i haven't been very good at going to bed early as you may suspect from the last two posts. they were both published past midnight. it's just that it took a while for me to adjust to the east coast times. my body was still so much awake at 11 pm here. i've started to get a little sick because i've averaged 6 hrs of sleep every night. i'm going to bed earlier tonight so i'll be fresh for the week.
saturday we went to washington dc. i was functioning off of very few hours of sleep because a few of us girls had stayed up till 2 watching twilight at the kaisers. a friend, catherine, drove us in her car which was very nice. we first went to a book store in dupont circle where we stayed for over an hour i think, intoxicated by the wide variety of low priced books lining the shelves. i ended up buying 8 books for 20 bucks. it was a very successful excursion. i bought the 2nd and 3rd books of the lord of the rings series and dune series, a journal, "the secret life of bees", and a book of short stories by kipling. very successful indeed. the rest of the trip was spent sitting in starbucks chatting about life, eating lunch, and napping in the car with acacia while the rest of the troop went into the hirshorn art museum. on arriving home i went to acacia's house, ate some chicken, went to see sjc's production of the twelfth night for the second time, and watched pride and prejudice (Mr. Darcy!) with aimee, acacia, and her roomates christine and valerie.
i slept well last night and went to church this morning. the church they attend is a branch of a little house church community held in chad's boss's home above kilwins where he works. it was very refreshing to be around christians again. i met daniel who laurel said "is one the most influential people in her current life" and who also teaches an mma class on that stefan and aimee are consistently involved in. i'm thinking of giving it a shot. i'm generally not too fond of hitting people but as a crossfitter i'm obliged to "learn to play new sports etc." and it may be fun.
the rest of today i spent at laurels work with acacia drinking coffee and tea, reading, journaling and taking turns reading our journals. i just finished cleaning laurel's kitchen while we sang hymns and she cut the pictures out a van gogh book she got at the book sale in dc.
tuesday is the last day of tutorials so things will be less stressful for the johnnies. acacia thought i'd get bored while i'm here but that hasn't happened yet! i'm really having a good time and learning a lot about the dynamics of college life. i'm really just trying to take it one day at a time and enjoy every moment. i think that is really the theme and goal of my life right now, just live in the moment and enjoy it.
i'm sure that these times i've spent with my siblings here will be times that i will cherish forever.
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