11.29.05
Posted in Narratives
at 01:18
Wednesday morning, Ashley and I hit the road again. Undaunted by our now-infamous adventures last summer, we embarked on another exciting endeavour. This time we left a mere fifteen minutes after our intended time of departure. And drove straight through. Sixteen hours later, we rolled in.
While our parents, siblings, and pets slept unawares, we sneaked into our homes and fell asleep. Thanksgiving morning, I called my mother.
“Hi, Hon.”
“Hi Mom, happy Thanksgiving.”
“You too. Are you still going to Jen’s?”
“Yeah.”
“What time are they eating?”
“11:30ish.”
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“Sorry I couldn’t fly out for Thanksgiving. I know you really wanted to see me, but tickets were so expensive and Christmas break is in a couple of weeks. It just didn’t seem worth it. Plus I didn’t want to ditch Ashley.”
“It’s okay, as long as you’re okay with it.”
“Even though I couldn’t fly out, I did the next best thing. Go look in my room.”
She was quite surprised to see me sitting there. It was really nice to be home.
Sunday morning we headed back, bearing south to avoid some weather in the mountains. Apparently we just missed Andrew as we passed through Santa Fe on I-25. Or maybe he was right behind us as we listened to Serenity on my car’s CD player. Aside from some traffic in Gallup, NM, the return trip went without a hitch. Praise God.
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11.22.05
Posted in Reflections
at 23:08
I’m feeling well. I was able to begin running again on Saturday, after spraining my ankle two weeks earlier. I’m still taking it slow, but I feel like I was able to retain most of my endurance. It’s sort of frustrating to have injured myself so early in my training. I hope it doesn’t happen again.
Sunday night I made pumpkin pie. I finished at 1AM and took some up to Jen’s apartment to enjoy with her and Ashley. Since it was past visitation hours, we had to eat it outside. I felt pretty good about it, being that it was my first attempt at a pie other than pecan. I was pleased with the crust as well. I didn’t get anything done over the weekend, as much as I needed to, but I did enjoy myself.
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11.18.05
Posted in Reflections
at 22:13
One of my professors passed away this past week. It was an odd experience losing someone I saw frequently and had a lot of respect for, and yet did not know well. I learned more about him at his memorial service than I knew before. But I did care about him.
It’s amazing how God ties up all the loose ends. Sometimes even before they come loose.
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11.09.05
Posted in Reflections
at 14:47
Some random thoughts in no particular order:
It was especially clear in the San Gabriel valley at the beginning of last week. The Santa Anas blew the smog south, affording a better-than-usual view of the foothills and the deep, autumn-blue sky. They also brought heat. Kind of a weird juxtaposition.
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