Broken Heat and Wishes for Snow.

I don't have much to say tonight. I don't know why I'm blogging...you won't find many deep thoughts here, just ramblings, my mind is tired.

Delilah is drifting through our tiny apartment. It's pretty amazing how many people call into her show...just wanting someone, anyone (including a perky radio host) to listen to what they are going through. Unfortunately for Delilah there is not a Christmas song to fit every caller's situation.

Speaking of, I love the comic Pearls Before Swine. This one pertains to the part about Delilah being "perky".



(You can check out more Pearls Before Swine here. I highly recommend it.)

Our apartment is incredibly cold, due to our heat not working. Last week our apartment got incredibly hot. The floors were hot--we think it was heat coming up from downstairs. This week we're freezing...maybe the people downstairs got hot too...Maybe we could just turn up our stove to it's 575 degree high. Unfortunately for us our apartment is not too cold for bugs, which have somehow infested our kitchen. Oh the joys of small apartment living in Northeast DC.

Sometimes Delilah gives bad advice.

We went home for Thanksgiving, which was fun. We ate lots of food (and we had the leftovers tonight...yum). The weekend consisted of a very short haircut (for me), Biscuitville with my sisters, playing "fetch" with Teddy (who, thanks to mom, is actually getting kind of good...well, better than he used to be, that's for sure), cutting down a Christmas tree in the mountains and over 17 hours of driving. We did give a talk at Mom and Dad T.'s Sunday School class. It went really well, and we had a good discussion.

I did a lot of Biblical justice and righteousness (um, same word in Hebrew and Greek, by the way) research before our talk on Sunday. I'm always amazed and comforted at how it is at the center of God's being. I'm still completely unaware of how to follow in those footsteps though...knowing I will never be able to do enough but yearning to do something and ever unsure how...

Speaking of, we had our "Thank you fellows" Polaris lunch today...the fellowship is almost over. I have no idea where I'm going from here...I guess that's not too big of a surprise, seeing as God tends to keep me in the dark about my life most of the time...I guess that's His style.

I started decorating for Christmas tonight. I'll post pictures later. Luke and I are trying to decide if we want to get a Christmas tree, even if we'll only have it for a couple of weeks before heading home. We both really want one...we'll see. Being a good steward is hard.

I don't really understand freedom very much. But I'm glad God uses analogies to compare our freedom from sins to a slave being set free. I think it shows how important freedom is to God. I think that's part of the reason why I want to be an abolitionist when I grow up...

I'm thinking of getting my Masters of Social Work and Law dual degree. The major problem with that is that I'm in love with Howard's MSW program...is it a complete shot in the dark to ask them to join their MSW and JD programs just for me?

There are lots of sirens in the city. I liked going home and to the mountains where I could breathe.

I love Luke a lot, but ultimetly what will make this marriage work is our ability to be patient with each other's quirks. Here's an example from when we went to get a Christmas tree:

I do love that man...even in a teal jacket and a camo hat with the flaps pulled down. And I'm thankful that he's patient with all of my crazy quirks too.

We got invited to a Christmas party where we have to memorize our favorite part of a Christmas movie. I think I'll memorize this (or another portion of the same movie):



I love Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.

Or this...



I also love Jimmy Stewart.

I was born in the wrong decade. They don't make movies like those anymore, that's for sure.

I think that's all for me tonight. 'Til next time, I'll be dreaming of a white Christmas.