weekend recap

friday night

friday we opened up the apartment to friends in celebration of kenny's new summer line of flux rad t-shirts. it was a fun party. i played some music, visited with friends, and we all ended up on the roof talking late into the night. after mistakenly thinking our beer supplies were tapped (we later found a multitude of beer), we went to empire for a few more. the evening was capped with some delicious aladdins food. ill-advised, but so delicious.

saturday

saturday was excellent. i got in the car, picked out some choice cds, and hit the road for lexington va for my family reunion. this is a summer tradition that i rarely miss. our family meets at the property of my dad's cousin, who owns a beautiful spot of land with a small creek that feeds into a swimming hole that everyone calls the "millhole". back in the early 1900s, there was a mill on the property and they dug out this area for the mill wheel. the mill has long-since been abandoned and what is left is an incredible spot for swimming and jumping off rocks. i've been going here since i was a child and it's a very special place. i hope someday to take my kids here.




sunday

today was nice. i finally got my shit together and went to church, which is something i've been meaning to do for a while. sometime during college, when my family switched churches to one that i couldn't stand, i sorta lost touch with church in general. with constant touring and life and craziness, i decided that my relationship with God for the time being would be something that existed outside of a church. earlier this year, i started feeling that itch to find a church home again. i had started attending a presbyterian church downtown and really liked the service, the pastor, and the church itself.. such a beautiful old chapel and truly a peaceful place. i was becoming a semi-regular visitor when the bike accident hit and derailed all that. this was my first visit since the accident and it felt nice to go back. i'm questioning becoming a member though. it's a really beautiful church and i feel at peace there, but the congregation skews really old and everyone gets dressed up in their nice suits. i wonder how at home i will feel in a place where i don't really seem to fit in. putting on a suit makes me want to die a little inside. i need to find that balance between the traditional service that i like, but somewhere i can feel like i'll meet people more my age. i have thought about looking for somewhere more geared towards younger people, but i get really uncomfortable with the touchy-feely hands-in-the-air christianity that i was exposed to back in college.

anyway, i know it's a big scenester no-no to talk about God or being a christian, especially on a BLOG (gasp!), but there you have it!

after church, we hit up a new brunch spot, the black sheep, which i was well-pleased with, despite their lack of a soda fountain for my AM diet soda caffeine fix.

after that, we decided to head down to the river where we met up with some super cool kids and chatted it up all afternoon. usually i get bored of the river after about 2 hours, but i had a great time. the company was really nice and it was a great way to relax before my hell begins again on monday morning.

speaking of which, i came home after the river to spend about two hours catching up on work so that tomorrow morning wouldn't hurt quite as bad as it always does. it's going to suck no matter what, but at least i have a slight head start.

okay, off to bed.