Do Not Laugh

I rode a bike yesterday. For the first time since the sixth grade.

It was awesome. And totally dorky.

I love my new little blue-green beach cruiser.

Yes, Andy, I am totally "one of those" people. 

You're totally laughing aren't you? 

It's okay.

Really.

I knew you would.

Things I've Observed While Working From Home

Every day around lunch time this little sweetie wants to climb into my lap, curl up, and completely bliss out. 

For at least the next thirty minutes it doesn't matter how much I shift and squirm, how many times I switch my crossed legs from right-over-left to left-over-right, how frantically I tap-tap-tap away at my keyboard- she is perfectly content. Stubbornly, resolutely at peace. 

It seems a handy habit to cultivate, her insistent restfulness.

A Little Nugget for Today

Mark Kennedy, Temple of the Seven Golden Camels on why we tell stories...

"Thousands of years ago, why did people start telling stories around the campfire before crawling back to their caves to sleep until morning? What's the point, after all? Why waste the energy doing it? Does it help us survive better?

Personally, I think they told stories for the same reason that we still watch movies, even after most of us have already seen quite a few already (and can usually guess how they'll probably turn out): people needstories. And more than anything, people need and crave stories with substance. They need stories because stories remind us that good can triumph over evil, that there are things like love, hope and faith left in the world, no matter how bad things get, and that there are some things worth fighting (and dying) for. They remind us of these things that are simple and basic, yet so easy to forget as we go through life and realize how complicated it can be."

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Quick Update from North Carolina

First of all...we're here! We officially live in Murfreesboro North Carolina now!

Hi from our back patio in North Carolina!

We are in, but I wouldn't exactly say we are "settled" quite yet. Still boxes everywhere, though we have a maze-like bit of path cleared here and there so we can weave our way from room to room. Keith's first day was yesterday. Many meetings, some orientation, a fair amount of meet and greet. Then he'll start teaching next Tuesday. A week from today...amazing!

Keith's first day as Assistant Professor of Religion at Chowan University

I am on day two of working from my home office and I think it's really going to agree with me. I love looking out my window at cotton fields and pine trees, watching birds and squirrels and even deer dart by. We have been told there is a red-tailed fox that frequents our little corner, so I'm keeping eyes peeled.

My first day Working from Home! Yeah!!!

There is much more to come. I have many, many words right now. The drive to North Carolina was pretty amazing. Saying goodbye (for now at least) to Texas was poignant and bittersweet. I need to process it all out, so you'll all (all three of you) get the benefit of my psychological processing via blogging. Lucky, aren't ya?

I'm also going to continue blogging through our We Heart Waco Farewell Tour retroactively. We managed to get to all the places on my list, I just haven't had time to type up all the posts.

Monday Fun Fact

Did you know that Sirius is the name of the star that forms a major point in the constellation known as Canis Major (or Great Dog?)

Sirius Black, animagus, transforms himself into a great black dog.

J. K. Rowling = Genius. On so many levels.