I'm back for a quick moment of reflection I think. That very long year look-back really cleaned out a lot of thought that was kicking around my little brain.
Let's focus on the tail end of the week first. It was the tail end of the week. Wow... observant eh? It was actually alright but a bit of a battle. I swear, my two jobs are fighting each other. Right now the one with more passion is kind of the underdog and taking a licking. No good. The bigger more drone-like one is winning. Or was winning anyway. I basically have a great project that I'm super psyched about but haven't had the proper time to dedicate to it.
Let's cut to Friday night and the start to a pretty epic weekend!
A friend of mine from church was having a party and as I like to do, I went. I'm still getting over a cold so I totally just went to hang out and chat. It was really cool to do that. It also dawned on me just how comfortable I am with friends that I've known for less than a year. So cool. Great discussion, great environment and all that.
Cut to Saturday! I had plans to have a Breakfast at Tiffany's breakfast viewing with my Audrey viewing friend for over two months and it finally happened. We did have breakfast at 3 but that was after we made both pancakes and biscuits. I even did shopping that morning for any missing goodies and totally forgot about sugar. haha. I don't know the neighbors so we went on a mad dash, a great adventure to the grocery store. Seriously! It was fun. Something about going to the grocery store with a friend is great. It's like new different conversations are sparked. Plus there's some sort of bonding over food and shopping for food! Anyway, Audrey did us proud (as we all know). Breakfast at Tiffany's is simply amazing! I noticed while watching how much I love the way the movie sounds. Audio capture of the 70's? 60's? Awesome!
Breakfast was my meal of the day. I laid low on the food the rest of the day. But I did go to band practice. Darran is back and we rocked out pretty good. Good things coming, talk of shows, talk of recording, lots of talk and perhaps a party where we make an appearance. Sweet! I spent Saturday night watching Yes Man with a good friend. Love that movie. Such open arms to life. I love it!
Sunday! Brunch with great friends. Cause brunch is pretty much the best meal ever! We've decided that it should be a once a week or once a month thing. Sometimes we just don't see enough of each other yknow. This is church friends. Sunday nights are good for some people but for those in school it's a crazy time, finishing work for the next day or prepping for early class or the work week. Late nights of relaxing in depth conversation just aren't happening in those types of frameworks. This was a nice change and it was beaming beautiful rays of light this morning. I of course was late but highly enjoyed the company and foods. Heading back to the studio I had a tough work session trying to get my head wrapped around things for a client meeting tomorrow.
Then... Church time! It's like my favorite part of my week even when the weekends are full of little victories! The sermon was about the spirit and following the spirit and walking with the spirit. I loved the tractor beam analogy. Basically, walking with the Holy Spirit is like walking into a tractor beam to get beamed up. Somewhere along the way you may see something outside of the beam you want and go to get it and of course you start falling. I definitely felt the spirit tonight in that church. I'm not great at singing but a part of me just wanted to sing so loud and so proud and really get into the worship. "My heart, it beats for you!"
Such an amazing night. I also got to see a few people from my living room that had just got back into the city. I'll be honest and a little cheesy. I missed them while they were gone. It's so good to see them back and it also means they'll be at living room on Wednesday when I make a little spicy (not as spicy) chili. I've been thinking that making that tomorrow might be a way way better use of my time or even Tuesday after getting back from practice. Something tells me that rushing home to cook from work before living room might be pushing my abilities a little too much. We'll see though, it'll all work out. I know that for sure.
I sadly had to return to the studio after all that loveliness but it was good. I feel a little more on track and like I've put in worth while time into it. It is also past 6 in the morning. That means it's time to stop writing. Oh me. Probably should have just gone to bed but it's hard when there's stuff running around my head.
I'm so fortunate and I really try not to forget it. There's something inside me that just lovely helping people. I feel so fortunate that I'm in a position where I can do so much good and help the friends that I have from anything like a ride down the street to putting together portfolios or giving them a sounding board and listen to the ache's of their heart. The dynamics of the days and weeks as they go by constantly astound me. Everything seems to get more complicated and ridiculously intertwined and yet there's so much joy in each moment, especially when you get to the end of the day where all you have to do is go to bed and you can reflect on it, blog about it and have such hope for tomorrow.
One interesting note! I asked my living room for input on where I might spend some time reading in the bible. After buying an NIV version for the very first time last week I've been waiting to block off an afternoon and get deep into the good book. Friends from living room really gave some good pointers for me as the newb and again that's something to be thankful for. I now have a group I can ask these questions. It's like having the wealth of knowledge of 13 other amazing people at my fingertips. And together, we'll be much more than the sum of us together.
Anyway, no thoughts left. I'm sure this is the time that I should be aiming to wake up every morning. Maybe in two days time.
Love to all,
J
1 comment:
I hope you find new wisdom in the Word!
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