Keep Moving Forward

After the events of last night, I woke up at the unpleasant hour of 8:00. So much for sleeping in. After tossing and turning until 8:30 I finally gave in admitting that I was now, wide awake. I went to take a shower and realized that the water was indeed brown.

That’s just gross. The last thing I need on a Saturday morning at 8:30am is brown water coming out of my faucet. Oh well, such is the life of a college student (and pardon the smell of those of us in the Wesleys…we refuse to shower in contaminated water…)

The sun came out to shine in full force and every citizen flocked to the city, parks, water anywhere the sun could see them. I hope this trend is here to stay, because I am pretty sure I am Vitamin D deficient and hopefully the euphoric madness will wear off and the sun won’t bring such a traffic jam.

I visited with family friends today at my church – it was such a coincidence that the State Chess Championship (I think that was the official title…) was held at the church I go to! I played Cade in a game of chess and did fairly well for being so rusty, but he indeed beat me. He’s so smart and I’m glad to see so many kids into this game (better than a video game tournament if you ask me). My dad would have a hay-day if he had attended! I remember him teaching me all the tricks and strategies when I was that age, and how every Friday morning I would go to school early for the Chess Club.

I watched Meet the Robinsons tonight. It is a crazy, crazy movie. Entertaining, but I felt like it was a little complicated for “G-rated” viewers! I feel like Disney, Back to the Future and H.P. and the Prisoner of Azkaban all collided and exploded into the Robinsons. Has some good overall lessons in it: don't let failure get you down, and keep moving forward.

"He went into the hills to pray. - Mark 6:46
What does Jesus do while we are in the storm? You'll love this. He prays for us...So where does that leave us? While Jesus is praying and we are in the storm, what are we to do? Simple. We do what the disciples did. We row...Much of life is spent rowing...Getting out of bed. Fixing lunched...More struggle than strut." --Max Lucado Everyday Blessings