almost there

Its been a rainy three weeks straight here, with no sign of stopping. I feel like we live in Seattle with all of the moisture. This is highly unusual for this part of the country this time of year, but I enjoy it. Maybe now people won't grumble so much about having drought problems. It's interesting to live in a place where tornado watches and flash floods are common occurances too. Maybe Dallas is just sad we are leaving...nah. Speaking of leaving, once you have dates to look forward to, time goes by SO SLOWLY. I don't want to sound negative, but when I get to work and look up at the neon sign beaming "Lowes" at five o'clock in the morning, I just have to take a deep breath and realize it will all be over soon. I actually went shopping at Home Depot yesterday, mainly just to check things out, but it always amazes me how similar the two places are, right down to the same product from the same vendors. Which makes me think about rivalries, and why people need to identify with certain things in life. They teach us at Lowes that we are so much better, as I am sure Home Depot does as well with thier employees, but we're basically the same. Think about sports, the players are not always good role models, and they are always changing teams, and yet we identify ourselves with a team to the point we get mad if they lose, or we feel they were cheated. Religion, politics, social class, where you are from...whatever it is people are always trying to find an identity, and find an enemy. I think the rain is messing me up, I don't even know why I started going off on this tangent. No wonder Joni always laughs when she asks me what I am thinking, and my reply ends up taking 5 minutes as I end up talking about gummy bears and satelite dishes. I think I think way too much, maybe that's why I have to be organized when it comes to daily activities and apponitments.

Tomorrow is Joni's last day, I can't believe it. I can't wait for her graduation on Wednesday, she has been working really hard on a fun little slide show, and the interns have planned everything from what we are eating, to what kind of spoons we will be eating with. It will be held on the 17th floor of the hospital, overlooking downtown Dallas. Plus her mom, sister, and aunt are coming. It is always nice to have family, even if we are crammed in our one bedroom apt. We love having visitors and showing family what our life is like here.

I am amazed to see how all of the interns have been "Jonified". She has such a magnetic personality, when I look at pictures of the things they do together, I can see the influence she has left on everyone, and the craziness she brings out in the most introverted people. I see her as the biggest piece of the puzzle when it comes to bringing people together. The interns are from India, all the way to China, and all over the U.S, from big cities to little towns, but they have become inseperable. It makes me wonder how different things might have been if she was never there. Its really cool to think that what you do can have such a huge influence on people, and it has been really cool for me to see everyone change from an outsiders perspective. Kind of makes you want to change the world one person at a time.

We are moving June 22nd, I hired outside help this time, I'm kind of tired of asking people I hardly know to help, and I think we take advantage too often of members of the church and thier help, so we are hiring one guy to help me for a couple of hours, it'll only end up costing 60 bucks, and I 'll feel better about not taking advantage of friends...then again, we have some friends helping us move in, so never mind. This will be our fifth move in three years of marraige, and it doesn't appear that will change anytime soon.