i've got soul but i'm not a soldier

blogging everyday just might not be a reality for me. i think that is okay. there has been a lot of time for me to think this week. it was one of those weeks when everything just needed to stop for a moment, when i needed to slow down and have time to sit and think. it was also one of those weeks in which sitting, thinking, stopping weren't really options. they just kind of fell into my lap with a very bittersweet "kerplunk," disturbing the seeming peace of my routine. and it was much more bitter than sweet. the weeks previous felt the same way, up and down, bitter and sweet all at the same time...

a couple of really good movies

an invitation to a slumber party
an invitation to a wedding
an invitation to a bridal shower

good conversations with good friends
a conversation with a guy that makes me crazy who views war as a good way to control the population

getting a new pet
losing that pet underneath the couch and spending twenty minutes freaking out
finding that pet and saying, "wally... don't scare mommy like that again"
(wallace is a hamster)

a sunday fiesta with old friends and new
laughing and talking with people in two languages

saying goodbye to my church home
saying hello to a new church home

making new, wonderful friends
saying goodbye to a friend

enjoying great chapels shared with people who care so much about the world that they cannot help but to share

sharing a bed with a best friend
spreading out in my giant bed all alone

laughing until i cry
crying until i laugh

sharing inside jokes and slapping a friend's knee
planning ppgp

a hug from irv

praying for friends
praying for people i don't know
just praying

reading good books that have nothing to do with school
realizing those books have everything to do with school
because school is life

there is more. but that is all i have for now.
thanks for the loving on the phone, parents.