Holiday weekend coming to a close...
The end of a particularly long holiday weekend. I am so glad I am getting more opportunities to spend time with friends! It has made the weekend seem about twice as long as it would have had I just been bored at home like most past holidays. It almost feels hard to believe that it was just a two days ago that I flew out to Pacific City with Tiffani. So, ya. That was a great start to the weekend. We spent a nice relaxing few hours out at the coast getting lunch, going for a walk, and just being lazy otherwise. And the sunburn I got has been pretty mild too!
Then came Sunday. I went to church. Went geocaching with Sam. Ooh! I still need to log our two finds. Then I went to the barbecue over at Jacqui's, and the night was finished off watching a better than expected fireworks display at the Oregon Gardens. I was unusually tired after all that and had a great night's sleep.
So upon waking up this morning, I immediately went out for a run as described in a previous journal entry. Let's see... Then Juan and I went out for an airplane ride. Wasn't too long, but Juan did become the second person to get sick in my airplane! Felt a little bad though. He looked pretty sick, unlike the first, who was just on too much of a high from the ride to care. Anyway, then I went over to my parents house where I had some more barbecue which included an awesome steak! After that, I stopped by Andrea's to visit with her and Gwendy for a while. Gwendy is convinced that I am an extrovert. Maybe she's right. I haven't really wanted to classify myself as an introvert. I must be an extrovert who struggles in social situations. No wonder I get depressed! Anyway, the day goes on... I go back and pick up Juan to go watch Batman Begins. I'd say it was okay... Certainly not bad, but somehow movies just aren't as good when real life is feeling so much better. Maybe that's it. I don't know, but it was pretty good, and I made a couple good connections/applications of stuff in the movie to life.
Bruce Wayne learns that it's not the person on the inside that matters so much to others, but it's the person that shows on the outside. That makes sense. I think I just need to figure out how to make those the same person in those situations where I struggle to let the person on the inside out. And it's not even that I don't want to. It's more that I just struggle in some situations. This theme also included letting your actions show who that person is. I found application here with my desire to get into Mission Aviation Fellowship. I have been stalling on this for too long now. I've had a couple things come up, the car crash, a new roommate, and an improving social life, but I really need to get to work on this. I have so many big things that need to get done to make this happen. I need to start taking action, like Bruce did! :)
So, back to my weekend, I'd say that this weekend had about as much social type activity packed into it as all of July would have last year. And I am so much more satisfied with life now. Gwendy must be right. I must be an extrovert! Now if only I could figure out how to be a more successful extrovert...
Then came Sunday. I went to church. Went geocaching with Sam. Ooh! I still need to log our two finds. Then I went to the barbecue over at Jacqui's, and the night was finished off watching a better than expected fireworks display at the Oregon Gardens. I was unusually tired after all that and had a great night's sleep.
So upon waking up this morning, I immediately went out for a run as described in a previous journal entry. Let's see... Then Juan and I went out for an airplane ride. Wasn't too long, but Juan did become the second person to get sick in my airplane! Felt a little bad though. He looked pretty sick, unlike the first, who was just on too much of a high from the ride to care. Anyway, then I went over to my parents house where I had some more barbecue which included an awesome steak! After that, I stopped by Andrea's to visit with her and Gwendy for a while. Gwendy is convinced that I am an extrovert. Maybe she's right. I haven't really wanted to classify myself as an introvert. I must be an extrovert who struggles in social situations. No wonder I get depressed! Anyway, the day goes on... I go back and pick up Juan to go watch Batman Begins. I'd say it was okay... Certainly not bad, but somehow movies just aren't as good when real life is feeling so much better. Maybe that's it. I don't know, but it was pretty good, and I made a couple good connections/applications of stuff in the movie to life.
Bruce Wayne learns that it's not the person on the inside that matters so much to others, but it's the person that shows on the outside. That makes sense. I think I just need to figure out how to make those the same person in those situations where I struggle to let the person on the inside out. And it's not even that I don't want to. It's more that I just struggle in some situations. This theme also included letting your actions show who that person is. I found application here with my desire to get into Mission Aviation Fellowship. I have been stalling on this for too long now. I've had a couple things come up, the car crash, a new roommate, and an improving social life, but I really need to get to work on this. I have so many big things that need to get done to make this happen. I need to start taking action, like Bruce did! :)
So, back to my weekend, I'd say that this weekend had about as much social type activity packed into it as all of July would have last year. And I am so much more satisfied with life now. Gwendy must be right. I must be an extrovert! Now if only I could figure out how to be a more successful extrovert...