My Girl

I think everyone has this image they have built in their heads of their perfect significant other. Right? I mean I'm not the only freak whose done this right? Well, I at the age of 19 I have done a ridiculously girly thing for your comedic enjoyment, and created this expansive list. So here is my 12 point, rigidly nonnegotiable list of what I am looking for in a significant other. Ok, so really only #1 and #12 are the only deal breakers (Don't scroll down to read #12 right now either because I know that's what you are doing...wait like everyone else). The others can be worked on. And if you know anyone ;) ....

1. She's gotta love Jesus!
-Yeah...um, enough said about this one. She's gotta love the source of all love or there ain't no real love!

2. She's gotta love to talk.
-Now when I say this I don't mean I want her mouth to be going a mile a minute, 24/7. What I mean is I want her to be able to carry on a conversation about what kind of Pokemon is best or how many M&M's she can fit into her mouth, the real deep matters in life. You know, the real deep stuff!

3. She can argue with me.
-This kind of goes with the above point but I want her to be able to make counterpoints to my points because I like to argue about things. I'm not saying I want these arguments to escalate into one of us laying on the floor, pounding our fists into the ground and crying about feelings being hurt. I just want calm scholarly discussions about the pros and cons of the fork vs. the spoon (Food tastes better on a fork).

4. She understands my passions.
-I will be getting married probably in early August. Why do you ask? Because Alabama football will just barely be getting started with fall camp, baseball is just kinda grinding through with its schedule, there is no hockey and all the Redskins are doing are playing scrimimages (That's how I say it). 'Cause I'm not going to be missing even one Alabama football game for no anniversary!

5. She likes thunderstorms.
-I like thunderstorms. I like really, really loud thunderstorms. Fourth horse of the apocalypse storms. I want the house to be shaking and lightning to be lighting up the sky like an Adam Lambert concert. I also would like to be able watch said storm from the comfort of my living room, significant other next to me.

6. She likes the outdoors.
-One of my big hobbies involves me not bathing for days on end, wearing clothes made by Abercrombie and Itch, which haven't been washed in 5+ years, and sleeping in the dirt. Now am I going to drag her out in that? Noooo. But, I like to be outside, and I would hope that she would too.

7. She likes to drive/ride in a vehicle.
-Another of my favorite pastimes is to drive around aimlessly in my car. Am I ever lost? Nope. Just being able to drive and talk and enjoy the countryside and each others company would be great.

8. She likes to sing.
-Now this one I'm flexible on. I like to sing. Not many people have ever heard me sing but I do and I like to think I'm not too bad at it. There's always been a problem though: Bi-gender duets. Its really hard to sing both Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's parts to "Islands in the Stream" at the same time. Some tag-teaming on this one would be much appreciated.

9. She has pretty eyes.
-What can I say? I'm a sucker for pretty eyes. You've got 'em? Well, you're already like halfway to my heart.

10. She loves kids.
-I like kids. One day I wouldn't mind a pair of small, well-behaved boys. The first-born son will be named Nolan. This being after Nolan Reimold, the sometimes left-fielder for the Baltimore Orioles. If a girl sneaks in there, she will be named Taylor. You can figure that one out on your own.

11. What an odd number.
-It is don't you think? Its so skinny and yet so lazy. Its just two lines really.

12. She can jerk.
-The deal breaker. She has got to be able to jerk. Now on this one I will give a small window of instruction: Two weeks after our first date. Then, the deadline will have passed and it will be a requirement.

His Path

I wrote this cause I was kinda bored in class. Don't judge...its a three hour ten minute class. You'd get bored sometime too.

His Path

I look ahead to where I'm going, through the dense trees.
The thorns, the bristles, the buses, they all block my way.
They grab, they tear, they hold me back, its hard to keep me free.

All I'm looking for is a little help, to keep it all at bay.
A leader, a warrior, a king, a teacher I can claim.
But for now, I'll do it alone, I'll walk this path my way.

That won't last long, my life will run out, with only myself to blame.
The wilderness will win, I have no doubt, I cannot do it alone.
I'll be stuck, with no way out, no one to give me aim.

But whats this now? An opening ahead, through the trees I now run.
My God, my Christ, my Creator lives, He's been there all before.
He's walked this path ahead of me, but come back, His work ahead is done.

He's been with me this entire time, I cannot ask for more.
He didn't have to, He came back, He did this all for me.
He'll lead me home, on His blessed path, right to His front door.

Waiting

So here's the thing: I am not a patient person. I hate to wait on things. Standing in lines are, in my opinion, possibly the most ridiculous wastes of time ever. Well, that is unless you are at Disney World and then waiting in lines is actually kinda fun as long as that line is moving and you are actually going to get on the ride. I'm talking to you Thunder Mountain! Yes, Alabama football games are that much more awesome when they are played at night but that means a whole Saturday of waiting. Ridiculous! And now two extra years of being in Northern Virginia have built up to the day by day waiting of the mailman to come and for there hoping to be an envelope with good news. Yeah, you can imagine its driving me crazy. To wait for something that will essentially determine where I will be for at least the months of August-December Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi. What up Medieval Latin! Anyway, I know I need to be patient. With people I feel like I have a lot of patience but events which depend on the actions of other people I don't so much (I know the irony of this sentence). Its so obvious that God is trying to teach me patience cause on my little Spirit Tree there ain't so much of the Patienceberry (I imagine this to taste much like dragonfruit but really I don't know what dragonfruit tastes like except for VitaminWater Power-C!). So I'm waiting and trying to develop some patience for stuff like this. I just wish that this patience thing would hurry up.