this weekend i came up to seattle to work on a story for the paper. I also have another story that i'm working to put the end on today. both are due tomorrow... neither of them are (close to being) done... but i'm quasi-taking the day off...

i've slept a lot this weekend which has proven to be the best thing... emily had to work saturday night when i got here and i ended up watching tv and taking a nap... then last night, she had to go to midnight breakfast for the campus ministry she works with. she left at 9:00 or so... i watched some tv and then fell asleep... she got back about 1:00 when i woke up... then we talked for a bit and i went back to sleep until about 10:00 this morning... out of control... and yet, wonderful at the same time...

other than being impressed with my own sleeping schedule, it has been a good weekend, but different than what i expected... and, yet, typical of my seattle trips... i always want to "do" a lot of stuff... go to emp, go to the market, go on a ferry to some place... and it usually ends up not being so much about what i've done but who i've gotten to hang out with...

i treasure the time spent with friends... even though emily and i haven't gotten to hang out much this weekend (we are today for a few hours until i have to get back), the time spent will be fun... i got to hang out with an old friend from seminary... and that was enjoyable... sometimes deep conversation, sometimes surface-y... but good...

it's been wonderful to get rest... if i had stayed at home this weekend, i probably wouldn't have done much, but it wouldn't have been as restful as being here... as weird as that sounds...

at this point i'm just rambling, but i'm heading back home tonight and i have a dinner with friends from church... it's sort of like their farewell dinner for me... and today pretty much starts the craziness that is the last two weeks before moving across the country...