Thursday after work, I went with my friends Alicia and Christy to The Jordan, the college ministry at my church. It was such a great night, and even though I was strangely introvert, it was wonderful to see everyones faces! I cant wait to go back this week.
I usually work between 8 and 11 hours on Fridays, so Thursday night I was hoping to get plenty of sleep to prepare myself for a full day of watching a 6 month old baby.. until about 6:30 in the afternoon when I get a text from the mom that I babysit for telling me that I didnt have to work Friday! Meaning I didnt have to wake up at 5:00am to be there by 6:30am... finally, I got to sleep in! My friend Evan and I have been trying to get together this past week to cathch up, but we had both been so busy, so since I had Friday off, her and I finally got to get together! We went to Vinaka, of course, and talked for hours. It was so good to see her after one whole year (where time goes, I have no idea) and to hear how well she is doing! I really missed her. That afternoon, I was planning on just relaxing at home since I didnt really have any plans, but my friend Sarah surprised me with an invite to go to a benefit concert with her! So we went spur of the moment and had such a great time.
Saturday I just ran around and did some errands until I found out that one of my best friends was camping at the Carlsbad campgrounds with her family! If you know me, you know that camping is one of my favorite things in the world and Ive been dying to go for the longest time.. so when I heard they were there, I was all in. I showed up around 6:00pm and when I got there, Leesha was on a bike ride with her moms friend, so I played with her adorable little miracle brother, Kaeden, who is almost one year old now! I adore him so much. Leesh got back about 20 minutes later and we watched part of Toy Story 3 with the baby, and then went and had burritos around the campfire with her family and my aunt and uncle. We had so much fun! I always forget how much fun I have with all of them.. I love them so much.
While at the campgrounds, our friend Jodi told me about the street fair that was today, and I got so excited. I love the street fair and I havent been in so long! I always seem to be out of town or something when they are being held...so I definitely planned on going. When I woke up this morning, I walked in the living room and looked out the window to see my neighbor Alistair having a yard sale in my front yard! Haha so I went out and helped him out with a few things and ended up buying a tripod for my camera and he gave me some oil paints for free... stoked! After attempting to work out which failed do to my arthritis pain getting worse and worse, I got ready for Natalie to come over to go to the fair. On our way, we stopped at Jamba Juice where I got a delicious Matcha Green Tea smoothie which Jon got me hooked on a few months ago, and we ended up running into our friend Connor! We walked all the streets of the fair and ran into Natalie's sister toward the end and went up to Vinaka for some tea to cool us down.. it was like 80 out today, so hot! After Vinaka, we walked a few more streets and right when we were about to leave... we heard some beautiful music coming from some direction. Realizing the song was "Oh! Darling," we just had to follow the noise until we found where it was coming from.. and when we arrived, I almost fainted. It was closest I will ever come to seeing the Beatles play live (obviously); a British band dressed up in suits with wigs on completely resembling the Beatles. Most amazing thing ever!!! The only thing that would top that for me would be seeing Paul McCartney live. We stayed for a few songs and watched the most adorable old couple dance to the songs that they grew up to and then walked home and got ready to go to Natalie's house. After leaving Nat's, I decided to go surprise Jon at work since I knew he had a long day staying indoors and not being able to go to the fair. I always love seeing his face when I go in to surprise him :) It always makes both mine and his day, haha. I sneaked my debit card in at the last second so I could pay for some soup, but Jon being Jon, ordered me more food so he could be the one to pay for it.. haha gotta love it, though. It made me so happy to see him after such a busy week. All my problems seem to fade away when Im with him and being left with feeling only joy. You've gotta love God's perfect plan.
Tomorrow I say goodbye to my friend, Alistair who was having the yard sale this morning. He is leaving for the Oregon Trail at about 7:45am.. Im so nervous for him but I know he is going to have such an amazing experience! He will definitely be in my prayers for the next few months for safety.
Im also getting sooooooooo excited for this Friday! Fleet Foxes!! :)
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!
Xoxo,
Hill
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