It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday I had lunch with my parents at their house. I used to stop by for lunch about once a month, but during the months I didn't eat...I didn't go. So I'm trying to be a better daughter by showing up for lunch again. :)

And after my nap, I cuddled up on the couch to watch the Signature Sound Tribute to the Cathedral Quartet. Some friends from church, who know I'm a total Gaither groupie, asked if I'd seen this one, and I hadn't, so they let me borrow it for a few days. My college roommate, Jenny, and I loved the Cathedrals and even went to a couple of their concerts. These songs definitely brought back memories - and yes, a couple of them made me cry.

* Monday evening I got together with my friend Ronda to do some trip planning! We've decided to go on vacation later this year, and we had to figure out what dates worked and begin the dreaming process. I'm so excited about this trip because it will be another first for Bekah. More details on that later.

* Tuesday was the Independence Day celebration with Faith. Since I already posted about it, enough said on that!

* Oh people...let me tell you about Wednesday. I had a grumpy sort of day and that night I just did not feel like working out. So I decided I'd go ahead and cash in my "free day" and take it easy. I kicked back, opened my email, and found a message from my new friend, Jamie. She'd been going through some pictures at WBCL Radio (where she works) and found this one of me from a scrapbook night the station hosted maybe five or so years ago. I won the door prize:
Are you kidding me? Who let me out looking like that? I shut the computer, put on my workout clothes and enjoyed forty minutes of vigorous workout on the mini-stepper. I'm going to print out that picture and hang it on my refrigerator with a sign that says "Are you sure you want to eat?"

* Thursday I had to give a presentation at work so I wore my fancy britches and made sure my hair was decent, and had it not been for the giant zit I've sprouted on my face, it could have been declared a nearly perfect day. The presentation went well...and then I went to lunch in Baldwin, where I saw Brian Holland, who deserves a blog mention. :)

And then...when our secretary zipped across campus for something and left her pizza-toe shoes behind in favor of her snow boots, I figured they were fair game...so I tried them on:

I was dreadfully unable to walk in them...but they were blessed cute!

* After the week that wouldn't end....it did...finally. Friday I spent the whole evening hanging out with my mentor, Lara. We had dinner at Montana Mike's (never been there before, but had their chicken tostada salad and it was so yummy...and simultaneously sinus-cleansing with its chipotle-ranch dressing), went shopping for some new clothes for her (I got the very important role of opinion-sharer), grabbed some coffee at Starbucks, and spent hours continuing to learn more about each other's stories. It is not lost to me that this friendship/time of learning has been God-ordained in every way. I love it.

* Saturday, I hopped in a van with some ladies from my church and we traveled to the mother-ship. (The Gaither Store.) I warned them ahead of time that I can be an embarrassment to myself and others when surrounded by so much David Phelps, but I managed to reign it in yesterday. It was crazy busy at the store because they were hosting the premier of the newest tapings, but we did get a wonderful lunch there - and I topped it off with this: the best frappe in the entire world - is made at Gaither Family Resources.
Y'all, I'm a coffee addict. I've had frappes everywhere. None are ever better than GFR. I'm not kidding.

And, my friend Arlene bought me a present there, too! I love it. For every coffee addict who is also prone to tears:
Pocket tissues! Thanks, Arlene! You made my DAY!

Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: As I fell asleep one night, I was praying about a situation that has caused me some struggle, and God nudged me awake and urged me to let go of that...in exchange for something HE has waiting for me. It was such a beautiful moment. I loved it.

Books I am Reading This Week: It was another crazy busy week, as you can see, so very little time to read. I stayed consistent in Sparkling Gems from the Greek and started reading The Peanut Butter Man - a book I'm reviewing for the reading course committee I'm on.

Goal Update from Last Sunday: Well...I did pretty well not adding anything to my schedule. I did add that lunch with my parents, and I agreed to help a friend with something yesterday, but she canceled on me, so it evened out. I DID use the word no a few other times. And the food journal was a success. I think it's a form of accountability that works for me! Needs some tweaking but I like it. It stays.

Goals for the Coming Week: Finish one book (don't want to hold up the ones I'm reviewing), get my brake light fixed (if I don't put it on here, I won't do it), print out pictures for my work frames (another thing I won't remember to update if I don't have to report on it!)...and that should keep me busy.