on holiday

a labor day weekend to be grateful for...

*still feeling at home on hope's campus
*divine nature in concert, a new cd, and free quizno's dinner with o staff and the band
*andrew j saying, "look at her, she's a graduate student," and then hugging me and telling me he's so proud of me
*captain sundae :)
*BTP (and that other kid)
*orlando bloom and brad pitt in troy, on the big screen, for free, with popcorn and a diet pepsi
*gifts from vienna and my austria bumper sticker
*my picture still being on the dance bulletin board in the dow
*running into a million friends
*k's porch
*late night phone calls to willie
*my bestest roomie ever
*counting crows sleep mix
*copious amounts of dessert and coffee
*creating letterheads in the sac office for k's homework
*the gathering and chapel
*sitting in the peale/vanderplex circle catching up with k
*God having a sense of humor (even if we don't always find Him funny)
*swimming and sauna in the dow
*remembering disney world and when "after 6 hours in the car, everything is funny"
*making it to the kletz just before the rainstorm
*the dps being in the holland sentinel
*visiting cap'n jack in the dungeon
*hanging out on the futon in wal-mart to look at pictures
*learning that a 10 cent pop can refund can get a person .57 miles closer to vienna
*conversations sitting outside the chapel listening to the worship team inside
*tears of love
*meeting my hug quota