Post 115

it's sunday evening. and i'm completely relaxed. loving my weekend. having fun with friends.

here's the rundown of the past few days:

friday - worked on and completed an 8-pg paper reflecting upon the church organization in a small, rural congregation. internship panel (see previous posting) where i was cleared to move on to my faculty interview as the next step in my process towards ordination. faculty approval means that i'm smart enough and able to understand theology well enough to be a pastor. made some beef stroganoff even though i added a bit too much sour cream. watched tv shows and movies via netflix. and netflix is totally addicting and awesome!

saturday - slept in. somewhat. i woke up at 9:30 (a whole half hour after i usually get up), did some laundry, cleaned the bathroom (technically i got the shower/tub, toilet and sink while my roomie katie scrubbed the floor), picked up and rearranged our living room. the two of us moved out a lot of the junk and katie vacuumed. now we have too much space and don't know what to do with it...except play with the wii. which i did with friends. made homemade mac n cheese (thanks to my sis kayla for the uber-simple recipe). jess whipped up monster cookies. watched "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" via netflix with friends. awesome movie for those who haven't seen it.

sunday - up early as i got ready for church. jess had spent the night so we could get up early and go to church at mt olive, which is a high liturgy lutheran church. complete with processional and recessional where people bow as the cross passes them. full liturgy and i loved it! turns out that i really do like traditional service. later, as i was chatting with katie, i began to realize that my issue with bethel's traditional service last year was that it was not really traditional. i guess i associate traditional with being able to do it well with pastors who are extremely formal and in church buildings that are old or stone. bethel's building was simply too new and contemporary for me to worship with high liturgy. after worship, jess and i went shopping. kohl's, k&g (i think that's what it was called...), staples, and lunds & byerly's. got so wrapped up in the time that i completely forgot about a mandatory apartment meeting. whoops. then finished the day watching percy jackson and eragon (such good movies, especially since i really am a kid at heart who loves fantasy, adventure and good defeating evil) among other entertaining activities since i don't have class tomorrow. this means that my second set of 6 week classes doesn't start quite yet.

on other side notes and reflections from my life, i have a few random activities up my sleeve.

1. cooking various recipes. i like to bake
2. cleaning and organizing my bedroom. i've been avoiding it, which is not good...
3. working on slimming down (exciting fact is that i fit into clothes that i haven't worn in over a year!) and keeping healthy. i even joined the healthy leaders thing for luther in an attempt to work on my well-being
4. planning a trip out east for a cousin's wedding. cause i have made it to all but one of his sibling's weddings, and that was because of events out of my control since i was but a wee lil child when he got married. i would love to be there since i love family get-togethers. and i've never been to virginia beach. plus i really love seeing men in uniform, which i would expect to see (and enjoy) often since the wedding is going to be at a navy base...
5. volunteered to be an assistant wedding planner. again. it seems like i'm on deck with providing ideas and opinions, whether or not i should or the others are even listening...i just like to toss out ideas and plan. i can go overboard at times, so i'm going to do my best to be supportive and creative.
6. wii. love it! i've purchased a couple new games recently, which means that i now have various games where i can throw darts, play beer pong (technically it's ping cup...), toss a lasso, and race a cow. of course, these are in addition to the other sports, games and fit activities i already owned.