what a weekend!

this weekend was a little overwhelming, but great! i got to see so many friends that i wont be able to see on a regular base like im used to. i got to hang out with alison and josh and lyd and eat at olive garden not only on tues. nite, but on friday nite as well. ali and josh have a strong love for the restaurant and have no shame in eating there twice within 4 days. and another great thing that happened on friday was that i got a REAL bed! and by real, i mean a queen!! its so big i dont know what to do with it. i said that to my mom and her response was, 'just dont put a boy in it with you.' thanks mom...but anyways, i got it for a terrific deal off of craigslist.org - kinda hard to explain what it is so just check it out for yourself. so now i have a wonderfully large bed and i love it!

then saturday kristen and jeff and patin and rielly and ryan all came to austin! it was so weird that we were all hanging out but weren't in cs. i was so spoiled in getting to see all of them at one time but i kinda wish they had spread it out a little bc come next week ill be all lonely! but still, im so glad they all came - and knowing me ill probably just go to cs next weekend if i dont have anything better to do! plus, eileen was here for the weekend thru student venture so i got to meet her at zilker park and see her for a bit! so we ate dinner at yummy chuys and had some interesting conversation to say the least. lets just say that once people are married, theyre just a lot more candid..or maybe its just jeff and kristen. so then everyone left sat nite... :( but its okay bc i know ill see them all soon. thanks again to everyone who made the trip - yall are the greatest!

today i tried a new church - austin stone. i like the church i grew up going to bc my youth pastor is now the head pastor and hes pretty amazing. the only problem is that there isnt a great 'after-college' group and im looking for something like that to get involved in and meet people my own age thru. otherwise, im not sure where i would make new friends. so i checked out austin stone with my friend casey and liked it. when i was telling my parents they thought i said 'austin stoned' and for good reason were a little skeptical. they thought i was joining some cult where everyone got high and not the kind of church high you get after summer camp. so i cleared that up and told them that yes, the church does believe in jesus. so anyways, its predominately college age and right outta college which is perfect. they have a lot of mid week bible study groups so i might try out one of those and see what theyre like. my same friend casey is also heading up a new inner city ministry there which is something im definitely interested in so thats another plus. so we'll see what happens. oh, and after church we grabbed dinner at hula hut which is one of my favorites!!!

so needless to say, i had a busy but great weekend!! i love my friends and will miss all of yall in cs a lot! and rie..even though you said 'out with the old, in with the new,' i know you couldnt possibly have meant it completely, right??? im just going to hope not...