Evening

My roommate and I went shopping tonight.

I got some photos printed at Blacks, and am currently attempting to upload more to their website for pickup tomorrow.

We picked out some ornaments and lights for the Christmas tree I bought at the thrift store today. In another week or two we'll decorate and set up the tree.

I bought a very cute top. Sort of hippy or "gypsy" to use my roommate's phrase.

My new qualifications for shopping for clothing involve having to love everything about the item from the first glance in the mirror. This one fit that qualification and then some. I'm excited to wear it soon.

And now, I'm sitting here, my roommate sprawled on one couch, and me on the other, and we're watching "Miss Potter". She's eating cheesecake, and I had chocolate cake with mocha frosting. I'm blogging and attempting to upload pictures for printing. All in all a good way to spend an evening after a day of feeling somewhat stir crazy.

quiet day

So, my mom was still sick, and we canceled our breakfast plans.

I went over, borrowed a car, and did errands instead.

Ikea - candles (my favorite tea lights were on sale!), a blanket, a cheese grater.

Thrift Store - bought a set of measuring spoons, and a Christmas tree for our house.

Dollar store - nothing very exciting - a few Christmas ornaments.

Bank - got cash.

Office Depot - photocopying for Sunday school tomorrow.

Then I headed back to my parents, picked my dad's brain to get his opinion on the work decision I'm trying to make, and he drove me home.

I think I'll go shopping tonight. I need some clothes for work, and some clothes for my trip to Malta.

And dinner, somewhere in there will be dinner.

Saturday

So, my plans for breakfast tomorrow morning may fall through. Mom called tonight to say that she's feeling quite ill.

In that case, I'm going to go over to their house and borrow a car for a while. I want to go to the park and take photos. I think I'll also go to Ikea, the thrift store, and maybe to Kensington. The idea of spending the day wandering some of my favorite parts of the city on my own with a camera sounds appealing at the moment.

Just at this moment I'm going a bit stir crazy, and feeling a bit lonely. While I planned (and plan to enjoy) a quiet weekend - at this moment I think I might lose my mind if I don't find someone to chat with - hard when you only live with one other person and she's out for the evening!

If I had a car right now, I'd drive to the edge of the city and stare at the sky. I think it's probably cloudy, but I feel like I need a break from the city - could use a chance to breathe.

From Two Years Ago

I was just looking through archives of my blog from two years back, skimming and reading, and came across this paragraph, written about two weeks after I was healed. I laughed, because the paragraph is so descriptive of the space of life I've been inhabiting again these last few months - this crazy Jesus space. I wrote:

"...The trouble is, I don't want to go back to the low point I was at just over two weeks ago. The last two weeks and a bit have been insane, but so good. I have known God's presence in ways I would never have expected, or even wanted, but I am tired. I don't want to go back - I'm loving this new place in my journey - loving that breakthroughs are finally happening, but boy is it tiring. I think I know why the ancient monks spent so many hours alone!" (you can find the original post in it's entirety here.)

Evening Plans

I'm considering taking myself on a date tonight. A date with myself. To a movie. I've been wanting a good solo movie experience for a while, and there are several films out right now that I would be interested in seeing...

So (and I'm still debating doing this tonight - I may push it to tomorrow night), these are the five movies (in no apparent order) on the list of ones I'd drop the appropriate amount of money to get a ticket to see...

1. Into the Wild
2. Dan in Real Life
3. August Rush
4. Across the Universe
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Has anyone out there seen any of these? Recommendations?