Monday, July 07, 2003

I feel slightly guilty about the last post. Just to clarify, I really love my mother, but she irritates me. A lot.

But at least I know I must've irritated her in the past. I've decided I don't want to have children right now. Actually, I'm not too sure about having children at all. Why share this proclamation with the world? Today was my first day as a "Crew Leader" at Ascension's Vacation Bible School (aka SCUBA, Super Cool Undersea Bible Adventure). I have five kids in my "SCUBA" crew - three girls and two boys, ranging from 6 -11 years old. And they're a handful. I'm really exhausted, and I only looked after them for three and a half hours! Hopefully they're better when they're your own children.

One cool thing about VBS is that I get to work with all of the teenagers I used to boss around when I was a Worship Team Leader. I haven't seen these people in two years... and guess what?! People grow up! It's shocking. I remember them as thirteen and fourteen year olds... and now they're driving around? It's a bit surreal, but I think it's good that they all remember me. Even the parents!

I'm having lunch with Lea tomorrow, and I'm pumped about that. I think it'll be nice to see her, especially since she's heading to Washington in the fall and Paris in the spring. This might be one of the last opportunities I have to hang out with her. Even though not all of our interactions have been perfect, I respect Lea a lot - her intelligence is extremely obvious whenever I have a conversation with her. I think it's good that we're still trying to keep pathways of communication open, because I believe I can learn a lot from her. We're meeting at the Ninfa's in Bellaire, my old hang-out with Davia. I have fond memories of that place.