Shine Your Light On Me

SO... Yesterday... Kris took David and I out to the "waterfalls" to say some prayers before we opened up the bookstore. It was awesome. The path was amazing and the stream was gorgeous and peaceful.

Last night... Emily, Elham, Dory, Brittany, Devon and I decided to go star gazing because the sky looked amazingly beautiful. We went to this meadow area and just lay there looking at the stars and talking. We saw a ton of shooting stars, which was so cool. We said some prayers, which was nice. Right as we got up to head to bed, there was this huge shooting star. It left the longest trail and was so bright. No joke. It was gorgeous.

He told me I looked beautiful and I wanted to cry.

We went to the Persian restaurant tonight and I swear there is nothing better than overhearing a table of white, young adults talking about their favorite Persian dishes and how they have never tasted better rice. Our waitress was from Turkey and we talked to her about Izmir and talked a little in Turkish. I really hope we take a trip back there sometime. Maybe next summer? That would be nice. On the way home, we saw fireworks from 316 and pulled into a parking lot to watch them. The weather was gorgeous, nice and breezy. I love summer.

Beautiful.

That pig has nipples! I told you I was your daddy!

So this past weekend....was definitely not what I expected it to be. And that's the way I like it. It was so much better than what I thought it had the potential to be. And that's the way I like it. At the last minute, my parents decided not to go, so it was just me, Armin, and Nissa. But, as soon as we got there we were around the (great!) committee members. There weren't as many youth there, but the few that were there were pretty dang awesome in their own unique ways. I laughed a lot thanks to them. Plus, next time I'm in Dekalb, I'm sure I'll see more than a few familiar faces. I learned a fair amount and my interest was sparked to do some research on a number of topics, so that's good. The most important thing about this weekend though was that I was surrounded by genuinely awesome people, and that is always a great realization. Didn't take very many pictures, but for those who are interested the few we did take are located here.

Tomorrow, I think Ellington and Sofie are coming over and we're taking care of them for the day. We'll see how that goes. And my grandma is coming tomorrow night from California and staying for a few weeks before she leaves (and takes me with her!).

That's about it.