War And Peace

i read it. just finished it today. long story short (and i mean really really long story), i liked the characters and the plot, but i could have done without the hundreds of pages of military strategy. i now know more about napoleon's brain process than i ever thought possible. i feel kind of guilty saying that i read it because i definitely stopped paying attention for the last 35 pages, but i managed to read every word. also, the only reason that i bought it in the first place was because the cover was really pretty. ok i'm going to stop now before i make myself sound any dumber. my verdict is: read it or don't- either way it's probably not going to change your life.

So Here's The Thing

i made a pretty significant step in my life last weekend by spending my first holiday ever away from my family. i thought i was going to hate it but it actually turned out to be really fun. i had a choice between spending easter at home with my family and my church, or spending easter at st. mark's and getting paid a lot of money. i chose the money. is that bad? i sang at services on holy thursday, the easter vigil on saturday night, and two services on easter sunday. alison heather (a woman i sing with at st. mark's) was nice enough to put me up for the night on saturday and i had a really good time with her family. she is married and has two boys ages 5 and 8. they were in bed when i got there but they were still awake because they were so excited that i was coming over to their house. after i said goodnight to them alison and i put together their easter baskets and filled plastic eggs with candy. it was so fun! i'm glad to know that i can handle spending holidays away from my family. maybe this year i will be brave enough to do christmas eve at st. mark's too. we'll see. i've got a while to think about it.

in other news, it's going to be 72 degrees on saturday so katie and i are probably going to go to the zoo. i'm so excited!