Lush

Joanna bought her plane tickets to Abilene several days ago. She texted me yesterday saying we have just one month before we get to hang out again. I actually dreamed last night that I forgot to pick her up from the airport. I just went to our house and she was there. Only then did I remember that I had been supposed to pick her up a couple of days before that. No one worry, though; this most certainly will not happen in August.

JoAnna told me she passed a Lush today in Boulder, CO. What a lovely reminder of our time in Oxford. We both would love to be strolling down Cornmarket right about now. Someday perhaps our dream to return to jolly old England together will come true.

I know this picture is old, but I thought I'd post it anyway. I can't wait to hang out with JoAnna while we fill ourselves up with caffeine. You should come by sometime and have a cuppa with us. By the way, notice the beautiful drawings behind us. We drew them to help remind us all to wash all of the dishes.

Random thought for the day: if you type "God's love is fab" into the google search engine, our blog shows up on the first page. Don't ask me how I know that, I just do.

Voices

I just wanted to let everyone know that Rebekah and I are still alive, and we heard each other's voices through voicemail yesterday. It was quite the momentous event, as I haven't heard her since the beginning of May. Anyway, life is still life. Wonderful. Catch up with us on our individual blogs. Ciao.

Five Sentences

I've been in Denver for four weeks and I just went to the zoo, whereas I've lived in Abilene for about two years (give or take) and I have never been to theirs. Rebekah and I need to fix this, especially since Havar the white tiger is now in town. Speaking of Rebekah, I have been missing her and Abilene sorely, particularly these past few days.

In other news, I now have a copy of "All the Single Ladies" and listening to it reminds me of the great dance we made to it.

I miss the times when this blog was so interesting... full of boring facts about our roommate life...!!

First Day of Summer

Today was the first official day of summer, though of course we're almost two months into summer already. I think the summer so far has been good for both JoAnna and me. We’re both doing fun and great things, which we’re recording in our personal blog. Speaking of which, if you haven’t checked out JoAnna’s blog yet, you definitely should.

Unsurprisingly I find myself missing JoAnna fairly frequently. The white tiger, Havar, finally made it to our zoo in late May. Too bad we’ll have to wait until the fall for our zoo day.

JoAnna recently reminded me of a site we enjoyed looking at over the semester. It’s a British news site that includes weekly editions of “Sign Language,” a collection of humorous signs from around the world. Anyway, if you want a good laugh then you should check out The Telegraph.

I came across another quote the other day. I recorded it way back in February, but lost it somehow. Thankfully it resurfaced now, just when we have a huge lull in quotable material. So I leave you with yet another fantastic quote:

“I don’t, like, want to make out with God.”
(Kat again. Thanks so much for the wonderful material you provide us with)

God's Love is Fab & He's My Mate

I got a text really early this morning from some random number (with a lot of numbers in the number).

Thankfully, it wasn't some creeper from another country. It was Rebekah! :)

I actually thought it was a dream when I got up, but I checked my phone and the messages are all there. That makes me so happy! It was an awesome few minutes texting with her, although it did remind me how much I miss her. But yay for international phones!

P.S. Isn't it funny how we already have more posts this month than we did all of April? Guess we were busy... or boring.

House 10

I'm in the computer lab in Oxford right now and it makes me miss last semester terribly. Our group was a ton of fun, and I loved every minute of it. I can't believe I met JoAnna right here in this house almost a year ago. Man, this place is full of memories.

Right now I'm thinking about how much I want all of those people back here with me. Let's all come back together! Anyway, I just thought I'd give a shout-out from Oxford to all of our loyal blog readers. If you've been to England before, aren't you ready to come back? If you haven't hopped across the pond, what are you waiting for? This is where it's all happening.

Miss You

I don't know exactly what to write about. I'm in the States, Rebekah's across the pond in Europe... it's almost as if life is incomplete. One would think I'd have already gone and drowned my sorrows with a couple pints of coffee.

Alas, I am still as (in)sane as ever, taking life as it comes no matter where I am. I've had a really good week and a half at home so far. I even pretended to be in Europe with Rebekah when I went to Disneyland! (You know, I've never before found "It's a Small World" to be so meaningful.)

I just realized that I have to change the time manually for my posts now, since I'm Pacific Time, two hours ahead of what I was in Texas... I guess I could change the default time, but then Rebekah will have to change her post times manually, and we don't want to make her work too hard, eh? Remember all the trouble she had with her computer while simply trying to inject some humor into her life? And to think what it would do if it found that she's trying to manipulate time...