It started with church this morning. I know most people don't go to church regularly, let alone genuinely like it, but they don't go to my church (www.valleytribe.org). I go to a church that cares more about the city (LA) than it does about itself. We're all about being a part of the community. And I love it. I was dying at my old church, but at my new church I feel like I belong to something greater. It's a very cool feeling. Anyway, Mike Brown gave an excellent message about bad and good organization within the church. Then I got to see Monica and Lauren (two friends I hadn't seen in awhile) because they came to church.
After church I went to see my boss/friend Julie test for her 2nd degree black belt, and kept her eight year old from whining about how hungry she was. Afterward, I took the two girls out to get something to eat, then rejoined Julie and her son for an after testing party.
The party was a blast. We all went swimming and had a huge water fight in the pool. The only bad thing about that was that Nolan (her 11 year old son) decided it would be fun to torture me by squirting me repeatedly in the eyes with a water gun. So as lasting memories of that encounter my eyes are sore and the bones in my left forearm is bruised. It was still really fun.
Then I spent a good two hours talking with all the adults. One was the 88 year old great grandmother of one of the kids who had tested. She was fabulous! She had all kinds of stories. My favorite was one her grandmother told her. As an 18 year old she had been working in a convent. The nuns warned her and the other girls away from one particular room, forbidding them to enter. Well finally their curiosity got the better of them and they peeked into the room. Inside was a nun nursing a baby!!! It just goes to show you that God made sex for a reason and maybe being celebate wasn't the smartest move on the part of the early catholic church.
Then I came home and ate some pie, so my day was practically perfect!
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