The day that was

So....where do I begin. I should proly start at the start.

I looked at the doctor as he pulled me out of the clutches of my mother's womb and....OK, I think that's too far back. Let's start from the beginning of today.

I definately got another free ticket to the Illinois game. I've been to two so far and haven't had to pay a penny. I've really been blessed by that and I'm VERY thankful to the people and to God because I don't have the money to buy football tickets. We won again. This time in a more convincing fashion. 40-19 was the final score and it was great that we could win like that. Next week against Cal will be our first big test. They're ranked in the Top 25, so we'll see how that turns out for us. They should probably be able to light us up in the passing game. Our offense however, looks splendid. I love our running backs and Tim Brasic is growing up before my very eyes.

After that, I watched the best marching band in the country, the Marching Illini, do their thing. They're very impresive. They are talented, but I'll admit it's hard for me to get into the band culture. It's something I'm working very hard on to respect. However, the drumline is always cool.

THEN...I went out to dinner with a "friend." By putting that statement in quotations, you (possibly) think I'm talking about a girl. I really don't mean those quote marks. So, I ate din din with Spence. He's a great guy and I wish I'd be spending more time with him. So now I'm making sure I make a conscious effort to spend at least some time with him, an hour or two, at lunch once a week to talk about life and the things like that. Our talks are always challenging and exciting.

Following that, we went to SNG (Saturday Night Grace), which if I haven't mentioned it, is iLife's Saturday night service. It was really cool. The message wasn't challenging, but it was very cool. Wayne Wager, our paster, put a very interesting spin on the Gospel. Not a blasphemous spin, but a very enlightening spin.

Finally, we got to the climax of the evening. Capture the Flag on Krannert Fine Arts Center. If you don't know what that looks like, it's amazing. We played outside the building, but it takes up and entire city block, and the boundaries are the streets, so you can go anywhere on this block, and there are like four different tiered levels to walk and jump around on. It was very intense. We had 40+ people playing. It was VERY exciting. I loved it, although I wish I'd explained the rules better. But it was totally cool because I think everybody left the game feeling like they had a good time.

Even after all of this, I wasn't ready to be done with my day. I went to Late Night at one of the dorms and I bummed meal points off of some other people and we hung out and it was great. I got to know a couple of the guys a bit better so it was a good time. Then I walked back to my dorm and today ended. What a good day.