Art to Ponder (Andy Farkas)

This is my favourite piece from an art gallery in Asheville, NC. It struck me as simplistically beautiful when I first saw it, so much that tears welled up in my eyes. The artist is Andy Farkas, an Asheville local. On the painting is a small, silver inscription that reads:

Afterwards, he cried.
And he didn't know why.

I think it's absolutely beautiful. Maybe I'm just at a point in my life where I really relate to the fox, who has just released something into the air. Actually, the Saturday that I browsed the gallery was truly the FIRST day in a very, very long time that I was able to fully let go of some things that had been weighing me down (in both a personal and inter-personal way) in hopes that forgiveness and not worrying would take me to a higher place.

And it has. I am moving forward in love, faith, self-respect, and forgiveness.
It's truly a beautiful thing.

I promise, no matter what happens, we'll be alright.

This is my inspiration for being myself without caring too much about what other ppl think. ;) Haha.

Pretty nice weekend- plenty of sun and warm temperatures. (If only it'd stay like this, eh!) Today I went for a nice hike at Kennesaw Mountain and ended the evening with jumping in the hot-tub with my mom. I'm considering doing a 3-wk trip with some Couchsurfers who are planning a trip out west. It would be camping and seeing some national parks in Utah, Nevada, and California in May. I also applied to volunteer at this year's Bonnaroo festival... so fingers crossed for that!

Goats

I was listening to the radio at 4:30 AM, on my way back from dropping Lin off at the airport. (He's flying to China for Spring Break.) The morning show featured a piece of interesting news from Tennessee about a woman who called 9-1-1 after hearing bloodcurdling screams coming from outside her home. Turns out it was just a neighbour's goat. LOL.

Then, on the subject of goats and their screaming capabilities, the radio show played this audio clip... which absolutely made my day. So hilarious. So spot-on.

Thank goodness I proofread my emails. Almost sent one to a prospective employer saying "i attacked my resume..."

It's almost as bad as a text i sent to an ex-boyfriend: "I love you tom." Thanks autocorrect, his name wasn't tom. That one took some explaining.

We're Moving (soon)!

Well, my title may be premature. What I meant to say is that our house is up for sale! We'll be moving in the summer, sometimes between May and July. My parents are looking at houses in Newport News / Hampton, which is right on the Chesapeake Bay and the James River. I've never been up there so I can't wait to visit! My dad's job is there, so he's already been living up there for a year.

We've had so many house showings since we listed it last Friday... which means keeping every square inch impeccably clean. Every time I have to leave for work I leave myself ten extra minutes to tidy everything. But I love having a clean space! Here's a few pics of my room:

In other news, almost everyone in my household was sick last weekend. (I was sick for 8 days... ugh!) We had a super lazy weekend, napping during the times we didn't have to run off to the nearest coffee shop so realtors could show our house. We're all getting better, although this yo-yo weather here isn't helping. One days it's shorts weather and the next day it's winter jacket time. I have summer fever so bad!!! Take me to the beach!

And, in other random news, look at the size of this Golden Graham I found! Whoa!!