Can it be next Wednesday already?

Two weeks have passed since the end of camp, and I have never experienced such mind-numbing boredom as I am now. You know, with the exception of last summer when camp ended. I am in this awkward in-between phase. I'm finished with work and waiting to go back to school. The time is occasionally punctuated by bursts of activity such as seeing a movie, shopping for school, cooking dinner, reading a book, and exercising, but all of the intermittent time seems to stretch on forever. Sure, there are things I can do, like write a letter, paint, sketch, reorganize the 1000+ recipes saved on my computer, but I just don't feel like doing anything. It's an issue.

And here are the much awaited (ha!) updates from the past week:

1. As I ride my bike around the neighborhood, I have to keep my mouth shut so the bugs won't get in. I know that they are there because I can feel them slapping against my arms and face as I cut through the humid evening air like lightning at about 10 miles an hour.

2. I saw Julie & Julia yesterday and was entranced by the bruschetta that Julie made early on in the movie. I was still thinking about it hours later.

The movie was pretty good and I loved Meryl Streep's portrayal of Julia Child. I felt that, in one of the letters Julia writes to her friend that says "I am the only woman in the world who enjoys shopping for food in Paris more than shopping for dresses," that I could relate. I can so relate. You and me too Julia.

3. Texas in 6 days. Friends in 6 days. I can barely contain myself and I don't know how I'll make it to next week.

4. God's word never returns void and to this I cling. And God provides. And He loves me not for what I do good (because He knows it's not much), but because that's just who He is.

5. I finally know who my roomie is this year and, to be quite honest, I am very excited.

6. Francine Rivers is a wonderful story-teller and I wish I could tell a story like that. I've just read some of her books about the women in the lineage of Jesus and they are so encouraging.

I believe that may be all for now. Good night.

Creole Belle