02 June 2009

things I would rather

have found in my office last night:

a raccoon
a small child with a dirty diaper
a sizable snake
a frog
an IRS agent
a mouse
a feral cat
a shark
or even the corpse of this thing:

What I did find was the actual living version of it. And I just walked away.
Because I don't handle any spiders well.
Because this one was the size of my hand.
Because I wanted to appear to be a cool collected youth minister in front of the other person in my office who left as soon as she saw the sucker.
Because I'm a chicken.

Walking away did solve the problem for yesterday but definitely didn't help today!

The only way this could be worse is if it was a Zombie Spider, that's a spider who has been killed & then comes back to a live a sad, scurrying, shadow of its past life scaring the bejebus out of me.

AHHHH! Is it on me? I feel it on me!

I also compounded the problem greatly by looking spider images & therefore seeing horrible images of spider bites.

HELP!

I should have whacked the sucker when I had the chance. Now I have no idea where it is!

furthermore

I was driving to a meeting on Sunday morning & Vienna Teng's song "City Hall" came on the radio about the day she & her girlfriend drove up from LA to get married in SF. It is beautiful & it made me cry. Listen to it. Pray about it.

I love being married & everything about it! I can't imagine a world in which Andy & I wouldn't be allowed to get married. I want all of my friends to have that choice!

lyrics:
me and my baby on a february holiday 
'cause we got the news 
yeah, we got the news 
500 miles and we're gonna make it all the way 
we've got nothing to lose 
we've got nothing to lose 

it's been 10 years waiting 
but it's better late than the never 
we've been told before 
we can't wait one minute more 

oh, me and my baby driving down 
to a hilly seaside town in the rainfall 
oh, me and my baby stand in line 
you've never seen a sight so fine 
as the love that's gonna shine 
at city hall 

me and my baby've been through 
a lot of good and bad 
learned to kiss the sky 
made our momma's cry 
I've seen a lot of friends 
after giving it all they had 
lay down and die 
lay down and die 

10 years into it 
here's our window 
at the vegas drive-thru chapel 
it ain't too much 
for 'em all to handle 

oh, me and my baby driving down 
to a hilly seaside town in the rainfall 
oh, me and my baby stand in line 
you've never seen a sight so fine 
as the love that's gonna shine 
at city hall 

outside, they're handing out 
donuts and pizza pies 
for the folks in pairs in the folding chairs 
my baby's lookin' so damned pretty 
with those anxious eyes 
rain-speckled hair 
and my ring to wear 

10 years waiting for this moment of fate 
when we say the words and sign our names 
if they take it away again someday 
this beautiful thing won't change 

oh, me and my baby driving down 
to a hilly seaside town in the rainfall 
oh, me and my baby stand in line 
you've never seen a sight so fine 
as the love that's gonna shine 

oh, me and my baby driving down 
to a hilly seaside town in the rainfall 
oh, me and my baby stand in line 
you've never seen a sight so fine 
as the love that's gonna shine 
at city hall