I don't care much about all these celebrity deaths, but it's getting a bit out of hand. Add on to that, the personal deaths this week and it's just scary. I'm pretty darn happy to be alive at this point.
A woman from my old church lost her brother this week. They had to take him off life support, so it was really rough.
There was also a plane crash in Arkansas, full of people from Missouri. 3 people died, two survived (so far). The one boy was the brother of one of Evan's (my brother) friends. One boy was a freshman at SLUH, where Evan is going to high school next year. That boy's father also died. All three of my brothers knew them.
So, no more sadness would be nice.
This has nothing to do with death, actually the very opposite, but-- I just found out about another pregnancy. Well, I found out last weekend but didn't want to talk about it. This baby has caused many conversations between John and I about people and why they have kids, and what it means to the rest of their lives. I know, when/if we have kids, our lives will still be great. Any grandparent would happily take our kids so we can still go out, and more importantly, still take a vacation just the two of us. Yeah, it's different, but I think we would be really good at not letting our friends be forgotten and not losing the romance. Some couples, it seems, have a harder time with this. And once that first kid arrives, they only have friends with kids or no friends at all. And are totally absorbed with the parenthood thing.
I guess this is all kind of annoying in that I am still so young. (with my birthday around the corner, I may forget that...25 is a crazy age!...but really, I am) I am not yet to the point where I want kids, I still want to be having a good time, solo. (or with John/friends, you get the point) But so many of our friends are in their early thirties, so it's not surprising that they are ready to start their families.
And along those same lines... I really need to figure out how to make more friends. I've always done it through school, and I don't have that any more. And all the friends we have now were first John's friends. This goes along with my need to get out and do more things. I think I may venture to the library's book club one of these days. And see what other groups there are around here. Maybe take canoeing lessons... not that it's hard, but it's a way to get into the "club". Still pondering that.
On a more positive note, I just had a very nice walk around the neighborhood. It started to sprinkle at the end, but that was actually very light, so it was pleasant.
I also made banana bread again. And it is delicious.
I had a small case of the travel bug earlier, and I decided that Washington state would be a very nice place to go. I was fascinated by pictures of one of the state parks. So I started looking into cabins and such that were nearby (since we all know, I like to plan random vacations). Anyway, one of the closest towns to this park is Forks, which is where Twilight is set. I immediately groaned. Then, on the main page of their website it says "Home of Twilight!" And one of the lodges has a Twilight package, complete with a map you can follow to trace the steps of the characters. That kind of turned me off to Washington temporarily. Though, I know I will go sometime, just won't dare stay in that town, or at that lodge.
I also decided that next time I plan a vacation, I'd like it to be more than just me and John. We go to the beach with his friends every year. I'd like to rent a large cabin with a bunch of my friends. So, if you're interested, sometime in the next few years, we need to plan a great vacation!
