I've been really bad about writing lately. My apologies for that. To make up for it, let me tell you about my glorious week I had. My parents decided last year, after their 25th anniversary trip, that they should go on a getaway trip once every year - which is great for me, cause while they're off doing their thing, I get to stay at home with the house all to myself. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my parents, but if you know me at all you'll know that I loooove having the house to myself - especially for long periods of time, knowing that nobody is going to disturb you at any given point. I kinda forgot when they were leaving, so I didn't really have anything planned this time. But nonetheless, it was an excellent week. I started out my glorious week alone
Friday morning a guy came to install our new dishwasher, as our old one had broke the week before. It took a little extra time due to some complications, but it was time well spent. I was originally going to watch Boy Meets World while he was here, but instead I spent the majority of that time reading about pornography and learning more of it's harmful effects. I already knew it was harmful and dangerous, but it was nice (and also excruciatingly heart breaking) to really learn and understand more about it. There were definitely tears though . . . http://www.fightthenewdrug.org/get-the-facts#brain/porn-is-like-a-drug <--------- It's so shiny, guys! After the installing of the dishwasher was complete and the dude left, I ended up watching more Boy Meets World haha. In the evening I decided to watch Sherlock Holmes 2: Game of Shadows. Which was lovely, cause I had only seen it once prior to that, and there were subtitles, so I tried not to pay attention, hoping not to ruin it haha. I accidentally ended up falling asleep shortly after it ended (which was no help to my sleep schedule), only to wake up 1/2 an hour later feeling . . . not great. The wonderful thing about sleep apnea is that as you go down into the different levels of sleep, it can often cause anxiety - which is why I woke up. I spent the next 1/2 hour or so trying to calm myself down. Solution?
Saturday was wonderful. After accidentally taking a nap in the morning, I rushed over to the seasonal clothing exchange that a friend of mine always puts on. Basically, you clean out your closet/dresser and bring all the clothes that you don't want or wear anymore and you lay them out for others while others do the same. It's pretty much free shopping + great fellowship. What fun! I scored a Batman shirt, and it made me happy ^.^ I actually made out of there with a garbage bag full of stuff. And I got to spend time with some awesome girls in the process. What a blessing! Also, I got to be a beast with my friend, Laura, and we carried a big washing machine boox full of stuff from my friends truck around the corner to the house. Yep. We're basically beasts. Before I even made it to the door though - actually, I didn't even make it to the curb - I full-on tripped and flew over the curb. It was actually quite graceful, if I do say so myself. I like to make an impression in front of people I don't know. After that, I rushed home and headed to work. After 3 1/2 hours of work I came home, showered, made my hair unannoying, ate food, and then went DANCING (WCS dancing, to be precise). Ohhhh, the happiness ^.^ I got to spend 4 1/2 hours doing something that delights my heart, and I got to do so with awesome people that I love. Also got some sweet fear-facing done in the process. Saturday night was just a night of encouragement for me (despite the fact that I did awfully in the J&J). The interactions and dialoguing I had with certain people were just uplifting. Not to mention my girl, Madi, was in full-on blessing-through-words mode that night, so I got an abundance of encouragement from her specifically. Not only did I get to dance the night away, spend time with awesome people, and be lifted up by an abundance of encouragement, but I got to end the night in a very special way as well. I got home probably around 1:30am or so, fried me up some lamb, and I unwinded from my day by watching Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero (while eating delicious fried lamb and more chocolate ice cream). This movie is what started it all for me, guys. I remember seeing previews for it when I was like 6, and I remember thinking, "This movie looks so awesome! Batman looks super cool!". And it was on the top of my list of things I wanted to see. And though my true love for Batman didn't take flight for sometime after watching it, that's where it was born. I fell asleep on the couch towards the very end of it. It was a very content feeling, falling asleep to such a special movie, tummy satisfied with delicious food, dog at my feet, and house to myself . . . Then I woke up at 3:00am in a panic, moved to my bed, fell back asleep, woke up again at 5:00am, and then fell back asleep. SUNDAY morning officially came, and I had slept through most of my alarm. I woke up with enough time to get ready super fast and get to church, but I decided to spend my morning one-on-one with God, instead of rushing around and losing my focus. So I listened to my favorite sermon podcast instead ( http://www.redrockschurch.com/media/watch-messages/ ) while I ate breakfast and prepared myself for the day. When I got to church later, I got to meet and hang out with an awesome middle school girl for the whole service. It was really refreshing to sit and talk and just get to know each other, no one person doing all the talking. Afterwards her mum asked me if I would like to be her mentor, and I said YES. I'm crazy excited to be able to get to know this girl more and just do life with her, and encourage her, and speak truth to her, and just be there for her. Crazy excited. What a blessing and wonderful opportunity! ^.^ After church our college group had Lunch 4 A Buck (pretty self explanatory, I think), then Mad Dawg (Madi) and I went to coffee with one of her friends, and then I came home and made more meatballs (after rocking out to One Direction LOUDLY in the car with Madi on the way home). I decided making meatballs and waiting for them to bake would be much better with a movie, so I watched A Smile As Big As The Moon. I love that movie. John Corbett is one of my favorite actors I think. I then readied myself to watch a movie that I've been wanting to watch for well over a year: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. I got my food, I got my chocolate ice cream, I got my bedding and blankies, I turned out the lights, and I enjoyed a wonderful movie. Totes worth the wait. So freaking good! The catch phrase, if you will, of it really stuck out to me, especially when they say it towards the end of the film. I won't give what happens away, but one of the characters says, "Remember who the enemy is". I feel like a lot of times we make ourselves or others out to be the enemy. And while we and others are responsible for our words and actions, we can't forget where things stem from - our true enemy - Satan. MONDAY was an excellent day as well, started off with watching The Lion King, then on to watching most of Avatar (with cooking spurts in between), and then Madi came over in the evening. It was our last night of small groups (her and I are co-leaders for a college girls bible study together, P.S.), and we were covering a topic that weighed heavy on both of our hearts : spiritual warfare. We'd been trying to do this subject for 3 weeks and we were finally able to do so, and I think it went pretty well. It was definitely a heavy time, though, as Madi & I ended up spontaneously telling a little of both of our personal experiences with the demonic aspect of spiritual warfare. God is good, guys.
WEDNESDAY was a grand day. It started off with, of course, more Boy Meets World. While I was watching it I was like, "I really feel like watching something just super cheesy and ridiculous. I should have a Mary-Kate & Ashley marathon!" So I popped in Holiday In The Sun and laughed and cringed at how funny/ridiculous/embarrassing it was. It was great. As I mentioned, I was planning on having a full-on marathon, but . . . after the first one, I couldn't really take anymore. So I watched Clash Of The Titans instead. Afterwards I decided to embark on an in-home adventure - one that hadn't been taken since 1 year prior to that day (almost exactly, actually). It was ninja time. I assembled my playlist of epic theme music, dawned all black apparel, assessed my obstacle course *cough* strung red yarn across the house, and then I proceeded to embark on this epic adventure to get from my parents room to the kitchen without touching the yar-lasers. It took a few tries, and I would most likely be dead if they were real, but I did it! Very few things are as satisfying as crossing the house while avoiding red yarn and listening to epic theme music that makes you feel super cool. It was an accomplishing night. Unfortunately, I was slightly late to my middle school leaders staff meeting because of this. But I felt like it was an acceptable excuse. I think this shall become a tradition whenever my parents leave for their week-long vacations. After my staff meeting I went home, cleaned a bit, and got ready for WCS hour at our local college. I got to end my day with an hour of dancing and spending time with wonderful people that I love. So much win. I then went home and cleaned some more (there really wasn't much cleaning that needed to be done. One of my favorite parts of being home alone is that I get to establish my own routines for my own things, thus meaning the house stays nice and tidy - that, and there's only one person at home to make things messy), and after that, went to bed for the last time being home alone. THURSDAY I worked from 10:30-1:30 and got to finish up the Willow Tree Angel displays. When I came home and finished tidying up a few more things, then sat and finished watching Avatar with a plate of tacos and a nice little helping of home-grown strawberries. And then my parents came home. And there you have it. A detailed account of how I spend my time while my parents are out of town for an extended period of time. You could pretty much just sum it up to work, food, movies, time with Jesus, and shenanigans, but what fun would that be?
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