I went to church for the first time here. There's a Baptist Church right at the end of our road so I figured I had to check that out at some point, and I did. It was cute. I walked in and right away noticed an abundance of old people. That was my first impression. Then I noticed that they all looked really dressed up. Church wear at my home church is like nice jeans and heels, but I don't have my brown heels here so I wore flats. I felt very underdressed. But I pretended not to notice and walked into the church with my head up. A woman welcomed me and said that this week is Welcome Sunday and they're doing it "Cafe Style" so to grab and coffee and just sit anywhere. I wasn't really sure what she meant until I looked into the sanctuary and saw that the chairs were arranged in semi circles around little tables with "biscuits" (cookies) on them. Very cute. So I got myself a coffee (my first cup of coffee that's been only mine- Dad, I know you're very proud haha) and picked an empty table.
After a little while a 30 something woman- Evie- sat with me and then an older woman named Jill and we chatted until Pastor Pat (a woman) addressed the small congregation of primarily elderly folk. The service was pretty similar to ours at home, with some songs I knew and some I didn't, and a sermon about The Prodigal Son (always a classic, love it). Then there was a portion that they did like Sunday School, where we colored in little keychains and sang some kids songs, and I noticed there weren't any kids. Evie and Jill said they've all grown up and gone on. Kind of sad, but also a bit like how my church had been until recently. Evie and I talked mostly and she said she's taking classes at ARU also, for the master's in Children's Book Illustrating. Very cool. She's an expert colorer.
When the service ended I briefly talked to the pastor and then we to the Co-op (grocery store down the street) and got stuff to attempt my first meatloaf tonight *gulp* haha. I think I'll go back to the church at least one more time to see what a "normal" service is like, mostly cuz it's just so darn convenient and even though it's a lot of old people, the pastor is lively and kind of cutting edge despite her age. I'm intrigued at least. It made me a little homesick when we were singing a couple of the hymns, but it was funny hearing people's British accents singing the lyrics.
The other mixed part of this day is that it's mine and Chris' 2 year anniversary. It's pretty hard to believe we've been together two years already, but also that it hasn't been more than 2 years. Very strange. The crappy thing tho is that today doesn't feel any different than any other day, and I wish it did because it is kind of a special day. I know all you adults are like, geez, 2 years, stupid kids. Try 20 haha. But you know, it'd be nice if we could be together today, rather than in other countries. Not gonna dwell on it though, cuz there's not too much we can do about it right now. I did send him a crapload of stuff in the mail so hopefully that takes the sting off a bit :)
Plus today I am exactly 19 and a half. Woo hoo!
So basically to sum up today, I'm going to have to quote Ron Burgundy: "I'm in a glass case of emotion!!"
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