I have the best parents!! They came over the mountains yesterday since I couldn't go to Madras for Spring Break. Not only did they bring my desk over, they brought their old table for me, as well as a vacuum as a be-lated birthday gift! That's only the beginning. Dad helped me with my car (pulling the alternator out only to find that it was fine and the problem must be something else) and Mom cleaned my apartment (Kudos to Mom!!). We then had Jack and Lisa over and had a great conversation. Today they bought me some cleaning supplies and took me to Mongolian Grill!

Mom and Dad, I really, really, really appreciated all that you did and enjoyed your time here. Thank you very much for being my parents!

It's officially Spring Break now for me. I finished my analysis project and turned it in before noon on Monday. It's a relief to be done with all my homework. The plans this week are to veg the rest of today and part of tomorrow. I have some running around to do tomorrow, but my goal is to set up on the couch with chips and dip and watch movies! I'm thinking about doing a LOTR Marathon...

Thursday I need to get the car into the mechanic's to see if he can figure out what's going on. I hope he does, 'cause I really want to have my car work! That's the day I'm also going to look for a job. I can no longer get by with not working. I need funds!

Random thoughts:

I hate ants, especially when they get into my cereal and drown in the milk. Luckily ants have no taste.

I like Flickr, but I wish I had a Pro account to do more with it...

My Mom's Zuchini cake is awesome!!

I should call someone...

Oh hey, I was in a wedding on Saturday. Third one I've been in, the 4th I've attended and the umpteenth friend to get married in the last year. I went over to Reese's to hang for awhile before the wedding. Got dressed in the shirt, tie, and vest. Sorry, no pictures unless I can get some from Adele..

We did the professional pictures before the wedding. Very cool to watch the guy handle the wedding party. Then it was time for the ceremony. Reese did something different. Alicia's Dad came to the front and Reese stepped up and asked permission under the condition that he would never divorce Alicia. Mr. B. responded with something along the lines of giving away their greatest treasure and entrusting her to Reese. Very, very moving. Then the bride come up and they went through the vows, unity candle and communion. That was it and they were married!

They left after the reception and I stayed and helped clean and set up. I was so tired that all I wanted to do was watch a movie and sleep.

It's going to be interesting to watch them together over the next few months. I'm interested in seeing how our friendship changes because of his getting married. All the rest of my friends changed because of it, so it'll be interesting to see how Reese handles it.

More Randomness:

I still need more shelves. It's amazing how many books I have, and even more amazing to think that I still have a lot back home.

This next term is my last term. I've pretty much made the decision that I'm just taking the classes I need and that's it. I'd like to take Church Planting, but it'll add to the homework and class time and I just can't see doing that with all the other things coming up.

It's going to be strange to be wrapping up this year and this period in my life.

I finished reading C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength. Took awhile to build up to the climax, but it became interesting as I got more into it. It's a book that I've tried to read at least two times before, after reading the other books in the space trilogy, but I could never get into it. I decided to start on it first this time and try to get into it. It is a good book with some good ideas about the battle between good and evil.

I think I'm going to read The Silmarilion again. I'm thinking it's time to start on Tolkien again.