today was... ok.  Caught up on some sleep, did a lot of reading.

You know what's fun?  Skimming through the Bible looking for anything on a particular topic.  Like I went through a good part of the New Testament (Romans-Jude) today looking for anything that had to do with Christian living, interactions with people, handling other Christians who disagree with you, and how to act for the sake of non-Christians.  I found a *lot* of really interesting sections on it, and because I was going through and reading it all at once, it was easier to see patterns in instructions across books and such, yet I could also go through and see the context around each verse.


I read some more of other books besides the Bible, and practiced speed reading.  I have a lot of books I want to read, and reading faster would definitely be helpful.  I also found a library!  Lots actually, but one pretty close to where I'll hopefully be living soon.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any Scottish Country Dance groups near Las Vegas--there's mostly just Highland Dance out here, and that hurts my feet if I try to do too much.  Both kinds require staying on the balls of your feet at least, but Highland Dance is done a lot higher--basically as high as possible without going into full point.  Try jumping continually up and down like that in proper position and... well, the arches of my feet start killing me.  So yeah, not really my thing.  I did find an Irish dance group though, which I had thought about learning in high school as well as the Scottish dance I was taking.  So I might try that.  We'll see.

What else...  umm...   looking forward to visiting a new church tomorrow.  I hope this one goes well...

So yeah.  Good night

Well, I tried to go to church this morning.  I got directions to the wrong listing on Google, and ended up looking for a street that wasn't there.  I could have gone to the 11:30am service instead, but that would have made it really late (I was supposed to meet my parents after church).  They have a "college and career" service tonight at 7pm, but I haven't decided whether or not I want to go.  I want to go to the main service next week, but I did want to go to church today.  I think I'll try to go tonight and see what it is like, as long as my parents don't have other plans.

I did get my stuff moved in to the hotel room and pretty much organized--even my desk supplies and electronics box.  :-)  I feel creative too, because I made a replacement handle for the little set of cardboard drawers I have (the plastic handle broke, and superglue didn't work).  I'm feeling a little better.