It's me, Charity

Yesterday as we were driving around charging my battery, Dad drove past the local news, WLFI TV 18, and they were doing a spot right where we were stopped at the traffic light! I didn't have my contacts in so I really couldn't see what I was taking a picture of :) but he is as close as we got to being famous!

Today has to be preserved to remind me that things could always be worse. I got up and got ready for work, headed out to my truck at 7:30 like I always do. I went to click it unlocked and nothing happened. Suddenly I had a sinking feeling and realized that I had left my lights on from when I got home from the dentist at 3 pm YESTERDAY! My battery was deader than a doornail. I proceeded to call anyone and everyone I had ever met in my entire life. And no one had jumper cables or could give me a lift to work. So I was freaking out. I HAD to be at work, so finally after no luck I called a cab and they said they would be there in 15 mins. So I went outside and waited on them, while talking to my Mom on my cell explaining what was going on. She asked me why I didn't call my Grams and have her come. Um.. because she's almost an hour away? After awhile I realize the cab should have been there by now so I get off the phone and call them back. It is now 30 mins after my first call. They...

So brilliant person that I am, I decided to have some jawbreakers this morning at work. Thank you T for putting all of those on the front desk. Really appreciate that! Of course, as my life goes, I managed to break off a piece of my tooth. Incidentally it was the tooth I had my root canal on, that I've put off getting a crown for. Sigh. I can't get into my dentist untill tomorrow afternoon. Double sigh. As if all of that wasn't enough I found out that even though I signed up for Dental Insurance, apparently they lost the paperwork or SOMETHING so I have NO COVERAGE. NONE. NADA. ZIP. I think I'm going to hide under my desk and cry now.

1. I'm starting to feel guilty that my personal blog looks so dorky and my professional one looks so nice.. 2. I absolutely LOVE having shorter hair. It makes me feel so much spunkier. 3. I feel skinner than I look. 4. I feel like I'm caught between dressing like a college student and an adult. I need Stacy and Clinton to help me! 5. I actually have plans for the next THREE weekends! WHAT! 6. I'm looking forward to going home, putting on some shorts, and going out on my balcony and reading People Magazine while the sun shines down on me.. ahhhhh.... 7. I'm turning into a lotion freak. My current faves are butterfly flower and white citrus from bath and body works.

So yesterday I decided to wear my new "big girl shoes" to work, since we were having a special breakfast in the john purdue room i wanted to look like I worked here and not like a college student! So I wore the shoes and they looked stinking fantastic. Unfortunately my ankle did not like the slight kitten heel and i had to ice it when i got home. The shoes kept sliding around so the back of my foot isn't too happy either. But who cares, they looked FABULOUS!! I think Shasta would approve!!

So last night I decided I would take advantage of the 4.99 haircut sale at Great Clips. I went in just intending to get a trim and lots of layers. Wellllllll.. as always that changed and i lost an inch of my length and now my hair is above my chin but I LOVE IT!! She also thinned it out so its not as danged thick and that feels sooooo good!! Here's a pic I took last night!! WOOT!!

Here I am with Josh of Josh and Caroline Fame. I didn't get a picture with Caroline on Saturday so Josh stood in for one! During the afternoon I was able to run over to AG and visit with my friend Tyler! After I got back to my post (after having my face painted of course!!) my friend Karen, from Bible Study stopped by! It was so sweet of her to come see me!!

Sunday Morning I worked the Ambassador Table with Derek at Spring Fest. It was pouring down rain so we had to pull people from other tables to play with us. BIG MOOONNNEEEYYY!! Sunday afternoon was the Honors Colloquium/ Reception and of course Caroline was there. This was day 3 of our weekend together!! And finally, this is what Spring fest does to a person. After the Honors event I came back to my office, changed again, and helped Teresa carry in everything. Thanks to the torrential downpour I got *QUITE SOAKED*

When I am left alone in a Dr's office for an HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES!! Only to find out that I have to have stinking sinus surgery, SOON, to remove some of my ephnoid sinuses and open up the rest.. sigh..

Here I am with our Honors Coordinator Mary, I'm her assistant!! At Ross Ade Stadium. We were on the 5'th floor in the Buchanan Club for the Honors Poster Session and Alumni dinner. The view was FANTASTIC!! Like nothing I had ever seen before. I would live there if I could!! Before anyone got there, I took a few pictures of me and the field. SO COOL!!! Here I am with one of our Honors Students, Amy. Sadly she is graduating this May. We love her so much we're so sad to lose her! And here I am with one of our ambassadors, Caroline. Of Caroline and Josh Fame. We basically spent the entire weekend together. Every event I was at, she was there as well! If I didn't know better I would think she was stalking me! HAH! Thankfully Caroline is a junior so we have another year left of her. I'm still trying to talk her into staying for her Masters!! So Friday night Mary and I went to Ross Ade for the Honors Poster session and Alumni Dinner and Awards. It was AMAZING!! Wendi ...

Of this weekend..

Usually I spend my weekends on my couch, lounging around, napping, watching stuff I have dvr'd, going to church and then taking a nice long sunday afternoon nap. Not this weekend. Let me just share mu schedule for the next three days with you and you can see why I haven't gotten more than 6 hours of sleep at night all week long, and have eaten a whole LOT of ice cream. Today I worked an hour late. Friday: Cover front desk 8-9 Meeting about Commencement Reception 9-10 Set up for Spring Fest aka MANUAL LABOR 10-??? Hustle back to office and change into dressy clothes 2:30 Set up Honors Posters 3-4 Honors Poster Session at Ross Ade 4-5:30 Alumni Dinner 5:30-7:30 Take down Honors Posters and bring back to Office 7:30-8 Then I finally get to go home and sleep, for a little bit. Saturday isn't bad as I will be at the CFS Tent at Spring Fest from 9-5ish Sunday gets fun again Tent at Spring Fest from 9-11:30 Hustle back to the office and throw on something fancy Schlep the Honors P...

I am about beside myself with excitement and SHOCK right now!! Remember how I told y'all about designing a blog for the college I work at, at Purdue? Well its a hit. Its so much of a hit that the OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS wants to use my blog, the one *I* created as a template for the WHOLE UNIVERSITY!!! I can't believe it!! I'm super excited of course, because I put ALOT of work into it. And I'm really proud and incredibally SHOCKED that something *I* did is impacting Purdue!! WHOA!! HAIL PURDUE!! and if you want to look at its greatness just visit cfsambassadors.blogspot.com JESUS IS SOOOO COOL!!

Easter Weekend started off with Good Friday, We had an AMAZING Good Friday Service at church, I pretty much cried through the entire thing. It was so powerful. It really put things into perspective for me. After church I wiped away my tears and went and met Jennifer, her hubby and her two adorable children. I got to snuggle with baby Tyler and it was sooo nice!! I haven't held a tiny baby in a while and he was just so precious. Untill he got upset and started crying. Then I gave him back to his dad. :) After that I drove home, got there at a halfway decent time, about 10:15 pm. Hung out with the parents for awhile, hit bed at midnight and read for an hour. Needless to say I slept in Saturday. And I ahem, might have taken a nap as well:) You allready read about our excitement saturday night, after that Mom made us some FABULOUS smoothies. Oh man they were DELISH! as Always!! Sunday morning was church, of course! I should have taken a picture of me and Mom sitting in church before...

Dad wouldn't pose for a picture for the blog. :( I tried to snap one of him outside shining this HUGE light into the woods to see if our peeping tom neighbors were still in the tree, but alas this is the best I got, him running away from me!!

So I'm here at my parents farm for Easter weekend and we're having a bit of excitement as usual. Turns out we have stalker peeping tom children as neighbors. The "new" neighbors that have crazy kids are currently out in the woods behind our house. One is up in a tree in a makeshift stand, holding a hatchet. The other is on the ground right across from the family room windows and he has a shotgun. They have binoculars and are peering into the family room windows. Seriously. I couldn't make stuff like this up!! Its no wonder my parents close all of their blinds by 5 pm everynight. I would say the really funny things my Dad said, but I was informed that I could not. :( So yeah, if you never see me again, the hatchet and the shotguns apprently killed us!!

I realized that I blog more for work than I do on my personal blog.. (well I format and put together the blogs, details!) So I will try to do better about updating. Today is Good Friday and I'm at work on my lunch break. It has been crazy busy all week long, which has been fun, because I've seen ALOT of students and ALOT of prospective students, but I feel like I haven't gotten anything done! Hopefully I'll get more accomplished next week. Tonight I am going to our Good Friday service at church. I'm really looking forward to it. I went a few years ago and really enjoyed it, but the past few years I have left early in the evening to go to my parents for the weekend so I have missed it. Tonight I am going home late, around 9ish, so I can attend the service. Its a very solemn time of really thinking about what happened so many years ago and the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made for us, and his love for us. I think we all get caught up in the Holidays, getting together...

This may be a little rambly, but I want to write it down while its fresh in my mind, and heart. So lately I've been thinking about God's plan for my life versues my planning and hoping he goes along with it. One of the areas I struggle in is trusting God to bring me a mate. My friend and I were talking today about our desire to have children. And my desire to have children, biologically and adopted, is getting stronger and stronger every day. However I start to worry because here I am, 27 years old, and single. I haven't had a date in years. And yes I'm being serious. Granted, I probably could have had a date or many dates if I did not have standards and set the bar high. But I know what I am looking for in a mate, and I don't see the point in wasting my time, and his and putting my heart out on the line for something that won't be. In my women's bible study I"ve really been getting convicted about my plans vs. God's plan. And something finally clic...

ummm.. will the stalker police put me in jail too? followed by I'm just asking. I wanna cover my trail.

1. I'm allergic to Ibuprofin. How's that for randomness? It gives me hives from head to toe and I totally pass out. No fun. I live in fear that I'll hurt myself and be taken to the hospital and they will give me something with ibuprofin in it and kill me!! 2. I'm super excited that I am making friends at church, SINGLE FRIENDS!! And I actually have someone to sit with on Sunday morning! Trust me, If you had set alone in church for the past several years you'd be pretty excited too!! 3. I signed up for Danny's Voice Newsletters on Sophia's Heart. I think that pretty much makes me a stalker. 4. Along that line I was looking through old pics from college tonight (wow can't believe I went away 9 years ago!!!) and I found more than one picture of me and my roomies looking out our huge window with binoculars. 5. After 3 and 4 I'm pretty sure the Police are coming for me... 6. My Mom came to L-town and cleaned my kitchen for me while she was here. I don...

I had a frightening event at work today. I was innocently copying things in the back office, and suddenly I hear Betsy singing "oh Charriiiitttyyyyyyy.. There's an Easter Bunny for you" I walk up to the front desk and indeed, there is a larger than life, freaky, easter bunny standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DESK!! That is a bunny free zone people!! Now to those of you who don't know me that well, I have a very real fear of bunnies. A pack of rabid rabbitts chased me once, it was traumaztizing, but that is another post for another day! All of my co workers know abou it and think its hilarious. Sweet, loving people that they are, they all gathered in the front office and laughed their bottoms off while I stood mere INCHES away from the bunny and the poor guy who was trying to get us to buy whatever he was selling. I think my face must have been bright red, it certainly felt like it! The poor guy was slightly wondering why there was an office full of women hysterically laug...