apparently....

...I am becoming totally lame. While I don't actually believe that is true, it appears to be true based on my recent blog posts.

Do you remember what it was like to be a sophomore in high school? The excitement of taking driver's ed, getting your permit, getting all of those hours, getting your license, dating silly boys, giggling about the silly boys, failing geometry, etc....not that I actually did all of those things. But Friday night my high school small group spent the night....and they are sophomores, so we did talk about all of the above. It was ridiculous. I know I am turning into an old woman because I had planned on sleeping in the family room with them all night, but when I wasn't asleep by 3:30 in the morning, I knew I had to give it up. I slept in my bed. Yes, I am old. My reasoning to myself was that I was leading worship the next day and it would be hard on my voice if I didn't get any sleep. But really I was just uncomfortable. I forgot how much it sucks to sleep on the floor.

And then last night at StuCo, while in our small group, I had a total mom moment where I gave them a lecture about their grades. I get so frustrated when my students can't go on a trip or hang out because they have bad grades. That is so lame. So I told them that I did NOT want to hear about that happening ever again. But I suppose I shouldn't be so hard on them. Just because I got good grades doesn't mean that everyone does. Oh, me and my standards....

We also had a new girl check out StuCo and our small group for the first time...and she loved it. It's so encouraging to me when that happens. I know it isn't all about me and that in reality I am just a small part of StuCo, but it was a nice feeling. She wanted to buy a journal and a Bible last night, so I told her I would buy the Bible for her, and she was totally floored. She kept asking me why I would do that, and I told her it was important for her to have one so I wanted to buy it for her. And then I got to show her how to use it with her new journal, how to start the reading plan that my small group is on currently. It was really cool. I am really glad that she came.

Every Sunday night, Breanne, JoniKay, and I have started the routine of going over to Breanne's parents' house to watch Grease: You're the One that I Want. It's a decent show where contestants are competing for the two leads (Danny and Sandy--AKA John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John) in the new Broadway production of Grease. It was refreshing last night because the contestants performed live for the first time, and the judges were so much more positive than the American Idol judges. I am so over the rudeness that comes out of American Idol. The Grease judges have proved that you can give constructive criticism without hurting people's feelings. The only terrible part is the host, Billy Bush. He may be equally as annoying as Ryan Seacrest. We'll see.