Flagstaff continues its seasonal confusion as it has been snowing/hailing/raining for the past three days. The first day when I woke up and saw the huge, fluffy, January-esque flakes drifting below my window to settle on the path below, it made me remember how much I LOVE snow, winter, a white Christmas, the coziness and sentiment of it. I even made Britni listen to "Let it snow" by Frank Sinatra as we drove to Target at lunchtime. How sad it was to think that in a year's time and even THIS year, I will be spending Christmas back in a hot climate where no one even THINKS to dream of a white Christmas, and the seasonal cheer is somewhat hard to come by because it is a challenge to convince yourself it is really Christmastime when you are still slapping on the SPF 80 and your biggest bill is the AC in your house.
Well, that feeling lingered for a day, but I was quickly cured of it the next morning when I walked 40 yards to the apartment complex gym and arrived with squishy wet socks and was too cold to take my down jacket off to run on the treadmill. Hot weather, I love you. I don't know why I ever doubt you or turn my back on you. Take me back and never leave again.
On a totally different note, here is an artist that I have been digging for the past few days and hope to hear more from soon. Her name is Marie Digby, and she has a very popular song on the radio which I recently looked up, but found that her entire album is worth a listen. She's folky and poppy, a pianist/guitar player/singer, and has vulnerable and truth filled lyrics...which puts her right up one of my larger musical alleys. At this point, my top three song suggestions would be "Paint Me in Your Sunshine", "Miss Invisible", and "Say it Again"; but ask me again in a couple weeks, because usually the songs I first hate become the ones I love because I finally hear the lyrics, and I tire of the obvious songs to which I am first drawn.
Lastly, and on ANOTHER completely unrelated note, God is doing some cool things in my friends' lives, and I felt like highlighting two of them. They both happen to be engagements, but I expect to have the oppurtunity to give Him credit for many other different types of happenings in lives around me as I go. Hopefully, then I am not always talking about myself here, because, let's face it, how long can I really do that!?
So here are my two friends, both named Jon, and both anticipating marriage to their beautiful fiancees in the next year! They also have both been on missions, both washed their girlfriend's feet upon proposing, and can both quote at least half of the movie Waynes World. They have never met and live in different states. I know one from high school, the other I traveled to Thailand with twice. They are excellent men, and praise God for the new blessing of engagement in each of their lives! If you know Jon S. and are interested in his proposal story, this is a link to his blog page: http://www.xanga.com/tz_jonschmidt_DesertratSorry, I don't have a link for Jon U! Anyway, both great stories and I wanted to share them!
Have a great weekend all, let's hope I wake up tomorrow and it's summer again!
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