We're doin' it!
Well. Sort of. It got pretty exciting there for awhile.
Original plan: Leave Wheaton at 10 AM yesterday, drive 7 hours to David's parents' house in Minnesota and arrive in time for dinner. Have leisurely evening with the Thorntons and sleep in on Sunday.
New plan: One broken engine, three trips to different car places, four last minute Greyhound tickets and an 8-hour overnight bus trip! YEAH!
We left Chicago 11 pm last night and arrived in Minneapolis 8 AM this morning. Wahoo!
Seriously, we're having so much fun though. We're all so thankful that it worked out for the trip to still happen... David's parents SO graciously offered to drive us back to Wheaton on Wednesday, and then Matt's grands are picking us up and taking us to Ohio, where his grandpa can fix the car in time for us to take it back to school.
So the plans have changed but we're having a blast.
Today we had the incredibly eventful schedule of:
9 AM: Arrive David's house.
9:30-10:30: Eat amazing breakfast cooked by Mrs. Thornton.
11-12: Shower and chill (and talk on the phone with beautiful Mary, in my case).
12-2:30 PM: Sleep.
2:30-3:30: Eat amazing lunch cooked by Mrs. Thornton.
3:30-5:30: All sit together reading.
5:30-6:30: Go for a walk.
6:30-present: Chill.
And we're about to go eat another delicious meal. Probably followed by some reading and movie watching and laughing. Um. Heck. Yes.
Iiiiii seriously couldn't be happier. Being with some of my favorite people with no work and no agenda? So perfect.
ANDDDDD the final book list is:
Bible & Journal (didn't count)
Celtic Daily Prayer (duh)
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee (deep fiction fix)
Shopaholic & Sister, Sophie Kinsella (funny fiction fix)
Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L'Engle (beautiful and peaceful and page-turny writing fix)
With Open Hands, Henri Nouwen (Nouwen fix, and peaceful-devotionaly)
Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen (Nouwen fix, and one I've been meaning to read, and spiritual growth-y)
So happy just thinking of all of them sitting in my backpack waiting for me to read themmmm...
I am long on staying, I am slow to leave/ especially when it comes to you, my friend.
3 comments:
I love Return of the Prodigal Son...I should re-read that. I'm glad you're having fun!
I expect a follow-up post listing which books you actually read. :D
It was a good day wasn't it?
RA
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