Older Brother

I have time on my hands. That's new. I love feeling sore, as I was reminded today.

My brother, Chas, was on the phone with my mom forever about some relationship junk. So I texted him later to ask him if he wanted to support me with my missions trip to Kenya, and he said he'd love to, and that I should call him if I ever wanted to talk about anything. This, to me, is an opening to get to know my oldest brother. He's coming home this weekend, so maybe we'll get to talk.

I just realized that I submitted a lesson for my online class completely empty of answers. How annoying.

JaBUe and UT

I didn't wanna blog till I could put pictures up, but since my computer at home seems to be the only one capable of reading SD cards, I'll make a temporary appeasement blog. JaBUe was great. The weekend began with a road trip, where I got to hear a hilarious Nate Williams make conversation after sleeping for awhile. We watch a lot of the same shows, like Arrested Development, so he was easy to get along with. The JBU campus, although cold and windy, is full of very nice people. And, upon interviewing some McHones, I have found that the education ain't too shabby neither. Katie's play was great. She rocked it out, along with Christa and Jessa (or some name like that). This is my way of bragging about remembering names, which I tend to be horrible at. Oh, and Lauren, who knew about me through Katie. Saturday night, Katie, Nate, Michelle, and I all had a private party where we took some good pictures, which I should have up later.

After I got back and went to small groups, some CFNI kiddos and I went to D. Andrew, Zach Shey, and Juddson's pad to watch Undercover Kids. It was quite a showing, and I got to meet the English-accented friend of theirs, Danielle (again with remembering names!). After spending the night, I was off to Austin.

I arrived this afternoon to learn that Chas's life is boring. He works and plays video games during the weekdays. Anyway, we drove through the UT campus, and it was alright, but I thought of JaBUe for a lot of it. Anyway, I've been playing Call of Duty and getting licked by his dog, Turtle, for most of the day.

Thanksgiving

Internet has been out and I have a bag of other excuses for not blogging.

First off, Thanksgiving was plenty of fun. I got to hang out with my brothers (Preston--older, and Chas--oldest), who taught me a lil' about the internet and its capabilities. Chas helped to grill up the ol' turkey. I also got to play with Turtle, Chas's lil' wiener dog. And his Xbox 360, but I'd rather not talk about when I become a geek. The Newmans were also there, and that was pretty neutral. On the downside, my face started swelling up that wonderful Thanksgiving Day.
We still don't know the cause of the swelling, but I'm told that swelling usually doesn't happen just for kicks. I am still swollen in my mouth, but it's not noticeable (unless you make out with me).

(Sorry about the bad quality of the pictures. They were taken from my dad's phone. I'm getting my good camera back tomorrow.)