Small Prayer.

I put my trust in you God, 'For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' Amen.

Today began as every other day has, nice and early to get more done and as a result, be more productive. I woke up this morning and immediately took out my bike down to fourth street to pick up some replacement parts. After being shown by the guy at the shop how to do what I wanted to--I headed back home to fiddle with the brakes. To reassure myself that I did indeed do an adequate job (not a job that would send me skidding into a ball of pain across the gravel because my brakes failed me) I took my bike out for a spin around the reservoir. As as result of my inexperience, I nearly dove over the handle bars going down a hiking path that leads into the valley. My heart racing, I managed to skid to a stop, thank God that I didn't eat it horribly and start once again down the hill. A couple times early on the trip I stopped to 'tinker' some more (I made sure to put some of the essential tools in my backpack) and by the end of it, I may not have a permanent solution to my brakes (as I found today, I will have to spend the money probably second term to replace the brake pads) but I found a temporary one that should last me through the first term. After my adventure, I headed back home, showered up, cleaned a bit (I should have done more today that I did of that and packing), and spent time talking to a friend that it has truly been too long since we had a good chat. After a couple hours of talking and of course smiling, it was time to go out to pick up Mike. What did we do? Well we kick started with some slurpees for Macs (strawberry/banana/coke flavored!...basically tasted like sugar loaded coke (more so than normal)). We then proceeded to drive aimlessly around wondering where different roads took us. After driving in circles we decided to head quickly back to my place to get an article that I had kept for Mike earlier. After a short visit at home, it was time to pick up Sarah (alias's: Sars (Yes, Sars. And no, not the respiratory disease), Sars Bars, Sarbot Mathetron etc...) for as we all know, Sarah always adds humor to any situation. The three of us drove over to the mall where we proceeded to have three sets of photobooth pictures taken (I love these things, mostly because I love being a goof). After a snack and some pictures, Mike had to be dropped off at home, so back that way we went. The night then went on with playing around on several different playgrounds, 'oooing' and 'awwing' over this small child in a superman tshirt that followed us around, and a late night dinner at Moxies with Vanessa R and Vanessa M.

Priceless Moments:
- 'Psst, my myspace is in Dutch. Help!'
- 'I'll remember that when I wake you up in the wee hours of the morning and you're ready to kill me'
(Note: Am I really that bad in the middle of the night when woken up?)
- Mike's facial expression when I commented on a girls ____ walking down 17th. How could I not notice?
- The ever worsening conversation topics sitting in the food court at the mall in chinook.
- How my tiredness by the end of the night at the restaurant proceeded to give the facade that I was tipsy. I even slurred my words...Let it be known though that there was not a drop of alcohol in my blood stream, just the usual (and the predictable) Iced Tea! Go team free refills.