seriously??

So, I realized today that I am not registered to vote here in the Buckeye state. I thought that I should probably get on that since the ol' Presidential Election is coming up here pretty soon. I must say, however, that the only reason I'm even voting in this one is because I would feel like a schmo if I didn't. I think each of the candidates have really strong points and really weak points. Honestly, I dont really know enough about things like that. I'm one of those "i vote for who i like" girls, ya know?? And quite frankely... I don't like either of them.

Does anyone else wanna jump on the ballot??? If you're smart, care about others more than yourself, and realize that truth is probably the best way to go all around... You've got my vote! :)

G*night

long time no blog..

Sorry friends,

These past 2 weeks have been a blur. With Broadmoor camp starting up, I am up every weekday by 5:30 and out of the house by 6:30. Working 8-2 and then planning for my other sessions at nighttime. AAhhh, the glamour of the real world :)

I nannyed for my boss's kids this past weekend. Man, I had forgotten how annoying 11 year old girls are. Lyric is a cute girl, but 6th graders are obnoxious!! Parker is 5, he was cute, but doesn't really understand that one shouldn't forfeit games to let him win. He threw plenty of temper-tantrums about not winning at Marbles or cards or whatever. They have a ridiculously messy house AND two HUGE dogs, which I am not into!! I love my job and my boss, but needless to say I am glad to be back at my own house :)

I have talked alot to Betsy lately. Just how much to I love her?!? A LOT! :) Nicole too. I am sooo thankful that God is keeping those relationships intact. Sarah and Alicia and I talk pretty frequently, also. It is just such a blessing to know that they are all there for me!!

I'd like to send a quick and meaningful shout out to the gals in LZ!! It's only a month until I get to see your faces and I'm as excited as a preschooler who just peed in his chair.

LOVE LOVE LOVE
tempie

Weekend here we come...

Wow, exaustion!!! I don't know if I've been this tired in really long time. This week I have gone to bed at about midnight and gotten up at about 5:30 every morning to get to work by 7:45 or so. That's the "real world", I guess :)

Again, I have to get up early tomorrow, BUT, tomorrow is like my Friday so that's just great for me! ;) This weekend I am babysitting my boss's two children for the weekend. That will be fun, I haven't nannied in a long time. Brings me back to my roots ;) But this time the kids won't be the spawn of Satan and I may actually get paid with a thing we call MONEY or at least something besides the ounce or two of self-gratification that came from knowing the kids will be good people (IF they become good people) only because of what I tought them ;) heeehee Gotta love those McNerns, huh?

Have a good one!

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Post Script: I apologize for anyone reading this that has no idea what I am talking about. This one is more for those of you who knew me (or know about)during the many days wasted on Warwick Court :)

tiiiiired

Hi friends,

I have been getting up every day for the past few days at 5:30 to get to work by 8. It's been a struggle and I am TIIIRED. Because of that. I'm kinda crabby. So Im prolly not gonna write much tonight. I love you though....

*me*

The spiral continues...

So yesterday, I was talking about the downward spiral of today's existence. I thought maybe the wonderful people of Ohio would prove my theory wrong, but after a brief encounter on the road this afternoon, I stand by my previously mentioned theory. Downward Spiral. Let me describe for you this encounter. I was on my way to pick up a long awaited book at the Strongsville Public Library when the car in front of me ran over a squirrel. This particular squirrel seemed to have a death wish, or was late for a class reunion or something because it just darted underneath the wheels of the Black Toyota Corrola in front of me. I swerved to miss the already demolished rodent and carried on my merry way. Later down that same road, I pull up to a stop light and glance at my surroundings. Like most do when stopped at a red light. The car next to me was a young mom and her two young daughters. I'm gonna age them at about 33, 7, and 5. The mom motions for me to roll down my window. Being the person that I am, I do. She then proceeds to ask if I'm "gonna help that poor defenseless squirrel that I maliciously ran over back there, or what?" To which I reply... "Oh, yeah I saw that. Sucks that the car in front of me ran it over." A simple reply to an unneeded confrontation in the middle of a busy street. A simple reply that was abruptly cut off with "Nice, real nice. It's a good thing you have at Jesus fish on your car. Maybe that squirrel went to heaven since you won't be needing your spot." Then, as I was intensely offended I rolled up my window only to be stared down by the unbuckled 7 year old in the back seat who was then switching her finger placement from the giant L loser symbol to the, more appropriate for a youngster, middle finger. Seriously. I can't make this stuff up! That HAPPENED! Today, I was flipped off by a 7 year old girl in the back of a '94 Cavalier. ONLY after I was viscously attacked by her (clearly well mannered) mother.

See... downward spiral. It took a while to process that event. I still don't know if I should laugh at it or be even more offended than I already am. I'll just pray for that family and hope that the part that was shown to me wasn't their finest moment.

Well... now that Jed's computer punked me over for the second night in a row, I'm gonna head upstairs. I hope you all had a better Saturday than I did :)

God's Peace,
Temp

insomnia

So in the middle of this insomnia filled evening I find myself watching MTV's Boiling Point. At first, I thought that this show was pretty funny... but now I just feel really bad for all the people that are having these outrageously annoying things happen to them all for the sake of the enjoyment of teens and adults, like myself, stuck in their MTV filled sleepless lives. At least on Punk'd it's like famous people that probably have done something to Iowa native Ashon Kutcher that makes them deserving of being screwed over. The people on this Boiling point show are just innocent passers-by that get caught in the crossfire of the continual downward spiral we call american existence. I'm a pretty patient person when it comes to other people, but there is NO WAY I would sit around and let some of this stuff happen to me.

It's nearing 2:30 in the morning now, so I am assuming I should go upstairs and get to bed. Although, I did take a mighty nap this afternoon, so Im not too tired as of yet. I woke up this morning, much like every morning of the past few weeks, to watch the back to back dawsons creek episodes on TBS. They are airing the best ones these days. I think it's season 4. When Joey FINALLY falls in love with Pacey and they take their whirlwind romance tour on "True Love", then return to Capeside to live out their ever increasing love story on the shore. It's soo weird how I can remember where I was and what I was doing when I saw all these episodes for the 1st time. It's like what our parents say about the JFK assination. (ANother example of that downward spiral I was talking about earlier!) Usually, I taped them because I had to work at Score! on Wednesday nights (due to the fact that I had some sort of choir function on Monday and Thursday nights) and I would watch them when I got home. Sometimes with Ed, sometimes not. BUT, I would always call Catrina during the commercials, even though it was taped and I could have just fast forwarded :) Ahhh, to relive high school. ha!:)

Ok... it's bedtime. I've officially wasted enough brain power struggling to understand why the middle aged rich adults behind MTV programming think it's OK to seriously invade other people's lives just for possibility of winning 100 bucks.

Have a great weekend! :)

*Tempa*

Time flies...

Can you even believe that it is June 17th already?? That is just ridiculous! People say that "time flies when you're having fun", but really I just think time flies. The having fun part is just to make people feel better about the fact that they may not be having the fun at all, ya know?? I mean... time is gonna fly. No matter what. So, if people start saying that it flies when we're having a great time... then maybe we'll be classically conditioned into thinking that whenever time flies, we're having fun. It's quite Pavlovian if you think about it. WHICH more than likely, none of you have ever done because you have better things to do with your life than think about things like that.

I talked to my good friend Rachel Olsen tonight. LOVE HER!! Whenever we are together we just have the best time. Nothing but laughs and good conversation. It's ashame we didn't hang out more than we did at Wartburg. I miss laughing with Rach! BUT we made plans for Betsy and Scott's wedding today. I'm flying to Minneapolis and Rachel is gonna come pick me up, so that's cool. I'm getting really excited for this wedding because I'll get to see my roommates and friends. It's been sooo long!

Ok, enough of that. It's closing time, kiddos. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here....

Adios Muchachos!
Temp

In the immortal words of 'Staind'...

It's been a while!!

Awwww, remember that song?? I do. I LOVED that song! I loved that whole CD. Oh, the good old days. Well, they're old anyway. Maybe not so good ;)

So yeah... it's been a while. I kinda forgot about this blog. This is my first week flying solo on the internship deal, so it's been kinda hectic this weekend and today. Don't worry, little bloggie, I wont forget about you anymore :)

So... nothing much has happened here. I am trying to convince my parents to let me drive to Iowa for Betsy and Scott's wedding at the end of July. That way I can spend the first week of August in Chicago with my girls. My parents are all afraid of me driving 13 hours by myself and stuff, but it's TOTALLY worth it in my book. My Dad said he would be happy to fly me to Iowa then to Chicago then back here, but that just seems sooo pointless to me. I dont really like flying, but if it's that or no LZ w/ the ladies... pack me my parachute, I'm on board! :)

Hmm... what else?? I just read "The 5 people you meet in Heaven". One word. AMAZING! If you haven't read that book. Stop reading this stupid blog and start reading something worthwhile ;) I'm also reading John. The only Gospel I haven't really read before. I just started, so I haven't really taken it in much. I'll get back to you on cool things I'm learning.

Ok... I'm gonna hit the sack. I've had some trouble sleeping the last few nights, so we'll see how tonight goes. Have a great Wednesday and I'll see you soon enough!!

Signing off,
Tempie

What's round on both sides and high in the middle??

OHIO!! :)

Get it, round and "hi". That's awesome!!

Ok, so that joke wasn't that funny. In fact, it wasn't funny at all, but I didn't really know how else to start tonight's edition of the Chronicles of Tempa :)

I have had a great week! This week at work ther ewere some amazing breakthroughs with my clients AND I realized that I really love this profession. I often wish I could talk about Music Therapy in a way that gives it justice. I feel like I don't really convey how amazing music actually is psychologically and when used in the healing process. I'm hoping that this internship will give me the ability to present my possible career choice in a far more professional manner!

I had a realization today. A realization that proved, yet again, that I need to place a lot more of my life into the hands of God. Learning to trust Jesus whole-heartedly is a faaaar more daunting task than it may seem. One that I have spent the last 5 years attempting to master, and still have yet to learn.

Other than that, and a few trips to the craft store and Target because that's just how bored I get on the weekends, there's not much happening here in the Buckeye State!

I hope you are finding yourselves well and I miss all of you. Unless, of course, you have just stumbled across this blog and don't know me. In that case, I probably don't know you either, thus, I don't miss you! :)

In Him,
Tempa

Whistle while you work...

Long day! I had a BLAST at work today. Each day I go work, I love the job that much more. It's so exciting because I didn't have high expectations for it in the 1st place. It's just great!!! Me gusta mi trabaja! :)

Ok, that's all I want to write tonight. I promise. I'll write more soon

G*night
Temp

It's already almost Wednesday?

Wow... this week is going by super fast! This internship is getting better and better each day. I am learning a lot about my clients, myself, my profession, AND the professional world :) All those things are good things! ;)

Sorry I missed a day yesterday. I got the book "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" from the Strongsville Library and I just can't seem to put it down. Who knew I'd be such a reader, ya know?? ;o) Anyway... I was caught up in that book and forgot to write. TOnight, I don't really feel like writing much. So Sue Me ;)

I hope you all had awesome days and I'll be around to talk tomorrow

G*night Moon,
Temp

In 2 years it will be 6/6/06

Hi!

Today was a pretty good day. Church in the morning, nap in the afternoon, the Tony's at night :) Can't get much nicer than that! I'm not sure how many of my readers are big Musical Theater fans (actually, I am sure, and it's a lot!) but I was pretty glad that Assasins and Wicked cleaned house. ALthough, that Avenue Q show seemed kinda fun. Heck, what do I know?! I'll ask the girls and Scott. They'll know better :)

Anyway, I talked to a friend of mine tonight. He's working out in Colorado for the summer. I haven't talked to him in a while, and I've been missing him and our conversations, so it was good. I also talked to another friend, of which I talk to everyday... HOWEVER... that did NOT make the conversation any less special :) I love her :) :)

Ok.. enough outta me. I'll be signing off and going to sleep. Rest up for another vigerous work week :)

Roger Out~
Tempa

Sweet Saturday

Good Evening!!

Today was a pretty blah day. Can the word blah be used as an adjective?? I guess it can, because it just was. I'm not sure if that's a certifiable word, but when I think about the day, I'm not too sure how else to put it. I did get those guitar strings I mentionend yesterday, but other than that I just sat around and wasted time. WHICH is nice considering I have a full work week ahead of me.

Tonight, I'm gonna write a letter or two and then hit the sack early. I have Safe Sanctuary training at church tomorrow.

Before I go, in true 1995 B96 style.... I wanna give a shout out to my girls in LZ!!

G*night Moon,
Temp

Mona Lisa Smile

I watched that movie tonight. My parents went out to see the new Harry Potter, but I declined the offer to accompany them. 1) Because they are my parents and although I am 22 years old and in a state where no one knows me... that's still weird and 2) Because I have yet to see the 2nd installment of the critically acclaimed film. Anyway, I stayed behind, finished up some client observations, and watched Mona Lisa Smile. I have heard, from roommates and friends, that was a good movie, but it was fabulous. Granted I may be a bit menstrual and pretty emotional these days, but aat the end when those girls follow Julia Robert's car away from the campus... Welcome to Waterworks 2004, my friends. (DISCLAIMER: I apologize to anyone who may not have seen this film as of yet. I promise you that what I have said does not, in fact, ruin the movie in it's entirety!) Anyway... I'd recommend it. It's a goood'n :)

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to sleep in and then drive out to the music store to buy new strings and a gig bag for Ol' Blue. Necessities, ya know? :)

I will leave you, my trusty readers, with the poetic words of the Late William Shakespeare....

"Parting is such sweet sorrow... something something 'till it be morrow"

God's Peace,
Tempa

Sunsets and Swingsets...

Today, I was driving home from work along the coast of Lake Eerie (something I didn't realize was so close) and out my window was the most beautiful sunset, probably one of the magnificent things I have ever seen. I almost got my little car into an accident because I was literally in awe of what I saw. I must say that I am a fan of all sunsets regardless of their color, but this one was as if God pasted those colors across the Ohio sky specifically for me to see. Pinks and purples with the slightest hint of orange. Perfection in Sunset form. In thinking about it, I've decided that we are all a lot like sunsets. Colors chosen and mixed to perfection by our Maker and displayed to show His glory. I am a sunset.

Also, on the way home, I drove through a lower class section of Cleveland. The streets were lined with rundown apartment buildings, all surrounded with poorly manicured shrubs and newly planted trees. It was one of those neighborhoods that your grandma would lock the doors while driving through. Anyway, I was stopped at a red light right next to a apartment playground. There had to be at least 15 children romping around this park. All dispersed on various playground equipment, including the infant in the baby swing being pushed by what appeared to be her older brother. There were several mothers sitting on benches talking to each other. I imagined them discussing the trials of the terrible twos, tonight's dinner menu, or yesterdays Dr. Phil. In this less than affluent neighborhood, in this small apartment playground, in this... Their world... everyone looked so happy. This short lived red-light experience proved to be an enlightening one for me. These children didn't know new cars, or cell phones, or brand new gym shoes every 6 months. These kids knew nothing but the joy of those monkey bars and those mothers, the comfort of park benches and camaraderie. It just kinda puts life in perspective, ya know?


On a MUCH different note... the new Ashlee Simpson song just played on MTV. I've gotta say... not too shabby. I kinda like it. In fact, I like it a lot.

Signing off...


Another Day,
Tempa

Just another day

In the immortal and profound words of Vanessa Carlton....

"Just a day, just an ordinary day..."

More tomorrow,
G*night
Temp

short and sweet

Hi guys!

Today was the 1st day of my internship. WOO-DOGGIES!! It's gonna be tough! A lot more work and a lot more "stuff" than I had expected, but it will be fun, that's for sure. If nothing else, it's only 6 months and it'll be learning experience. Ok, it's late and I have to get to work tomorrow.

This is Tempa and I'm signing off...