Quick Updates

Some quick updates on my life:

First, I ended up taking Rue (the dog) back to the humane society. She was a great dog, but I couldn't be a good enough owner to deserve a dog like her. Her listing on the website was gone on Saturday when I checked, so I assume that she's already been adopted. Hopefully she ended up at a good home. That's my sad update.

Secondly, I've been fighting off a cold for the last week or so, but life is just starting to settle back down a bit. I'm greatly looking forward to my week off next week and looking forward to sleeping in. Hopefully I'll be able to spend some time with all of the friends that I've been neglecting the last couple of months, as well as catch up on my lengthy to-do list, which includes updating this blog.

Third, I posted pictures from my trip to Costa Rica on Facebook. If you don't have a Facebook account you can still view them with these links:
Costa Rica Pics - Part 1
Costa Rica Pics - Part 2

I have some more stories from Costa Rica that I might post here. I've been talking to a lot of people about the trip so it's hard for me to remember who I've told what. This blog is turning out to be a scrapbook of sorts for me, so I'd like to put some more stories up on here so that down the road I have them to look back on.

Lastly, if you've never listened to this song, you should do so now. It's my favorite Christmas song.

A Funeral

This afternoon I'm going to a funeral. It's been a long time since I've been to one and I've never been to one for someone this young. Even though Josh Morrison and I weren't incredibly close, he and I have had connections for most of our lives. We both grew up in Awana, and we grew up going to camp together. In fact, his last year at camp was also his first win as a team captain, and it was also the first year that he and I were on the same team. We always joked that once I became a Varsity counselor we'd make sure we were always on the same team.

GWC 2009 Green Team Counselors

The last two years Josh wasn't able to make it to camp, so we never got to do that. But he would pop up at Awana events like the state competition and cheer on the Palmcroft teams. Last year, after he saw me wearing a color tie at state to match my team's color, he let me borrow some of his ties to take to Summit so that I could have a color tie to match each team that we might be on.

It's one of those things where it's hard to realize that I'm never going to see him again on this side of heaven. I think I'll always be expecting him to pop up at an Awana event or some other random Palmcroft hangout. The one good thing is that I know without a shadow of a doubt that I'll be seeing him again someday.

Josh, myself and James Morrison