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A Lucky Night

Last night my bowling team (which is supposed to have 4 people but instead has only 2) beat the number one team in our league. How did we do it? We're not sure. We're completely shocked that we pulled that one off. Not only did we beat them, but we beat them at all three games and we won the series. When we saw that we were playing against them last night, we basically just told ourselves that we were just going to have fun and not let their skills intimidate us (even though they're very nice people).

Man, am I going to miss bowling when the summer league is over.

Don't ever doubt yourself! You just may be surprised.

Many The Miles

I've been listening to Sarah Bareilles for quite a while now...even before they started playing her songs a million times a day on the radio. She's definitely one of my favorite artists right now. She has a song called "Many The Miles" that I think pretty much sums up how I've been feeling about life in general for some time. Here it is:

There's too many things that I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets I haven't seen
You can't waste the day wishing it'd slow down
You would've thought by now I'd have learned something

I made up my mind when I was a young girl
I've been given this one world
I won't worry it away
But now and again I lose sight of the good life
I get stuck in a low light
But then love comes in

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles and I'll be happy to follow you love

I do what I can wherever I end up
To keep giving my good love
And spreading it around
Cause I've had my fair share of take care and goodbyes
I've learned how to cry
And I'm better for that

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Send me the miles and I'll be happy to follow you love

Red letter day and I'm in a blue mood
Wishing that blue would just carry me away
I've been talking to God
Don't know if it's helping or not
But surely something has got to got to got to give
Cause I can't keep waiting to live

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles and i'll be happy to

There's too many things I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets I haven't seen

Time To Relax

So, last Thursday was my last day of summer school. I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am that I am finally on break! Not that I'm complaining...working only 4 hours a day for 20 days isn't that bad. I'm just ready to not work for a while.

Lance and I have a couple of things planned for our time off. Next Thursday, we're heading up to see Lance's dad for two nights. I haven't seen his home since they finished building it a few years ago. Lance went up there and stayed for a night last year. We don't get to see them very often, so it will be nice to visit and catch up.

We also decided against taking a road trip. I'm still a bit bummed that we're not going, but it's okay. I'll spare you all the details as to why we're not going, but we just coudn't work it out. Instead of a road trip, we decided to take a 5 day cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico with my parents in August. We opted for a 5 day because this is Lance's first cruise. Maybe we'll take a longer cruise next time if he really likes it. I think he was probably sold on it the minute I told him that there was a sushi bar on board. He told me that he plans to eat nothing but sushi on the cruise to really get our money's worth. I'm just so happy to actually be going somewhere. I love going out of town on vacation. I plan to do nothing but relax and eat the entire time. I just love cruises...

Lance talked to our social worker, Susan, a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to make sure that we hadn't slipped through the cracks or had been forgotten. She told him that we definitely have not been forgotten and that even though we looked excellent from the start of this process, we look even better now because we have been waiting so long. I guess it really shows them that we're serious about wanting to adopt. When we were going through this process, they didn't have any kind of timeline to give us as to when we could expect to be placed. Now, apparently, they are telling people that it will be at least a year before they are placed. She also hinted to him that we are close to the top of the list and told him that there were a lot of people who were in front of us and had been waiting even longer to adopt. So, even though we're not placed yet, it was nice to touch base with her and know that we're still in this. It gave Lance and I a renewed confidence that we're doing the right thing.

Have a nice weekend!