Late Nights, Late Mornings

So I wrote this post on monday and its been in my drafts since then...I was supposed to add pictures and I never did. Oh well!

This weekend was pretty interesting. Friday morning I woke up feeling sick, so I slept all day. I think Daniel thought I was faking it...he kept asking me to do stuff for him, like making him lunch and washing the dishes. Meanwhile, I'm lying on the couch dying.

Eventually though, I did feel well enough to get up and do some housework. So I spent Friday night watching Lord of the Rings and cleaning during the commercials!




Saturday night was much better! I went with a friend to watch Miss Teen USA at Atlantis. It was pretty exciting to be there and see all the girls, and of course, Nassau's version of Donald Trump, Sol Kerzner. It was nice to get out of my shorts and flip flops, and dress up and feel pretty for a change.

I was really suprised by the shallowness of it all though. I mean, obviously beauty pageants are shallow, but at least they usually pretend to be somewhat about brains by asking (slightly?) challenging questions. But the girls got questions about Lindsay Lohan and Facebook. Yes, I know, Facebook is taking over the world. But still...are these things really important?

After it was all over, my friend met some other friends at a martini bar and I went home. And tried not to cry. You see I don't belong in places like that. They have nothing to offer me, except trashy music and drunkenness. That's not what I want for myself. But even though I have no desire to go to clubs anymore or to be caught up in the partying lifestyle, it still hurts to not fit in. And I felt like I was losing one of my best friends.

After a few failed attempts on his part, Daniel was able to cheer me up. And I decided not to let a life long friendship fall apart because of something so silly. We'll just have to find new things in common, and hang out in new places!

And finally, yesterday after church we picked my mom up from the airport and hung out with her for the afternoon. I made muffins with grated carrots and apple, coconut, raisins, applesauce, and chopped walnuts. Suprisingly yummy! I'm slowly learning healthy ways to cook and eat that don't taste like cardboard.

And then we spent the night jump starting my mom's car since the battery went dead while she was away. You learn something new every day! :)

In conclusion, I did not get to bed early any night this weekend, and I therefore did not get up early to have devotions. Is this one big giant excuse? Yup. Am I accepting it? For now...