My first real post in 2 days?! Wowsers Inspector Gadget!

Here, it’s been a few days since my last post. I’m sorry for the lack of real updates–I’ve been way busy and then when I wasn’t I just.. had no motivation to write. Yes, yes, I know–that’s no excuse. Well, be happy now: because here comes the SUPER HUGE TUESDAY POST! (Yes, I have a flare for the dramatics)

Monday
Even though I finally ended up going to bed at around 7am, I woke up at about 9:30 and just couldn’t get back to sleep. So I turned on the TV and watched one of my new favorite TV shows Andromeda. I watched a few episodes back to back, and then I went outside and played with Tiffany, ate lunch, and then did a wee bit of walking on the treadmill in my parents’ room. After that I took a shower and drove to meet Raphael for dinner at the Blue Ridge Grill in Leesburg. It was an awesome time of fellowship and getting to know each other better, as well as sharing what God has been doing in our lives. Once dinner was over, I drove with Raphael to a Bible study that he attends every monday night. It was pretty interesting–they were going through the book of Luke, and were at chapter 19. I actually talked a little! Isn’t that… very much unlike me? Afterwards we all kinda stood around talking, and when Raphael had to leave, another couple offered to drive me back to BRG(thats where I was parked) so that he wouldn’t have to go out of his way. That entrie experience was.. nerveacking. I was left alone in a room full of strangers. And I’m not the talkative type of person. But I think I did pretty ok, and in retrospect I am really happy that it happened–it gave me an opportunity to come out of my shell and interact with Christians like I should be. One sort of funny thing to note–the couple that drove me back to my car was Jeff and Joanne(sorry, their last names escape me at the moment) It’s funny because they happen to be great friends with the Conns–Jeff was the one who introduced Andy and Lauren to each other, and was even the one who started the band that Rhema gets her name from! Jeff was even going to work for Micron at one point in time! Isn’t that like.. completely amazing?!?!? So yeah, everywhere I turn there are reminders of Rhema. LOL–I can never escape, hehehehehe! Seriously though, it was cool to get to know more about them on the car ride back, and Jeff and Joanne invited me to come back to the Bible study again. Raphael invted me to it again as well. I think I just might take them up on thier offer.

Tuesday
So after getting home from the Bible Study, I was actually tired, but ended up falling alseep around 3am. Bah. Have I done anything to upset the gods of sleep?!?! LOL. Well, after waking from my slumber (I actually slept in until about 10am–go me!) I woke up and got dressed only to discover that not only did my sister have the day off, but my mom had the day off as well! And not only that, but they invited me to go to IHOP with them! Yay! SO we all piled into the car and went to IHOP. Hmm, we talked alot about Eric and dad. Then we all went to walmart to look around and buy stuff. I got me a couple new tee-shirts(SIZE 3X, if anyone was curious) and a new pair of sandles. Then I went to caregroup. Ok, thats the end. HAHA, ok, ok, so theres a few more crucial details i left out… such as… I GOT A HAIRCUT!! Well, actually I got them all cut. Cut short…and highlighted bright red. Yup. I finally did it. I cut my hair and got it dyed. Click HERE to see images of my new haircut.
The cutting of my hair took about 2 hours, and by the time I got back home it was time for me to take a shower and head off to caregroup. It was much fun–for some reason I was way more relaxed than I normally am. I didn’t really contribute to the conversation all that much, but I was able to open up and joke around with everyone more than usual. We talked alot about the upcoming church retreat. it’s going to be way awesome and I am really looking forward to it. Afte that we continued our disscusison on the book that we’re going through–the sixth chapter of Josua Harris’ book Stop Dating the Church. It’s really a very awesome book on how we as Christians are supposed to interact with and commit ourselves to the local church. I highly suggest picking up a copy (which you can do so at the link I provided) and giving it a read. The Conns weren’t at caregroup tonight(it was Daniel’s birthday and they decided to stay home and celebrate it) but Rhema did end up coming in a wee bit late(she brought snacks for everyone, so we forgave her tardiness) So it was cool that I got to talk to her for a few moments after caregroup was over. She liked my hair–so that made me really happy. After that I pretty much went home and listened to some music before falling asleep at 3am. Grr! What is going on with my body?!? Everyone please pray for me–I’m so scared that if this continues for much longer it’s going to have serious side effects on my health!!

So thats about it for now. I’ll post an update later this evening.

Cheers,
~Nick