Melonade

For those of you keeping track, the official count is:

64 Days

and counting...

On the road trip to Dallas this weekend, the girls (in alphabetical order: Krista, Mandy, and Terra) decided that my car had to have a proper name. I'm not really a hardcore car namer, so the Honda's been nameless for a couple of years.

By the end of the trip, there were no real standout names. Nothing spectacular had happened in (or to) the car, so no names jumped out as major contenders. I'm just glad we didn't have to name her Stuck on the Side of the Road, or Big Charred Crisp, or That Car I Knew.

On Monday I got an email from Krista, and I've got to post part of it because the girl worked really hard, and research always impresses me:

Okay…so I've come up with a suggestion for the name of Mel's car. And, yes, the car has to be named so there's no getting around it...So here's my suggestion: Aurelia

I came up with this because we followed a butterfly all weekend. (Blogger's Note: One of the vehicles in our caravan had a big butterfly on the back of it, and we always managed to follow that car in traffic, hence the butterfly reference.) People who study butterflies are called either lepidopterists or aurelians (I looked it up to make sure that I was correct). Lepidopterist is kind of a mouthful but Aurelia is a pretty name. Mel's car is much better off than the rest of ours…the Purple Wonder, Sergeant and Killer.

So 50 gold stars go to Krista for coming up with a very creative and informative name.

Enjoy your day- it's about 20 degrees cooler than normal out there.

If I were a celebrity, I would endorse Pearls Before Swine. Other people may have their Dilbert, but I prefer Rat and Pig.

1. Poetry about science can be fun to read.

2. You can claim to be older than someone you aren't so a fortune cookie will make sense.

And finally,

You should not try to extract meaningful life lessons from watching Josie and the Pussycats.

"For I know the plans that I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart, and I will be found by you." -Jeremiah 29:11-13

If you were at Gateway last night this verse probably sounds familiar. (Side note: last night's lesson also marked the only time I can recall an SNL sketch being used in Bible class.) This morning I tacked the verse on my faux cubicle wall right next to my monitor.

Here's my memo to self for the day: God has a plan. I shouldn't try to rush things. They will happen when and if they're supposed to, and the only thing I should focus on is seeking God with all my heart.


*If this post has been too introspective for you, come back tomorrow.

And for Pete's sake, enjoy your day.

I've worked for the same company for almost three years. As far as I can remember, this is the thing that has caused the most office-wide uproar.