This is a video of me and Seth riding the Canyon Flyer
Well, we are back from our trip to Colorado. My mom's side of the family had a reunion in Vail, CO. We were in Vail for one week. It's good to be home although there are good memories from the trip. One is of riding the Canyon Flyer at Glenwood Caverns in Glenwood Springs. This video is of me and Seth riding on this. It was crazy. You control your own brake and the girl there said we could down the whole way without using the brake. So the first time, we used the brake and then this time we did not use the brake. It was crazy. I really thought we were going to flip over and go careening down the side of the mountain. Thankfully, we did not. At the very end, there were signs telling us to brake (which we did). Anyways, I'm kindof tired now, but I wanted to post this video. We also went on the other 2 rides and I have video of that. I will hopefully post those soon. Anyways, enjoy the video!!
Well, God has answered. He has provided...an awesome car for us! Seth did a good job on his blog talking about the car, so I will refer you all there. I've been learning how to drive stick shift. It's really fun, but kindof hard. I was playing Norah Jones in the CD player to help me calm down. When I get nervous, I'm really bad at stick shift.
For example, just this morning, I was driving a friend to tennis lessons. Before we get in the car, she asks, "Have you ever had the car die?" I said "Not really. I've been doing a pretty good job so far." Well, we're at the intersection of Illinois and Baltimore (by Walgreens and Hy-Vee) and what do you know...I kill it. I was waiting for the green arrow b/c I was going to make a left hand turn and I was the first car. Well, I get the arrow and the car dies. The truck (of course it was a truck, we're in KV) behind me starts honking! Well, I start the car and try again. Nope...dies again. Another set of honks from the truck behind me. "Please, God, help me!" And He does. I get it going right as the green arrow turns to a yellow arrow and then the green light. And surprise, surprise, the truck follows me. Lesson of the story for everyone out there...be patient with drivers!!! You never know if they're learning to drive a stick shift!!! A little honk to make sure they know it's green is fine...constantly hitting the horn?...not so nice!
Anyways, it's a really nice car and I'm very grateful for it.
I am someone who likes the truth. I love the book "PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives" by Frank Warren and I think it's an interesting concept of how it seems easier to tell the truth about something under the cloak of anonymity. So this blog is about the truth about our jobs and what we do. It is the confessions of different people in different "jobs".
