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Okay. I had tried posting earlier, and I hit the wrong button or something like that and lost it all...which really isn't a bad thing, as the entire blog was about the song "Auld Lang Syne"...not the most exciting thing you've ever read. However, I do have to post this great quote from "When Harry Met Sally" when Harry states that he never understood what the song really meant:
"I mean, 'Should old acquaintance be forgot'? Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances, or does it mean if we happened to forget them, we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot?"
So profound. And lately I've been finding myself unable to remember who I had a conversation with the day before...i.e. I can remember the conversation and everything we talked about, but I have NO IDEA who I was talking to. Hm. This can't be a good thing at 27 years of age.
Anyway, here I sit in a bit of a "nook" in my parent's house drinking enough Egg Nog to coat every vein, artery, what have you in my body, reflecting on 2006 and asking the Holy Spirit to calm my anxious and unbelieving heart about 2007. *sigh*
Just ONE major blessing that came out of 2006 (and there are MANY) is that I'm finally learning how to drive a manual transmission car! A second family in my church (the generosity is overwhelming) has given me a wonderful car to use until I move in June, and it's a manual, which is fantastic. I figured if I had to move to London without knowing how to drive a stick shift I'd manage, but I really thought it would be a good idea to know how before I ended up learning on the other side of the road AND the car, and using my left hand to shift. My very first time in the car was quite hilarious...and discouraging for me. I'm that awful type that wants to be able to do it NOW. So when I just wasn't getting it right away, I was beginning to fall apart. However, I slowly caught on. And with really only one day (and not even a full one) of driving under my belt, I'm doing ok! So, I stall about 3 times on my way to work...who cares. The people behind me can wait. :) I'm just so excited to be driving a stick shift. The whole thing is an answer to prayer that I didn't have the courage or thought to ask for. Our God is amazing and his followers are humbling.
And in other news, I will officially have a sister-in-law this year. Yesssss. Keith & Chantal are engaged!
Will start posting more photos in the next couple of months when I get a digital camera. In the meantime I hope you enjoy these random ones I find on the World Wide Web.
3 Comments:
That sounds just like me...finish something and then with a hit of a wrong button...GONE. Congrats on the stick shift milestone. I learned in high school but it is definitely weird doing it from the opposite side of the car (especially parallel parking)! I love your comments on my blog and I am glad that you are liking the pics. :)
REBS! Na-UH! congrats on the brother's engagement! and get this- MY brother just got engaged too! (whatever happened to seniority?) love, sarah j.
Yay for learning to drive a stick shift!! Remember when Danila taught me our junior year? haha!! I am so glad I learned...not that I drive a stick shift now or very often, nor would I ever purposely buy one since I live in hilly Pittsburgh.
But an even bigger YAY for the gift of the car itself..."The Lord doth safely keep all those who bear to Him a loving heart; the Lord is nigh to all that call, who call in truth on Him alone." (Ps 145 from the Psalter)
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