fun day(s)

I spent most of my waking day with my roommate from this past year. It was such a blast. :) We went to see "The Devil Wears Prada" to start everything off. Heehee...such a good movie. I will admit, there was a big part of me that got sucked into the fashion mentality as a result, but by the end of the day, I managed to pull myself back out and be comfortable in my unrefined jeans and tee shirt. As nice as it would be to dress like a model every day, I have not the means nor the true interest to attempt pulling it off. I'm okay with that.

<>I can tell when I don't have enough human interaction when I start talking to myself. Not just things like, "Oh where'd I put that...?" when I've misplaced something or "Dang it!" when I've hurt myself; it's practically like full on conversations. Memo to me: hang out with people more... < / side note >

After the movie and much shopping at both Redmond Town Center and Bell Square, roomie and I hit up Red Robin's. It's the bestest. She and I go there to chill, eat good food, and harass the servers. (Hey, about half the staff comes from NU...) Anyhow, message on the bottom of the cube--and if you don't know what I'm talking about, go to RR--said, "This message is for everyone who never got a pony when they were kids. It's okay, ponies are very hard to take care of. And they aren't very appreciative." :)

Conversation last night was good. Lots of discussion about growth as individuals, as believers, and as friends. It was really good. It was especially good to get stuff out in the air. Frustrations and miscommunications that were either in our friendship or just in the general angst of our lives. Again, great convo.

Something that's been happening for me this summer is growth in relationship. All of my relationships are growing and deepening. It's taken a little while for things to jump off, but I feel closer to a lot of people--and especially closer to God. I'm getting to know friends better and church peeps and bookstore peeps and even family. All of my relationships are growing...well, except one. There's one relationship that's just kind of there, and it's mostly due to busyness. For that, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to force it. I'm going to let it be. I've never been the type of person to run and grab after things that aren't going to happen. I'm not becoming that kind of person now.

Anyhow, even though I started this blog yesterday (july 3rd), I'm finishing it today (july 4th). I spent most of the day in downtown, helping monitor the parade. It was fun to see the floats and to hear the music. (Yeah, Blue Thunder and bagpipers!!!) I will say this: I wish that the local swimwear store hadn't decided to man a float. Goodness...don't people have any shame? :P Really, I'd never feel comfortable enough to wear a bikini on a parade route and to have to continually pick a wedgie in front of hundreds of people. But I guess that floats some people's boats. Just not mine.

And on this happy day that celebrates our independence--allow me to ponder that for awhile--I am going to again, grow a relationship. Already grew one while volunteering downtown. :) I'm gonna go head up the hill and chill with a friend, talk about life, and maybe eat a Boca burger. Or I'll bring sandwich stuff. :) And we shall watch the fireworks from there.