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Name: Megan
Country: United States
State: Oregon
Metro: Portland
Birthday: 7/31/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: different cultures.traveling.photography.jesus.my family.architecture.power tools.learning about other.learning about myself.chocolate cake.music.attempting to play the guitar.walking through fallen leaves.the rain.teryaki chicken
Occupation: intern archtiect?
Message: message me
Member Since:
6/16/2005
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| ok, where to begin. this is not something that has taken me by surprise, just something that has been building for a while that was confirmed tonight...i am in love with a man named ray...i know, i know, how can i possibly be in love with a man i don't even know, but i just can't help myself. granted he is shy, but i now have begun to understand what others find so interesting and mysterious about those people who speak very few words. the sadness you can see on his face just breaks my heart. i love the full beard that hides his mouth, and the way he smooths down his hair when he's nervous. he is beautiful and, oh my god, he has the sexiest voice i have ever heard (and i do not use that word lightly). i could listen to him for hours and always find some new inflection, some new emotion buried deep that would resonate with my whole being. but alas, it was only a brief encounter, and tomorrow he is in seattle. maybe someday i'll see him again, or maybe i won't, but for now my friend mari and i will remember this night as the night we heard ray lamontagne sing like no one we have ever heard before. it took him until the end of the concert to actually speak a sentence that consisted of more than "thank you," but it made every word he said a treasure. he made me want to go out and find the shyest person i could and make them my friend just to love them, because those are the ones who are often too afraid to ask for it (myself included). for some reason his songs just touch my soul deep; i can't really explain it. get me in the right moment, and his songs will have me weeping. thank you jesus for music that touches us. without it, i think i would be empty. | | |
| ok my friends. so yesterday i indeed recieved the news that i will be heading off to africa in january. kampala, uganda to be exact (which is good for me since i have come to know many people who have been there or are there right now). it is astonishing to me to actually believe i will be going. it has been something i have talked about for so long and now that it is upon me, it is hard to believe that it is actually real. i keep saying to myself over and over "you're going to africa, you're going to africa..." but it is still so hard to believe. my heart is so full, so thankful that i can go. here's to another adventure in serving our amazing god (and here's to another continent being crossed off the list). | | |
| i must say that it is rather nice to not have to work on a
holiday. if i ever had a day off from school in college,
inevitably i always had tons of work to do and it never really was a
day off. now it is. but two little words make it even
better...holiday pay. whoever thought of getting paid not to work
was an absolute genius. i think we all should take a moment and
remember her (or him) to honor their amazing ability to honor and
support the working woman (or man). it is a gift worth treasuring.
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| i have a job!
i have done it my friends. i have landed my first real architectural job at ankrom moisan architects.
i had the interview thursday, was hired friday and start on
monday. i am feeling a bit overwhelmed with it all but am happy
with the way it all turned out. i went from feeling crazy, not
knowing what to do with myself, to having everyday filled up with what
i am told is much work involving a computer screen and details for a
church in beaverton, oregon. i actually got the opportunity from
a good friend from high school. his dad is the one who hired
me. god has really blessed me. it is so funny how we get so
anxious about things and he always has it under control. i really
should try to trust him more. i really am horrible at it.
it is the control thing, i like to be incontrol but who
doesn't.
anyway, it is a great situation, lots of hours, but i get to finally
get some experience...hopefully all will go well. i'm starting to
get rather nervous. kind of like the first day of school.
maybe my mom will take pictures. it will be interesting when
everyone in my house, my dad, my mom, my brother and i all get up to go
to work monday morning. we have all grown up. and the greatest part is that i get to wear real work clothes. very excited for the clothes.
oh, and here is a new picture of me. i am riding a donkey on
santorini in greece. a little scary as it was leading itself, but
very fun too. gosh that was fun.
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| so i have officially graduated. i walked across the stage and recieved the diploma folder thing with a note saying the official diploma will be mailed to me in 8-10 weeks. but it was freakin' awesome with a streaker and everything. that is right my friends, there was a butt naked man that ran in front of the stage at my graduation. it was highly entertaining, made ok by the fact that his most personal parts were blocked by the numerous heads sitting in front of me. unfortunetly my good friend jenny was sitting in the front row. hopefully her eyes have forgotten the image.
soon i will grace you all with a picture of me in my full regalia. i thought that this is the one time i say look at me. seriously though i am exhausted. being the center of attention takes a lot of work. how do people do it all the time? plus the total amount of emotions flowing through my body have overwhelmed me. i am happy than sad, followed by sentimentality and utter fear of not knowing everything that is coming up next. i never thought i would get here. i pretty much just figured it would go on forever, but as i have nothing really does. all good things must come to an end. and so with that i wish to say from a most deeply grateful heart a huge thank you and an i love you to all of you who have shared in some part of my life these last 5 years. your friendship has meant to world to me, and i wouldn't have made it through everything or be the person i am today without each and everyone of you. i thank god he has decided to bless me with such an amazing group of people to know, and equally grateful that he will for sure bring us all together again.
peace my dear friends. | | |
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