My mom drove us to Singspiration (partly because the car was parked out back, where it's a bit challenging to get it out), but I got to drive us home. My mom said I drove more confidently, and I definitely felt more confident than I had the last time. (Obviously it helped that there was basically no one else on the road.)

Mom let me drive us home from Singspiration. So like a 5-minute drive, with almost no traffic (though there was one person behind me while I was still driving 20 -- I did get up to 30 ... and also opted to get off that road at the next streetlight). The towering snowdrifts do make driving kinda dodgy, ngl -- and I probably wasn't do the greatest ( Read more... )

I was in Norwood Friday night for a belated joint birthday celebration with Elyse and her mom Janna (they live 2 towns over from my parents ( Read more... )

surgery went fine. home now. thanks to @Heather (E. M.) and @Lisa C. for rides (and the latter for at-hospital errands -- and possibly also for keeping my mom company in the waiting room :)) and @Mom for mom-stuff. housemate cooked me dinner after i got home. i'd been thinking i might take church folk up on their offer to bring me food since it ( Read more... )

( tl;dr: I skidded bicycling in the wet this morning and broke my elbow. Out-patient surgery on Monday. )

"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info]
Thus says God to these bones: "I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am God." (Ezekiel 37:5-6, NRSV ( Read more... )

"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info]
Thus says God to these bones: "I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am God." (Ezekiel 37:5-6, NRSV ( Read more... )

scene, Sunday evening ( Read more... )

"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info]
Thus says God to these bones: "I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am God." (Ezekiel 37:5-6, NRSV ( Read more... )

Apples to Apples: Bible Edition tonight went well. My mom brought homemade chocolate chip cookies (undercooked per my preference, which conveniently is also the preference of my best friend and my housemate) and also the British chocolate my sister-in-law had sent (saving on shipping costs, she sent my chocolate along with the stuff for my mom, ( Read more... )