i haven't updated in a while.

does that mean i'm boring?

no, it just means i haven't had much free time/time needed to be occupied. i suppose that's a good thing. i updated on friday. kidding.

most things i've been posting lately were not about my life though. life's pretty good. very very busy. i've had a few long days over the last week, so i spent saturday recovering by doing NOTHING. and today i haven't done much of anything either (minus bible study and meeting with pastor jeff).

i was actually social this week! i went out with some friends for drinks. it was fun :) and then friday i hung out with a friend. and then YESTERDAY i went to a local youth pastor's house for a bible study. it was really awesome and i think we are going to be friends :)

hooray.

that's all. i have to take my sister to physical therapy soon. then, i'm heating up the stuffed artichoke my grandma made me yesterday. i love her.

then? sitting on children. older children-makes my job easier ;)

then possibly falling asleep on their couch.

and tomorrow starts another crazy week.

ah, well.

peace.

at times when i watch full house, my ex-boyfriend reminds me of the immature uncle jesse.

just sayin'.

i love love love this article about obama winning the peace prize:

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/off-the-markley/2009/10/obama-wins-the-peace-prize-and-suddenly-were-all-qualified-to-be-on-the-nobel-committee.html

'struth.

peace.

blessed are those...

Blessed are those who don’t have it all together.

Blessed are those who have run out of strength, ideas, will power, resolve, or energy.

Blessed are those who ache because of how severely out of whack the world is.

Blessed are those stumble, trip, and fall in the same place again and again.

Blessed are those who on a regular basis have a dark day in which despair seems to be a step behind them wherever they go.

Blessed are you, for God is with you, God is on your side, God meets you in that place.

The gospel is the counter-intuitive, joyous, exuberant news that Jesus has brought the unending, limitless, stunning love of God to even us.

Amen.

@therealrobbell

lost :(

i lost my spinny shooting star thumb ring.

i am sad. i've had it for six years. my thumb feels naked.

i'm hoping it's just misplaced and hiding somewhere.

but i also think it got lost while i was tying skates yesterday :-/ maybe someone at the rink put it in the lost and found, yes? let's hope so.

oh wells.

it is SO WINDY outside. there were things blowing around the highway. rocks, acorns, leaves. i was so overwhelmed. i hope this wind stops soon...

youth stuff.

i'm so ready to go home. except, i'm not really going home. i'm off to the rink for an evening of skating. hooray.

i think my youth like me, well the ones who have been coming.

i've been doing a lot of networking lately, and it seems to be going well. i've learned a lot for various people over the last few days, and i hope to continue that trend over the next little while. i've got some good ideas for the remainder of the fall, and i am going to share with you.

*wii tournament

*corn mazes

*laser tag

*helping with family pumpkin carving event

*thanksgiving celebration (potluck style)

*christmas shopping relay race for a ministry in paterson. we take the kids to target and give them x amount of time to do find certain things. then we eat at mcdonalds! woohoo.

*christmas party, complete with white elephant.

*movie night

sound exciting? would you come to my youth group? i think you would.

what else is new. i met a girl i might be friends with. she's married, but that's okay. she just graduated from duke divinity school. she is only 3 years older than me. cool? yes. she's a youth pastor at my pastor's wife's church. woah that was a mouthful.

anywho. i'm off for the day.

peace.

i think there should be a facebook status translation tool.

that says what you really mean when you post something. song lyrics are not obvious enough. i want to know WHY you posted them.

am i just reading wayyy to much into things?

i suppose i could just ask the person.

or not.

confession

i have been in SUCH a funk lately.

maybe it's because i'm so tired--but that really shouldn't be an excuse.

i don't know what it is. i find myself doubting my capabilities at my job.

maybe i need to find my groove. every time i hear the word groove, i think of the disney movie, the emperor's new groove, and more specifically this scene:

[Kuzko collides with an old man while dancing]

Kuzko: D'oh! You threw off my groove!

Guard: I'm sorry, but you've thrown off the Emperor's groove

[the old man is thrown out of the palace window]

Old Man: Soooooooorrrryyyyy!

However, I don't know what/who has thrown off my groove.

blehhh.

okay. done complaining.

peace