I'm beginning to have this wonderful thing happen to me...
It's kinda hard to explain, but I guess the best way to put it is I'mbecoming more and more spiritual. I've always had a strong belief in God and felt very connected through my faith, but now I'm seeing God everywhere. I've realized I don't need to be in the house of God to worship, because we are always in his house. This realization is helping me to become more and more connected to him, myself and the spritual world and it's pretty gosh darn amazing. Becoming intuned with everything is such a unique journey.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!

A Glorious 6 Months with James! An Absolutely Marvelous Time. A Beautiful Wonderful Relationship!

Let's see.... I went to Bangor, PA for the 4th of July weekend w/ James. I finally got to meet his brother, Tom and Tom's wife Stella. It was absolutely beautiful up there. We were up in the Poconos with beautiful weather and water that fills Deer Park water bottles, very nice. James taught me how to shoot a bow and arrow. I also got to play with a .38 and .22. James's cousin Barry had some deer that he breeds for pets. James's mom has a beautiful lodge up there. And her brother Jimmy has over 26 acres of land that we got to go camping, picnicing, shooting, swimming, etc on. It was a lot of fun.

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OK so last weekend 4/15-4/17, James came home with me to meet my parents. It went really well!!!! We had a great time. My parents like him and he likes them. James also got to meet Nalini & Witold and we had a lot of fun. Walked all over Charleston, and I mean all over! It seemed like we walked 3-5 miles. But the weather was beautiful and we had a blast. Walked arm in arm and just enjoyed the city.

This Monday is 3 Months. I gave him a World of Warcraft guide for his present so he can play his game with his buddies.

My roommate is coming back from her mini-vacation tonight. I've been dog sitting. It hasn't been that great. Cute dog, don't get me wrong, but she just needs way too much attention and i haven't given her as much as she wants. Oh well.

This is one of my most random posts ever. Eh, at least the blog is updated.

Mantra: Must be good...Have to be good...Gotta be good...Need to be good...

...... its so hard to be good when you're having fun......

Last night was awesome! Went to see Tori Amos with James. A really good performance. Very mellow and her voice is sorta haunting. The music would just resonate in my head.

The Setlist (found online somewhere):
Original Sinsuality Leather Parasol **Tori Down Under (spoken) Beauty Queen/Horses Bells For Her (INCREDIBLE VERSION) Mother Ribbons Undone -- Tori's Piano Bar (grab your martini's!) My Favorite Things Imagine -- Mary's of the Sea Jackie's Strength Crazy Strange The Beekeeper Encore 1 Not the Red Baron Famous Blue Raincoat Encore 2 Never Seen Blue Cloud on my Tongue Hold Onto Nothing As Fast As You Can....

Yesterday was James and my 2 month anniversary. Crazy. To think we met at school, he asked me out in January when we went to the Scottish Highland Games and then we made it "official"not long after that. It's been amazing! He's such a great guy and I can't wait for everyone to meet him.
We went out to have sushi, had dessert at a really nice place called the Dessert Lady. It's very similar to Kaminsky's. Came back to my place and watched Shaun of the Dead. Hilarious!
I go over to his place tonight so that I don't have to wake up in the middle of the night and drive an hour to go to sunrise service with him and his mom.

Happy Easter everyone!

Stealing a phrase that Laurie often uses, I heart James! Lol! He's such a sweet heart! We've established our start date as January 25, 2005. He's absolutely amazing. He's taking his herbal boards right now. I'm sure he'll do well. He finally received his license Thursday(17th) and he's got a patient on the 22nd. He's relieved to finally start practicing. In London, you can practice without a license through the college. It's been very frustrating for him to have to deal with grade transfers and such to start treating patients. Hopefully things will work out soon.

1. What time is it? 2:17pm
2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Joanne Mariel _____
3. Nicknames: Chan, Jojo, Mojo Jojo
4. Piercing(s): Ears
5. Eye color: Brown eyed girl
6. Place of birth: N. Charleston SC (Trident Hospital)
7. Favorite food: hmm, almost all food, but maybe sushi
8. Ever been to Africa? not yet
9. Ever been toilet papering? no
10. Love someone so much it made you cry? I don't think so
11. Been in a car accident? knock on wood... no
12. Croutons or bacon bits? Croutons
13. Favorite day of the week: Everyday as long as I get to talk to James
14. Favorite restaurants: Ones that serve good food
15. Favorite flowers: Roses
16. Favorite sport to watch: Basketball, football, and rugby
17. Favorite drinks: non-alcoholic: Water and tea
18. Favorite ice cream: Mint chocolate chip, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
19. Favorite fast food restaurant: I don't know
20. Color of your bedroom carpet? Beige?
21. How many times did you fail your driver's test? FAIL? I got it the first time I tried
22. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? James!
23. Which store would you choose to max out your creditcard? I don't want to max out my credit card
24. What you do most often when you are bored? Sit in front of the computer or tv
25. Bedtime? I'm lucky if it's before 1am
26. Favorite TV shows: Any of the Law & Order series, any of the CSI: series, Whose Line is it Anyway?, almost anything on TLC and Bravo
27. Last person you went out to dinner with: Date-wise, James, in general it was Kristen for our weekly sushi
28. Ford or Chevy? Ford
29. What are you listening to right now? The radio...
30. What is your favorite color? Blue, Green, Orange, Red, maybe all of them???
31. Lake, ocean, or river? Ocean
32. How many tattoos do you have? None

Happy Saint Valentine's Day! Bonne Saint Valentin!

YAY!!! I'm so happy! I will actually have a valentine! Kisses to James! Unfortunately we won't celebrate on Valentine's Day, but thats OK.

Scottish Highland Games

Woohoo! What could be better than men in kilts and bagpipes?!?! Nothing!
I had a blast today at the games. Great fun, even though it was wet and cold. Apparently it was imported weather to make the games all the more authentic. Too bad I don't have any pictures. Michelle and Matt and his friends and James and I all went and enjoyed ourselves. We were entertained by a great band, Enter the Haggis .Rockin music.
Anyways, the event made me wonder if I'm Scottish or Irish and I have no clue. My surname is listed under both. I didn't find my clan at the games but I just found my tartan online. Oh well. I'll just be my mixed-up self.