I had a great weekend! Here's why:
Saturday:
- slept in til 9:30 then Natalie came over at 12 (side note: I am so thankful for Natalie. Her friendship is one of the most important things in my life.)
- We laid out for a couple of hours. While laying out, we chatted - and with Natalie, "chat" means that not only did we "catch up," we talked about the deeper parts of our hearts in regards to current events in our lives, pains in our lives, joys in our lives... the good, important stuff. We sipped on delicious pomegranate juice blends from Starbucks and snacked on Pirates Booty and honey wheat pretzel sticks. We read magazines. I got ink on my stomach from the magazines so I got frustrated and threw my magazine down as if I was punishing it. We listened in on the conversation between 2 men that were nearby. They talked about sports, retirement plans and housing costs. It's funny to notice the difference between our conversations!
- We went to our respective places and got ready. I then went to Natalie and Adam's house, our friend Gene joined us for a quick bite at ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney and then we saw Breach. It was an okay movie... slow at times, but I'm glad I saw it.
Sunday:
- My dear friend, Alan, came over around 2.
- We had a delicious (late) lunch while watching Steel Magnolias. I cried my eyes out. He teared up a little too.
- I made cookies and he ate 7/8 of them
- Alan is an incredible writer, so I read some of the stuff he's been working on most recently. I cried at one of them, laughed at another. We also made fun of this guy's short story that's in a Creative Writing workshop Alan is taking - it was one of the worst, most incredibly inappropriate thing I've ever read. And the grammar was horrible which is a HUGE pet peeve! All this to say, we had great fun at this guy's expense - we're so much better than this guy! :)
- Alan and I then went to Starbucks where he made changes on a short story he wrote and I read Blue Like Jazz. This is one of the best books I've read! I highly recommend it if you haven't already read it! I'm almost finished and I love it - I'm learning so much from it and it's fun to read! Anyway, this book was causing me to think about the complexities of my life... and life in general... which I began to voice to Alan (of course). This started a one hour conversation about the difference between "doing" and "being" and about the walls we (humans) put up to protect ourselves because we don't feel worth loving. Sadly this leaves us missing out on love, because we don't let others love us - including God. Great conversation...
Monday
- Went to Natalie's house
- We spent the day at Disneyland - haven't been in awhile. We had a lot of fun! We were both in mellow moods, so it was actually quite relaxing.
- Had dinner at Islands
- Went back to her place where we researched stuff on the computer and watched a little tv.
- I went home and was in bed in time to get a full 8 hours of sleep!
What did you do?
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6 comments:
Ummm...I love Disneyland and being better than people. :)
Ahhhh yes!!! I was nervous that you weren't going to say amazing things about me in your blog. I didn't want to get all "better" than Natalie but I almost went there. One thing you forgot to mention...Your acting session on the couch...what did you do? I forget...oh yeah...you: slept, died, and then you simulated a natural birth...oh what a day...you are so going to be in my made for tv movie!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!
on second thought...would you play the character I based on my sister...only you could do it justice...lol
Wow! What an amazing weekend!! I would never tell you what I did...it's soooo lame. Hahahaha!! I'm so glad you are loving life there. I sure hope we get to see you soon! Oh yeah, come to NASHVILLE!!!!!!! ;)
what a treasure hunt these blog links are!! hello there! lookin' great and sounds like having too much fun.
windy weekend sans hubby with 2 sick kids. thank God for parents nearby - actually had a few hours alone at a coffee shop and to grocery shop! the makings of a perfect day :-)
simri
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