My friend who works for the school newspaper e-mailed me this picture today. It was taken in the pseudo-dining room we're forced to use right before Christmas when all the school donors were in town. Anyways, they had asked me if I would respond to a question and be quoted in the paper, so I was like, "Why not?"
Then, they asked me if I thought caffine was a christian drug! I started laughing, because this idea seemed ridiculous. It was, however, finals week and my brains are fried. Instead of saying something clever like, "No, it's a drug for mormons." Or something intelligent like, "it's not addictive to the point of damaging your body." I said the following:
"No caffine is not addictive... wait yes it is. Well, it's not bad for you... not as bad for you as um, real drugs." The end.
Luckily for me my friends did not publish my comment and I got a picture out of the deal. I like this picture, because I really didn't know he was taking it and it was totally candid. My room mate pointed out that I do slightly resemble a crack adict, but what can I say it was finals week. There was no time to sleep or fix my hair.
That was just a random story and picture for you all, but I do have something I actually wanted to say. I saw the best movie on Friday night (yes we can watch movies now) and everyone should go see it. As you probably guessed from my lovely picture I am talking about "The End of the Spear." It is a movie about the missionaries to the Aucka indians in Ecuador who were martyred in the late 1950s and how their families actually picked up the work of the missionaries in an amazing act of forgiveness. It will make you cry, but it is amazing and very factual (the documentary was shown in our chapel) as it follows the real story to perfection. You should go.

Photos courtesy of the great photographer Crazy Uncle

Happy UnBirthday to me!
Last night my mom and the grandparents threw me a suprise 20&3/4 birthday party. I will be student teaching on my real birthday, and will not be home until June. So we celebrated early. If anyone was worried about these pics of me pouring the drink, you should be! Just kidding, it was fake alcohol. Anyways, a good time was had by all and I was VERY suprised!
Tommorow I go back to Chicago. It should be a busy semester with 19 credit hours (the biggest load I've done yet) but I like a challenge so it should be okay.
A Special Note for Caleb:
I had a lovely day thursday and was blessed with the company of my dear cousin Lauri and my Aunt Kim and my Uncle Keith. I also saw CALEB!!!!! For reals, though, it was good to get to see you all again. I hope Parump gets a little better for you upon your return. Well, a late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. I love you guys a lot!