Wine. Waves. Weak stomaches. and Work.

The last 24 hours have been... eventful. Last night I had an amazing night with my girlfriends. We donned pajamas, face masks, and glasses of wine. Story telling, laughing, and dancing. There is something beautiful about friendships without boundaries. We slept in until 11:30, slowly dragged our butts out of bed, slipped on our swim suits, and headed to the lake for a day in the sun. OH how I missed going out on the jet skiis. Flying around at 50mph, the water splashing you in the face, cooling off the Tennessee heat. Sarah and I screaming at the tops of our lungs as we hurdled waves and spun out of control. Completely immersing ourselves in freedom. When we arrived to the home front we walked into a waft of unbearable odor. We weren't sure what the smell was, but we assumed that one of the three dogs had pooped nearby the door. Yes, one had pooped, but it got better... well... worse. Faith walked up stairs to let out the beastly dog of the three, when from downstairs we heard a shout, "OH.MY.GOD". Knowing the tone of the cry, we remained downstairs, shouting for information. Apparently, the beastly dog had vomited and pooped out any fluid in it's body. Not only that but it was locked in a crate, and was stuck sitting in it for 5 hours. Not only THAT but it splattered all over the walls, and somehow smeared outside of the cage and all over the carpet. Faith let the dog out to go take a bath outside, but it got out of her grasp and came running downstairs. At the sound of it's thunderous paws, Sarah, Reed, and I immediately scramble to lock ourselves in bathrooms and bedrooms to avoid the poop covered mutt. THEN Faith had to carry down the massive crate that literally had an inch of liquid/chunky bodily fluids sloshing around, and take it outside to wash. This whole time Sarah and I are literally in tears crying, with sympathy, but not enough sympathy to even go near her to help. After all of us showered ourselves to death, we curled up and whipped out some old school Thumbalena and relaxed the craziness away. Praise God for entertaining scenarios to ease the stress and fears of life. God has placed amazing people in my life.

Every day I learn more and more about myself. My character. Things that need to change, and things that radiate who God created me to be. I am quite the stubborn person, so opening my eyes to things I need to work on takes time, takes me being vulnerable, and takes gentle loving words to seep in and intoxicate me with a desire to work on things. I am excited for this season in my life to grow. To encourage. To be encouraged. And to cut loose and relax. Enjoying furthering my knowledge, while enjoying being a total carefree goof that Got created me to be! (smiles) A carefree goof that would rather pay someone 40 dollars to clean up dog shit than having to even go near it myself.