Sunday at Torch

We watched two of Jeff's sermon videos that he had for Church. They were really good. I liked the second one which was a video of a guy backpacking with his little boy on his back and it started to rain and thunder and the kid was crying and the dad started whispering to the baby "you're going to make it, everything is going to be okay." Then he talked about how that was one of the best memories he had with his son and related it to God and us and how sometimes those hard times really bring you closer and God really gets to hold you tight...anyway..sounds like of silly when I explain it but the video was powerful. I liked it. After that Dave, Mr. C, Jeff, and I went for a great bike ride. We stopped at a little farm mid way and got fresh peaches. It was great. We had some burgers when we got back and then it was time for me to head back to Chicago : (

Glen Lake and Torch Lake (rainy day)

A bunch of people slept over at Dan’s on Glen Lake. We woke up to a dark day and rain like I have never seen. We decided that our camping trip was out of the question. We had a big breakfast at the Dekorne's and then said goodbyes. We went into Glen Arbor and went to Cherry Republic and stopped by Grandma and Grandpa’s house to see what the new decorating looked like. Then we went shopping. Jeff found a lot of things- including purple swim shorts for 5 dollars : ) We then drove to Torch Lake to Jeff’s parents place. We were both feeling kind of out of it from shopping and sitting in the car so we went for a short run. A deer ran right in front of us. I literally almost ran into it! It was so crazy! When we got back we took a dip in the water. It was cold out so the water didn’t feel so bad. Later that night we watched a sad movie called Wounded Knee about the Indians and Christians. It was really sad and graphic. Mr. C set up a big projector though which was cool. It was like a home theater.

Dan and Karyn

Today I took the train to Kalamazoo and then Jeff and I drove up to Glen Lake. We missed the big event- Dan proposed to Karen! But we made it in time for the post proposal celebration at a bar in Glen Arbor. There was karaoke at the bar and it was fun to watch people act out music videos. Dan proposed by putting the attached drift wood sign at the bottom of Glen Lake and then he had her snorkel to see the sign. He also had flowers under water. It was even more impressive because it was raining and cold the night of the proposal but Karen still jumped in (with a stocking cap on : ). It was fun to hear her tell the story and see both of them so happy. There friends from all over had flown in to celebrate afterwards. YA DAN AND KARYN!!!

Cancelled Outdoor Movie

Today I was a little bummed out. I was planning on going to an outdoor movie in Grant Park and the 3 people that I invited all bailed a little before the show. They had good reason but I was disappointed. I thought- If Jeff were here he would go with me and then he called not in the best mood because he was supposed to get off at 7pm and he didn’t get off until 9pm….so he would have cancelled on me as well ! I realized after the fact that I can count my blessings- I didn’t have to work late, I wasn’t sick, and I didn’t have to much homework, like friends. WOW! I am soo lucky!

Other exciting news is I purchased a ticket to go to one of good friends wedding in Seattle in October! I am really excited to attend her wedding and go to Seattle for a couple days.

Lunch with Aunt Nancy and Uncle Paul

I met Aunt Nancy, Uncle Paul, and John at Cosi for lunch during my lunch hour. They are so nice. They went on the Boat Architecture tour that morning and had loved it so they were going to take John down to do it that evening. That’s pretty much all the news for today. I did laundry and started gathering my camping stuff together for this weekend. Not a very eventful evening.

Today I got a ride back to Chicago with Aunt Nancy and Uncle Paul. It was a nice ride. We chatted the whole way. We got to Chicago around 1pm. I then went with them to get some CTA day passes and then we went out to lunch at Corner Bakery. We walked around a bit and I showed them my apartment. We parted for the evening after that and they went to their hotel which is only 4 blocks from me. I then went for an evening run ending at the beach were I was going to go swimming but the water was so cold it hurt your feet so I decided that I would just stand in it for awhile. I called Jeff and we talked for awhile and I lost track of the time so I missed the community dinner at Paul Rollet’s house. Oh well.

Today was a crazy day. A friend picked me up at 5:30 to drive to Dekalb for the Cornfest 10k. It was about 1.5 hours west of the city. I am amazed at how many farms are in Illinois. When we got to Dekalb it was no wonder that the race was called the Cornfest. There were corn fields all around. The race had a lot of rolling hills. I felt bad from the start. I don’t think I have ran that badly for awhile. Oh well. It was fun and it was probably good for me to get my legs moving a little fester than normal. We really needed to leave by 9 to make sure that I got on the 10:30 bus to Ann Arbor but at 9:15 I still couldn’t find my ride. I was a little worried but we pulled out at 9:20. I was all packed for the wedding so he took me straight to Union Station which cut off some time. I got there at 10:35 and they were still loading up the bus. I arrived in Ann Arbor at 4:10 and I quick showered and we left for the wedding which started at 5:00. The wedding was outside. It was a chilly day but it didn’t rain so that was good. Here are some pictures from the wedding. The flower girl was so cute!