no more lonely apartment!

[chestnutcurls]

I have a roommate! Yaaay! We completed the move in an hour and a half. I must have run into Kathy's room ten times on Saturday just to exclaim, "Someone lives here!" I feel so happy and secure just knowing she's there. :)

Kathy's arrival was fortuitous (ooo, big word) because last night, I found my first roach. (I'm very glad he didn't find me.) I am afraid of many things, but there are only two that you could call phobias: nuclear war, and roaches. (Isn't that ironic?) I can handle other insects, such as spiders, but roaches send me into a total panic. Last night, I went into the kitchen to get some pie and saw the huge roach on my counter. I managed to kill it with a flyswatter, shrieking uncontrollably the entire time, but there was no way I was going near it. So I went and hid in my room and called Kathy. She was on her way home, which was good. She stopped at Kroger and picked up an arsenal of roach-killing products, and when she got home she got rid of it for me without complaint. It gave me yet another reason to be glad she was there. She is the best best friend in the world. :)

Church was excellent. We are starting a Proverbs study in Sunday School, and so far it is both practical and enjoyable. :) Yesterday's topic was discipline (Proverbs 3:11-12). It was so encouraging to me to hear that the hardships in my life are for my sanctification (Hebrews 12:10). I mean, I knew this, but it hadn't really sunk in. And, hardship and discipline is an assurance of God's love for me! (My friend Alli: "So basically, the more your life sucks, the more God loves you?" :)) I sometimes feel like my problems are some sort of test, and I get frustrated because I can't pass it. Jesus already aced it for me, so that's not even an issue, but sometimes I want to yell "Okay, God, what do You expect me to do with this?!" But He's already got it worked out. So it's okay. :)

My back really hurts. I am going to try to find some Advil or something.

Comments

You can't win a thermonuclear war

[aardwolf.livejournal.com]

With your luck, we would have a nuclear war, and you would be the only living thing left on the planet. Well.. you and the roaches...

Re: You can't win a thermonuclear war

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Then I would have a panic attack, and die. So I would have survived for nothing. :P

[yakk0dotorg]

cool, i'm sure you two will have a blast. I am about 47.8% moved right now. Most of my bedroom is empty now. I've been sleeping on my futon since Christmas, so it's no big loss for me. :)