quiet weekend

Hey all,

I had a quiet weekend up here.  With all my running around the last few weekends, the lack of sleep from when the brothers were here and the advent of allergy season, I needed a break.  So I stayed in, watched movies, read, etc.

I saw 3 movies: PS I Love You, Evan Almighty and August Rush.  PS I Love You was ok, kinda cute, pretty sad, but good overall.  Evan Almighty was a little over the top, but had some good parts and I thought August Rush was good also.  Anyway, this is not a movie review...  Both PS I Love You and August Rush had a recurring "everything happens for a reason" theme.  Normally I would have gone "psssh, stuff like that doesn't happen."  But the new, Alaskan Aimee thinks stuff really does happen for a reason.  And in Evan Almighty, there's a scene when God talks to Evan's wife and says this gem:

"Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?"

I wasn't planning on blogging this to be sappy, but I've been quite introspective after church these days, or at least I've been thinking a lot (sign of a good pastor, I think).  Anyway, the movies made me think a lot too.  I'm not really ready to draw any conclusions (there are a lot of them anyway) but I thought I'd send along that quote to think about.  

Today after church I stopped by Fred Meyers for cereal and a sub and strawberries for lunch.  And starbucks.  I loaded the groceries into my new pannier and rode to Creamer's Field to sit on a bench and picnic.  At first when I was riding by I said (in my head) "oh there are no birds here any more...  but it'll be nice to sit here anyway" BUT THEN I saw a ton of Sandhill Cranes.  Cool stuff.  Those guys really look like dinosaurs and some friendly children notified me that they were doing "the crane dance."  Yep, that or reproducing.  But anyway, neat stuff.

And my purse cam was out of batteries. :-(  Not to worry though, I think these panniers could hold my big camera bag-- so maybe I'll head out there again sometime.

Later gators!  Pajama party part deux in Vegas?!