Spaghetti and Dodgeball
Current mood: chipper

I'm so excited about being back home in Illinois. I never really realized how much I missed it and how much I would miss the people here.
I went for the first time in two months, back to church. Not that i didn't want to go while in NY but i didn't find a place fitting for me. Perhaps I didn't try hard enough and made excuses about work. But I just felt it wouldn't be the same. It's weird how most summers I'm all about God and church, and that was the last thing on my mind this year. I grew however in a big way pertaining to God and came to some realizations. I also learned to cherish and appreciate the church I have and my christian friends. They are so important to me and mean so much to me.

Tonight was uberifically fun though! The once 7o3 service has officially been changed to "Sunday at 6." Being that it starts at 6 now, and not 7:03. hehehe. One of the first persons I saw was Joe. heh. He plays in the praise band now. He plays drums. He's pretty good and I get to look at him extra long while he plays. Of course, I worship too, it's like a bonus! I saw a lot of my old friends, Laura, Erin, Katie, Bob and Kelly, Mike, even Josh came! It was so nice to be in a comfortable environment and to be in God's presence.

After service, we served a spaghetti dinner. I got to help. I many just stood behind the bar and watched as people served their own spaghetti. I don't really know what my job was except to be there. It was nice. I got to meet a lot of people. We ran out of plates and stuff a little early so I asked Joe to tell Claire to save me her plate. He got all confused and told some random girl I've never met before. I corrected him and then he akwardly went and told Claire. It was rather humorous. Claire and I got a good laugh out of it.

Once everyone had been served I got myself a plate and sat with Claire. We met two new girls, another Claire and a Maria Fernanda. Very nice girls. It was great to see Claire. I had missed her so much and she seemed to have missed me. I don't know, i guess she was having so much fun in LA that she had forgotten all about me. Perhaps I just get jealous. But it was just awesome to swap stories and spend time together again. I introduced her to Josh and then we went to watch the Dodgeball craziness.

My friend Mike keeps bugging me to play but I won't. One.. I wear dresses and skirts. Two.. I'm not good at games like that. Three.. I don't want to get smashed in the face by a ball. Le sigh. I did promise him I'll play, someday. hehehe. We'll see. Anyways... Claire and I planted ourselves on the steps and watched. It was so much fun. Guys are so competitive. I just wanted to see Joe get beaned. So.. dodgeball is a lot more complicated than I realized. There are all these crazy rules. During play if you get hit you're out. Unless you catch the ball or block it away. When out you go to the other teams side and wait in the back until one of your team mates throws you a ball to catch and then you're back in. So these games go on and on. But they're really fun to watch. Though, being on the sidelines doesn't mean you're immune. We got hit with plenty 'o' dodgeballs.

It really is refreshing to be home among friends and church. I'm so happy.