First Date in a Box

I was making some changes to my myspace about me section and got to writing so much I decided I might as well make a blog out of it :) I also realized in reading over what I had written that with all the stuff that you are learning about me in this post, we might as well be on a first date! So lets pretend we're getting coffee and get to know each other... I'll go first :)

What am I like? I think a personality is best summed up by behavior:

I don't like clutter or having too much stuff (except maybe shoes and books!) because it makes me antsy. I think having one of everything you need is plenty. In most cases, I use up a whole product before I buy a second one.

When I get a bag of multi-flavored candies, I always eat all my least favorite flavors first and work my way to my favorite, saving the best for last... and that order is always and invariably yellow, green, purple, orange, red. The exception is sweet tarts, in which my number one flavor is blue :)

I don't like to cook because it's no fun working on a meal for an hour and then having it disappear in fifteen minutes. However I love to bake, because it lasts a few days and can be enjoyed more than once. If I do cook, I prefer cassaroles, chili, etc... things that will last.

Are you getting the hang of Cheryl? Thats just my nutty logical side - but there's more!

I love to read and and I love to write - scratch that- I love to read and I love to type. If I write I always write in cursive because I think I have very pretty handwriting, and cursive is a dying artform. I mostly get absorbed in Christian living books - I could live in that section of Half Price Books. But honestly, I'll read anything if it makes me feel uplifted.

I love to sing - and sing loud... and sing when I'm alone, and sing when I'm in a crowd, and sing in my head at work. I really want to be a wedding singer someday but I havn't quite figured out how to ask a group of people if they'd like to form a cover band! I'm keeping my wedding singing career in my prayers for now :) When and if God has need for that in his kingdom, I know he'll let me know.

I love red flavored things. If it's red, I'll eat it. Period.

My best friend always tells people "Cheryl isn't rude... she's just observant." I like to call things like I see them. If you ask a question, expect an answer. If I have a question, and I feel 98% sure there is a legitimate reason to ask, I probably will. (Ex: What happened to your nose, I noticed it's really crooked?) I would never ask if I just thought it was deformed. But if it's clearly injury related - I'm willing to take that bet. Or as a partner at my firm discovered today, if you ask me about the mechanics of my appendectomy, expect a anatomically correct discussion - he laughed at me and said I was unusually blunt. Ha! You asked mister...

I LOVE Sundays, and everything about them. I love going to church and spending time with all the people who get me and my passion for following Christ. I love all the give and get involved with a community of believers. I can't wait to make one of the Houston churces I've been visiting home!

I don't chew gum... the whole concept is nasty.

My love languages are words of encouragement and physical touch. Ladies, if we are having a girl chat, I'm probably wishing we could hold hands or scoot a little closer. Not in a gross way - just because I know that if we invaded each others space, we'd probably really get down to the business of knowing each other.

I WISH I was mysterious. I am not. My desire to tell you all about myself in a blog pretty much clears up any questions about that one. My heart lives right out there on my sleeve. I love reading about other people and what makes them tick, so I figure I'll tell a bit about myself for the others like me that like this sort of thing.

I love being tall... it's the bomb.com.

My number one goal in life is to serve my God and join Him in partnering to save our lost world. I am called to make disciples... and right now I have been specifically called to work in Houston as an accountant. I hope to someday work either as a missionary teaching the skills of money management or for a missions organization supporting the business end of things. But that's just Cheryl's big idea - God might have another one... and that's cool too :)

There is more, lots more, but this is the cliffs notes version for sure. When myspace asked me to write "about me" they really opened a can of worms!

Ouch!

I need to blog more often, so lets start with NOW. Thanks and gig 'em :)

This past week has been quite a crazy ride. For those who aren't aware, I work for KPMG as an auditor, and my client is Anadarko Petroleum so I work out in the Woodlands every day... shopping anyone?) Tuesday morning I went downtown to get a free flu shot and drove back out to the Woodlands around 10ish - so far so good. The guys (I am the only girl out there) made an understandable amount of fun at the fact that I would drive all that way just to get a shot that will inject me with sickness. I assured them that I would NOT get sick, because I was Cheryl... the girl who NEVER gets sick. Sure enough, around 2 pm my stomach starts to hurt and the numbers on my spreadsheet are looking a little fuzzy. I stuck it out until 6, refusing to tell the guys that I felt like absolute crap. I would NOT be "that girl" right after I had gloated about my superior health. So I drove home in misery and immediately crawled in my big fabulous bed where I proceeded to call my mother 6 times over the next 3 hours to whine about my stomach. Calling your mom when you're sick is something I think you just can't grow out of. Anyways - at 9 pm I decided enough was enough and drove myself (much to my mothers chagrin) to the emergency room at Methodist Hospital. Of course, the parents met me there, and we sat in the waiting room for the next 5 hours. My only source of amusement during that time was watching my mother nearly lose it when the kid across from us blared "Crank that Soulja Boy" from his computer for the 50th (literally) time. Talk about a song to have on repeat. Anyways - long story marginally shorter - after they took blood, x-rays, did a CAT scan, and performed all of the other ER essentials I was informed I had severe appendicitis and I was being admitted for emergency surgery to have my appendix taken out! I spent a day or so in the hospital, where I was visited by some of the most fabulous people I know, and I've been taking it easy in Kingwood ever since!

I'm going back to my apartment today and going back to work tomorrow, but the few days of rest have been amazing. I mean, I was sore for 90% of it, but I just laid around and read a book! God is good at giving our bodies a rest when it's needed I suppose :)

It's been so long since I caught everyone up on my life... I'll have to update everyone over the next week or so, so keep checking back! I'll post some footage of the new apartment soon if anyone is interested!

I love you guys - keep me updated on your lives as well!

Cher