I've had a wonderful past few days at home. I came home early Monday (I worked till midnight on Sunday, stayed up till 1 starting laundry and organizing, woke up at 6am to finish laundry and packing and left KC at 8am) and have been enjoying a lot of time with my mom. We had a fun adventure down in Branson: we went to a dinner theatre, went ziplining (yes, even Mom got strapped in a harness and went ziplining 1/2 mile), went on a winery tour and did some wine tasting (mmm...look up Stone Hill wines. I actually really liked the cream sherry, though I don't think I could ever even drink half a glass. I'm finally getting a better idea what I like and don't like in wines), and watched a fountain show. We stopped to see Big Brutus on the way back (pictures soon, promise!). And tonight we spent a fun night with my aunt and cousin having a few drinks and playing some games. Just doing some "checking in"!
Best memories of the week home so far:
1. All the time I've been able to spend on the back porch playing games and talking about life with my mom.
2. At the dinner theater, the actors interacted with the audience and served the meals before the show began. One of the actors came up to Mom and me and said it was cool that we prayed before our meal. You never know who's watching!!
3. Ziplining. I never thought I'd see my mom basically jumping off of a 230' tower, speeding 50 mph hanging from a cable...neither did she, probably.
4. Catching up with my aunt and cousin. Families are just something else...and it's always nice when you can laugh with your family about little drama that's going on on that side of the family.
5. Meeting up with friends at Tuesday Night Prayer. This is the first summer in 4 summers I haven't been able to go to the group. Now when I go I'm in awe that I'm one of the oldest, besides my seminarian friend who spearheads the group. When I first started going I was basically the youngest, even though I only started going right out of high school, and the group had been meeting for a summer or two before I joined in. What started out as 5 or 10 friends has grown into a legitimate high school/early college group of 15+, even up to 40 sometimes. God is good.
I really enjoy keeping up with you via your blog. Keep the posts coming, and blessings to you as always!! I took a Lenten break from Facebook which turned into deactivating. Made my way back around a month or so ago and the break was definitely good. Really changed my perspective on the whole thing and gave me some much needed balance.
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