John 10:10

AAAHHHH this weather. I think the good Lord new we all needed these past couple of days to get us through the rest of the winter.

Last weekend was a dear friend's birthday so after work on Saturday Erica, Sara and I packed up Rhonda (the Accord) and headed down to Baltimore.  Of course, we were so involved in our conversation that I forgot to stay in the right lane and subsequently missed the exit off of 83 onto 695...poo. For those of you who know, this is bad..very bad, because you can't simply just get off, loop back around and get back on, so after some fighting with an iPhone, and 4 u turns...we figured it out! We finally made it into Baltimore and found Sam's apartment, we picked her up, she helped us find a spot in front of the Safeway and we unloaded our stuff.  As soon as we got out of the car I noticed a homeless man rummaging through his bush obviously trying to find something. I can only assume that this was his bush because he eventually emerged victorious with his brown paper bag and bottle of liquor! Ohhh Baltimore, how I love you and miss you!

We had a great time, we were able to just talk and catch up about our lives. Things have definitely changed for all of us in the past year, and we've all hit the real world running. Sam is working in the NICU as an RN, Erica is working for a lobbying firm in Mechanicsburg, Sara is now MARRIED and works as an OTA at Willow Valley, and Kristen is working for Nationwide and happily dating someone. Man, life is crazy. 

We left there around 12am and headed home. This was my favorite part I do believe, we were able to have a heart to heart..I mean a tear shedding, lay it all out on the table heart to heart.  I don't think we have ever had this type of talk, at least not all of us collectively. I love Sara because she encourages me to be the best that I can be, she has shown me what it really means to have faith, to have hope and most of all...to love like Christ loves us.  Erica, ohhh Erica...this girl has a passionate personality that I wish I had even a quarter of, she has goals and dreams and she works so hard to make those dreams a reality. I'm pretty sure that she was more of an encouragement to me on the way home than I was to her, which may be bad on my part especially since she was the one seeking the answers and assurance.  I'm so glad these girls have been placed in my life and I'm looking forward to spending some more time with them just doing what girls to best...talking.