Here's a picture of me, Travis, and Ayla after church last Sunday.

Kristy and Ayla leave tomorrow.  What a blast I had.  I want to go over the whole two weeks, but I'm going to start with yesterday. 

We were at Arby's and Kristy asked me a weird question.  She said, "What are you going to do once I leave?"  I said, "Well, just go back to life."  But then I gave it some thought, and I realized that my perspective of some things has changed, and therefore my life itself is going to change.  These past two weeks have been such a time of growth for me. 

As far as my relationship with Kristy goes, while we've been "family" for four years now, we've never had a chance to get to know each other as anything but relatives--in-laws, to be more precise.  But being in a car for two weeks with a person has a way of making or breaking a relationship.  I feel like we have more of a friendship now.

I think, too, that the timing was right.  The first couple years that we knew each other were very tumultuous.  There wasn't much stability in our own lives to build a solid outside relationship on.  We still had to figure ourselves out.  But we determined to love and pray for each other no matter what, and we've been able to come through to this point.  Thank God for loving people in our lives.  And for anyone reading this who is in a similar situation, keep loving no matter what.  And keep your mouth shut.

So anyway, there are some things I will do differently, such as:

-I'll have more fun with life.

-I will stop being frustrated with a certain person who does not want my "style" of friendship.  I will be a friend on her terms because I value her.

-I will expand my wardrobe and attempt to dress my age.

-I will let down my hair.

And last but not least:

-I will never, never, never go to New York City without MapQuesting it first.