2024: week 40.

monday, september 30.

our last roomie hang before jess moves out.

tuesday, october 1.

i did an overnight with these boys on this night so their parents could go to the dove awards and not have to be home and parent at 6am the next morning. it was so much fun to hang with them.

wednesday, october 2.

my friend cassie has season tickets to the soccer games, and she was so kind to let me come to a game! our last game of the season. this was right after we scored our third goal, when we almost scored again (but didn’t).

and this was right before we left, after we gave up two goals right at the end and lost 3-4. it’s unfortunate we lost, but cassie, lani, and i still had a fun time.

thursday, october 3.

my friend sj hosted a wine night, where her friend andrew (pictured here, pouring wine), taught us things about wine. we had two tastings of white and two of red, and then we did a blind tasting at the end where we tried to guess the year/location/etc.

friday, october 4.

i got a membership to a coworking space called switchyards because i learned i need to be outside my house to be self-motivated. as a self-employed person, i need that. plus they have free crema coffee. so.

i worked from there this day.

another shabbat dinner! this time it was more focused on rosh hashanah and yom kippur because it’s that time of year. i love these dinners because there are always people i don’t know and we learn so much about the traditions jesus grew up with.

saturday, october 5.

i spent a good chunk of the morning at switchyards, reading and journaling and praying and listening to the new benjamin william hastings album. highly recommend, especially “still you” + “afar.”

sunday, october 6.

sometimes as i’m walking into church, i am grateful for this building all over again. i’m grateful for the church, and i’m grateful for the building. because we didn’t always have one. and because this place, in particular, has been such a physical marker for me. i’ve had so many special moments here. before this building was our church, as it was still being built out, and now. i’ve encountered god here in so many ways. sometimes when i’m walking in, it feels like a pile of stones. a well. a pillar. a thing that marks the place where god has spoken, and a reminder to me that he is good and faithful. he sees. he hears. he is near.