What's a good moving song?

Life's crazy right now. We're moving back to Washington state very soon - in fact, Kev's scheduled to start work back at Microsoft on December 3. So that means these next few weeks are going to be somewhat intense. :S

But there's also wonderful stuff coming up - my friend Jennifer is coming to visit next week (hooray!) and we'll be having Thanksgiving with our friends Robin and Mike and several of their relatives. So it'll be busy - which is a good thing, since I tend to become a bit of a snapping turtle when it's moving time. It's a defense mechanism I've picked up from all the moving I've done in my life. But I'm trying really hard not to pull into my shell right now, to keep talking with friends here even though I know it'll hurt more to leave them. I don't want to exist; I want to live. And part of living means experiencing hurt. And that hurt is just a sign of the wonderful things you had beforehand. So I'll try!

Have Bunko on Friday - my turn to host - and our realtor will be coming by on Monday to get the measurements for our house and get everything done that way. I just keep telling myself it'll all be done soon and out of my hands. Although I'm stressed, I'm not nearly so flustered as I was before Kev got his job offer when I didn't know what was going to happen. Thank you God for small blessings to get us through the difficult times!

So I told Jennifer I'd put up my version of her "Crazy 8s" entry . . . guess now's as good a time as any!

8 Things I'm Passionate About
1. The true meaning of and need for feminism
2. Adoption
3. Teaching
4. Psychology and sociology
5. My husband <3
6. Developing my artistic gifts
7. The genocide in Darfur
8. Loyalty towards those I hold dear in my life

8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. Visit the Middle East (Afghanistan especially)
2. Serve a humanitarian mission
3. Adopt children
4. Learn American Sign Language
5. Learn Adobe Photoshop *laugh*
6. Walk along the Great Wall of China
7. Get a tattoo
8. Get my Master's Degree

8 Things I Say Often
1. Be safe!
2. I love you.
3. Rad!
4. Does that make sense?
5. Nanaaaaaaa . . .
6. How's it goin?
7. I understand.

8 TV Shows I've Recently Watched
1. Robin Hood <3
2. The Office
We don't have cable right now and we don't get much reception, so those are it - I watch them online. *laugh*

8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over
1. Walkin' on Sunshine
2. Somebody
3. My Immortal
4. Because of You
5. White and Nerdy (yes, I'm a dork)
6. Call and Answer
7. Fields of Gold
8. Out is Through

8 Things That Attract Me to My Best Friends
1. Their willingness to laugh at the world and themselves
2. Each of their gentle spirits
3. They share of themselves and are there for me to do the same
4. They're introspective
5. They're quirky in wonderful ways
6. They're opinionated
7. I can be at surface with them and they with me
8. They are trustworthy and loyal

8 Things I've Learned this Past Year
1. Antidepressants can be a wonderul thing.
2. Hives are NOT a wonderful thing. ;)
3. Don't count people out - just because they might not completely understand you, many still care and want to help as best they can.
4. Pregnancies and miscarriages can take multiple forms.
5. I have the power and the opportunity to be a source of goodness to those I care about. I can help lighten another's load even when my own seems unbearably heavy.
6. God remembered Rachel - and I have to have faith He will remember me too.
7. My relationship with Kevin is immensely strong, and is a sense of security for both of us when the world around us seems so dark and frightening.
8. Gardening is not my strong suit, but I can make annuals look pretty. *laugh*