Friday
Thursday
May 28: pajama day
Today I caught up on my life, sleep, and the pile of mail that was waiting for me after being gone for a few weeks. The perk of this kind of day is being able to stay in your pajamas all day long, and opportunity that I of course took advantage of.
Wednesday
May 27: zoom in to see an introvert
Grand slam in the first inning...Indians Win! It was a great, albeit frigid, night to be at the Jake (yes, I am going to continue to call it that)...we were sort of fascinated by the man who chose to sit all by himself at the top in the middle of the section of the nose-bleeds.
Tuesday
May 26: long day over
Garrett worked really hard today keeping the campus safe and secure even though much of the world had off for Memorial day. I'm glad he got to rest a little at the Longacre's.
May 25: John Maxwell
A scotchman whose life direction was drastically influenced by the pizza of all things. He's lived a few doors down from my family for my entire life and been the kind of neighbor you'd hope for! He is sort of a walking auto-biography, he can tell you the full name of everyone he's ever met even if it was only for five minutes in 1967. I'm not kidding. And all these people have awesome names like Bucky Jones, for example. I love sitting and listening to all the little snippits of his life story. Tonight was the "how he met his wife" edition and I was pretty glad I was around to hear it.
May 24: shipping off
The car was legitimately full this morning but not that full. I was baffled by Dan's choice to carry the laundry bag on his lap while driving. I quickly learned that it was being dropped off a few yards away. I was in the car most of the day and didn't take any other pictures...but now, finally, I think I'm all caught up and I didn't even miss a day! It's nice to be home for a few days. Hope you all are well!
Saturday
May 22: Mini-dunk
I always look forward to Thursday nights at Chapter Focus Week. After the day is done, the staff team congregates in an undisclosed location and throws a sweet party. There is usually a theme and this time it was "Miniatures"...we actually played a game of knockout on this little basketball hoop and it got pretty rough. There was also a mini pool table, mini games of euchre going on, mini oreos, mini bananas, a collection of children's furniture, and the song "Tiny Dancer" on repeat until that got old. It was a very satisfying event. Additionally, Tim's outfit was really dazzling, don't you think?
May 21: Wednesday night
Tonight I finally learned how to play this Settlers of Catan game that everyone has been telling me about. I was glad to be playing with patient people who were good at explaining it all. Joe looks a little distressed here. I think he still won. (Thanks Sam!)
May 20: handstands
This week I got to work with forty students from around the region who are going to be small group Bible study leaders on their campuses next fall. (Hi guys!) They patiently put up with me every day AND they were full of ambitious ideas of things to take pictures of. Here we have the first of many good ideas.
May 19: moon rising
There have been some really pretty nights at Cedar Campus this week. Tonight the moon was reflecting so brightly on the water.
May 17: Twins :)
I took some family pictures for this lovely family. Laura also looked beautiful but unfortunately for the purposes of this picture she wasn't making the same face :)
May 16: last night
Friday night with the Wooster students before they left for home. There were lots of oreos involved.
May 14: Seagulls at Sandy Cove
The whole camp had a cookout at the water's edge today. It was a really pretty evening to be out.
May 13: surfing
This afternoon we did some team-building excercises. On this one we were supposed to balance the platform with all five of us on it and then switch sides. We failed miserably at but it was a lot of fun.
May 11: Joy-riding
Some of the students have to cross from one side of camp to the other on a boat to get to their track time. My little friend here doesn't need to be any particular place, he just enjoys going from one side to the other over and over again. I think he is rather cute.
May 10: balloons
Day 1 of Chapter Focus week. This week at Cedar Campus way up in the non-mitten portion of Michigan, we have over 300 students from around the region here to hear from God after a busy semester. There are 12 of us from Wooster and I'm looking forward to the week ahead with them. This is the program director demonstrating how to blow up a balloon to all the college students, just in case anyone was unclear.
May 9: emily melts
Tonight I got two hours with my dear friend emily (who will always be from Cleveland, but now lives in Chicago). Though it wasn't much time on the clock, I'll always take what I can get and I've found that whenever we're together we can pack it in. My brothers created a welcome committee to meet her at the airport. One of them dressed up as a chauffer with a mullet and a sign to pick her up. They made me hide behind a pillar next to the escalater and the others hid behind other pillars with various recording devices to capture the moment. I thought we were going to cause the airport security to move into code orange or something. Instead the airport staff was sort of endeared towards the little mullet man and waited to see Emily's response. It was not how I expected to spend my Friday night but it was pretty great! After that we visited Sebastian the parrot for a few minutes, Neil Diamond's "Coming to America" also played a role in the evening, and then the best part was finding a seat at the bar at "The Melt" As you can see Emily loves, loves, loves grilled cheese sandwiches.
May 8: memory in a bottle
Tonight, I had dinner at Charlie and Valerie's and we were talking about how songs and smells can take you back to a moment in time in an instant. It prompted Charlie to find this thirty year old bottle of horse liniment in the basement. He'd been hanging on to it because every now and then he'd open it up and remember "Pepsi" his horse from high school. I smelled it too and it wasn't doing anything sentimental for me.
May 7: Makin' Lazy Circles...
When my parents were here to visit my dad really wanted me to take a picture of this hawk at the park. It kept flying away (as birds sometimes do)...but it was back again today. And here is a picture of it as tiny as it may be.
Sunday
May 4: Butterfly Expedition
Today I spent a lot of time at the OARDC. There was this cute family searching for butterflies. The little girl was really, really excited and it made me really happy to watch her scampering about after them. It was such a beautiful day that I called my parents and told them about the incredible flowering trees. So, on a whim they came down for a picnic and a really nice walk. I've been a frequent visitor to this place lately and I am beginning to think it may be one of the most beautiful places in the world, at least that I can drive to. And that is really something considering that I've spent 7 years grieving the distance between me and Lake Erie. I keep wanting to write someone a thank you note for taking care of it and not even charging admission to us! But I don't know who to tell. So, I'm telling you.
May 1: No easel? No Problem.
Ironically, after getting a budget briefing from York Moore today about the outlandish price of banner stands, we were lacking a neccessary stand for the easel pad this evening. Not having an extra $200 laying around to purchase one, we found that Paul sufficed.
Thursday
It's that time again!!!
April is DONE! Wierd.
If you have a vote for your favorite picture of April now's the time to voice it. (Click "Comments")
I always love hearing what you have to say!
If you have a vote for your favorite picture of April now's the time to voice it. (Click "Comments")
I always love hearing what you have to say!
April 30: Chinese Chicken
Just what you want to recieve as you set out with a backpack on a train across Asia...You vacuum squish all your clothes down into little bags, you pour all your shampoo into tiny little bottles, you find the shoes made out of the lightest materials on earth...and THEN on day 2 of your journey you meet some generous soul who wants to express their eternal friendship to you by handing you a beautifully wrapped ceramic plop of a chicken with a big head. This seems to be my lot in traveling! Today I unexpectedly and delightfully reminisced about my trip to China a few years ago. I got to reunite over the phone with my dear friend Casey who lives way far away in the land of San Diego. He was a large contributer to my sanity that summer (Thank you Casey!) So, yeah, this sweet woman who worked at the hotel we were staying at in Beijing gave me this chicken and I felt compelled to keep it...wouldn't you know, it made it safely all the way to our destination and then someone knocked it off the table by accident and its head fell off. By that time were all sort of endeared towards its bulbous, feathery strike-a-pose self that I again felt compelled to bring it back to the U.S. And here it is in all its glory for you to enjoy today. Hope you're enjoying this beautiful weather!
Wednesday
April 29: the pretty tree season
Aren't the trees just gorgeous this week? I know! This one is sort of reminding me of popcorn at the moment. I should take some pictures of the pink and purple ones too.
April 28: my favorite number
Confession: I have gotten really lazy with taking pictures lately. This was as I was getting ready to fall asleep and realized I hadn't taken any pictures. Whoops. But "31" has always been my favorite number. It's my dad's birthday number and it was always my volleyball number...and it's prime which is nice. It's got a lot going for it.
Sunday
April 27: our last meeting for a while...
This is the vivacious bunch I hang out with every Sunday night (minus a few important people who were not available tonight) to sing and pray and plan for the next week's ministry on campus. It's so hard to believe that another year is almost behind us! Thanks for all of your hard work friends. You know how I miss you in the summer!
April 26: the new sink
My grandparents on my mom's side just moved out of the house they've lived in for 52 years! We are all a little bit sad about the transition, but we're so excited about their new place. It's going to be just right. Yesterday, my uncle and grandpa put in a new sink. My grandpa looks really intense here, but I don't think the picture is telling the truth.
April 25: lollypop
So, I realize that cats are sort of becoming a theme here, but it was the best picture from today's batch. Sadly, this was at my grandma's 80th birthday party. I wanted to take a nice one of her, but the pictures I got of her were really disturbing -- my dad's side of the family has a propensity to annoy and she spent a good portion of "Happy Birthday" with her hands over her ears because they sing this really obnoxious ending to the song that seems to go on forever....I think deep down she really loves it, but I can sympathize with the measures she takes to avoid it. So, as a result this really cute and serene cat that likes to be held like a baby is today's picture of the day. Lollypop is her name.
Thursday
April 23: 31 days old
I was really busy today and forgot to take pictures, so today we have a picture of the balloon Jon and Julie gave Katie when she got her new job on March 25th!...that means it is 31 days old...what do you think is in that balloon? I've never seen such enduring helium. That doesn't seem normal to me. Also, I think we can finally put the Christmas tree outside soon. Yay.
Tuesday
Monday
April 21: Pavlovian Response
Monday nights have become a highlight of my week because we have dinner at our apartment with friends and try out new recipes, and watch moving/horrible/incredible youtube videos, and disclose unbelievable secrets from our childhoods, and dig into Scripture in really satisfying ways, AND do the dishes to the same song every week -- the best rendition of "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" as sung by Bono and friends -- it's got serious soul. Anyways, it comes on and as if on cue we're all up doing the dishes. It makes doing the dishes about as fun as can be and I generally think that doing the dishes is the most unfun chore out there. The irony is that this kind of community is exACTly what I've been looking for for oh, a good three years here in Wooster! I'm really grateful that that prayer has been answered for me.
Sunday
April 20: Gospel Choir
You guys were moving all over the place...GOSH! I loved your concert. Mrs. Hampton, Katie and I really enjoyed ourselves a lot. Thanks for all of your hard work preparing it for us :)
April 19: meters
I stopped off the highway at the Mogadore exit yesterday (I seem to find myself in Mogadore more than I ever thought I would for some reason)...this building is next to the Arby's and I just like it in a wierd way. It's got all of these pipes that come join into the other pipes at various points along the length of the building and they all run into these meters. Fascinating, isn't it? I think this qualifies as the least interesting caption on any picture I've ever taken, but I like the picture. Ok. goodnight.
April 18: almost fruit salad
Katie and I had a really fun night with some of the YSU international students. We had dinner and talked about our experiences parallel parking all around the world. Korea seemed to offer the most options (apparently, two of the people had parked their cars by lifting up a car in the spot they wanted and placing theirs in...I think they won)....anyways, they brought fruit, that even I enjoyed (I know...pineapple...I'm branching out!)
Friday
April 17: friend
This afternoon I had a few minutes in the music hall and I realized something rather profound. After 18 years of feeling not warm feelings towards this instrument, something has changed about the way I see it. I think it felt like an enemy for a long time...that sounds strange, but it's true...I dreaded recitals and requests to play at people's houses and especially playing all by myself at church. I had some bad experiences and so often have felt like it was going to let me down when I was all by myself in front of a whole bunch of people. I know it's not really "its" fault, and that it's up to my fingers or the part of my brain that stores all that stuff. But today I realized that I'm not afraid of the piano anymore and that I in my own way know how to work with it. I'm never going to be a concert pianist which is A-OK with me! And for my purposes I'll be okay. Instead of feeling like something that I had to conquer, this afternoon it sort of felt like an old friend and I'm really glad about that.
Wednesday
April 16: impromptu party
Today I was sitting in Mom's truckstop and awesome people just kept coming in and sitting down, it was great. Maybe I should just go sit there more often and see all my friends. I like how Wen went with not just bunny ears, but double bunny ears. Hope you all enjoyed this pretty day!
Tuesday
Monday
April 14: IZZI
Julie gave me her prized IZZI game for my birthday. I finally figured it out! I was really sleepy tonight but I just needed to do something to keep my brain sprightly...I think my brain feels sprightlier now. So that's great.
Sunday
April 13: tiny plants
Katie and I are pretty excited that we have growing things in our apartment...we haven't had a good track record as of late. These are tomato plants and I'm pretty excited to watch them grow.
April 12: living room use #87- ballroom dancing
I trusted him to not drop me until I saw this picture. Ha! He wanted to practice for prom so he can impress his girlfriend with all of his sweet moves. This being my super cool football playing brother who at the last three family weddings refused to leave the dinner table to dance. Aww, he's becoming such a gentleman. This pretty much summed up my evening in the Lakewood living room. As usual, there was a lot going on. Bill was capturing all the moments so that he didn't have to be in any of the pictures. Thank you Bill for this little treasure.
Friday
April 11: sweater
I spent some time in Kent today and found this tree that someone had crocheted a sweater for. I don't know who has that kind of time, but it was sort of charming all the same.
Thursday
April 10: chalkboard
Today I had lunch in my friend Hannah's office. I was intrigued by her chalkboard and she was patient enough to give me a remedial lesson in bio-physics. This is some research she's working on with FRET (Flouresence Resonance Energy Transfer)...So, somehow there is a way to tell how close two things are in proximity to one another in a solution based on the different colors of dye that they the respective donors and acceptors emit. That's about as far as I followed her...and I'm okay with that.
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