Love For The Rents

Just after one o’clock today I got a call from my dad. Normally this means one of two things – something is wrong or his cell phone decided to spontaneously call me. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I don’t enjoy talking to my dad, but rather that talking on the phone is rare for us. I find out what’s going on with him through talking to my mom and vice versa.

I answered the phone with a touch of nervousness. He said he was with my mom at Macy’s looking at mother of the bride dresses. I paused, waiting for the inevitable bad news. Then he said, “They have an advertisement here that says you get a $100 gift card just for registering and you don’t even have to invite them to the wedding!” I had to ask him to repeat himself because surely he wasn’t calling to talk to me about wedding registries. Sure enough he was and that’s all he wanted. The phone call lasted one minute and three seconds.

Then this afternoon I tried calling my mom but her phone went straight to voicemail. This is odd because my mom always has her phone with her. Being the good 21st century daughter that I am, I immediately called my dad to talk to mom. But he didn’t answer his phone either. He is a farmer, so his phone is always attached to his hip unless it’s Sunday morning. How is it possible that neither of them answered their phone?

Finally at four this afternoon I see I have a text from my mom and it states, “you must must go see knight & day immediately. do not wait. it’s greeeaaatttt! mom & dad”. How fantastic is that? I called her and she proceeds to tell me I cannot wait to see this movie. I should grab Ross, or not grab Ross, and go see this movie tonight! I should not wait for it to come out on Netflix, but should spend a little bit of money and go see it in theatres.

As you can tell, today has been a great day of talking with the parents. I love how even though we live 665 miles apart we can still have these fun everyday conversations. Next week will be even better though because they’re coming out to visit for Tom Cruise’s birthday! Or something like that.

Welcome back!

Today I commented on a friend's blog (Happy Anniversary Brandon and Lindsay!) and it used my blog ID to post. All that did was remind me how long it's been since I posted. I had such good intentions when starting this. I thought it would be a good way to keep friends and family updated with what was going on in my far away DC life. Unfortunately it only works if you take the time to update your page. I think part of my problem is I think I need to have something earth shattering to be post worthy. And when something does happen, I don't take the time to write about it but then it seems odd to post about it weeks or months later.

Here's a brief life update:
I'm still living in DC and loving it. I've finally unpacked all my boxes, but there's still a pile of picture frames on the floor waiting to find a home. I'm still at the same job, and that's actually where I met my amazing fiance. We're planning a September wedding followed by a very relaxing beach honeymoon. Even though I live significantly closer to the ocean, I have yet to go since moving. Hopefully that will change this summer. As of October, I am now an aunt to the world's cutest baby. Seriously, this girl is adorable. I've found a church I really like and am being challenged and encouraged by my community group. A few friends and I have started our own book club. The meetings may not be consistent and on topic, but at least we're reading! For the first time since I was 10, I'm playing softball this summer. The team doesn't mind that I'm terrible since we're in the noncompetitive division of the work league.

I'm going to make an effort to be better at posting. I know this was brief and didn't flow, but at this point, a bad post is better than no post.

An oldie but goodie - out to dinner last summer

I told you she was the cutest baby in the world