Friday, January 29, 2010

Winter Storm Warning

I have hijacked Bryan's computer this morning because Joshua and I no longer have a computer of our own. My laptop (that my parents only bought me in what, 2005?) went kaput... same old "needs a new motherboard, that's not worth it on this machine" excuse. Whatever. I have my eyes set on a shiny new iMac but the funds for that are nowhere to be found. So from now on my computing will be done randomly on one of the Worthys' computers or at the library. 

It's actually been kind of nice to have a room that is unplugged. We've got a TV in there now for watching DVDs when we're in the mood, but other than that, there's no outlet for the outside world to seep in by. No internet, to television, no phones if we don't want there to be. 

So there is this GIANT snow and ice storm rapidly approaching Asheville as I type. In fact, I think it's two hours and counting now. The estimated snowfall accumulation is rising with every hour and it is cold, cold, cold. I was supposed to be taking off for Virginia on Sunday to visit my beloved friend K-Smeltz, but I don't think I'm going to be going anywhere. Which is disappointing since I have been looking forward to seeing her, but not too disappointing because I am currently the Queen of Free Time, la Reina del Tiempo Libre (whichever language you prefer; I kind of like the Spanish, personally), and will be able to reschedule. My job at Biltmore Estate has come to an abrupt halt until the beginning of April. At which point I will (hopefully) have successfully obtained my CDL and have another seven shows of Godspell under my belt (this time as Mic Wrangler and understudy for three of the female parts). 

Joshua just got home from school and I think we might want to make a run to somewhere, for something, before we get snowed in. Yeah, I know that was vague, but really it's just a desire to waylay cabin fever rather than a need to get anything or go anywhere in particular. 

Later then, homies.   

Another 101 in 1001 update!

Another 101 in 1001 update... I think I have actually accomplished several more of these things (or at least started on them) in the past few months...


101 in 1001
The idea is 101 goals to meet/things to do in 1001 days...
1001 days will take me from today, January 10, 2009 to October 9, 2011
(from 23 and single to 26 and married for two years!)

The Key:
Not started
In progress
Accomplished
New (replaced) goal
Fun commentary by Megan!

  1. Get married
  2. Get my third tattoo after I turn 25 
  3. Read the Bible all the way through ~ started over this January
  4. Grow a vegetable garden
  5. Send out Christmas cards in 2009 or 2010 ~ only a few... but it still counts. :)
  6. Learn to live in the secret place
  7. Make a habit of reading before bed
  8. Buy seasons 2 through 5 of ER ~ Josh bought me these for Christmas! 
  9. Buy some sheet music and practice my reading skills to the point where I feel semi-comfortable sight reading ~ currently working on some ragtime fabulousness
  10. Spend one month eating locally
  11. Visit Washington D.C.
  12. Make this fancy lemon-cranberry cake that is kind of out of my baking realm
  13. One candlelit and music-filled evening with Joshua
  14. Take dance lessons
  15. Take a Tai-chi class
  16. Get a professional massage 
  17. Stay at the Grove Park Inn during winter and lounge in front of their cavernous fireplace
  18. Visit my cousins
  19. Take a trip with Josh to the Outer Banks
  20. Walk across the Mile High Bridge at Grandfather Mountain
  21. Spend time listening to my grandparents’ stories and write some of them down
  22. Be 100% okay with disappointing people
  23. Dig for the answers to my spiritual questions, and discover why I’m asking them
  24. Participate in a 3-day walk
  25. Plan a progressive dinner party
  26. Initiate a conversation with a stranger when I don’t feel like it ~ my job gave me plenty of opportunities for this
  27. Wear a size four and stay that way
  28. Make a habit of thinking differently
  29. Quit soda for a year (again)… ~ oh, I miss you, Coca-Cola
  30. Get contacts
  31. Give away the clothes in my closet that I haven’t worn in over a year 
  32. Build a bonafide snowman ~ well, supposedly a huge snowstorm is about to arrive, so I'll have my opportunity!
  33. See what’s at the end of the yellow rope in the caves of Rumbling Bald 
  34. Have an emergency fund built up completely
  35. Pay off debt
  36. Learn to make biscuits from scratch from Grammy
  37. Learn to sew
  38. Make a quilt ~ I'm so proud of it so far!
  39. Create a filing system that is actually useful
  40. Own the game Settlers of Catan 
  41. Make a homemade pie
  42. Visit the Biltmore Estate when it’s decorated for Christmas, preferably with snow on the ground outside 
  43. Carry on a Christmas tradition with Joshua
  44. Hike up Cold Mountain
  45. Run in a race of some sort
  46. Ride my bicycle at Bent Creek
  47. Hike to Graveyard Falls
  48. Pick blueberries at Black Balsam
  49. Tutor someone in ESOL 
  50. Memorize the book of 1 John 
  51. Visit the Library of Congress
  52. Start taking people's portraits
  53. Spend at least three weeks in Nicaragua
  54. Become fluent in Spanish ~ thanks to Amanda, this might be a possibility
  55. Introduce my sister-in-love to a particular someone who shall not be mentioned here
  56. Complete the wedding day chela photo sequence
  57. Buy a book about waterfall hikes in WNC
  58. Read a book of poetry
  59. Make spanakopita ten times (2/10)
  60. Spend another luxurious day at Shoji Spa
  61. Read all of my National Geographic magazines from 2008 (0/28)
  62. Live in our own place
  63. Spend a day reading by a waterfall
  64. Run 10 miles on the Mountains to the Sea trail
  65. Make the most comfortable bed possible for Joshua and I (down feather pillows, down feather mattress pad, high thread count sheets, duvet)
  66. Get my CDL ~ should be accomplished by March 3, 2010! 
  67. Have a dog
  68. Have a cat
  69. Travel somewhere by train
  70. Have $3,000 saved toward a trip to Europe
  71. Become a Legacy tour guide at Biltmore Estate
  72. Take a road trip out West
  73. Hike to the top of Mount Mitchell
  74. Use teeth-whitening strips
  75. Exfoliate regularly
  76. Do tech work for 20 Godspell shows (10/20)
  77. Change my diet to the point where at least 50% of what I put in my mouth is raw
  78. Start a collection of board games that could rival Heather Heather’s
  79. Become proficient on guitar
  80. Grow out my hair until these 1001 days are up (excluding trims of up to two inches)
  81. Buy a bookshelf
  82. Slide down Sliding Rock ten times (0/10)
  83. Write, shoot, and edit a documentary on Doris Howard
  84. Hike up to the top of Looking Glass Rock
  85. Hike to the top of the Mount Pisgah Summit when the autumn foliage is at its height
  86. Go camping
  87. Take a trip with Matt and Breanna
  88. Email Deborah regularly
  89. Try to find Skinny Dip Falls
  90. Visit all 14 state parks in Western North Carolina (0/14)
  91. Take a trip with Joshua to Highlands/Cashiers, NC and hike as much as possible
  92. Read 50 books (1/50) ~ 1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 2. Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
  93. Learn to make banana bread
  94. Go stargazing with Joshua ten times (2/10)
  95. Go to India with Joshua
  96. Wear a different necklace every day for two weeks (0/14)
  97. Discipline myself to work as unto the Lord, not unto men.
  98. Make a work of art and send it to K-Smeltz
  99. Go on a plant-gathering expedition for tincture making. 
  100. Take my sister-in-love on a trip
  101. Enjoy every moment of my wedding day