Missing My Muchness

A couple weeks ago, I finally watched Alice In Wonderland. I have to say that I liked it. One scene in particular really stuck with me. A little background for those of you that haven't seen the movie (all 2 of you), in this scene Alice tries to tell the Mad Hatter that she can't be the one to slay the Jabberwocky because she just doesn't slay.

I keep thinking about muchness. I think I've lost a lot of my muchness. I'm safe. I'm predictable. I'm good at damage control. I like being comfortable. But, I'm missing out on a part of life that I was wired for. Like Alice, there are things that I'm designed to do, but I talk myself out of. I need to get back some of my muchness. How about you? How's your muchness?

Gungor

Last night, our friend Barbara, Harper, and I went to see Gungor. It was awesome. I've seen a lot of good bands, but until last night, I've never wanted to actually be in the band.

Gungor, I'm available. Call me.

I like several things about this band. First, the instrumentation is cool. Last night, in addition to guitars, bass, and piano, they had a string trio, a melodica, and a banjo. The texture they create is just plain cool.

Secondly, their lyrics are great. I love songs that can articulate feelings that you didn't even know you were feeling. You can listen to a couple of their songs below.

Vacation Withdraw

I would rather be here right now - my favorite beachfront restaurant with my favorite family.

The Boxer

Rob trains at a boxing gym. Some film students from Vanderbilt stopped by the gym the other day to get some footage for a project they were working on. It turned out pretty good, although I may be biased because there are so many clips of Rob.

Vacation Pics

Here are some of my favorite pictures from this week. Later today, we'll be heading back to Nashville. Until then, we'll be hanging out at the pool.

Harper is a good supervisor.

She's also brave when it comes to holding crabs!

Building sand castles

Headed into the water with dad

Inspecting grandma's flowers

Airboat Adventure

Yesterday, Rob and I took an airboat ride through the Everglades of Central Florida. It was awesome! I've been vacationing in Florida all of my life, but yesterday, I saw a side of Florida I'd never seen before.

We knew we were in for an adventure when this guy and 4 of his friends greeted us at the boat doc.

We saw so many gators, we lost count.

We also saw 2 bald eagles. Neither Rob, nor I were fast enough on the draw to get a picture that did them justice. But let me tell you, the founding fathers got that one right. Those creatures were impressive.

We also saw lots of turtles including this one. She was sitting on a nest of eggs and covered herself in sand.

All in all, the airboat ride was super fun. I highly recommend it! Ecotourism rocks!

Water Bug

This is the best child flotation device ever.