Jury Duty, Running, and other happenings

Jury Duty

So, I survived my first experience with jury duty.  Honestly, it wasn't all that bad, but of course I couldn't go through the day without some type of DRAMA.


First, I was a little nervous because we had to park in a parking lot, then take a city bus to the courthouse.  I've never really ridden a bus like that, so I was just a little unsure of what I was suppose to do.  Thankfully there were other people there who seemed to know what was going on, so I just followed them.  Literally, I followed this one lady all the way to the courthouse. 

Second, you had to go through a security check point (like at the airport) to get in.  So, I put my shoes and purse in the little plastic bin and made my way through the medal detector.  I went to go get my stuff and the lady tells me that she needed to put my purse through the scanner again.  After it goes through the second time, there is now a man looking at the screen and he tells me that there something weird in my purse and then dumps everything out.  There was an Alan wrench in the bottom of my purse.  Donald put it in there the day before and I forgot.  So, now everything is out of my purse and they have to run it through the scanner AGAIN.  By now everyone is looking at me because I am holding the line up. 

So, I find my assigned courtroom and there are a bunch of people, like maybe 30 or so.  The cop comes out and collects our paperwork and tells us what is going to happen.  Then we sat there for an hour and a half, in the hallway.  Finally, they call us into the courtroom and the judge tells us that the lawyers on the case came to a plea agreement and they didn't need a juror.  So, I didn't even go through the process of being selected.  I just went and sat in the hallway and then collected my 6 bucks!

Running

In the early part of May I went to a fitness boot camp with my neighbor and I loved it.  However, one of the things we had to do was run around this field and I didn't like that nor could I run the whole thing.  And after I finished, I couldn't breathe.  I was a little frustrated because I am an active person and I go to the gym 3-4 days a week but I couldn't run a short distance.  So, after that I decided I was going to start running on the treadmill rather than on the elliptical.  (The elliptical is more like a bike motion and therefore a lot easier.)

So, I set a goal for myself for the summer- to run 3 miles on the treadmill by the end of the summer.  Once it cools down, I am going to start running outside and start working on my time.  My ultimate goal is to run a 5k sometime in October or November.  Well, I more than halfway there!!  I had been doing about 1.5 miles, but on Monday I ran 2 miles.  I was so proud of myself. I was very tired that night; not sore, just tired!  Yesterday when I went I just ran 1.6 miles because my legs were still a little tired for the day before.  I am so excited that I have been able to run this much.  It really is addicting.  I am actually looking forward to my next run on Saturday.  My goal on Saturday is to run 2 miles again.  The only problem is I have had my gym shoes for a long time (like several years) and I have started to feel how old they are when I run.  So if I am going to keep this up, I am going to have to invest in a new pair of running shoes. 

Other Happenings

The bug situation has gotten a lot better.  Donald saw one on Monday morning.  But on Monday, the people from SWBTS came out and fixed our door (there was a gap between the door and the frame along the bottom).  We haven't seen any since then, so we are hoping that was how they were making there way in.  We are still a little paranoid and get a little nervous at night and first thing in the morning when we walk into the kitchen.

A few months ago I broke my camera and so we have been taking pictures on our phones! But yesterday my wonderful sister in law gave me (us) an early birthday/Christmas present- a new camera!! It is SO nice.  Its a Nikon COOLPIX L120 and it's pretty much the nicest camera I have ever owned! I am looking forward to really learning how to use it and taking pictures (especailly taking pictures of all those little people that I love and miss so much!)  Donald and I took a few cool shots last night and the pictures look great!

Update

It's been a while since I blogged, so I thought I've give an "update" blog.

Donald is working 3 days a week and the other two he is doing stuff with our church. Even though school is out, he has been super busy!  He has been sub-teaching for various Sunday School classes the last few weeks and for the next two weeks.  He has also been teaching a series on "How we got the Bible" for the Wednesday night Bible Study.  I've really enjoyed getting to hear him teach and seeing how passionate he is about the Word.  Also a few Sunday's ago he preached a message on Sunday night.  I love watching this man preach.  I am looking forward to him being my pastor one day!! When we go home in a few weeks he will be preaching at my sisters wedding (a mini sermon) and then preaching at NCBC on Sunday morning. 

I am still working and trying to find a teaching job.  Unfortunately, is does not look good at all! But I will keep putting myself out there and trying to find something!! On Monday I have been summoned to jury duty! Donald is a little jealous because he would love to serve on a jury, but I am not as excited! Knowing my luck I'll be picked to actually serve! We'll see! I'll keep you informed!

We have had a slightly "rough" week! Last Friday we had the pest control people come because we have seen a "Texas Bug" (aka Waterbug) and so we thought we would call before we saw more.  Well, they seem to have made the problem worse.  This week we had seen 4! Yesterday morning Donald found one (bug #3) sitting in our cup cabinet when he went to get a coffee mug and that was the final straw for him!  So yesterday afternoon he clean under the stink, like scrubbed it down and  filled in any holes, we think that's how they are getting in.  BUT we were wrong and I found another one last night.  We are mortified.  We are scared to go into our kitchen in fear of being attacked by bugs.  I want to move, but I think they are everywhere.  We are hoping that the last one was already in the house before we filled in the holes and we will not see anymore.  And the worst part, we ran out of bug spray with number 2, so the last two we have been dealing with without any defense mechanism.  I will be getting more when I go to Wal-mart, even if it causes me to go over my grocery budget, yes its THAT bad!

We are so looking forward to our "vacation" in a week and a half! (I say "vacation" because I am not too sure how much of a vacation it will be!)  Kari and Matt are getting married and we will also be going to Philadelphia with Jackie and Jared and then to the beach, and then to Lynchburg.  I will have to say that I am excited that we do not have to drive.  We decided it was actually going to be cheaper for us to fly because after the rental car, gas, food, and a hotel each way we were going to spend close to $800 and we were able to find tickets for around $580.  Woohoo!  And we will be able to spend more time there cause we will not be in the car for 4 days of our 12 day vacation!

Whelp, I guess that's all.  I leave you with some pictures from our last little adventure!