postage
so you should know. i only entitled this because i'm on an -age kick. and i thought it was funny. postage: 1. a requirement for mailing a letter., 2. wonderful words from emily.
i choose the latter. 
besides, stamps are outrageous…
today has been fulfilling. church this morning… it started out with coffee with the pastors (a Q&A with them about the church), and then a tour. it was nice. on the tour, i saw some of my favorite sh2 people… first i saw jay hartley. and then i saw the 2 smallest hartleys: virginia and sarah alice. as i was leaving them, i saw caitlin! it was definitely a hartley day. and it was wonderful.
by the way, if you haven't seen caitlin's new 'do, it's a must see. it's just wonderful.
as i went to church service, i saw none other than matt wurtele. today was surely a good day. of course, he's not a sh2 fella… but i got love for him anyways. besides, he's one of the first COYM youth i'd ever met. great kid. and boy, he can play the bass. i'm sure that he's even more multi-talented, but i'll have to save that for another day.
i came home and watched 2 movies. and they weren't anything to write home about. so, i'll leave it there.
i went to church tonight again at trinity. they had a taize worship service, and are holding them every sunday night in august. good stuff. i walked away feeling so at peace… the tranquility was just what i needed. i think i'll be hitting it up again. it was nice.
my initial reaction about trinity is just to join. but, i'm taking my time. i don't want to rush it. i'm visiting another church this sunday that's closer to where i live. but, i just don't know that it'll measure up to trinity. it's so exciting to think of all of the possibilities of going to church there. mmmm… maybe i'll know soon.
caitlin and i had a discussion last night about different worship services. first, i wish that you could have been in the convo to hear her say what she did. she was talking about her preferences in worship… and all of a sudden, she said, "color me quaker, but…" i could have died. that was the funniest thing i think i've ever heard her say. yeah, so maybe you had to be there.
that conversation got me to thinking. this morning in church, they kept clapping on almost every song. i am just not as much of a clapper as i used to be. it almost made me feel bad because i didn't want to clap. worship doesn't REQUIRE clapping. and i didn't feel led to clap. i just want to write a memo to all pastors that says to not tell the congregation 'it's ok to clap… in fact you should.' some people just don't. i'm now one of those. the sermon was good though. i always learn something from the mary & martha story. i long to be like mary. but, so often i turn into martha. you know God, i need help with that. but, i think you knew that already. but, now i'm asking, not just telling. help me please.
it's amazing to me to see how i've changed over the course of a year. now i find myself so engulfed in traditional worship. i love it. it is so rich. not that i don't like contemporary worship… i like it a lot. i just don't like to feel pressured in it. ok, that's all i'm gonna say about that.
i just heard from my conversation partner. he hasn't read the email i sent back to him. but, i told him he should, because i was nice. he laughed… i told him i felt bad that he thought i was an angry psycho. anyways, he's had a long day, so we postponed it until tuesday. so, tomorrow i get a free 30 mins to sleep in. rock on. i have to go to school dressed up for the next week and a half. bummer. but i start my new job tomorrow. yippee!
still working at trying to get money together to pay tuition. it could be an ugly picture before too long if i don't have it… not only that, i won't have my dream schedule that i have now for the fall, they'll drop it. i need to have something. i need to sell things. maybe i could sell some internal organs. which ones aren't vital? and anyone know how much i sell them for on the black market?
just curious. off to study spanish and then to bed. lotsa love… g'night.
