Saturday, June 28, 2008

I don't want to survive, I want to live!

So yesterday I had an amazing day in Raleigh! I got to see GREAT friends, share laughs and hugs and pictures and ringtones. What an amazing time with Lacey, Sandy, Quinn, Heather, Laura, and Yaron! Following this, Aaron and I went out to eat with other YL friends to celebrate the births of Katy and Kristina! We ate at a great Seafood Grill called Michael Deans. Now, for me to say this place was great is... crazy. I don't consider myself to be a fan of seafood, but here I was eating halibut, crab cakes, mahi mahi, and tuna... but not just tuna, but raw tuna! Oh my gosh. You guys should be soooo proud of me. :) We stayed there until late, but Aaron and I made it even later by going to see Wall-E!!! SUCH A GREAT MOVIE. <3 Definitely awesome. And it has a great pre-video with a bunny who is pretty sick at some magic tricks. I love bunnies and rabbits.
This morning I woke up early and left Durham to drive back for the trash-a-thon. Dangerous drive for me because I was so tired! The trash-a-thon was great though. We beasted it and got done really quickly. And it was great times with some girls that I unfortunately haven't seen in a while.
My aunt and cousin are in town for my cousin's soccer camp. Tonight I went to dinner with my aunt and it was such a great time. We talked for about an hour and a half; it blessed my life so much. She's amazing and I hate that I don't see her more often.
The title of this post is a quote from Wall-E. I loooved it. The captain said it when he began to realize what all he was missing out on. Let us strive to LIVE. We all have something to live for, so do it! We should never be "okay" with how things are, we should strive to Love, Invite, Value, and Encourage people through the love with which Christ taught us to share.

3 comments:

Heather said...

Wall-E..such a good movie! and I loved that quote!! <3

Quinn said...

"Love, Invite, Value, and Encourage people"....that's awesome! I thought about you the whole time i was watching the adorable bunny fight for his precious carrot. Yay for the trash-a-thon. I'm so excited for yall who are going to camp! It's ganna be amazing....but you already know such things. I love you kido.

Sandra Anastasia said...

Agreed that Wall-e was a great movie, as was the magic bunny. Haha. And I am SO proud of you for trying delicious seafood! So tasty. Maybe we can get you to try sushi with us in the fall!

As always, it was fabulous to see you. Much loveee. <3