Sorry it's been a while

Yeah, I've gotten really bad about updating lately. I'm sorry for all you avid readers. All is well in the world of Pepto. Spring quarter is in full swing, and it's not that bad. It's kinda rough having a total of about 35 hours of work and school spread over just 4 days every week, but it's really nice to have Fridays off. Today was great. I got to hang out with Monkey for a while. We went to the park and then just came back here and watched a movie. After she left, I cut the front yard for the first time this year then I cleaned up the back patio and cleaned up the branches laying all over our backyard. I was going to cut the grass back there, but the ground was really wet so I decided not to. Instead I just relaxed on our porch swing until it started raining. Then I just read and watched a couple movies. Yeah, I'm sure this is so exciting to read.

ANYWAY, my classes are going pretty well. I have to do a lot of reading for a couple classes, but no big deal. My course load this quarter is much lighter than it was last quarter. I've also been working 15+ hours a week. I've finally been doing inventory control...a job I've been wanting for nearly 2 years. It's a lot of work, but at least it gives me some more hours and I'm not just sitting doing nothing. Plus I can leave early if I need to.

In other news, I'm going to North Carolina next weekend to visit my parents and go to the beach. It'll be a nice break since I didn't actually get a "break" over Spring Break. Most of you know that I was thinking about asking Toolman to go, but I decided against it. It's too soon. Maybe if I go again in a couple months, then I'll ask because it would be really cool for him to be able to see the ocean for the first time. I've also decided that I want to try to get involved with Habitat for Humanity. I enjoyed doing all that contruction kind of stuff in Louisiana and ever since then I've wanted to find a way to help people in that capacity all the time. So yeah, not only do I want to get involved, but I'd really like to get some people from Bethany in on it too. I really want people to think of Bethany as a church that serves people in the name of Christ. So I'm gonna try, and we'll see how it goes.

Ok, now to the part you're all actually reading this for. I purposefully put it at the end to make sure you read the whole thing. Everything's going fine with Toolman. Nothing significant has happened, we're not officially dating or anything, but we're still hanging out and getting to know each other. I must say that I was so totally stoked that he showed up at church Sunday morning without me even prompting him to come. Not only that, but he came to the Crucible as well. He seems like he's interested in coming to Bethany regularly because he said he really likes it and hasn't really had a set church around here. So cool beans. I saw him at Real Life last night and he sat with me. :D It's kinda weird though because people are starting to give us that "what's going on here" kind of look. Doesn't bother me too much. We went to happy hour again and I let him drive around in the parking lot for more practice. He did much better this time. It was a lot of fun. The only downside to all of this is that there is almost always other people around. Which isn't all that bad, but it seemed like the little time that we did have alone, we both opened up a little bit more. He said he would go hiking with me this weekend, but he was going home to visit his family which also means he won't be at church this Sunday, plus I won't see him at Real Life Thursday because I'll be on my way to NC. Maybe I'll see him at some point during the week.

So there's the update. I hope it didn't let you down. Keep praying for the whole situation, and I will keep you posted. I'm gonna spend the rest of my evening relaxing so I can get some stuff done tomorrow. I love ya ladies!!

God bless!

Pepto