Chicago, Church, and Cleaning.

Let me start off by saying I had a fantastic time in Chicago. I went there in August, so it wasn't a new city to me anymore. We didn't do the tourist (visiting buildings and important places) thing this time. We did, however, stroll over to Millenium Park. It's the home of the bean...you know...this one!

The Bean!!!

It's so cool! And you can see the Chicago Skyline in the reflection. On our way to the bean, we ran into Vince Vaughn. No big deal. Whatever! I was freaking out! But I couldn't get my camera out fast enough but I managed to get a picture of the back of his head. It's totally him. Zoom in. He's the tall one with the sideburns. I promise it's him.

It's Vince Vaughn. For real!

Anyway, other than that, we had a fantastic time in Chicago. The convention didn't seem as interesting as it was last year, but it could be because I spent most of the time I was there in meetings about the Student Organization. Either way, it was fun. It's in Boston next year, so I'm excited!

Last week, a bunch of people and myself participated in a Human Video for Palm Sunday. It was to "Dry Bones" by Gungor.  The song is amazing. Anyway, I'm going to post the link off of my friend, Deirdre Field's facebook video, and hopefully you'll be able to see it. If not, I apologize for teasing you. 

We will be doing that video again tomorrow, along with "Beautiful Exchange" by Hillsong, and "Living in Me" by someone's name I can't remember at the moment. That one is a really upbeat, cheeseball kind of song. It's ok though, I still enjoy dancing to it :) And "Beautiful Exchange" is an amazing song, as it naturally would be since it's by Hillsong.  So, if you're in the area and you don't already have plans for Easter Sunday morning, you should come join us at Triumph Church Nederland. We'd love to have you! (shameless plug...)

We have practice and dress rehearsal today starting at 2. I've been up since 9 cleaning my house and I'm nowhere near finished. But I have two clean dogs, a clean living room and kitchen, lunch is cooked, and all of the clothes are washed. So I have made some progress today. 

Let me just say that everytime I sweep, I have enough dog hair to make a new dog. Whether I sweep once a week, once a month, once a day, it doesn't matter. I always have enough hair to make an entirely new dog. It's ridiculous. Like the dog hair king is out to get me. 

I recently read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. What an amazing book! The movie came out yesterday, but I haven't had time to go see it yet. Maybe I'll go either tonight or tomorrow evening sometime. I also just finished The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. Another good book. The last chapter almost made me want to throw the book at the wall, but Mr. Sparks tied everything all in perfectly, like he usually does. I can't wait until these last two weeks of school are over so I can dive into all the books I can possibly read...until summer school starts in June. 

That's about all I've got for now. I have to go get everything ready for practice and rehearsal. I have a feeling we may be there several hours. By several hours I mean 6 or more :)

Have a beautiful Saturday and a Happy Easter!

Rae