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| That was my lesson for today. I was riding this mans' horse and I was scared for a while. Of course horses are huge, but they think that we are bigger than they are. The man who owned the horse knew that the horse wouldn't do me anything so when I told him that I wanted to get off he said No. Keep riding. Just follow my instructions.
I am in a "don't give up..keep going" season right now. In life I do have a lot of joy and fun, but there are times when things get tough. I don't understand them always. I am doing a study called He speaks to Me by Pricilla Shrier. I have been desiring more intimacy with God. I feel like as soon as I reached out in my life and truly started to want more and more. God started showing me things about myself. He brought up things that He needs for me to deal with. When I don't want to face things or ignore them in my day to day life or even get too busy. God stays in there. He tells me that this is for my good. He tells me to not be afriad of being set free. He says..I love you..I know how freeing healing is. Just keep going and follow my instructions. Then I listen. I know that He is telling the truth. I know!!
So when I kept riding the horse. It was so freeing. The horse followed my commands and I had a blast. He even started to gallup a little. I felt at peace riding the horse in the fields. Then the owner said to take him further away. He said just ride. I had no fear and I just rode. It was good. God is good!! | | |
| Okay okay. So today I am going to class at Nicholls State University. I am not exactly sure why they put an entire university on the Bayou, but they did. If you have ever seen the movie Waterboy...I think that they got the idea for the movie from this school. I am late for class about 85% of the time. Partially because I am too tired and the other reason is because I lie 45mins away. Actually the real reason that I am late is because I am just a bad judger of time. The hwy to get to school is only one lane FOR 45 MINUTES!!!!AHHHH!!! Every single day. I just stay home sometimes. (I call it being environmentally friendly b.c I am saving gas)
So back to the point of my story....At the end of my 45min trek to school there is a red light. Now remember that this is a one lane hwy (one lane coming and one lane going). So most everyone at this time in the morning is going to school. People wait on the red light to turn right! It drives me.. I am not sure why. So I go on the shoulder and pass all of them by to turn right. I am not sure if I am just making an illegal turn or if everyone else in Thibodaux Louisiana doesn't have a clue. My pride wants to tell me that it is them. Does anyone know why this is happening day after day?!? Do I need to go back to drivers ed?
HELP ME!!
By the way there are NO signs that say that you cannot turn right on a red light. | | |
| Today was such a busy day!! I did everything that I think that i would do if I were a stay at home mom. I mean I haven't felt this tired since I began working. I am really pooped. I cleaned and cleaned. I cooked lunch and dinner. I ran an errand and it just seems like there are more and more things that I notice as i clean. At this moment I still remember that I wanted to vaccum and clean the window seals (is that the right spelling) I am not really sure.
My husband is still great. He is teaching me to drive a 5 speed car. I really have never rode in many 5 speed cars let alone drive one. It's his brand new truck and I see that he gets frustrated with me but he pretends that he doesn't. I know that if I wasn't his wife he would NEVER let me touch his truck. He says that I am doing really good, but I am not confident. I think that I need to read some instructions. I am not a hands on learner. I learn by reading. It helps me to develop a mental picture and a system before I attempt the task. It's crazy that I teach so that I am constantly having to give verbal directions, but it is extremely difficult for me to receive verbal directions.
On another note..I painted my house FAMU colors. It looks great, but I was sad at first b.c I thought that I was going to have to re-paint everything (or my dad would have to). The reason is that I thought that the colors were the Universoty of Miami's colors. Then realizing that I will always have seminole blood running through my veins (yep..that means that I have Indian in my family) I know that I would never be able to live with those colors on my wall. Then I realized that my love for my brothas and sistas at FAMU lead me to the beautiful colors that are on the walls. By the way I have a garnet accent wall in our office. (go Noles!!!) We are not done painting yet. From now on we are only paining in beige and light tan colors very very neutral. We have at least five totally painted rooms invery bold colors. I LOVE color but too much can be a mess. We must balance it out. I will have pictures to follow this post. I am just too tired to take the pictures now. | | |
| Time sure flies when you are having fun!! I can't believe that it is already July 12. OMGosh. School will be starting in a little over a month and I must say that I am excited!! I have enjoyed being a "working" stay at home wife. It soon will end. Today I went to work on my classroom and my theme is "scientist". I am encouraging all of my students to be "inquiry" scientists. Meaning they need to ask lots of questions and do lots of experiments to find the answers to their questions. My brother bought me this awesome Lab coat for my birthday. He gave it to me like a month early. I am going to get Mrs. M( my entire last name) monogrammed on it. I am going to be the lead scientist. I am so excited. This summer I am trying to go to some science workshops. So fun and the best thing is that it is free. I want to go and help replant the Louisiana wetlands. I really want my husband to come too. I know that it will be hot and they will have lots of bugs but it must be done. Our wetlands are so important to our ecosystem. I know that God can just restore them with a blink of His eye, but I guess that he just wants to allow us to feel good about our selves or something like that. Maybe I should go out to the planting day and start a prayer service because we all know that prayer really changes things. If I were to be that bold. Or would I be being rude. hmmm.. I am not sure. I guess that I will pray and plant.
On another note... Tommorrow I will be riding horses again I think. We are going to the barn and T is showing me the horse that I will be riding. He picked a really nice one out of the pasture. I am excited. I don't like it when the horses run, but I will get there one day. I pray that we will have our own barn with lots of stalls and all of that stuff that my husband loves. I hope to love that stuff one day, but it is worth it to see him so happy loving his hobby. He works so hard and never complains. He is the man!! He also got me the furniture that I wanted for my birthday!!!! I was jumping through the roof when he told me!!! I love to decorate and the couches that we had just wouldn't work, but I was willing to wait for a while. I am soooo excited. The day that they come I will be at a retreat but I will map out where they go so that my husband will know. He is so great. He can even put up flat screen TV's. We got one for our wedding and he put it up!! It saved us money and it looks great. The store could not have done a better job!
Last thing I LOVE BEING MARRIED!!!!! WOOHOOO!!!! | | |
| HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!! Today my husband asked me. Did you ever think about why Christmas is Celebrated on the same date every year and why Easter is always on different days? I told him no I never thought of that. Most people would have let that question lead into a deep theological conversation, but I went on to buy shades from Linens and Things. Yeah my husband is the type of person that listens to sermons non-stop on his ipod. Not the TD Jakes make ya scream and holla type of sermons either. He listens to Ron Dart. ALL Ron Dart all of the time. I feel that he gets smarter and smarter all the time. One day I was praying that Ron Dart would say something like "Your wife Ashley is the most wonderful woman ever. You should wine and dine her all of the time everyday." I need to write Ron Dart and give him a script to say. Wouldn't that be hilarious. I think so but since it would cross the borders of manipulation so badly, I will not do such a thing. I have no trouble with him listening to him and I guess I should ask him the answer to his question. Now I am sleepy. He is watching a movie now so I think that I feel some snuggle time coming on. Can I say that on Xanga? Yes, I am sure that I can.
On another note. Today for the fourth we went to New Orleans and volunteered with the Convoy of Hope for like 1 hour and a half. Then the rain came down so bad that my socks were soaked inside of my shoes. It was gross and I felt so bad for some of the ladies that had cute sandals on. This was the first time in my life that I prayed with someone with substance abuse problems. My husband is so bold with these things and I tend to shrink back and want to pray for people who only spend 30 minutes with God instead of an hour. I mean not that I am a coward but I never encounted these type of situations. My husband is the type to go into the Middle of Bourbon street during Mardi Gras carrying an 15 foot cross. Just to let you know how bold he is. So yeah when the drug abuser wants prayer I may feel timidity creeping in. Today was different. I sat next to my husband and prayed in the spirit while he ministered to the guy. My heart was breaking when T started speaking life over this man twice our age and this man was soaking up all that T was saying. It was so great. The more I prayed for the man the more the timidity left me. Now I understand another reason that the disciples went out in twos. | | |
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