Sunday, March 12

This morning we went to Park Community Church again. I really really like it there. It's really energetic, the music is perfect, but the message is also captivating as well. The people are friendly, the coffeetime after is great. The community there is just what I'd want in a church. It's a "daughter church" of Willow Creek church, which is a mega church around here somewhere. I'll get there sometime this semester. I hear they have church for members during the week and then their weekend services are purely outreach to visitors. Interesting concept. I guess with a church that huge, you'd have to somehow work with service times and the masses of people that attend the church. The age range of people at Park Community church is pretty young. A good place to meet new people if you're new to the city as well. We thought it was skirt weather today...after all, yesterday was a tiny glimpse of summer, but we were brought upon the reality that it is still March and we do need to keep our socks on for a few more weeks at least. We got back to the apartment and changed into our sweatshirts and comfy jeans.

On the bus ride home, I met a guy from the UK (Wales!) who was here for a conference. He was friendly and liked Canadians. We both agreed that Vancouver would be a beautiful place to live someday. I love the accent. I wish I caught his name!

For lunch we celebrated Kate's birthday by going out for a light lunch to the Corner Bakery just down the street. She was getting calls to her phone off and on all day so she was on the phone for a little while before, during and after the meal, but it was nice to go out as roommates and talk abotu life and our horribly long names...hah. Poor Kate's name is going to be Katheryn Elizabeth VanWyngarden when she gets married this summer. She's always made fun of dutch people with 'Van' in their names..and now she'll be one! I told her she should keep the Le from her last name right now (LeSage) and just have LeWyngarden as her last name. That would be so uber european, but she decides to just take on Adam's last name. She's needing a lot of practice at her new signature!
All that food made me tired, so I took a nap. It was only supposed to be an hour...but I stretched it to 3 hours. Yah, I'm stupid. But I woke up, went for a run by the lake again :) and then started the productivity of my day at around 6pm.
Ang slaved over a cake all afternoon (it was a two layer cake easter basket with little eggs in it and a handle and everything!) So we ate it with the guys upstairs and needed two tries to get the happy birthday song right when she came in. Chris was back in Michigan to DJ a wedding so he wasn't there, but Dave's friend Bob, Dave, and Jeff were there to enjoy our lovely easter birthday cake.
I don't like spending $1.25 everytime to wash something in the laundry room downstairs, so I handwashed my socks and underwear tonight. Now hopefully I can go a few more weeks without the washer and dryer :) (sigh...it might be the dutch in me *shakes head*)
I'm up way too late. Want to sleep!

Songs of the moment: "Toy Soldiers" by Martika. "World on Fire" Sarah McLaughlin.