SuMmEr
Oh, beautiful summer. How I have waited for this.
Today, I slept in until 9:15. Then I sat outside in the sunshine for a few hours and read and talked with friends. Before you think I'm a spoiled rotten lazy person, let me just tell you, this is my last full week of freedom before I start working at the summer camp I adore whole-heartedly. And yes, I can be lazy...a little...but that's ok.
I got back from chorale tour last Sunday. That was quite the adventure...we went out to Michigan this year, and spent some time in Ohio and New York. My favorite experience was while we were in Michigan. Anna Davidhizar, one of our chorale-members, lives on a camp there, and we spent the afternoon chilling and hanging out. They even had a lake! I was quite excited for this.
So we decided to go canoeing. My friend, Josh, and I jumped in the canoe with great excitement. Josh, our accompanist, is quite the character. He is proper, but he loves the water. His Dad is a fisherman in Nova Scotia, where he's from. So I thought we would be pretty good at canoeing on this lake.
Well, he was yelling all sorts of things like, "Two strong strokes on the star-bird side!" And I was feeling a little overwhelmed. He was paddling away...and after we successfully rowed for probably 20 minutes with no problem, we tipped. Both of us were careening in the water, splashing, carrying on...yeah...and we got back in.
Not ten minutes later, it happened AGAIN! We laughed at ourselves, and successfully became the joke for the rest of the trip. What a delight!
But chorale tour was great. I love meeting new people and singing with my fellow chorale members.
It's been good to be home. I miss having stuff to do, for the most part. But sometimes it is good to just sit back and enjoy God's creation and breathe and rest in Him. I'm so grateful for this time, although I'm very much looking forward to ministering at camp this summer.
But for now I'm going to relish the relaxation!
Here is a picture one of my friends, Lauren, drew. She drew sketches of each of us chorale members...can you guess which one is me? :-)
