Well, the school year has begun.  I remember why I love it down here.  I also remember why I love home so much too.  Friday I am going there for the weekend.  Last night I got a phone call that I don't remember answering and I think I was not quite awake for a few min. of it, although that is not very uncommon these days.  The girl I talked to is now in the Springs for a year; she has roommates, goldfish, and 8 less teeth in her mouth.  I liked talking to her.  Maybe I'll get to see her in the coming months and house 20 people!  That would be fun.  Now I have to go to class... from 12 to 7:30pm straight.  Tuesdays are killer.

Skin

Tonight I sat with Katie outside a cafe.

Then it started raining.

We shrugged, looked up, and said, "It's okay, we're waterproof."

And then we sat for another hour.

So many of you know I've been at Summer Camp this past week-ish.  Many fantastic things happened such as the ORANGE team being awesome and somehow only nearly missing first place.  Not to mention tubeing fiascos (which were all a blast), Alleli pretending to be a morning person, and good one on ones fueled by the night services mixed in there as well.  I feel lame posting all that happened, so we'll just say it left me in awe of a lot of things, more appreciative of a lot of people, and exhausted in a good way.

Since being back, things have been going alright.  My grandma is back in the hospital after a few good weeks at a nursing home, but only because she has a wound that will not heal up on her stomach, and there's some thing in her body that is leaking the equivilant to battery acid all over her skin, keeping the wound from healing and causing the skin to become lobster-red.  So it looks like surgery is the only option to fix this leaking thing, however this surgery is hard on both the patient and the doctor.  This has been a long haul and it just seems to be becoming longer.  I am feeling angry, confused, guilty, frustrated, and helpless...

It's a terrible feeling to know you can't do anything and you can't be with her, and you haven't been able to be with her for any of it becuase you've been at school in another state, and then you are deemed the 'stand-in-mom' so the real one can go visit, which means you can't, and then you go off to summer camp for a week when the family decides to go visit on a whim, and now she's back in the hospital doing worse than she has been since May and you're stuck with only phone calls to try and convey to her how much she means to you and how much you want her to get better and that it will still be okay, but it's just a long process and don't get discouraged but continue to fight this out even though the process is tiring.

Good thing my God calls me to TRUST HIM in everything because He is able, He is in control, and He is faithful.  Right now would not be a good time to forget those things.

Finally...

I am finished with my Reformation class.  This means summer has now officially started!  This also means I will have ample time to continue to look for a job, spend time with people close to me, and spend time with my family.  A lot of time outside and a lot of time reading/alone.  I think it will be good...

God did something really cool today too.  I met someone at the coffee shop.  Her name is Kristen.  She goes to the same church as me.  She said I was an answer to prayer.  Cool!  We're hanging out on Sunday.  I'm excited... we're going to rollerblade. :)