Eyes wide open.

I got this Iron and Wine CD from Jonathan's brother and sister-in-law for Christmas and I love it but it's taken me until now to really stop and listen to it.

I want to increase my vocabulary. I know words, I just don't use them. Or maybe I don't know them.

My theory is that my body somehow held out on falling ill while I was still in school, because the minute I was finished with year one at Washburn, I began to decompose. That's probably not the right word, but I'm going for drama so bear with me. Jonathan got sick first but he has the immune system of three horses so he didn't get all that sick and he bounced back pretty easily. I got his sore throat (most likely strep), sinus pain, headaches, and on top of that I got bonus back and neck pain, incessant coughing/sneezing, and then this morning I woke up with pink eye. But I'm surviving. Sleeping, watching movies, and reading... and thanking God that I'm not in school dealing with myself being sick. I'm a baby when I'm sick - very needy. I think I'll always be that way, but then again when I have children that could change.

I love the smell of freshly cut grass, clean sparkly blue swimming pools, and cherry twin popsicles. And hugs.