3 more weeks

mom and dad went to church w/ me this morning. i was so glad about that; finally they got to see where i worship each sunday. we sang "blessed be the name" at the end of the service and i just busted it out. ohh what a song. "every blessing you pour out..." God has sure poured out a ton of blessings on me.

we got my stuff put in the explorer just find and dandy, as well as andy's bike. i planned it that way. ;-) i hope i can fit the rest of my things in the car as well as naoko and her big, bad mutha of a suitcase in a few weeks.

it was difficult to say goodbye to the fam. we had subway and then said goodbye right after that. it wasn't until we stood up from the table that i just got that awful feeling in my stomach (the kind that eventually runs to the face and makes me look like i'm sick, as tears almost form). sometimes i worry that it will be the last time i ever get to see my family. this life is short and temporary and anything can happen... there've been so many accidents in the bv community this year... so sometimes i just worry that one of those accidents might have one of my parents, or brothers, or grandma, involved in it, or even me. i never want the next family get-together to be over a loved one's death. no, no, no. dixee said that i'll want enough on my credit card to be able to buy a plane ticket home (from study abroad) in case a family member dies. (sad way of putting it, but i'm sure it's happened before). little did she know what a fear that has been of mine. the #1 fear, probably. so anyway... although i know i'll see everyone in just a few short weeks, it was still difficult to say goodbye (particularly to mom-- and she knew it-- she reads me really well and gave me this look that said "i know, honey... i feel the same way" as we hugged), and i really fought the tears as i got into the car. i won, but it was still a difficult fight. gotta have faith though... all will be well. they did make it home safely...

oh. btw. it snowed today. yeah, on may 1st. may day. why am i not the least bit surprised that it was up to 80 a few weeks ago and today it snowed. oh iowa, you're something special!

today was fiesta latina, and i got to see some sweeeeeeeeet moves in schaller, of a group called fantasia (not fan-tay-juh, but fahn-tuh-see-uh... think in spanish terms!) from chicago. oh it rocked, and really made me want to be able to move like that. maybe i'll learn some sweet moves of my own in the discos when i travel... who knows?... i sure hope so.

3 weeks of school. 2 weeks of classes, and one week of finals. am i ever thankful that this year has flown by, particularly this semester. eventually i'm going to be looking back on last semester compared to this semester. oh what a world of a difference, in appearance and in the way that i feel inside. thank God for that!

i've much to do. i slept pretty much from 2:30 to 6... i didn't plan on it... but i did. was zonked out. time for me to get some work done.

thank God for this weekend!