| So Brian and I have been house shopping for quite sometime. Its a long and dirty process and it really tires you out. Well on Monday we went out with our realtor and found our dream home. The house is two story, has a fenced large backyard, and a finished basement. Pretty much the only thing the house needs help with is the upstairs bathroom. Thats IT! The house is perfect! It's even got a wet bar in the basement. I've been thinking non-stop about the house every since we saw it. When I'm in that house I swear I have flashforwards to Brian and I raising a family in that house. I keep imaging our new married life in that house! I keep seeing Brian and I being happy in that house!
Yesterday we schedule an appointment to go see the house tomorrow morning and make sure we still love the house. If we do (which I know we will) still love the house we'll sign all the paper work to put in a bid. However, we just found out today and two other couples are going to see the house tomorrow as well. Talk about a blow to the gut. When Brian told me over the phone today my outlook totally changed. I feel helpless and extremely sad. What chance do newlyweds have at this house? We wanted to talk the people down, but we can't do that anymore because we would have to fight for this house. Its definitely worth fighting for, but do we have the skills or resources or money to win? Its looking dismal people and I haven't been this upset about something in a long time. Its hard wanting something so bad and knowing there is a huge brick wall in the way. I know God's will be done, but why make me want something so bad and then "snatch" it away from me? This is a huge learning lesson for me. Just say a quick little prayer for Brian and I that God's Will will be done. Pray that whatever happens is for the best. Pray that I'll be able to have the stamina to find another "dream" home when I don't get this house.
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| On my way home from work at 9 this morning I passed a NUMBER of cars in the ditch. One car was even upside down and I took a picture for work. I thanked the Lord that I have never had such an accident before. Granted I am from California and I've only been driving in the snow for two years in general and one year in my truck. However, just a mile away from my exit, that all changed.
Because I am paranoid about sliding around, I made sure I was in the right hand lane. For some reason the left hand lane, or fast lane, always looks like its not cleared when there's been a fresh snow. Out of no where my truck starts to wiggle and swerve so I try and straighten it out. My truck did not want to be straightened out. Next thing I know my little Chevy S10 is flying across the free way. I knew there was nothing I could do so I braced myself for the worst and held onto the wheel as tight as I could. After the snow flew up over my hood I just closed my eyes and prayed to God I was going to be okay.
After I stopped moving and landed with a hard thud somewhere I opened my eyes and discovered that I had crossed over from my lane, across the fast lane, and into the median. Here is praise the Lord number 1: I'm thankful there were no cars to the side of me otherwise I would have hit them when I came flying across. I'm not sure if this was stupid of me or not, but I got out of truck. When I stepped out I was in about 3 feet of snow and when I look at the freeway I notice another woman's car sliding in my direction. I kinda made sure I was out of the way in case she made it into the ditch and slammed into my truck. Thankfully her car miraculously stopped before she hit deep snow and she ended up backwards on the freeway. She luckily turned herself around safely. Then seconds later about 50 yards in front of me ANOTHER car spins out and hits a ditch on the right hand side of the road. I was scared and didn't know what to do so I trekked over to them and across the freeway and stood with them. I didn't want to be myself in the middle of the median.
After I got over there we discussed our options and whatnot. They were out of town students who went to Cornerstone and they had no idea what to do... just like me. Luckily the woman who almost hit me but righted herself stopped by us and made sure we were okay. She called 911 for us and waited with us till a Trooper got there. The trooper was a real jerk at first saying stuff like "Man... you wouldn't think there would be ice out here in the middle of Summer... er.. I mean Winter." It was NOT what I wanted to hear right then and there. Anyway I made some calls and got my roomate Joshlyn to wake Brian up for me. While waiting for help to come the Trooper took me back to my truck and waited with me. I sat in his warm car making small talk while I waited for Brian. I think he felt sorry for me when I explained to him I was from California (he was too). Anyway Brian finally came and we waited for the tow truck to came while the Trooper stayed to protect us. He wanted to make sure no one else would spin out and hit us. 15 minutes earlier though as I was sitting in the Troopers car, a red pick up truck about 70 yards behind us spun out and into the ditch. I don't know what was with that stretch of freeway but it was bad.
While waiting for the pick up truck Brian took a look at my tracks the truck had made and thats when we discovered praise the Lord number 2: For a while, I only had two tires on the ground. My truck was just seconds away from over turning. Therein lies praise the Lord number 3: Had I tipped my truck and landed upside down, I wouldn't have been able to get out of my truck. The snow I landed in was about 3 feet deep. If I were upside down, there would have been no way for me to open my door and perhaps not even see where I was.
I have NEVER been so scared in my life. Right now I'm just mentally exhausted, frazzled, and sore from the impact. I'm extremely lucky nothing bad happened to me because there were MANY points in the morning where something bad COULD have happened. |
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| I love it even though I'm not a student anymore. Calvin is the ONLY college/university that is NOT closed today. Everything else is. Man, Calvin wouldn't shut down if hell freezed over... and I thought hell HAD frozen over! |
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| I haven't posted in a long time but this is SOOOO worth it. This is what I call the bride from hell... hopefully I won't be her in 4 months.
You NEED to watch the whole thing though. Seem like WTF at first and then it gets amazing. LOL
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| ME! That's right kiddos. I just got the greenlight today to front the weekend online buzz. Its basically a short segment highlighting a useful West Michigan website. Nothing huge but its great news for me! This Sunday will be my debut! I'll be sure to put the exact time I'll be on so you can watch! WOOT!
Oh ps... for a good laugh see my post below that has a link to the bagpiper. Hilarious. |
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