girl talk
i told the girls about benson after oxygen last night (: they seemed pretty receptive and supportive, which was good. i dunno, i just felt like i should let them in on it so they see it coming? plus it's good for accountability etc. also we get to be girly and giggly in a more knowing way now, hahaha. deepa said she was like close to tears. she's so cute!
i kinda told them for selfish reasons too. cos knowing benson and i have a thing, they'll maybe be more likely to make it so we sit together etc etc BAHA omg. but i guess it was good that he was sitting like 3 people away from me so then i could update them properly, while the boys on the other end completely paid him out for having muscles and wearing singlets and things like that. haha.
making fun of him is fun cos i know i can get away with it :D pretty sure he secretly enjoys the attention [from everyone] anyway.
i think it's funny how dan [our pastor] constantly picks on him in public on stage and via sms, and even funnier how it's probably because he can see glimpses of himself in him. i can see those two getting chummy, haha.
oh yes! after oxygen we decided to head to airstream for drinks, and everyone drove there separately in our cars. benson and i happened to bump into each other on the way in before anyone else had gotten there so we had like 5 seconds to ourselves lols. and he sort of gave me this really affectionate squeeze. i like, nearly died omg. mm he gives good hugs :D
eeeeeeeee i've got the warm fuzzies :D
jess has suggested i should talk to 'more experienced couples' now that i've reached this season of my life. people like sam and steph, ash and eugene, even jaz and jono. i dunno, but i guess i started with talking to josh about him and lyndie last night. man, they have the most amazing how-it-all-started story. God clearly had a big part to play in everything. crazy, freaky stuff. i feel so normal next to them. no lightning or fireworks. but still. i revel in the simplicity of it all (:
but yeah everyone was like 'that's so good' / 'go for it'. general green light consensus. from what they know anyway. so that affirms things to some degree. then again they can't really say much else? i dunno. although they're all sensible godly people who i'm sure will gently, sincerely and firmly let me know if i'm going off-track. well i pray they'll be those kinda of friends anyway (:
it was funny cos here we were on one end of the table talking about relationships and deep, meaningful things, and when we paused and overheard snippets of the boys' conversation on the other end, we heard words like 'marijuana' and 'speed'. lols.
i kinda told them for selfish reasons too. cos knowing benson and i have a thing, they'll maybe be more likely to make it so we sit together etc etc BAHA omg. but i guess it was good that he was sitting like 3 people away from me so then i could update them properly, while the boys on the other end completely paid him out for having muscles and wearing singlets and things like that. haha.
making fun of him is fun cos i know i can get away with it :D pretty sure he secretly enjoys the attention [from everyone] anyway.
i think it's funny how dan [our pastor] constantly picks on him in public on stage and via sms, and even funnier how it's probably because he can see glimpses of himself in him. i can see those two getting chummy, haha.
oh yes! after oxygen we decided to head to airstream for drinks, and everyone drove there separately in our cars. benson and i happened to bump into each other on the way in before anyone else had gotten there so we had like 5 seconds to ourselves lols. and he sort of gave me this really affectionate squeeze. i like, nearly died omg. mm he gives good hugs :D
eeeeeeeee i've got the warm fuzzies :D
jess has suggested i should talk to 'more experienced couples' now that i've reached this season of my life. people like sam and steph, ash and eugene, even jaz and jono. i dunno, but i guess i started with talking to josh about him and lyndie last night. man, they have the most amazing how-it-all-started story. God clearly had a big part to play in everything. crazy, freaky stuff. i feel so normal next to them. no lightning or fireworks. but still. i revel in the simplicity of it all (:
but yeah everyone was like 'that's so good' / 'go for it'. general green light consensus. from what they know anyway. so that affirms things to some degree. then again they can't really say much else? i dunno. although they're all sensible godly people who i'm sure will gently, sincerely and firmly let me know if i'm going off-track. well i pray they'll be those kinda of friends anyway (:
it was funny cos here we were on one end of the table talking about relationships and deep, meaningful things, and when we paused and overheard snippets of the boys' conversation on the other end, we heard words like 'marijuana' and 'speed'. lols.