Weekend

This weekend I went with my parents to visit my younger sister in Fayetteville. We didn't stay as long as we usually do, but this ended up being a good thing (I'll get to that in a minute). My sister's 21st birthday was last week and one of the gifts she received was the game Catchphrase. I am now addicted. We played non-stop, and Mom brought the game for the ride home and we played until my Dad had finally had enough of me and my Mom's antics.

I also got to see my brother-in-law who is in Iraq via Skype. It was so cool! My sister and her husband both have webcams so I was able to talk to and see my brother-in-law. It was great to get to see him. I'm so super proud of him.

On the way home my Dad got a call from my sister (who'd been called my cousin who just built a house right next to my parents) saying that my parents' house had flooded while we were out of town. Apparantly a really bad storm hit my hometown and since my parents live at the foot of a hill it was just too much rain in a short period of time for the drainage ditches to handle. When we got home there was a lot of mud on the floors and the power was out. I think the power is finally back on, but it's gonna take a while to get all the mud cleared out. Poor parents :(

Sunday morning I tried a new church. This was the first time I've ever gone to a church, other than my own, by myself. It was kind of weird. The sermon was phenomenal; since it was Father's Day the sermon was about being an "Understanding Man." The pastor used a scripture in 1 Peter as the basis of the sermon and it was very, very good. The worship was a little too slow and traditional for me, but apparantly the church has a contemporary service so I'm sure I'll check that out.

Then back to my house. It felt so good to be home. I missed my precious cat Mayer who ended up being extraordinarily hyper this weekend. I did some cleaning here and there.

Went to bed last night and slept without the TV on for the first time in a very long time. It's such a habit, and I know I need to break it. I was about to start snoozing when a good friend called. It was a welcome interruption, though. When I sleep without the TV, I just lay there and think about the most random and ridiculous things. This makes it somewhat difficult to fall asleep, but I'm working on it.

So, that was my weekend in a nutshell.