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February 26, 2006

Sunny yeah

Just as Paulie said today is sunny and gorgeous. Montego is outside, in her own yard, soaking it up right now. We came back to our house around 6:30 last night and she practically passed out. I could almost hear her thinking, I am too old for those crazy puppies! But they had a great time together - they were hilarious and Bella is infinitely patient for being 80 pounds heavier than Teeg. And I didn't even have to kill Biscuit, so all in all, I think it was a successful week.

After three nights in Jamaica and five nights at Sarah and Doug's, it felt good to wake up in my own bed this morning. So good in fact that I drastically overslept, which means I missed church. When I don't go, it throws off my whole week, which to be honest is quite an amazing discovery. The first 18 years of my life I went religiously, to use a word I hate, but the next 10 years saw me attending sporadically at best. I can barely describe what it is like now, to finally attend a church I can consider home - it's incredible. Sundays are my favorite day of the week. (Plus, it's nice to kick off every week having lunch with Mary Lee.) Luckily, thanks to technology and the nontraditional environment at Buckhead, I can listen to the sermons online, which I'll do at some point today. It doesn't make up for missing out on the community or worship, but it's better than nothing.

I bought a ton of music on iTunes yesterday, including The Best of Lisa Loeb, which I blame entirely on E! My favorite thing about the iPod is the ability to have all the cheesy music you want, and no one has to know. I can buy old love songs by Take That, for example. Not that I would know anything about that. (Oh, please, you think I'd be ashamed of that? I still have New Kids videos, people.)

I also took a faux Myers-Briggs personality test yesterday (I'm probably the last person on the Internet to do so). I am an ESFJ - extroverted (duh), sensing, feeling, judging (DUH). This type is known as the "caregiver" or the "hostess," which also, duh. But one paragraph in the "portrait of an ESFJ" really hit me:

ESFJs are warm and energetic. They need approval from others to feel good about themselves. They are hurt by indifference and don't understand unkindness. They are very giving people, who get a lot of their personal satisfaction from the happiness of others. They want to be appreciated for who they are, and what they give. They're very sensitive to others, and freely give practical care. ESFJs are such caring individuals, that they sometimes have a hard time seeing or accepting a difficult truth about someone they care about. (Emphasis mine.)

That's pretty much what I wrote yesterday morning, in regards to my past relationships. I constantly have to remind myself to see people for who they ARE, not for who I know they CAN be. Maya Angelou says, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them." I try, I try.

Tonight the Glow Girls will meet up for dinner so that we can hear all about Sarah's honeymoon and recap our Jamaican experiences. I can't wait to see Sarah - we spend so much time together, 40 hours a week just at work, that I miss her when it's been more that a few days.

I feel like I've been going nonstop since before Christmas that finally the year is beginning to slow down and I can start enjoying and living this life of mine. Not that the next six months aren't already booking up quickly. I have trips to Florida, Vegas, Ohio, Hilton Head and again to Ohio already in the planner and who knows what else will pop up. My dad is coming to Atlanta at some point to help me stain my deck and do some yard work, and I'm hoping to take a minibreak to Chicago or New Orleans as well. I'm also thinking of going to Europe in September - fly into Amsterdam and spend a few days with Teri's parents and then take a train to France or Germany or England. Who wants to come?

Posted by hannah at 10:24 AM