with my own two hands

this has been a very strange week indeed. as much as i loved everyone being together last week and six people sleeping in our apartment, it's been very pleasant to get back to my time of solitude in the mornings. good roommate time also. and let me tell you that living with mel and mar is going to be so good for my study habits next year.

so here are my thoughts from this week:

last sunday i took miki-ann to the airport (mmm, sad) and then had an hour before i had to be at church to hang out with the kiddos. so i went to laurelhurst park and took a walk. as i was walking along, i thought to myself... this is what i wish my life was like all the time.

i keep falling more and more in love with portland and i think that i could spend a long time here. and yet at the same time, i cannot wait to get out of this country. yesterday at work i talked with so many people with beautiful accents and just yearned to be elsewhere. perhaps the greater my desire grows to be somewhere else, the greater my passion grows and the more god is equipping me for my time abroad.

i need to get a pet or a plant or something. i've been making a lot of bread lately, but i think it has more to do with having nothing else to do at the apartment. i went to nicoglebogle's last night and spent some time with their plant, which i have affectionately named Fanny. it was delightful.

a couple of days ago i was at the grocery store and decided to splurge and spend a couple dollars on flowers. i realized that i was feeling really down because there hadn't been any cut flowers in the apartment since we first moved in. i need a garden. a garden and a pet. yes, that is what i need. maybe i will just make another loaf of bread and freeze it. perhaps that is a better idea.

i am going to a wedding tonight that i have been looking forward to so much! i get to bring a blanket, a stupid human trick, and something for the potluck (i made whole wheat banana nut bread). plus i get to hang out with part of my may serve family and i seriously can't wait!

and here is my movie recommendation of the week:
failure to launch is not that funny... really a letdown... and it had weird animal moments.