Topic: Day to day stuff
Wed. 6-15-05
I woke up and prayed for Kim a bit; Hanna and Rachael came in and played as quietly as they could. Mark’s playing the piano and Mom’s complaining about wasted fish that has been in the oven for days that no one knew about and didn’t eat. So I’m having a hard time concentrating. Sandra walked out, noticed we were still there and went back in her room to get dressed more, she got the girls and took them to Vacation Bible School. Brian came out and talked to us a bit (Kim had woken up). He asked if we wanted eggs but figured that Sandra might bring something home so he waited. We talked about how we didn’t get anything spectacular the night before. We all sensed and Brian said that this was just a waiting time to continue for a week or two even in order to stretch us and take away our expectations of God. Sandra came home with Subway bacon and egg sandwiches that were very tasty after not eating since 1:00 PM the day before. We had grape juice with our sandwiches, Brian went to get his work clothes on, Kim and I cleaned up the room a little, and I was hoping to go home first before taking Kim home so I could get a shower and change. I had worked on the drum pretty enthusiastically the night before… Brian wanted to go out to eat before work so we followed him to Dairy Queen instead. I had passed the turn I would have gone on normally and had to turn around and come back up Monroe St. which brought on something to Kim and my conversation (the nasty feeling that she and I get from the stores around Lake Ella and the name of the road there being legion). Brian had a banana split and Kim had a Hawaiian Blizzard. I prayed. Betsy wasn’t able to go to lunch at that time so we went to Kim’s house while Brian went to work.
At Kim’s house… Julie was reading and almost done with The Last Battle in the Chronicles of Narnia. They were planning a surprise Birthday party for Erik. I had been sensing something not being said to me that I should know about Kim, Betsy and Julie but found out later when I was supposed to. Still have that feeling about Julie though. Kim called people to set up the surprise. Betsy came home to eat lunch during her work break. Julie and I went to get supplies for the cake and two 2 liters of soda, came back and Julie made the cake. Betsy left for work again, I took out the trash, we talked a while, Kim made a card for everyone to sign, and Julie got Kim to write on the cake after she had put the icing on it. We talked a little but nothing came out that I felt was missing. Kim got ready to take Erik out to Olive Garden for his birthday while we set up for the surprise when he would get home. She dressed nicely for Olive Garden. I was showing Julie and Suzi some interesting things on Akiane’s website, Kim left and Alex (I think that’s his name tell me if I’m wrong) came to cook lamb and some very good sausage along with his lima bean, tomato and garlic mayonnaise salad. I had two helpings of the salad but could not finish the second one because I had already had 3 cups of water while I was at their house… We got the stuff for the party together and went to Erik and Thomas’ place where I helped blow up balloons and hid behind the door when Erik came in after being dropped off by Kim. He was surprised but is probably like me in that we don’t show much expression when surprised, happy, sad etc. If you see me jumping around and extremely happy looking, it is either because I’m worshiping or have just had 2/3rds of a pack of Oreos. The cake was good. I prayed and listened to “everyone” talk. I gave Alex a shoulder rub (lightly because I paid attention to his comment about getting hurt from hard back rubs from other people). I learned more about Leah during that time, finding out that she has a strong heart for the Lord but also gets uncomfortable with silence and talking about sensitive areas in her life. I can be a friend with people who continually talk about spiritual things and serious things that are happening in their lives much easier than with people who talk about the world. I’ve always been careful in choosing friends but this narrows it down even more. I do not end any friendship however and continually try to introduce the spiritual to those who aren’t. Hmm… Where was I? I rode back to the girl’s place with Betsy now having ridden alone with each of the three girls at one point but still not getting the answer to my unknown question. At the girls house, Suzi was watching TV, Kim did some journaling, Betsy went on her laptop, Alex… hung around and talked. I was trying to hear if I should stay or should I go now… that Song came into my head and further interfered with my concentration. I went into the bathroom several times where the sound was blocked off quite nicely but I could not stay there the whole time because someone might need to use it. I decided to go into Kim and Julie’s room to lie down and pray. I could not get up even when Kim came in to go to bed (she said I could stay as long as I needed) but felt that I would be able to leave when Julie came into the room. I was and got up promptly, thanked Julie, which she didn’t understand and I once again did not talk to her about. I’m going to have to talk more to her to get more from her I think. All in God’s timing. I trust any information I need in order to pray will be given at the right time (I really struggle with this which is why I type it “out loud”). I drove home slowly again still not getting much. I learned much from Kim Schmidt that night until 3 AM.