My back hurts

...And this morning I managed to bottom out the survey truck on top of a berm. Took half an hour of jacking the front wheels up to stack wood stakes high enough to get the truck un-beached. Don't get me wrong, though - today was beautiful. Clear skies, mid-60's, and some of the easiest survey work I've done in a long time!

My knee hurts

After the past 2 years of shin splints and knee aches, you'd think that I would've learned to listen to my body when it starts telling me to take it easy. I've only been running for 4 weeks this Spring, and I've already managed to hurt my left knee again, probably just through overuse - same as the past years. Guess I'd better fix up my bicycle again...

My head hurts

I bought Francis Schaeffer's "Escape From Reason" a few days ago. Good stuff - it's hard to wrap my head around it all.

The Waiting Game

My younger brother is engaged! I found out about a week ago - the idea of one of my brothers getting married... woah. I'm heading out on Saturday to see Dan and Jahara (I just realized that I don't know how to spell her name. Better fix that this weekend.) Hopefully I can take some pictures out at the Great Falls Park on the Potomac while I'm there.

Just checking in to say I'm still alive. Got big plans for this summer now - I'm headed with a group from my church to the Beartooth Mountains in Montana around my birthday in early August. I've still got a lot of details to hammer out (tickets from DC to Billings, mostly), but I haven't been so pumped for a backpacking trip since the Grand Canyon back in '02.

Also, Nate and I are going to see the new TMNT movie tomorrow night. I am such a geek :)

I'm back!

Well, I just got my internet connection installed at the new place. It's been a while, hasn't it? The move went pretty smoothly - the new apartment was only on the other side of downtown, and I don't have much heavy stuff anyway. I really do need to sort through all that old college stuff.

Anyhow, I moved in back on the 19th of last month, and after 2 days, I was already dead bored. Thank goodness the weather's warmed up; I've already slaughtered my legs running along the much larger hills on this side of town. I took a few pictures of Handley High School this evening, which is only a few blocks up the street from my new place. The school was built back in the 1920's (I think...) by a donation in the will of Mr. Handley - a prominent Pennsylvania judge who loved the area. But since I'm a Sherando grad, I'll jeer Handley every chance I get.

Expect more frequent updates now that I'm back online!

Moving On

I've finished signing up to move into a new apartment by the end of this month. It's a small place on the other side of town, but still close enough to work for me to walk (it's only about 4-5 blocks further away.) If all goes well, I'll start moving in over the long weekend coming up. Everything seems like it's moving too fast, but I'll manage prayerfully - I'll keep everyone informed as to how it goes! Pictures, even!

Surveyor's Nightmare

Um, WOW. I knew that the Europeans were train-happy, but this is amazing. I thought that there were a lot of parallel tracks heading into Union Station in DC, but Washington doesn't compare to this picture somewhere in London.

URL: http://preview.msnbc.msn.com/id/17043112/displaymode/1176/rstry/17042957/

Anyhow, I only had half a day at work today since I'm still pretty sick. Juice, chicken noodle soup, and old "Firefly" episodes were the lunchtime fare.

Switching gears, I feel like I am quickly coming to the end of my run with apologetics. I took my lunch break with a friend earlier this week, and I realized something as we talked. I've begun to increasingly dislike when I hear someone say about Christianity: "You've got to take it on faith". I fear being unable to explain Christianity to others, and I've been looking at "faith" like it's a cop-out. When you don't understand something, "You've got to have faith" doesn't automatically make it the truth. Either the speaker hasn't studied enough to be able to explain it, or else they are lying.

Problem is, I've begun to make apologetics the "end-all, be-all" of my belief. As a result, my walk with the Lord has become very tedious. There is no emotion, no praise, just tedious belief. I accept Christ, but I do not love Him. I'm going to talk with one of the apologetics teachers about this sometime in the coming week

Ugh, part 2

Looks like I caught yet another cold. That's what I get for walking to work in the mornings, I suppose.

Checking In

The pictures I took from the Keidel's wedding didn't turn out well at all.

It bothers me, having to find my own apartment for the first time. I hate the idea of living by myself. I think that being so quiet is finally taking a toll on me.

Ugh.

Sick tonight - headache and runny nose. Hope this blows over before I board that airplane Thursday morning.