want me, Bethany, and Amy to go with her to get him! Huh. Go figure.

And! I LOVE Phoenix. Everybody here names their cars! Just like Melvin. He would fit in so well out here. Speaking of Melvin, if anybody drives past my house this week, give Melvin a little honk for me!

Ok, I'm gonna sign off! Hope you all have a very happy New Year! Love you all!

Be My Escape

I’ve given up on giving up slowly
I’m blending in so You won’t even know me
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate
This one last bullet you mention
It’s my one last shot at redemption
Cause I know to live you must give your life away

And I’ve been housing all this doubt
and insecurity
And I’ve been locked inside that house
All the while You hold the key
And I’ve been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even though there’s no way of knowing
Where to go
I promise I’m going because…

I gotta get out of here
I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get out of here
And I’m begging You, I’m begging You
I’m begging You to be my escape

I’ve given up on doing this alone now
Guess I failed and I’m ready to be shown out
You told me the way and now I’m trying to get there
And this life sentence that I’m serving
I admit that I’m every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

I gotta get out of here
Cause I’m afraid that this complacency is something I can’t shake
I gotta get out of here
And I’m begging You, I’m begging You,
I’m begging You to be my escape

I am a hostage to my own humanity
Self-detained and forced to live in this mess I’ve made
And all I’m asking is for You to do what you can with me
But I can’t ask You to give what You already gave.

Cause I’ve been housing all this doubt
and insecurity
And I’ve been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
And I’ve been dying to get out
That might be the death of me
And even though there’s no way of knowing
Where to go
I promise I’m going because…

I gotta get out of here
I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get out of here
And I’m begging You, I’m begging You,
I’m begging You to be my escape

I fought You for so long
I should have let You in
Oh how we regret those things we do
And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
But so were You
So were You

oh, melvin

Well, I haven't posted anything in forever, so I thought I'd write about my weekend. It was pretty uneventful, except for Melving breaking down.... again. -sigh- What am I going to do with him, that little rascal? The young group girls met at te church to go shopping on Saturday afternoon for the Angel Tree at Eastland Mall. I pulled into the parking lot, up to my spot, and he died. And wouldn't turn on.

So I had to leave him there all day and all night. The next morning somebody plowed the church parking lot and created a little box of snow around him. This is him, all scared and cold without me being able to drive him. We both had a pretty rough night Saturday night away from eachother.

However, Josh and Christopher scooped sidewalks Sunday morning and left me a little happy snowman and Hi Nat on my rear window. So that made things a little better. Hopefully, Melvin will return to full working order soon.

Boxed In

My little snowman and sign from the Stoller boys