"The Baroness is broke Dee." That sums up my day. (Sans the baroness, the beauty of the Kenyan Highlands, the coffee plantation, and the security of a country to go home to ( Read more... )

I hosted my first ever gathering at Southside! It was small but fun - Leah, Chris, Xenia, and Ryan (and later my flatmate Ryan too). Good times ( Read more... )

I just got back from working at Meijer. It's amazing how much more quickly and pleasantly the time passes when Lori's around. The last hour really zipped by. And I even remembered the Russian word (chas) I forgot! I remembered it in Amharic (se'at), French (heure), Greek ('oros), and English (hour), but I couldn't for the life of me remember it in ( Read more... )

"I don't believe in organized religion; I'm Orthodox." Not the first time I've read that, but it's quite funny (and true for that matter). For the rest go to Khouria Frederica's website (www.frederica.com) and read her latest ( Read more... )

...the ISO dinner is over :-). It went really well too - over 70 people came and the program was fairly good too.

I'm cleaning at Wendy's, and when I'm done and Xenia and I finish hanging out with Leah we'll head over to the Browns' for their bonfire.

We should go soon - Matt started it ages ago.

Love you all! Pray for me! Christ is risen!

I'm getting sick :-(. I want to sleep extra tonight, but I have to clean my room for Father to come and bless it tomorrow. (Thank God I'm not Eastern European and in possession of a house - I get the impression they do a rather thorough cleaning plus lots of baking for the priest's visit :-/. Nice if you're the priest, a lot of work if you're not ( Read more... )