Today was a good and busy day. This morning I got together with a girl from our church who had invited me over before Holy Week and we set this date. She also used to be a camper but it doesn’t seem like that now because we’re both married and have kids. We chatted on her porch and then later in her living room while her two small boys played and needed her. It brought back many happy memories of when my own boys and kids were small and we’d have play dates.

Her husband has a government job and so they have an enormous lake house. She says she tries to use it to have people over including larger groups from church. One of the things she does is host a C.S. Lewis book club every other Thursday. They used to have 30 plus people who would come and then they all started having kids or more kids to where that wasn’t really doable for most people anymore. They still do it, it’s just smaller. That sounds like something that would be fun.

She was so cute and I commented on how her vocabulary was advanced. She was using words that I can’t even remember what they were now. She said she was a nerd which I could tell already since she has a PhD from Harvard and talked about how she hires a sitter so she can work on academic writing. She’s teaching a course this fall for UIS and had to write a syllabus and also uses the time to read. She was telling me how much she loves school and I told her that I love school too.

I talked with two classmates from UIS today. Arya was wondering about a job offer she’s had from another private practice she’s been hoping to join after graduation. Another one asked if I was going to the commencement next month and I told her I was not. I can’t remember if I said or not that they don’t have December commencement ceremonies and I so if I wanted to officially walk I’d have to do it in May. I asked her if she knew where she was working and she said she did not.

I told her about Hope but that she had to be a professing Christian to work there. She said she was born again. So I gave her more information since she is wanting to do marriage, couples, and family counseling and we could use some more help. So I don’t know if that’ll happen. The rest of the day I rested and caught up on notes. We had leftover banquet food for supper which was nice. After that Dad and I went to Auburn for a planning meeting. I’m still tired but am starting to feel better.