Tut tut..looks like, uh...fall?

The weather here is just nuts! About a week ago it was 80 for a few days, and now it's decided to get colder. The temps have been averaging about 50, which really isn't all that cold, I realize (back home in ND there's snow already!), but it sure feels freezing! Being the simple-minded LVC'ers that we are, we refuse to turn on our heat til absolutely necessary. With wood floors and lots of windows, I think our house is a personal Artic wasteland right now...we're talking group jumping jacks to warm up, folks. That's right...just drive by and you'll see a bunch of crazy girls jumping around the living room, doing laps around the kitchen...how wonderful!! And being that I have to sit outside to get a wireless signal, my hands are not very happy with me at all. Something must be done about this. Guess we'll wait and see.

I got to go home to Grand Forks last weekend for homecoming there...gooo Sioux!! The football team is still whomping on every opponent (knock on wood), so that's awesome. If they make it to Alabama again, I may just have to finaggle my way down there..
It was awesome to be home again!!! Nothing like being surrounded by good friends and all things familiar :D It felt great. The Greyhound bus ride (all 7 glorious hours!) was even tolerable, knowing that I was gonna see all my friends. :) The leaves are changing, too, so the scenery was gorgeous. I got to hang out with my bandinos again and play a saxomaphone (Thanks, Jamie!!!), go to the Rex (me and Coop ran a wicked 5-K...haaaa!!), and see my roomie Erin again! It was awwweeesome to see everybody...you guys are the coooolest!!!!!

At the same time, though, it really felt kind of weird. How is it that I was at home and back in my comfort zone, but I still felt out of place? Don't get me wrong; being home is this great feeling that you can feel from your head to your toes. But I'm connected to somewhere different now and I feel pulled here, cuz I know I have work to do (saving the world, that is.. :P). Could it be that I'm...gasp!!...growing up?? Eeekk! I dare say not! I wanted things to feel the same and be the same as they were before I moved to the good land, but I just couldn't do it. Maybe it was the fact that I was trying to cram months and months of hanging out into 2 1/2 little days...I think that stressed me out a little more than I thought it would. Oh, the contradictions that must be faced. Life is strange. Why, oh why?

Woe is me, yadda yadda...back to the craziness...the clinic is the clinic. I'm starting to get a little more familiar with everything, but it still hits me sometimes...this work we're doing. I made someone's day (go me!) by noticing on her chart that it was her birthday, so little things like that keep me pumped up, when the utter crappiness of our health care system rears its ugly head. I went to a new church today with my friend, Jeff, and I guess everyone is waiting til the last possible moment to turn on the heat, cuz the church was freezing, too! I just can't get away from it. There were a lot of babies in church and they were all super cute, so that put a smile on my face. :D yaaay, babies! We also went to a cool little coffee shop after church and their chai tea was excellent. Come visit...we'll go hang out :)

The leaves are falling and my fingers are freezing, so I'm headed back inside. Talk to you soon!