What a glorious sleep in I had this morning! Ahhhhh. Today has been the first day in SO LONG that I have not felt like walking death. I got to sleep until 9. It was so amazing I can't even explain the way that it made me feel.
Then I had some oatmeal with sugar & cinnamon and peanut butter and gluten/dairy/nut-free nutella. So good! And it was made even more perfect with my Tim Horton's coffee that my mommy so lovingly mailed to me. A Canadian without her Tim Horton's is not something that you want to deal with for too long, so everyone should be thanking my mom!
I was also getting a little worried because ever since I took that Imodium the other night I had not had a bowel movement, I'm pretty sure it was over 48 hours. I was starting to get worried. BUT my fears were alleviated after breakfast. Praise Jesus.
At ten we had a session on song writing and on worship songs. A guy named Luke Parker was giving the talk and he brought is friend Strahan. They are both New Zealanders, and are currently on a living room tour where they have been playing in random peoples living rooms all around New Zealand. Luke wrote the song 'Sweet Surrender' which is one of my favorite worship songs. And Strahan I had never heard of before but he sings about Jesus but has a more folky feel. I LOVED his stuff that he played for us. And I got to play one of my songs on his guitar. I fell in love. I may have to purchase one like it when I get back to Canada. It was a Martin. Love Love Love. And it made my song sound so much better than normal. They gave me some pointers and encouragements on my song which was pretty cool!
The lecture room has big sliding doors / windows facing out towards the beautiful country side, and the parking lot. During the session some guy drove up, parked, wandered up to the windows looking really confused. Peered in at us and knocked. Hahah and we all just kinda looked out at him. And no one got up to open the door for him. He said something that wasn't really understandable through the glass... Luke said "WHAT?"... "Oh, he said: Is this the Gibson reunion?" haha. Everyone burst out laughing and shook their heads "No." Poor guy. He left again after that. Hahaha it was so funny... maybe you had to be there.
You can check these guys out at these websites:
http://www.lukeparker.com/
http://www.strahanmusic.com/index.html
They really got me into a mood for writing, so after the session was done Hannah Douglas and I went back to her cabin and started playing around on the guitar. We eventually figured out this really sweet plucking pattern which takes all of my concentration, so she is the only singer for now. But the song legit sounds so cool. It is called 'Standing Ovation'. And we recruited Elisa to play her violin along with our song. It sounds so beautiful. I LOVE violins! Every time Elisa started playing a note on her violin I forgot to keep playing the guitar because I got so entranced. Maybe that should be my next instrument to learn! But not really... I tried hers and it is really hard. But maybe one day. It can be on my bucket list.
Afterwards I came back to the cottage and found Kat looking frustrated. I sensed with my spidey senses that she was trying to write a song. She kind of struggles with that because she doesn't play an instrument. She is a singer. I don't really know how anyone could write a song without an instrument, so I fully sympathize with her. So I told her I would play chords for her and she could write a song. So I played Dm A G and A for while and she loved it. She loves minor keys. And she got some amazing verses. She said that she thought the lyrics sound like she is demon possessed or something! Bahah! Not at all! She is such a poet and can always put words to her emotions... I can't do this at all and she amazes me! Yay! I'm so excited for her to finish!
For fun Hannah Robinson and I have written some songs about our favorite things. She wrote a song about coffee (but from hearing the song you would just think it is a love song) and I wrote one about Peanut Butter. Yuummmmmm. It is really funny. These are the lyrics:
You could be smooth, or crunchy - depending on the day
You're good at breakfast, or lunch, or the end of the day
You look so delicious, and healthy - with your sun-kissed glow
You make the best cookies that I've ever known
You fill me up - you're so satisfying
You fill me up - with you I'm never hungry
You're so good with sugar, or honey, or even just plain
You might be kinda nutty, but I love you despite everything
You're so sticky, sometimes my mouth gets stuck
You're so tasty, sometimes I don't want to stop
I quite like it.
But with all this distraction of song writing I am getting really behind on all of my homework. I have to read my next book and do the book report by monday, and it is saturday night right now... Hmmm. I think I am about 1/4 done the book. Oh man. I better put down the guitar for a while.
At least the book I am reading is really good, so it shouldn't be too hard to finish by Monday. It is called 'The Irresistible Revolution' by Shane Claiborne. It is so good. I have actually already read it once and am re-reading it. It really makes me rethink how I am living my life and if I am actually living the way that Jesus would want me to live. Man. I can't even explain it. Read it. Here is the website for the organization that Shane Claiborne started:
http://www.thesimpleway.org/index.php/store/product/the-irresistible-revolution/
Also, Noemi just left to go to the 'welly' machine. And we were all very confused! What the heck is a welly machine?!?! ... it's a vending machine! Hahaha she had thought it was called a welly machine this whole time! Oh Austrians. Hahaha. I love the Europeans. They make my life so much more exciting.
I am at a loss for funny stories so I will write another one about the Europeans. Yesterday Henk asked Hannah Robinson "Have you seen the movie Bombi?"
Hannah said "Bombi? What's it about?"
"It's about a ray that loses it's mother"
"A sting ray?"
"Yeah a sting ray?"
Then Hannah talked about sting rays for a while, and Henk was really confused and asked what she was talking about.
"Sting rays"
"Oh. I meant deer."
"Oh, you meant Bambi!!!"
Oh miscommunication. So funny. Noemi just told us that 'ray' means 'deer' in German, so that clears things up a bit... but Henk is Dutch...
I am trying to write about everyone that is sitting with my right now, so I have to tell a story about Janessa! I have the perfect one. One night during Circuit Riders when we were leaving the church in Bethlehem, Janessa boobed me in the elbow. What a jerk! How dare she hit my elbow with her boob?!?! I just can't believe it. It is making me upset even now as I recall this memory!
Speaking of Bethlehem. There is an Inn right across the street from that church called the Bethlehem Inn. We have all decided that it needs to permanently have it's no vacancy sign on.
Anyways, got to go! It is fort-building time!!!!
Oh, one more thing about forts... We told the boys that we would be building forts and asked Schnegg if he would like to build a fort too, and he said "No! I'm twenty!"... Ummm Schnegg, maybe you didn't get the memo, but it is most definitely OK, and perhaps even encouraged, for twenty-somethings to build forts out of mattresses and blankets!
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