get excited.

So everyday i get more and more excited for El Salvador and less and less excited about studying for chemistry.

Last weekend I went back to nebraska for 3.5 days for the first time since Christmas. It was a nice short little visit. I went to walmart, attending Rachel's graduation party, hung out with my grandpa, went to graduation, ate a waffle house, and flew back to Seattle. Short sweet and to the point. It was wonderful to be back home and see my family. I was so proud of Rachel when she graduated high school, and all the recognitions she received.

T-minus 18 days until I leave for El Salvador.

Mostly, I just wanted to put up this family photo. I love my family!

free food > my food.

favorite moment of today:
i returned home from nebraska on sunday evening exhausted. But since i decided it would be a good idea to do NOTHING while at home, no homework, books, nothing. I had soo much homework to do today. So i went to my classes, got home, did homework, left to go get chemistry homework help, group project, and finally housing signed up (literally 5 hours after i left for chemistry help). after all was said and done i was not excited about going back to my apartment to try to scrape together dinner, i still havent got to go to the grocery store and all i have is ramen.

finally, favorite moment:
while i was leaving housing sign up with a few girls talking about how i was excited about ramen for the second time today...one of them speaks up and says "wanna go eat Quiche?" umm yes!
so today i was an official taster for the quiche bake-off in the FCS department.

good day? i think so.

wanna spoon?

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!

In Annie's apartment, there are 12 knives, forks and spoons...14 if you include the plastic spoons I stole from work.

ive always secretly wanted a tattoo, i think they are cool. After months of searching i think i found the winning design. What do you think mom?

So one of the things that i really wanted to accomplish in my first year living in seattle was to find a "home church." A church were I could go every sunday and start building community and get involved. I am still looking for that, however, this past weekend i attended 2 churches, All Saints Church and Khmer evangelical church. A double header.

I started my morning by walking to All Saints (non-denomination) Church up in Queen Anne. I really enjoyed the vibe of the service. They were really focused on community, and even had a 10 minute break in the middle of the service. They had this extended meet and greet, so that we would actually go and have real conversations (and coffee!) with people, not a hand shake and a muffled introduction. However, something about the service just didnt feel "right" to me. So i continue on my search.

Later that day i attended Khmer Evangelical Church...its Cambodian. Is my friend Cambodian...no. It actually reminded me a lot of my first few weeks at church in Nicaragua. They only translated like 75% of the service. However, the people that went there were so wonderful and welcoming. As soon as we walked in the door we were greeted and people asked how we were doing and were so excited that Brittney, my friend, had brought a guest. It was a small service in a community church that was also used for other services (an english and spanish to be exact). So it was just endearing. They sang songs in English and then sang them in Cambodian, giggling and just enjoying the worship they entered together, despite the fact that it wasnt perfect. One of the things that i loved was that they kept calling us out on just standing and sitting with everyone else. It also was wondering, but i dont know if it would be "my" church.

However, I am excited that i can go back to services again, with my new work schedule, i have Sundays free to go out and explore. I really like doing almost this case study of what worship and church looks like. i will keep you updated!