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My life is not my own, for I belong to Christ.

It is because of God's grace and for His glory that I "live and move and have my being."

I am currently back in Indiana, studying English Education at Purdue University, far from the home I've come to know and love in Victoria, Australia

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    Monday, March 10, 2008


      Driving Into the Sun

      For those of you who don't know, today is Labour Day in Australia. We got invited by some friends from church to go boating and skiing and tubing on our day off. Greta, a friend from church, spent the night so she could come along with us. The plan was to leave bright and early, so our bedroom light went on at exactly 6:30 a.m. I hate the process of getting up early (besides, it was DARK not BRIGHT!), but once I'm up and can't really do anything about it, it's kind of almost enjoyable.

      I drove since I am wanting to get as much driving practice as possible before my long-awaited but nontheless hugely scary driving test this coming Friday (which also happens to be my 18th birthday!). It was so nice to be driving before everyone else in the world was awake. I pretty much had the roads to myself. This was a very good thing since we were driving directly into the sunrise and it was rather blinding! It made me think of a country song me and my sisters used to listen to all the time...but I will spare you all the lyrics.

      We picked Seth (another friend from church) up along the way, and it was fun to drive down those long roads way out in the sticks. Give me country roads over city streets any day. It almost reminded me of Indiana, except the corn fields were missing. Dad said that is one of things he misses most (after family and friends, of course) about good old Indiana.

      I made sure to apply and re-apply plenty of sunscreen today. I've been burnt more than enough for one summer! I'd rather keep my skin, thank you. Greta, Tamara, and I tubed together, and Greta and I screamed the whole way. Tamara just sat there laughing at us and trying to grab my leg to pull me off when I got close enough. I nearly lost my contacts a couple of times when I tried skiing, but thankfully they just kind of rolled up into my eyeballs and then came back down again. My skiing experience this time was a bit disasterous, though I really don't know why. It was fun anyway.

      So that was my 2008 Labor Day. Tomorrow my week starts for real. Sleep seems like a good way to prepare for it... Gute nacht.

    Charity | 10:42 pm

    // posted by Charity @ 10:42 pm
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