5am!!!

It sounds like a man is in my attic dragging something heavy.

But I know it’s not a man because there is not enough space above my bedroom ceiling for that. What could it be?!?! I’m freaked out! I’m half asleep. No where to go because it’s 5am. This goes on for about 1 1/2 hours is the wee hours of Thursday morning. I’m late for work because I finally did fall asleep but then I over slept because I was so tired.

Same thing Friday at 5am. Thankfully it only lasted about 10 minutes this time and they were not very loud.

Now I’m trying to figure out how to get them out myself so I don’t have to pay the pest man $325 - ouch! I’m going to surveillance them tonight – like a spy. I need to figure out if the babies come out with the momma at night or if the momma comes out alone.

I think I can throw moth balls in their space to get them to leave – or so says a website I was reading.

The scariest part about the whole thing is that if I had not had the office door closed and the living room doors taped over, the raccoon could have actually gotten to where I was and jumped me in the bed while I was sleep! Oh crap! Now I just realized they could come down the open space it the kitchen where the stove vent hood is missing. I’ll get my dad to board that up first thing night!

I never understood from full experience the scripture about building your “house” on a rock (Matthew 7:24- 27). I think this is the most solid I’ve been on the rock of God when being hit by a storm. (ok, so maybe I snapped once at somebody. shame on me. I should appoligize huh? yeah.) Being so firmly planted in the Lord has made a difference.

Now don’t get me wrong…I was still very much irritable, and impatient, and bottled with - not anger - but high irritation. My blood pressure was probably through the roof all week. However, it was how I chose to deal with it. I didn’t let it out on the world. I either kept it bottled in and prayed it to God, or I ran and hide from the world till it passed. LOL

Usually stress it the quickest thing to knock me off my rock. Oh, I swayed a lot in the storm this week, but I stayed planted.

PRAISE GOD!
AMEN!

I sign on my first house next week! YEEKK. It’s a little scarey with all the work to be done on it. Sometimes I think I have too much blind faith that all will be ok. LOL Check out the pics. http://www.candacegustine.com/photos/index.php?spgmGal=House/06.11.07_The_house_before_the_purchase.

For those who may not know yet, I’m flipping this house. I will most likely live in it till next summer. I’ll fix it up over the next year and then sell it next summer. It needs a lot of work but hopefully I will be able to keep it all within budget! 

I’m getting all sorts of weird thoughts and feelings about it…cause it feels so surreal…like (now don’t laugh) - when I was in the driveway yesterday by the big tree in front, I thought, “I own a tree. I OWN a tree. This gigantic tree is MINE!” Very weird I know. And while technically its not mine, its the bank’s…my name is on it as owner. LOL

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WHEN I DANCE I FEEL
free, whole, complete, pasisonate, artisitic, feminine, beautiful, ….
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I have always wanted to dance. I remember being 4 years old asking my mom if I could take dance lessons and her not letting me. It wasn’t until I was 17 (when I could pay for it myself) that I took my first dance lesson - 1 year of ballet. I loved it!

In 2000 when I was twenty, I started swing dancing with some friends from church. It was awesome. I’ve been an addict ever since. In 2005, I co-found Red Hot Lindy Hop in Memphis to help grow the swing dance scene.

Now, in 2007 after about 2 years of Blues Dancing at late night swing dance parties, I’ve fallen in love again - this time with blues dancing. It captured me a couple months ago as I was exposed to more of the music and more of the variety of what blues dancing really is. Being in Memphis, I am surrounded by Blues music. And so I’ve co-founded another dance group in Memphis (with Sarah Beth Larson) called NewVo Blues.

If you are in Memphis and want to learn to blues dance, our first lesson is on Friday, March 23 at a Juke Joint called the Blue Worm. In a city known for its segregation of the white and black communities, the Blue Worm is a safe haven from this where together we can appreciate the music and interpretation of through dance. Betty’s home cookn’ is the best I’ve ever had and the music is arguablly the best around.

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What do you feel when you dance???
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FIRST there is what I dare call - food. (I’ve attached the diagram over to the left for your amusement )

SEDOND is the internet kind. I’ve had to implement a registration to this blog because I’m annoyed by all the spam posts that I have been getting. Sorry if this is an inconvenience to anyone. But I really do love hearing from you. So please continue to send me your comments.

Great things are happening in my life and at the same time, things I’ve hated about my life are still here. I’m learning to be content about it because it’s obvious God has a reason for allowing certain situations to remain. As I’m learning to be content in all situations, I’m becoming more happy and feeling less bogged down.

Philippians 4:7 NIV • Read this chapter
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

If a computer company can’t even keep their own computer system up and running during business hours…one has to question the reliablity of their computer products.

Moral of this story…Seagate BAAADDDD!!!

Yeah…so I decorated my apartment for Christmas tonight. I know, I know…it’s not even Thanksgiving yet but I’m just in the Christmas mood early this year. I just feel so Thankful this year that my Lord - Jesus Christ - was born. 

So I wasn’t sure if I was going to decorate my apartment for Christmas this year since I won’t be here for Christmas. But I saw PINK Pom Pom garland for little Christmas trees and I got inspired: one Pink Pom Pom Tree for my apartment and another for my cubicle.

How can you not be Thanksful for a God who inspired PINK Pom Pom!?!