this is january

This weekend;

I had lunch with Shu, something I really think I needed. It was so comfortable. She's a small group leader at Journey that somehow I can really connect with her. We met around 11:45 and we didn't end up leaving McAlister's until 1:15ish? I was sort of expecting it to be a "I'm a youth leader, so let me shove all of this God stuff down your throat" sort of thing, but it was just like two friends being...friends. I was so surprised at how she openly let me into her history, too. She told me about her senior year struggles, and how she's going through the same thing right now because it's her senior year in college. Schools, scholarships, the big "whatcha gonna do with your life??" question that is set on replay, etc. All of the above.

I felt so nice knowing she trusted me with her life.

Her problems. Her funny relationship issues.

How strangely similar we are?

Yet we can learn so much from each other.

I really feel like we're both going to grow from this.

Charlotte came yesterday with her little sister Lulu. The three of us started a movie on my dad's laptop - Jennifer's Body. Weirdest movie I've seen in some time.

Brooke came, then Mariah.

We made more dream catchers.

I love being so close to each one of them.

Play date with Mariah and Bryce today. Got coffee, and watched the most awkward break up while sitting in starbucks. Saw Bailey. Drove home.

Wrote a paper.

Combed all of the stupid rats out of my hair,

and realized that I like never seeing him.

almost forgetting that he exists.

I like that.