Body of Christ, Mutant Swarming Attack Moths from South Texas, and more (November 2006)

So, I drove to Corpus Christi last week! And I was very happy!! 

At least, until I was attacked by the moths. The Mutant Swarming Killer Attack Moths from South Texas.  First, I thought they were hundreds and millions of thousands of leaves. Then, as they began crushing themselves against my windshield by the thousands (what? It's my perspective, my story! If the moths wish to present the story from their perspective, they are free to do so. The ones that survived, that is) ... where was I... oh, yes, the moths attacking my windshield with their bodies by the thousand, me using up the entire reservoir of windshield wiper fluid trying to keep the windshield clean enough for me to see the completely even, straight, traffic-free, tree-less, curve-less, hill-less vistas of the highways of South Texas... some of them were even entering the car through the vents! And at the time I surmised that this was some new mutant strain of swarming attack moths that were after the seat cushion cover thingies. Maybe even the floor mats. 

Until....

Sunday morning, at Faith Temple in Corpus Christi, the speaker (Joel Malm) spoke on living simply: lightening your load, paring down, not hanging onto things, not carrying more than you need on your life's journey, etc.... and one of the illustrations he used was that people only use mothballs in closets because moths never attack civilians on the street in order to devour their clothes... they usually only devour clothes that have been stored too long... so after careful consideration of the situation, I concluded that the moths were after my 2-weeks worth of luggage that I had stored in my trunk for my 5-day trip.

So, anyway, what can I say? Corpus was great. I kept going around saying (yes, out loud, most of the time), "I'm driving in Corpus Christi! I'm waiting in line at Corpus Christi! I'm running a red light in Corpus Christi! I'm hitting the brakes and crossing my arms because that helps me brake more quickly in Corpus Christi! I'm listening to Lesley laugh uninhibitedly and sing 'Make a swan, oh Lord! Megaswan-- Megatron' in Corpus Christi!! I'm being flipped off by the other drivers in Corpus Christi! I'm dipping my fingers in ketchup at Arby's in Corpus Christi!! I'm hitting all the pot holes in Corpus Christi! I'm being mugged by cockroaches in Corpus Christi! I'm driving around with Lakendra because there's nothing else to do in Corpus Christi! I'm beating the pants off the youth-ful types in Trivial Pursuit: Pop Culture edition because my partner is Lakendra - in Sam & Jayme's apartment in Corpus Christi!! I'm in H-E-B Plus looking at flowers with Jennifer and saying 'wow' with different inflections in Corpus Christi!..." ok, enough already. 

So Lesley, Jennifer, Lakendra, Mike, Sam & Jayme, and Cat, Stacy, Bob, Ken, Lisa, (all of whom I didn't get to see nearly enough!!!!!!), & everyone else I got to hang out with, thanks for putting up with me for a weekend and being with me. Wish I could've stayed longer.