Good couple of days. Here's a quick rundown - if you don't care about the day-to-day activities, go ahead and scroll down to the bottom of the entry for other things.

Sunday - Went to church. Very good sermon, "The Dark Night of the Soul" - talked about how Jesus won the battle when he prayed the "if you can take this cup from me..." prayer, but drank from the cup regardless. We talked about how that's where we can identify with Christ. After church came home and made pasta for myself and Melissa Kae and took it over to the QME studio so she could eat. Came home and hung out with the roommates and the guys - don't remember exactly what we did, but it was relaxing.

Monday - Internship class in the morning. Matt's friend Ford came and talked about his church - it's really cool, it's a bunch of house churches and it was good. After class came home and had lunch and crocheted a bit. Stacy and I played the "fall asleep while watching a movie" game - its our favorite. Then the guys came over and we hung out with them, and then people started showing up for dinner - we had curry again, but a different kind than last time. It wasn't as good this time. It didn't have as much flavor. After dinner some of us sat around and talked about stuff and then Stacy and I watched Mr. Holland's Opus then went to bed.

Today - Funny. Right before I started typing this Stacy asked me what I did today. I woke up around 9 and called work to see if they needed me, but the person who gives me hours wasn't in yet. So then I took a shower and had breakfast and called back and she was very excited that I was available because they really needed me. So I went in and played with 2 year olds - one girl sneezed and hit her head on a shelf and it made a little cut by her eye, another girl tried to eat crayons, and three girls wouldn't take their naps. Who doesn't like to nap? Then I walked home for lunch (PB&J, applesauce, some cashews, and some chocolate covered raisins), then went back and played with 2 year olds again until 4:15. Then I walked home and Melissa and I walked over to Mocha Joes - had a good talk on the way - got free eskimocha's because she knew the guy working- and walked back. Now I'm doing this and soon I need to go help make dinner for 20-something people (it's grilled cheese and tomato soup night - yes it's hot outside for soup but hey that's what we planned a week ago).

So non-daily activity post -

Thoughts - that Melissa helped bring to mind. She asked what I was struggling with. I told her it was being open with people. If someone asks I have no problem sharing, but I don't volunteer information. She asked why not. I said it was because I feel like when someone asks, because they ask they actually want to know, but if I share, it's not a sense of rejection but just that they won't respond because they weren't expecting it or something like that. One the way back from MJ's she asked me another question that made me realize what it really is - it makes it real. For example, a couple days ago I was sitting on the porch with Leslie and I started talking to her about my dad getting married. I haven't allowed myself to feel it, but because I started talking about it, it made me start to feel - so I stopped talking about it. Melissa and I had a good convo about it, although it was short. I'm really thankful for this summer and the way things have been working out and the way relationships have been formed. These are girls that, some of them, I would not have gotten to know or been friends with. God definately placed us all here, each with our own stories and scars to help heal each other.