Oh man... I just got my wisdom teeth taken out a few hours ago. My mom is intent on making me sleep for <em>days</em>. I'm determined to be fine by tomorrow. She asked what foods I wanted to eat while I'm recovering. I told her chicken would be good. She thinks I'm crazy, but having my wisdom teeth removed can not be nearly as painful as when I got my tongue pierced.

So, right now I'm just enjoying the pampering and telling people that I'm recovering from surgery. My mouth and lower half of my face and neck are completely numb. The doctor told me that my nerve was so close to my teeth that this feeling might last for months. That would be awesome. The only problem is there is nobody to pity me in Minneapolis. If only I could bring my first cousins.

Tonight Kayla and I worked out as usual. The treadmill was good, but evil. I benched 65 and felt pretty good about myself. There is a new muscle forming on my arms and I think I like it. My tendency is to keep building it, but I guess I don't want it all that big. I'm not body building after all...

After working out, Kayla and I were so sweaty that we decided to walk in the rain. We quickly ended up sitting down in front of Miller Hall. It was so cold and rainy, it was the perfect weather for our post-workout sweaty bodies. We felt the rain come down and sat under a big yellow-leaved tree. Kayla and I prayed for each other. All night God has given me words to speak over people's lives and it has felt very natural. I love the Lord so much. As I sat on that sidewalk, I felt so very blessed. I thought to myself, I don't know how someone could sit here,  feel what I feel, and deny the existence of God.

Thank you Lord for your blessings.

I'm a bit appalled at my lack of blogging this year. Just one page back is entries about Japan! That was two months ago!

Anyways, I'm in a familiar situation. Every summer I make a few stupid office-work-related mistakes and stress and obsess 24/7 about it until it's resolved. I made a stupid mistake on Friday but for the first time I'm not stressing out about it. This is good. I hope it means I'm growing. This internship is doing good things to me.

I should be in bed right now. I have a long day tomorrow and possibly a sleepover. It's hard sleeping in this house though. It's so empty. Every sound (especially the sounds of two yapping dogs in the middle of the night) bounce off the walls and wake me up. Elisabeth and I were talking about why this could be and we figured out it was because all year long I've slept with one ear tuned to the goings-on in the hallways of 5S. Too bad its only obnoxious dogs I hear now and not the wonderful sounds of the girls on the floor.

I'm finally realizing the fact that 5S is gone. I know, took me long enough right? Rachel, do you think you could swing through Pittsburgh sometime? That would be great. I miss you.

This post is completely random and has no point. But as I said, I can't believe I've been so bad at blogging. As if updating two days in a row makes up for the 60 days I forgot. Anyways, I'm off to bed. Goodnight!

Yep... almost a month since I've blogged here. I think thats a new record. I've been really busy. Finals week and move out was hectic, but I tried my best to manage my time and it turned out good... a couple of close calls (like getting to the storage building ten minutes before it closed lol), but all in all I had a great end of the semester - I couldn't have asked for anything more. I even enjoyed the three all nighters I pulled!

Now I'm at my internship in PA. I am in love with PA. It's so gorgeous here. I've been consistently homesick but the wonderful people here ease the sadness. I do miss working with Pastor Eddie, Debra, and the PP's, but at the same time I wouldn't want to be working at Harvest this Summer. It's good to be away from home. I depend more on God when I don't have my "safe people" near me.

I do miss having my safe people near me, though... the other night I went to downtown Pittsburgh with a lot of GREAT people... but all I wanted was someone who really knew me to walk with me, understand why I was sad, and love me. I'm devoid of "physical touch" in Allison Park. (Rachel, if you were here, I would be crying lol.)

But I am enjoying myself. I went to a Christian TV station yesterday night... I will have to write about that crazy experience later!!!

Okay, back to work now :)

Love,
Grace

I love preaching. But now I have gotten so comfortable that I don't feel the need to practice for my sermon on Tuesday. Grr... stupid laziness. The sermon is written... I just don't feel like practicing any more.

I will miss Hom II like crazy but not the work load. In some ways this has been the class I've learned the most in. Not academically, but in every other way that counts. I'll be sad to see it end but it'll certainly be nice when I don't have these manuscripts and blank Word documents staring me in the face!!