Well i'm back in CA for spring break and it's been amazing so far! and it better be amazing for what it took to get me here...so i'm on the shuttle to the airport, and mind you, the night before I had a dream that I would miss my flight which was departing at 4:30...so I'm on the shuttle, all of the sudden the driver pulls over to the side of the road. Guess what? We have a flat tire...an hour and a half later, another shuttle pulls up, and all twenty of us transfer ALL of the luggage and ourselves to the new shuttle. Thirty minutes later, we get to the airport. My plane has long gone left, and 4 other kids are stuck in the same position. I come up to the counter and explain my situation, and they say the can put me on the next flight- at 7:30. "But, when I called you guys said there was a flight leaving at 6:11?" " Yes, that flight is all sold out." I find that I have to occupy myself for three hours in the Atlanta airport. Finally once those 3 hours are up, my plane departs late, not to mention they changed terminals without announcing it to any of the passengers. After ten hours on the road I arrive in SF airport.The next day, me and my brother have our traditional time that we spend together hiking and chatting. We go to San Francisco and walk around Golden Gate park and the beach, catching up on each others' lives, come home to a feast that my mom has prepared. I love coming home because my mom always buys all of my favorite food...so as if I'm not already gaining weight at college, here I come home and stuff myself with all of these delicacies. And my mom is not one to be cheap on the good stuff. The next day we go to church. And it's just so good to be in such a cleansing atmosphere. To be in the presence of God. where he really is. That just strikes me with awe thinking about it. After church, I go out to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory with Kristin and Nyssa. Our relationship used to not be as strong, but once I moved away to college all of us realized how valuable our friendship was. It was just like old times. The three of us, sitting, chatting, laughing, being silly. What more could I want? Then we went to a nearby pond and laid on the grass, chatting some more. Later that night, we went to church again. And it reminded me of how I used to be so involved and on the same page as everyone, and now my life has shifted and my priorities have shifted as well. And it just made me yearn for that again- to be alive, and pulsing with the reality of God in my life. To not be content knowing that some where in the distance God exists, and that my life as it is, is good enough currently. Instead i felt myself being drawn to reach and strive for more, to be discontent with my current apathetic lifestyle, and to reach for God's purpose once again. I almost felt sad, because once i go back to school again, it's like whatever is going to be happening back home is going to be moving forward and i won't be able to be a part of that as much. But that's okay- i'll find my own place and purpose for where i'm at. Then monday, I went to the doctor, got my blood tests done, and was off to San Fran once again for a day of shopping! That was a lot of fun, and I got some summer clothes, although i still haven't made up my mind for what i want my summer style to be like. And hopefully the rest of my week will be calm and relaxed, although pretty much all the rest of the days i'm getting together with people. But that should be fun anyways...1:33 AM 1 Falling Stars
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