sufficiently chastized

well...gone are the days when my car didn't have enough guts to go over the speed limit..and so long also to 3 years and 11 months of a perfect driving record. Thank you Officer M. Johnson of the Idaho Highway Patrol for seeing to it that I will noe better watch my speed zones...(or at least keep a better eye out for cop cars) from now on. What does 60 mph speed zone mean to you? For myself it seems that while 'in the zone' mentally, 73 mph in the aforementioned 'zone' equals exactly $53dollars....ironically enough the exact amount I've earned in wages this week due to several cancelled workdays caused by unseasonal and depressing rainshowers, followed by three days' vacation.
I suppose that while my mother's car seems to prefer 70+mph and tries (almost independantly it seems) to travel thus I and my faithful 'Max' will be humbly much more aware of our speed as we journey south in three weeks to our new home in Denver. Yes, I will try to contain the excitement that is growing about this new season approaching somewhere other than in the weight of my right foot.

this of course was my companions dry and happy BEFORE the monsoon-like rain started at dark 

....and this amid the Olympic celebrations is a crowd drawing American pastime in its own right.....the DEMOLITION DERBY! 

something this summer is blue

sometimes it's the sky, bluer than any august i remember. Rain seems to clear the sky like that so it's not just hazy. and then there are times when i'm blue. but it's a great color so that's not always bad either. this week it's the 'my work schedule stinks this week and i'm missing the last of the sunshine" blues. Easy enough to get over i suppose. someday i think i'll succeed at being a morning person voluntarily and enjoy it, but i just can't convince myself that 7 am has much appeal if i'm not required somewhere besides me bed at that hour. sounds lazy eh? oh well. i tend to use more hours out of the other end of my day...but the best time for chillin' in the sun is 11am to 4pm and i'm pretty much at work, inside, for any useful sunning hours to be had.

oh i didn't mean this blog to be a whinning one. i'm just sad because it was like 60degrees on saturday and i was afraid fall was here when i still have so much more summer i need to enjoy. that's all, it was scary.

i havne't heard back from Denver about the Phase II, my forms haven't all arrived by mail yet i suppose...but i'm still planning on going and it's just starting to sink in that i'll be off and going somewhere again in 5 weeks. After being here for almost a year I think the constant thoughts of leaving quit a while ago. Now with lots of people going back to college this week and next i'm really grateful that i have something besides just winter to look forward to in the next few months. I'm sure that I have a lot to learn and that God will be faithful to continue growing me and stretching me as neccessary...there is a high potential for difficult days on those grounds...but nonetheless i find myself looking forward to this new season more and more. I will miss my family and my dog even more than the last time i left (it seems more every time i leave) but that can't hold me here forever.
oh yes!! and I get to see my Kate when i get to Denver!!! I miss you Kate i'm on my WAY!
sigh...better get ready for work now.