My flight wasn't as "adventurous" as my friend Jen's is. Then again, things that happen to her don't usually happen to normal people, and she's extraordinary.
I sat next to this lady that was reading "The Shack." She's at the beginning of the book, so I had to try REALLY hard not to give away my favorite scenes! She's on her way to see her son graduate from Marine boot camp, and hasn't seen him since he left over 3 months ago. Just listening to her, and seeing how excited she is going to see her son, I started picturing her running onto the marching field to hug and smooch her "boy", and maybe give a squeeze to his cheeks. To all my military family and friends, did your mom embarrass you on the marching field when she saw you? :-)
For 13 weeks, the military have trained and molded these boys to fighting men, and then in one day Mom can tear that down to her baby boy again. The final and ultimate test to see if the training stuck.
That's just righteous!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Austin's way of ringing in the New Year.
Last year on New Years Eve, I celebrated the new year(2008) by staying home with a fireplace, S'mores, and Bourne Trilogy. This Year (well, now last year), I celebrated the New Year on a Party Barge!! My church was doing a fundraiser for a group we're sending to Egypt by inviting 140 people on a barge to ring in the new year and chat with the ladies headed for Egypt.
It started mildly when my friends and I boarded the boat, and saw a lot of friends I haven't seen for a great while. Since our church is getting big with 4 different services, I haven't seen a lot of my friends so it was great to catch up last night. The Barge is a two story boat, with the outside deck as the 2nd floor. What made it extraordinary were my amazing friends Char, Emily, Wendy, Jen, Tracy, Heather, and Dana altogether, and I've been in stitches throughout the whole night that my sides hurt from laughing so hard. I wish I could put down all the details on this blog, but there's too much.
Later, we disembarked to watch the fireworks at Auditorium Shores, where the city built a wooden clock to represent the Year 2008 just to set it on fire. I guess it's an art expression of making room for the new year. Earlier, as we drove by it to the party, we watched the blazing clock while we were on the Riverside Dr. parking lot(Everyone driving decided to stop in the middle of the street to watch) By the time we got back to the Auditorium Shores, the clock was reduced to a small bonfire in the middle of the park.
At midnight, the fireworks began, and kept on going that we looked at each other asking if it was over yet. Quite a few times they had a barage of fireworks that appeared to be the finale, but it kept on going. By the time the real finale came, and we were cheering that it was finally over.
This has been an awesome end of the year for me, as in the last 2 months. Surrounded by loving friends and church family, I can truly say I've been truly blessed in 2008.
It started mildly when my friends and I boarded the boat, and saw a lot of friends I haven't seen for a great while. Since our church is getting big with 4 different services, I haven't seen a lot of my friends so it was great to catch up last night. The Barge is a two story boat, with the outside deck as the 2nd floor. What made it extraordinary were my amazing friends Char, Emily, Wendy, Jen, Tracy, Heather, and Dana altogether, and I've been in stitches throughout the whole night that my sides hurt from laughing so hard. I wish I could put down all the details on this blog, but there's too much.
Later, we disembarked to watch the fireworks at Auditorium Shores, where the city built a wooden clock to represent the Year 2008 just to set it on fire. I guess it's an art expression of making room for the new year. Earlier, as we drove by it to the party, we watched the blazing clock while we were on the Riverside Dr. parking lot(Everyone driving decided to stop in the middle of the street to watch) By the time we got back to the Auditorium Shores, the clock was reduced to a small bonfire in the middle of the park.
At midnight, the fireworks began, and kept on going that we looked at each other asking if it was over yet. Quite a few times they had a barage of fireworks that appeared to be the finale, but it kept on going. By the time the real finale came, and we were cheering that it was finally over.
This has been an awesome end of the year for me, as in the last 2 months. Surrounded by loving friends and church family, I can truly say I've been truly blessed in 2008.
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