it's the end of an era

Well, folks, I had my first day of orientation for my Child Life Practicum yesterday. It was great. I learned about hospital alert codes and infectious disease prevention and I got a textbook and made a new friend and got a badge with my name and a poor quality photo of me on it.
I also got some moderately bad news; I have to kill my nose ring.
I know.
You're all weeping over my lost mark of independence and wild self expression and undeniably adorable little sparkle on the right side of my face. Except for my mother. She's probably fist pumping right now with a gleeful smile.
I have until Monday morning at 7.30 am to pull that sucker out of my nose.
Here's to being a sensible adult without any metal in her face. Cheers.

speaking of muffins

overheard

little girl: "Can you marry your dad?"
Dad: "No."
little girl: "Can brother and sister marry?"
Dad: "No."
little girl: "Mom said they can, it would just make their kids really sick."
Dad: "Let's go."

tired

Me, laying on the dining room floor, exhausted: "Is it even 9 pm yet?"
Anna: "8:16. Perfectly acceptable time to go to sleep."

me and my babe, bein' all cute.

rodney

Dad: "I'm headed to dance practice."
Me: "Dance practice?"
Dad: "Yeah! The elders are doing a line dance to "Achy Breaky Heart" for the seniors ministry's Opry Land themed dinner banquet. I think they're gonna make a video of it and put in on the YouTube just like last time!"
Me: "That's great, Dad."

a morning with the sweethearts

One day in late 2009, I sat at a kitchen table on Norton avenue with my roommate and helped her compose the perfect "I respect you a lot but don't like you like that and I hope we can still be friends" e-mail to a nice guy in one of her classes who had asked her out.
Months later, Bethany moved out of that house, and then I moved out of that house, and we didn't see each other so much. Then I ran into her a couple weeks ago and she told me she had a boyfriend. I texted her and Emily a few days later to ask if they wanted to grab breakfast this Sunday, to which Bethany replied: "I'M ENGAGED!!!!!"
I took that as a yes to Panera breakfast.

Guess who gave her that ring? The nice guy that I had so carefully helped her reject a year and a half ago. He proposed on their 3 month dating anniversary. They're so excited.
I love it when respect turns to love.