Today in the church we visited, the pastor invited us to stand for the reading of the Scripture. He told us the page number in the pew Bibles, but since I had brought the same translation, I just turned to the right verses. He then asked us to read along with him.

I interpreted this as read out loud with him, I guess because he had gone to the trouble of telling us the page number it would be on. About a verse later, when nobody but I was reading the Scripture out loud, I realized that read along meant in your head.

The bad thing is, I laughed all during the "silent reflection" we were suppose to be doing after hearing Ephesians. And I even knew that this time we were suppose to be quiet.

I was just invited to the wedding of someone I met on a plane. Well actually, I sat next to the bride-to-be's mother, who is from the Philippines (her daughter lives in North Carolina). I told her I wanted to visit Asia, specifically Korea and Japan because of the wonderful people I've met from there, so she started telling me about the Philippines, and then later emailed me about the Philippines. The next thing you know, I'm going to her daughter's wedding in May.

Which, by the way, the Philippines IS a beautiful country. And because of the wonderful people I've met from there, I wouldn't mind visiting it either.

This started off as a post to tell you how domestic I am feeling, as not only did I hang up bird feeders, but I actually have hummingbirds and enjoy watching them in increasing amounts.But, it somehow turned into a post of how I embarrassed myself taking these pictures. I was, in fact, so focused on making sure I got the bird in the picture without scaring him away, that I failed to notice the golf cart that was driving up, with a man grinning and waving, probably thinking I was taking a picture of him.

Thankfully, (but perhaps not, but I'm being optimistic) there was a window separating it. (which might make it appear I was being secretive about taking his picture. Whatever the case, based on his smile, he took it well.)

There is something comforting about hearing Fayetteville talked about on the news, even if it is Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Wedding pictures are up!

http://www.pictage.com/432152

Yesterday, I made the trek to turn in my medical information to the graduate school in order to be able to register for classes. It turns out I needed a tetanus shot, so after getting the most vague directions to the health center ever, I made it, where they proceeded to lose my number. So, I essentially waited in line twice, and was quite ready to get out of there.

When they called my number, the lady asked me which arm I wanted the shot in. I told her it really didn't matter, and she casually mentioned that my arm might get a little sore.

Over 24 hours, I'm still feeling that shot, but have at least gained some mobility back in my arm.

All I have to say is, this degree better be worth it.

In addition to a wonderful wedding, I also had a wonderful honeymoon.

Although it was in a resort, which is about as touristy as it gets, there were still wild animals runnign amuck, such as this fella.

Basically, the theme of the trip is: we ate a lot. That is, after the first day, because on the first day we kept arriving at the places to eat right as they closed. For a few moments, I thought I was going to starve at an all-inclusive resort. Thankfully, we learned the system quickly, and didn't stop eating until we left.
We didn't even have to leave the beach to get wonderful food! They cooked this right by our beach chairs.
Tim even helped.

We took two day trips. The first was scuba diving in Cozumel. Out of 20 people on the boat, we were the only English speakers. You might be thinking, of course, it's Mexico, they speak Spanish there. Well, you would be wrong. 15 people (including the dive instructor) spoke Dutch, and 3 people (including the other instructor) spoke French. At least we knew they were talking to us when we heard an instruction in English.

The second trip was to Chichen Itza, one of the new 7 wonders of the world. Also a wonder is, how big of a souvineer you could get for 1 dollar.

But most importantly, there was a beautiful beach. A better beach than Wilmington, I must admit (although living by a beach makes it the best one automatically). Look how blue the water is!
And most exciting of all, here is our tourist picture! We definitely stood out on our return from Mexico, but if you can't pull it off then, you won't have a better chance.

Well, I am oficially married. My wedding was complete with a kiss
some words...
ridiculously fun bridesmaids (here demonstrating the new dance move: the cover up your boobs while dancing.)

handsome groomsmen...
the train...
and my two favorite moments, the garter toss (complete with a sexy mating dance)
and the daddy-daughter dance!

So there you have it!