the rain softly falls
the thunder booms in the distance
the dorm is quiet, as usual on a sunday afternoon
less than 10 cars in the parking lot
i sit here having recently returned from a trip to wal-mart--home of Jay Romero. i SWEAR he must live there, because though i go to the same school as him--i never see him at school--i only see him at wal-mart. he is definately in the running for "most likely to be seen at wal-mart" in our student's choice awards.
among the random things i bought on my wal-mart excursion were; silver lip gloss(tastes yumm, but i can't figure out the flavour), white body gliter, a big pack of gum, film to take pictures with at the music banquet tuesday night(and for all those other photo moments i have missed due to no film), a hanging bag for all the random choir tours and such i shall venture forth on (cuz my current hanging bag is super-cheapo-nylon).
while i was in wal-mart it was raining so hard that you could hear it banging thunderously on the roof...that was some hard rain. luckily it slowed greatly for me to get in the car (where i listened to old rich mullens tapes) and back safely inside my dorm room (oddly, where i had left my umbrella...not in the car)

this has really been the best (Christian) birthday i've ever had. the compassion and realness God has given me for Him is greater than i've ever had before. i want more than anything for grandpa to know this too...and i still feel that today is his day. i couldn't stop thinking about it in church this morning, all through the hymns and the sermon and the invitation..i couldn't keep myself from praying that today was my grandfather's day of salvation. i'm so anxious to know if this is going to come to anything or if it's just wishfullness...