and the winner is......

.....me! i won a dish towel from housewifery. i can't wait to see if i get the dandelion or poppy towel. while, it is funny that i won something from housewifery, it's actually a lot of fun. this is the first thing that i have won online. it seems to be a new trend to get people to comment on blogs. because let's face it, comments rock. now, i'm thinking about giving away something. stay tuned and be ready to comment!

splat!

for the first time in my life, i went paintballin'. can you even use that in verb form? well, i heard it as a verb today when i went with 26 students to wisconsin to superior paintball. i had a blast.

for my first day ever, i was able to hit two people right in the mask. there was something very satisfying about seeing green paint go all over their mask as they peeked their heads up from those bunkers. sure, i got other people in their torso but a headshot is ideal.

i found out there is a youth subculture of people who paintball. there were some kids who seemed to be there about every weekend and were really good (they got me a few times).

there was a game in which our team was assigned to storm what they called a castle. the other team was to stay and guard us off for 12 minutes. if we got to the castle and took it over, we won. if we didn't, they won.

i got to a bunker with four other junior high boys. i told them if we didn't storm the castle all at once, we had no chance of winning. as i told them this, i could see the fear in their eyes. they were probably in this bunker the whole time and didn't want to leave. i told them, i'm going to count to three and we're all going to go. there are going to be casualties but we must go. i counted to three, took off running only to find one other person with me.

i have no idea what it would be like to actually be in a war but paintball seemed to be the closest thing. especially as i saw the fear in the eyes in those junior high boys. i know i would never want to be in a war but am very thankful for the united states military who sacrifice so much for our freedom.

twin cities :: chicago :: detroit

i just had a great weekend. it's amazing to jump on a plane, go up in the air and come down and in minutes, you're where you want to be. that's how it seemed when i took my flight detroit and back with a short connection in chicago. thank you northwest airlines (now part of delta) for being on time on all my flights.

i only fly about once in two years so i enjoy it but i know if i had to do it all the time i would hate it. especially if it was my job. but for the little i do it, i love it.

it was also the first time flying alone and not with a group of people or my family. i sat next to boring people who slept and didn't ask me ten million questions (i enjoy talking to strangers and people watching). and one flight there was a vacant seat next to me which was nice.

my reason for travel: my cousin's wedding. the wedding was great. the reception was fancy. i had the assigned job of praying for the reception dinner. i kept it short and simple; the way the couple wanted it.

i'd have to say the highlight of my weekend was spending time with all of my friends at northwestern college. i miss them so much and we were able to catch up. my friends are engaged, half-price appetizers never tasted so good and hugs were exchanged.

now it's back to work which is hard to do after a weekend of play.