So I was really bored yesterday. But, oh! The splendor of boredom! Mentally, I was absolutely drained after this weekend. I think I spent literally 1/2 the weekend in awe of the fact that I couldn't think of anything - my mind just wasn't processing anything. It was all I could do to muster the mental capacity to accomplish tasks, after which I set my mind on standby until my next requirement. I spoke very little to anyone. I just couldn't think of anything to say....

Sunday we went to Seattle to hear Rob Bell's presentation, The Gods Aren't Angry. I was really looking forward to that all weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Joar suggested I blog about it, which I plan to do.

Yesterday was a very rejuvenating day. About noon, however, I was bored. So I wrote a wallpaper page for merethinking.com, and started sorting archived photos, since my 250GB external drive is filling up... I was kind of like a walk down memory lane. I ran across pictures I'd either forgotten about, or never appreciated.

I was working in Texas in the spring of 2006. Miguel, a young man about my age decided to be baptized. After his baptism, we went over to a friend's house (Noah Zygmunt) and hung out all afternoon. Later that day I dropped him off. It was near the end of my time there, and I was just kind of reminiscing about all that had happened over the summer when I drove by this church. I'd driven by it many times, but just happened to have my camera this time, so I pulled over and snapped some pictures. This picture, I think, captured a lot of my feelings about that day.

When I was working in Washington, DC with Net '05, my sister and I took a day and went to the botanical gardens there next to the Capitol. It was beautiful. Undoubtedly the most beautiful garden's I've ever seen. I snapped a bunch of pictures, but only a few jumped out at me. I don't know why I never did anything with some of these... Maybe I should.

Way back when it all started...

This is my AFCOE class graduation pic. It was November of 2003. Wow, four years. In a way it seems that it's been only a short time, but when I look back on all that's happened between now and then, I think it must have been much, much longer than four years. God has certainly led me on a very great adventure. I'm really grateful to Him for what He has given me. I wouldn't give these last four years to anyone else!