Slackin'

I know, I know, I've been remiss in updating. I can't let myself just stop, though, because I want to say that I can keep going with something, you know?

This last Sabbath was awesome! We had afternoon services - boy, do I miss those! - and the sermon was great. Several of my new brethren were congratulating me, and it was a great feeling to be so welcomed into the body of Christ. I feel amazing. Anyway, after church we had a taco salad-themed potluck, and it was YUMMY!!! Wow, we should have those more often. So delicious. At sundown, we had a gift exchange, and my good friend Mr. Wes Cohron traded his gift for a Cat Cafe instead of a cool cop cookie jar for me! So now Bella has an awesome Cat Cafe, but I think I was more excited about it than she was. But the point is, I love being in that atmosphere, with people who I'm literally connected to, it's great. Can't wait til the Kingdom!

Sunday was a nice day. Bryan and I woke up early to go volunteer at Petzone. They got several new little doggies in, two of them dogs that I've always wanted: a Spitz and a Rottie. Awww! They are all so cute. If we hadn't been so tired, maybe we would've stayed a little longer and played with them. When I got home I slept until the afternoon, and realized upon waking that I have a novel to read for my Russia Resurgent class by Tuesday, called Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. It certainly is interesting, just hard to understand at times. I read that all the way up until the Grammys, which were kind of a letdown, but it had it's shining moments. It perked my interest in Robert Plant & Alison Krauss's Raising Sand album, which I'm about to buy on iTunes. Good for them! I've always liked Alison Krauss.

And today I just finished an essay for mythology about Artemis and Orion. I've never been a fan of Artemis, especially after Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter books, but I argued in her defense and I'm hoping it was good enough. We'll find out!

Now for more Turgenev...