The Residue of Delight

The Package
I recently received a very large package from my mother and grandmother. All week my mom had been telling me that I was going to receive a blessing, and considering my irritability from the dry eye and all I didn't really believe her. I thought she was talking about the blessing of snow. Maybe I set my sights too low... Anyway, on my way from a break of class I saw a huge box addressed to me. With a cup of hot Red Rooibos Tea in my hand I tried to lift the box. A guy named Parker who was in my Scavenger hunt group walked by and saw me trying to lift the box. He asked if he could help. I said no. He insisted. I was irritated. I battled with the feminism within me and conceded to his gesture. Yet when I got back to the room and he set the box down I thanked him and rushed back to class. After class and people constantly asking about my box I opened it to find lots of packing peanuts, and a brand new Lenovo dual processor laptop with touchscreen capability and all the works. It was the brand of my stolen computer, but 10x better. After being extremely excited and jumping up and down for about 10 minutes it was time to go get cupcakes with my roommates!!!!

2 Hardworking Girls
So this morning Shonette and I woke up, had a hearty breakfast of eggs and freshly ground coffee and set off to the Teen Pregnancy Center, (we volunteer there, no need to be worried/we aren't teens anymore anyway)... Yet when we reached the door, we were dismayed to find that they are only open on weekdays. Good thing it was only across the street from the apt. After getting back, my roommate Sarah and I decided that we needed to get cash for our planned day out at the museum. Our friend David tagged along to also get cash. We walked .4 miles along the streets spotted with snow residue to a Bank of America and found out that they closed at 12pm. Sarah got frustrated and I quickly spotted an ATM close by. On our way back there was a non-heated and discussion about church denominations and how complicated they are.

Evolution????
Banding together like a pack of small Christian wolves, 9 of us set out for a day at the museum. After a short metro ride, some chiding about our sense of direction and a few quick jokes about  the movies National Treasure and Night at the Museum and we were there. We took a map and set off like kids in a candy store, or kids in a museum??? We saw the wild animal and dinosaur exhibits, and one that especially caused some tension was the display of homo sapiens that discussed evolution. This exhibit literally divided us, as some decided to leave the exhibit and go to the sea animal area instead while others of us (including me) walked straight through and looked at stuff. I figured, ''sheesh" we are at a Smithsonian, and I only got 3 1/2 months, I wanna see it all!!!!

MALTS
After leaving the museum and walking aimlessly trying to find the mall that is in L'Enfant Plaza (which I like to jokingly call the little infant plaza), we were famished. After being told just where the mall is we still couldn't find it for about 10 minutes. Until I made the joke that we were standing on top of it, and we indeed were.... Anyway, there was a small food court that was hooked onto a strip mall in the plaza. There were not lots of food options because almost everything was closed. The only things open were a restaurant called Moe's (its kinda like Chipotle), and a sandwich and salad place called Potbelly's I believe...I could be mistaken... After having a rice and bean bowl from Moe's, I saw the malt sign at Potbelly's and couldn't resist. Especially after my roommate Sarah had brought one to the table that had cookies lining her straw. I didn't realize that my purchase of a coffee flavored malt at this time was not the most fiscally responsible thing to do (even though it was ridiculously delicious) because I just wanted the cookies and not really the malt...

Therefore my week was not only filled with some moments that caused some whining , but also with moments of delight and wonder for the new people, place and good things that God has recently blessed me with.