Birthday Action and More
It's been quite some time since I wrote, over a month, and there's a lot to catch up on. I just celebrated my 31st birthday, which was a fantastic event. Juliana turned into a super crafty woman and managed to organize a surprise party for me, which really was a surprise. I had no idea of what was going on; that's the first time I've ever had a surprise party thrown for me, and I loved it! Mom and dad were there, too, which made it even better. Juliana had coordinated with another friend to use her house and things worked out perfectly. Probably the best birthday ever.
As many of you know, Sierra is here, chilling in the fixed up West Wing, kicking it with dial up internet connection and her own hip pad to hang out in. She's been getting up WAY EARLY since her new job started - about 6:30am or so every morning. I don't envy her that! But it's been great to have her here - we've got a major cribbage championship underway and we're documenting all the games on a little piece of paper on the refrigerator. So far, she's a ahead by a few games, but that will soon change. One of the dorkiest things we'll do is go to the coffee shop with our laptops and then play cribbage against each other online. Talk about nerdy. But it's good times.
I preached last Sunday; it was great to have family there, even though hardly anyone else was there, because of the cold weather and ice.
The house should be going on the market sometime in the next few weeks. We've got a few things left to do and then we'll be ready to put it up. Having mom and dad here last week was incredible - we got rooms painting, light fixtures put in, and so much more. It's not transformed, but it's looking much better! Our realtor recommended that we paint our bedroom another color (it's a light purple right now), but I don't think we're into that, at least for the time being.
I'm still working on a couple of papers for Meadville Lombard...actually, I'm behind on a couple of papers for Meadville Lombard, but I have until the middle of March. Then it's just a final integrative paper (30-50 pages or so) and the internship and I'm done! I'll be graduating in June of 2007.
Yesterday was a great day, which is worth noting, because often Tuesdays are long days full of meetings and such and it doesn't feel like I get much done. But Marlin was out of town so I've been running our staff chapels and staff meetings and that has been really nice. I really am a "minister" and have the ability to be a ministerial leader! Not that I don't already know this, but usually he runs the chapel and the meetings, so it's nice to step into that leadership role and feel competent. The Campus Ministry group met last night as well and we had a great conversation - I've just felt energized since I got back from Chicago - and we had one of our best discussions ever last night, about Brokenness.... we talked about feeling broken, unloveable, not whole, and more. We also talked a bit about Brokeback Mountain, which is an incredible movie.
So I'm chilling this morning, before I head into church for a long day...I love reading all you're alls blogs, so felt like I needed to post to get you all up to speed.
Justin
As many of you know, Sierra is here, chilling in the fixed up West Wing, kicking it with dial up internet connection and her own hip pad to hang out in. She's been getting up WAY EARLY since her new job started - about 6:30am or so every morning. I don't envy her that! But it's been great to have her here - we've got a major cribbage championship underway and we're documenting all the games on a little piece of paper on the refrigerator. So far, she's a ahead by a few games, but that will soon change. One of the dorkiest things we'll do is go to the coffee shop with our laptops and then play cribbage against each other online. Talk about nerdy. But it's good times.
I preached last Sunday; it was great to have family there, even though hardly anyone else was there, because of the cold weather and ice.
The house should be going on the market sometime in the next few weeks. We've got a few things left to do and then we'll be ready to put it up. Having mom and dad here last week was incredible - we got rooms painting, light fixtures put in, and so much more. It's not transformed, but it's looking much better! Our realtor recommended that we paint our bedroom another color (it's a light purple right now), but I don't think we're into that, at least for the time being.
I'm still working on a couple of papers for Meadville Lombard...actually, I'm behind on a couple of papers for Meadville Lombard, but I have until the middle of March. Then it's just a final integrative paper (30-50 pages or so) and the internship and I'm done! I'll be graduating in June of 2007.
Yesterday was a great day, which is worth noting, because often Tuesdays are long days full of meetings and such and it doesn't feel like I get much done. But Marlin was out of town so I've been running our staff chapels and staff meetings and that has been really nice. I really am a "minister" and have the ability to be a ministerial leader! Not that I don't already know this, but usually he runs the chapel and the meetings, so it's nice to step into that leadership role and feel competent. The Campus Ministry group met last night as well and we had a great conversation - I've just felt energized since I got back from Chicago - and we had one of our best discussions ever last night, about Brokenness.... we talked about feeling broken, unloveable, not whole, and more. We also talked a bit about Brokeback Mountain, which is an incredible movie.
So I'm chilling this morning, before I head into church for a long day...I love reading all you're alls blogs, so felt like I needed to post to get you all up to speed.
Justin
posted by Justin Schroeder at 8:21 AM
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