With Scott's parents
Monday, July 13, 2009
Graduate School Anxieties
It hit me today that I start graduate school in about 1 month. I have had a glorious 9 month break from classes, lectures, notes, and studying, all of which will come to an all-to-abrupt end in 36 days. Yikes! Am I ready for this?? I received my schedule today, complete with 3 night classes, 2 afternoon classes, and a client that I have to come up with treatment plans for and implement them in therapy twice a week. Am I nervous? Oh heavens, yes! I thought I was ready for grad. school but as it creeps its way into reality I am slowly inching my neck back into my turtle shell.
Scott was texting me today after I told him about my schedule and he said that it was not going to be a fun change for us as far as seeing each other. He gets off of work at 6 and I will have night classes from 5:30-8:30 three times a week. We will work it out, but right now neither one of us really wants to think about how little time we will actually get to spend together. I am glad that Scott is not taking the "tough-it-up" approach to his way of helping me handle my little anxieties, but the "I'm going to miss you" method he has adopted doesn't really help either, ha ha. It's going to be a difficult adjustment for us and I will certainly miss him, too.
But, despite, as I always do when I start feeling too emotional and overwhelmed, I take a step back and think, "Well, Hannah, take a deep breath and handle this one little bit at a time". (Which is a stolen interpretation from my mother's mantra, "Well, Hannah, how do you eat an elephant? One small bite at a time." You really can't beat parental wisdom.)
Well, friends and family, that is all I have for now! Thank you for your prayers and encouragement; they are truly appreciated and we are praying for you constantly.
Above are a couple of pics of Scott and I since moving to Houston! We love you all.
Blessings.
P.S. I cut 6 inches off of my hair on Friday! Picture to come soon.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
WE HAVE THE INTERNET!!!
Hello, friends and family. I am very happily writing to you from the office of Scott and I's apartment! AT&T pulled through!!! We have the internet in our apartment! YAHOO!!! It only took a month, but now I can check my email, write a blog, look at Facebook, all in my own home! I don't know what I am going to do with all of this new internet freedom! (Please note the sarcasm in that last statement.)
Scott and I joked about making bets on whether or not we would actually get the internet today, to which he said, "Babe, I think we are on the same side of that bet. We're not getting the internet tomorrow." I agreed, ha. But, man, what a pleasant surprise! The technician that came out today to fix our line called me after an hour of working on it and I was absolutely expecting him to start the conversation with, "I'm sorry ma'am, but blah blah blah blah", but! he said, "Mrs. Key, you're modem should be up and running." I thanked him so much I probably sounded like I had just received a $1,000,000 bonus from my boss at Christmas.
And... We get the next 3 months of internet... FREE. Yes!
Well, that is all for now. I am going to enjoy this little convenience known as High-Speed Internet because it and I have some catching up to do.
Blessings.
Scott and I joked about making bets on whether or not we would actually get the internet today, to which he said, "Babe, I think we are on the same side of that bet. We're not getting the internet tomorrow." I agreed, ha. But, man, what a pleasant surprise! The technician that came out today to fix our line called me after an hour of working on it and I was absolutely expecting him to start the conversation with, "I'm sorry ma'am, but blah blah blah blah", but! he said, "Mrs. Key, you're modem should be up and running." I thanked him so much I probably sounded like I had just received a $1,000,000 bonus from my boss at Christmas.
And... We get the next 3 months of internet... FREE. Yes!
Well, that is all for now. I am going to enjoy this little convenience known as High-Speed Internet because it and I have some catching up to do.
Blessings.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Family
It's the 4th of July! Yet another reason for my huge family to get together, and I love every second the madness! My Aunt Geana's birthday is on the 3rd and my grandfather's on the 6th, so the 4th of July weekend is a big celebration for my mom's side of the family. We all gather at my parent's home in Belton, TX for a weekend of great food, excellent desserts, and golf. There are 15 people total broken down into 8 adults and 7 grandkids. Not to mention the 9 dogs consisting of 1 albino doberman pincer that is afraid of the ceiling fan; 3 miniature dauschunds, one of which wets himself and whimpers with excitement at the sight of new people, one just a mousy little sweet heart, and the third a ginger colored pup with black eyeliner, which we believe suffers from the dog version of ADHD; 1 rottweiler appropriately named "Bear" because of his bear-like stature and the size of his over-grown pumpkin head; 3 Boston Terriers, notoriously hyper but simultaneously nervous dogs; and one little 5 pound furry rat named Lexi. The whole clan fits in the house much like the trinkets in Mary Poppins bottomless purse. One might wonder how the bunch fits in this house, but one by one we enter and exit with ease.
The women in my mom's family ALL have this high-pitched chicken giggle laugh, which I too have inherited, and hearing the 5 of us laugh because of a mishap in the kitchen or a story about the men is music to my ears! You will see these women dressed to the nine's in their saggy and baggy cotton pajamas illustrated with various pictures of dogs, fairies, flowers, and rubber ducks until it's time to prepare lunch. We grudgingly rise from the kitchen table ornamented with remnants from breakfast and go our separate ways to transform into elegant beauties.
The men have a love for teasing the women and upon their success each billows a deep laugh from the bottom of their gut. Golf is a weekend must for these men of ours and despite the 16 years of golf experience, they come home proclaiming their scores of 95, 94, 93, 90, 87, and the champion comes in at an all-time low of 80 (usually carried by my youngest 18-year-old brother, Levi.)
Scott has come into the Bruner clan gracefully and sadly will never learn to play golf.
It will be yet another fun and loud weekend filled with billowing laughter and chicken giggles surrounded by the distant chorus of barking dogs.
Blessings and peace to you on this exciting holiday!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Still no internet at the appt., but I have a new job!
Hello friends and family!
So, yes, there is still no internet at our appt. AT&T really has it out for us... It's been a test to our patience; I am still making an A-, but I think Scott is approaching a B. We are supposed to have the internet on Thursday (fingers crossed) but, to be honest, neither one of us are optimistic.
Enough on that! I got a new job and I started today! It is called Taft Street Coffee and it is run by our church, Ecclesia. It was started as a ministry to the community and I believe that it has succeeded. Several people from the church come and go, but there are definitely some students and a handful of homeless people that drop in. Taft has a series of tabs that they leave open for regulars, church staff, employees, etc., but they also have one called "benevolence", which I learned today is for the occasions when homeless people come in wanting a drink. Really neat. We actually had a guy come in today for a Coke that we put on the "benevolence" tab. It just feels good to have a job where I can get to know the members of my church, the local community, and the homeless around the neighborhood. My boss is great and the girl that I will be working with most often is the asst. manager; she is a young woman named Chantal with PLENTY of sarcasm and spunk, but I really enjoy working with her. She is easy to talk to and really encouraged me today.
Scott is doing well, too. He likes his job, but he works such long hours. He leaves the house at 5:45am and comes home around 6:15pm. He says that his co-workers are really helpful and fun, but none of them are Christians, so that is difficult. Scott says that most of their leisure talk is about sex, boobs, and racist jokes. He doesn't participate, of coarse, but right now he is trying to figure out the best way to handle these conversations.
We hosted our first block party at our apartment complex last night and it was a success! We are taking the advice of my Mema and Scott's parents and going to the people instead of waiting for them to come to us. We had a great turn out, lots of good conversation, and plenty of food :-) Our landlord even came! His name is Sam and he is just the sweetest man. He is always available when we need him and I am not sure what we did, but he really likes Scott and I.
Scott's parents came over the weekend and we had a great time with them! We took them to Discovery Green and watched a competition called "Dock Dogs". Yeah, I had never heard of it either until Saturday, haha. Basically, local citizens from the surrounding Houston area bring their dogs in and have them participate in a long-jump competition for dogs. There is a 40 foot dock with a 35 foot pool extending from it; the dogs run down the dock and jump out into the pool as far as they can, have the distance measured, and go again. They take the best of 4 jumps. It was really cool to watch, but so bazar. Most of the dogs had on "dog bathing suits", which.... lets just say it was a brightly colored vest that only covered the front half of the dog. Still, we all found ourselves rooting for our favorite dog, if you can have a favorite after only seeing the dog from a distance for a total of 3 minutes? Good fun, though, and a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon :-) Especially since we are all dog lovers.
Well, that is all for now.
Love you all!
Blessings and peace.
So, yes, there is still no internet at our appt. AT&T really has it out for us... It's been a test to our patience; I am still making an A-, but I think Scott is approaching a B. We are supposed to have the internet on Thursday (fingers crossed) but, to be honest, neither one of us are optimistic.
Enough on that! I got a new job and I started today! It is called Taft Street Coffee and it is run by our church, Ecclesia. It was started as a ministry to the community and I believe that it has succeeded. Several people from the church come and go, but there are definitely some students and a handful of homeless people that drop in. Taft has a series of tabs that they leave open for regulars, church staff, employees, etc., but they also have one called "benevolence", which I learned today is for the occasions when homeless people come in wanting a drink. Really neat. We actually had a guy come in today for a Coke that we put on the "benevolence" tab. It just feels good to have a job where I can get to know the members of my church, the local community, and the homeless around the neighborhood. My boss is great and the girl that I will be working with most often is the asst. manager; she is a young woman named Chantal with PLENTY of sarcasm and spunk, but I really enjoy working with her. She is easy to talk to and really encouraged me today.
Scott is doing well, too. He likes his job, but he works such long hours. He leaves the house at 5:45am and comes home around 6:15pm. He says that his co-workers are really helpful and fun, but none of them are Christians, so that is difficult. Scott says that most of their leisure talk is about sex, boobs, and racist jokes. He doesn't participate, of coarse, but right now he is trying to figure out the best way to handle these conversations.
We hosted our first block party at our apartment complex last night and it was a success! We are taking the advice of my Mema and Scott's parents and going to the people instead of waiting for them to come to us. We had a great turn out, lots of good conversation, and plenty of food :-) Our landlord even came! His name is Sam and he is just the sweetest man. He is always available when we need him and I am not sure what we did, but he really likes Scott and I.
Scott's parents came over the weekend and we had a great time with them! We took them to Discovery Green and watched a competition called "Dock Dogs". Yeah, I had never heard of it either until Saturday, haha. Basically, local citizens from the surrounding Houston area bring their dogs in and have them participate in a long-jump competition for dogs. There is a 40 foot dock with a 35 foot pool extending from it; the dogs run down the dock and jump out into the pool as far as they can, have the distance measured, and go again. They take the best of 4 jumps. It was really cool to watch, but so bazar. Most of the dogs had on "dog bathing suits", which.... lets just say it was a brightly colored vest that only covered the front half of the dog. Still, we all found ourselves rooting for our favorite dog, if you can have a favorite after only seeing the dog from a distance for a total of 3 minutes? Good fun, though, and a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon :-) Especially since we are all dog lovers.
Well, that is all for now.
Love you all!
Blessings and peace.
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