duck killer

Warning: if you are an animal activist or have a weak stomach, you may want to skip this paragraph...I love not being a normal girl...I tend to have a liking to such goryness (sp?)
Have you seen Beethoven, the movie about the St. Bernard terror? Well, I'm remembering the scene today of the little girl who is so upset that her dad took the dog to be put to sleep and when he comes home, she calls him a "dog killer." If you can picture the scene and the tone of her voice, imagine her saying to me, "duck killer" and how that would make you feel. I was driving my bus route early this morning down Lexington Ave. All of the sudden there was a beautiful mallard duck flying in front of me. I slowed down, but I just couldn't enough and soon enough....I couldn't swerve either....and you know how usually when you see animals in the road, they amaze you with their quickness of getting out of the way...I thought it would get out of the way! I cringed as it rattled across the front corner of the bus, bumping the mirrors and flapping before it catapulted to the ground. I watched in the rear view mirror as its mangled body made its last movements and my aide said, "that's too bad". Didn't feel so good at this occurance. The only other time that I have hit an animal with a vehicle was a few years back when I was heading to my friend Karina's house on Turtle Lk Rd and I saw a turtle too late to get around it but tried to at least get it in between my tires....thump, thump, woops. Had a close call with a bird not too long ago too. Anyway....I drove the same road back this afternoon and did indeed see the lifeless body of the duck on the ground. :( I am a "duck killer".

I have officially had a blog online long enough that I can be like my other blogging friends and go a week without writing! I didn't even realize that time had gone by. Now, I don't know if it is because my life is too boring that I have nothing worth writing about, or if I just have too much going on that I can't decide what is the most worthy of writing about...there are several things going on in life right now...

I am currently planning my trip to LA for my friends' Jen and Blake's wedding in July. Obviously I can't afford much and I am actually still keeping my fingers crossed that I can make it happen...but I promised her that I would go over a year ago when I was out there, and I will get to see more people, including my good childhood friend Sarah C. that lives out there and will be there with her new husband...so I really, really want to go....plus it's CALIFORNIA...and not only that it's HOLLYWOOD! WAY FUN! The thing is though, is that I need to stay at camp as long as possible for the week and I have to be at church that weekend, so I will only be going out for the day of the wedding...still worth it, I say, but sad that I can't stay longer, and I would ask a friend or two to come too, but I don't want anyone else to spend that much money to chill there for a day with me! :)

Back to that "when was the last time you said, "I love you"" question...last night at Vespers I told Mel P and Jeff Z that I love them...only a couple of my friends that have been doing a wonderful job leading Vespers this year. I want to give mad props to people like, my Emily Ridder, her fiance Ross, Jeremiah, Cody, mad drummer Luke, Donovan, and so many more...the ones that have been on the forefront leading are the ones that I had a part in the application and placing process when they were applying to be on chapel teams and got to know them then and along the way during my senior year. It's so weird to think that it is now their turn to graduate. I'm not ready for that....hehe! So, I'm dwelling on two things right now...1. I have been blessed to meet and befriend, and worship with some pretty amazing people through Bethel College...and once I have been gone for two years I realize how much I miss those Bethel leading time and will continue to miss the people that I have done that with, and I have many amazing friends through that and other Bethel and BSC...and stuff, friends....2. stink, I'm getting old! I am 24...I have been out of college for two years! I just don't know how cool that is!!!!! Like Jeff said in his blog, we are closer to 30 than we are to 13....not feelin' that one!

Peace out!