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Just for you Ally

emily — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:22:58 +0000

So…..we had lunch at a lovely couple’s place this lunchtime, they made some yummy pasta and homemade apple pie. Scrummy it was! Unfortunately I had to get home to study but Drew stayed to play Wii. So I’m at home tidying up before I get ready to study when Drew comes bursting through the door saying that Bethany (the wife of the couple) has cut her hand on a broken glass while washing the dishes and it cut down to the bone. So I grab some packets of sterile gauze that I had from school and paper tape and we both ran back over to their house (its literally just around the corner). while we are running Drew’s dialling urgent care on his new bluetooth toy he got in the black friday sale, I think he was more excited to be using the hands-free while running than worried about the actual situation! haha (no offense Bethany, he was truly worried).

So we rushed into their house and I jump into full Nurse Maust mode! “Let me take a look….ah I see, is that your skin? (holding the gasp in)…….hmm, its wide open you should definitely go and get stitches or at least let them sterilize it and dress it properly to stop any risk of infection”. Poor Beth, she was coping as well as you would expect someone would after seeing their bone through an open wound. “Here lets put some gauze and tape on it in case you faint again”. So Drew and Josh were all flustered, Drew was getting off the phone to urgent care “Are you open on Sundays?” haha I thought that was the funniest question, but maybe that’s just me. And Josh was concerned with Bethany and making sure she didn’t look at the wound again. SO Drew suggests to drive them, before they could say “don’t worry about it” Drew’s grabbed the car keys and jumped in the drivers seat. I’m waving them goodbye not even thinking about the fact that Drew has our house keys!!!!!!!!!!

I walk back over to our house arms wrapped around my body cuz its windy and rainy and I didn’t have a chance to grab a coat cuz Drew was all in a rush. I go to open our front door and ITS LOCKED!!!! AHHHHH, “they just left to sit in a waiting room for 6 hours” I thought, what was I gonna do! I had nothing on me, no phone, no car keys, no coat! I had literally grabbed the gauze and run out the door! So I tried the window cuz sometimes we leave it unlocked…nope! I walked around the back hoping for some kind of miracle….I knew it was locked cuz we had just been away and locked up everything. So I went back over to Josh and Bethany’s and tried their front door, nope, it was locked (which I later found out it wasn’t, its just a bit stiff!!!!!! LOL).

Then I tried their car door!!! and it was open!!! So i got in there and tried to occupy myself for a while by snooping around the car…..those guys have more pairs of sunglasses in their car than I own pairs of earrings! Well after about 3 minutes of looking around their car for magazines or books, or a portable DVD player I decided that I may as well have my Sunday afternoon nap while I wait! I was just really frustrated that I went home early (and didn’t stick around to socialize) so that I could study, and there I was locked out of the house, sitting in a car with no textbook, no recorder, no notes, nothing!!! But there was nothing I could do about it, the others could be gone for hours….so I may as well get some sleep. It was getting a bit nippy so I used the cushions in the back seat as some kind of warmth, believe it or not they actually made a difference. Then I found a jacket of Bethany’s on the backseat and put that over me. I kept listening for cars and listening for voices in case they did come back but nothing.

THEN just as I was nodding off someone knocked on the window and it was Josh! Josh and Drew had come back, Beth was going to have to wait to get stitches so Drew was coming back to get dropped off at home and Josh was picking some books up to go back and wait with Bethany. I hadn’t even heard them get back! Embarrasing!!!!!!! LOL. I could tell Josh felt bad, haha. Thats when he told me his house was unlocked! Great, now I know! lol. Oh well, thankfully they had only been gone about half an hour, can you imagine if Drew had said he would stick around and wait with them. I think Drew was more annoyed by the situation than I was, he really didn’t like that I had accidentally gotten locked out without even my phone, but I finally made him laugh about it!!! lol. So in the end I only missed about half an hours worth of study time and I have a little Sunday afternoon story to tell on Monday morning. Hope you liked this one Ally. See you soon. Note to self * always unlock the front door when rushing out to practise nursing skills!

Congratulations Jason & Suzie Webb!

drew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I posted previously about our trip to Huntington, WV, over the weekend of May 23 to celebrate the wedding of our friends Jason and Suzie. Yesterday I finally found the time to re-size, rename, and upload our pictures and two videos. There’s a video of Emily on the Videos page praying at the opening of the service (you might need to turn up the volume quite a bit to hear her as I was seated in the back). Also, you can find around 140ish new pictures in our photo gallery of the rehearsal, shower, wedding, reception as well as a video of the bride’s entrance.

Congratulation, Mr. & Mrs. Webb!

Hadwynn

drew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We went tonight to see our friend and co-worker Daniel’s band Hadwynn play in an indie venue over in Carrboro near UNC’s campus. Beforehand was a Jammin’ Jamaican pizza from the pizza place next door to the club, duringhand was a rocking concert (video below) and afterhand was a drive home. That’s too many hands, but nonetheless, what fun.

Congratulations Miss Mountaineer

emily — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We want to say a big well done to our good friend Sarah Erwin who was just recently crowned Miss Mountaineer of West Virginia University. Sarah is a wonderful person and must have won the votes hands down! She is the most bubbly person I have ever met and puts a smile on the grumpiest of strangers. I remember when I worked at the rehab hospital in Morgantown and would bump into her as she was doing her student training as an occupational therapist, she would always cheer my day up for the few minutes we said hello.

So....congratulations Sarah you totally deserved becoming Miss Mountaineer, we love you. Emily and Drew

Team Marshmallow

drew — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:02:19 +0000

We are very happy indeed to celebrate with our friends Jason & Jamie Simmons on the birth of their first child, a very cute Gracie Nicole (born April 24). Weighing in at 6.8lbs, don't let this petite snickerdoodle fool you, she'll grow up to be just as feisty as her dad. Be sure to check out their website TeamMarshmallow.com for all the latest news and pictures of the bundle of joy in action (or just sleeping). Congratulations, Jason & Jamie. We celebrate with you on the advent of your new blessing!

The Handshake That Missed

drew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I would like to share an event with you all that has changed my life. At our church (First Baptist Durham) every morning before the service starts, everyone in attendance is instructed to stand and greet those seated around you. The last couple Sundays Emily and I have been sitting in the balcony because of our laziness and tardiness. While in the balcony two Sundays ago, upon standing to greet, I turned to face a handsome, stout gentlemen–whose name I later learned is Allen because his wife, Suhmer, works at The Olde English Tea Room alongside Emily. Allen and I stood and faced one another. Thenceforth we extended hands to meet, grasp, and shake as is the custom among males. Much to our stupification our hands missed. Yeh, we went to shake hands and missed. For some reason this has changed my life. For me, it shows how cavalier we (but mostly I) can be about meeting new people, just going through the motions. “Hi, my name is Drew. Nice to meet you.” And then that’s it.

I saw Allen yesterday at church. He remembered missing hands. We both laughed.

Anybody out there wanna psychoanalyze why missing hands while trying to shake hands has so impacted me?

I would like to point out various degrees of interest in shaking people’s hands from most interested to most disinterested:

Most interested: firm grasp, firm shake, eye contact, warm smile, conveys love
Somewhat interested: medium grip, light shake, brief contact, perhaps no smile
Going through the motions: light grasp, with brief shake or not, very brief contact, no smile, sometimes misses altogether
Dead fish (severe going through the motions): hand feels like a dead fish, limp, light and cold (most common among elderly women)

What kind of shaker are you? I vehemently refuse to be a dead fish; but I got pretty close by missing my friend Allen’s hand.

Farewell Sarah!

emily — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I would just like to say a public farewell to my new friend Sarah (it sounds like i’m de-friending her, but I’m not). It was her last day at the Tea Rooms today. She has decided that tea isn’t good enough, she wants to get into the chicken sandwich market! No seriously. We will all miss you Sarah. Best Wishes in your new job at Chick-fil-a. Remember, drink more tea!!!!

Two Become One

drew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Two Become One: Rhea & Chris 2006

Chris Hickok (the best man from our wedding and dear friend) took his turn at the marriage thing this past weekend in Huntington, West Virginia. With 200 guests in attendance, Emily and I dressed up in our smartest attire and had a gay time with the jocund company. If you didn't happen to be in Huntington that weekend of the 12th of August, we've got enough pictures of the event in our photo gallery to choke a Shetland Pony. Mosey on over and check 'em out!

Just as exciting, as this week comes to its end, the arrival of Hayes' draws nighest (watch the count down on the right for lift off!). Yippee! See y'all soon!

April Fools

drew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Happy Birthday, everyone! What? You say it’s not your birthday. Well, I thought you and I shared birthdays.

News, news, news: well, Emily and I were well pleased at the turn out on the 25th of March for our domestic celebration/rehearsal. I think we still have pictures on our digital camera that I need to get up on the website for everyone to see. In other news, Emily flies to England tomorrow (Sunday, April 2) to be a part of our good friends’ wedding, Laura & Dan.

Emily leaves tomorrow from Pittsburgh & will be gone for over a week until she returns, Lord willin’, next Monday. Unfortunately, I’ve got to stick around here in Morgantown and go to class, and try to act studious.

Since it’s my birthday, I would like to leave you with the Word of Today of my choosing: homoousios.

What else…yes, thank you everyone that travelled to be with us on March 25th to celebrate Emily’s being here. We had a wonderful time getting to see everyone. We trust it was a blast for everyone else as well.