a long saturday...

had a crazy, but good day yesterday...

started at 6 in the morning (got 3 hours of sleep 'cuz i couldn't fall asleep the night before) to carpool to irwindale for s.park's church volleyball tournament. a coupla years back, we won the the tournament, and this year, we got second place. i totally sucked, but thankfully, everyone else was doing well. if we had really wanted to win, i think we could have, but the church that wins first place has to host/plan next year's tournament...you can imagine what a logistical nightmare that can be. so instead, we kinda tried, but didn't try all that hard to win...it went to 3 games, and we lost the last game 18-16. a little disappointed, but that was more than made up for by the fact that pilgrim doesn't have to plan next year's tournament, right s.park?

so that went until around 5pm, and then i went back home and spent some quality time with natalie. she's very talkative, loves to giggle, and has the cutest little lisp. she's also potty-trained now, so of course she had to show me how she goes to the bathroom, and also pointed out to me that now she wears panties.

then it was off to turkish tea with joyce - she's preparing to go to turkey for overseas work, so she shared with us about it over baklava and turkish delight. it was a good reminder and challenge, reflecting over what God is doing in her life, and then thinking about what He might have in store for me after i'm done at ucla...lotsa different, sometimes conflicting thoughts...

got home and to bed at around 2am...it was a good day.