Everything/not much

I don't have too much to say. There is nothing new going on. Actually, yesterday, my roommates celebrated my birthday. Sarah, the future cake-decorator-for-a-living made me a cake. A few weeks ago, she made these berry creamcheese white chocolate scones. I said, I wouldn't mind if my cake were made out of that. Actually, I begged her to make the cake out of that. So she did. She made two giant cake pans of the scone stuff. Then she slapped them together with berry cream cheese. To top it all off, she poured white chocolate ganache on top. It was amazing.

Sarah is in a book-making class. She made me pick some paper out, and she made me a book! A journal!I will post some pictures later, but let me describe it. It reminds me of Ikea: there is some groovy vintage design on yellow on the front, and a funny vintage-y blue on the inside. It is lovely.

Maddi walked out of the hall after they sang holding the journal and a little box. Inside that box was a 18 inch string of pearls. I cried. That was the most shocking thing ever. I love pearls. I love pearls. They are my favorite. The a couple of months ago, we went to the mall, and in the mall we perused the jewelry stores a bit. They had to drag me away from the pearl rings. I wasn't hinting anything: I didn't expect anything. But they filed that information away. "We drove through sleet and snow to get it." They rode their bikes in the rain on MEMORIAL DAY to get this necklace. I said, "What if I had turned evil since then?" They've had this for a long time. Maddi got me a ring with a pearl and leaf on it. She had tried on all my rings in my box to know what size to get.

Pearls are what you get for someone you love, I said. Yes, they said. We know. You are worth it. Katy said, "Now don't cast those before Andrew." She is so funny.

On a slightly different note, even different key, Andrew asked me to go on a drive with him yesterday. We went way out in the way out. Eventually, we were in some hills that got a bit forest-y here and there. Because we were in his roommate's 4x4, we went on some dirt track through farmland. The track got even more harsh when there were only wheel marks, and no road at all. Still we continued.

Andrew talks a lot when we are alone. When there are other people around, he doesn't talk nearly as much. At all. I don't know what that means. After off-roading, we went to haunted park, the one I told you about earlier. We played on the swings. And we talked some more. By this point, I was talking again. Sometimes, it takes me a while to want to talk to him. Then, Andrew got off the swing, found a giant hose, and sprayed me. I rushed him, stole it, and got him good.

Then we dried off in front of the car. I told him that Joe and Kit were coming to Rexburg. "Who's Joe?" Then, "Where's Joe going to stay?" I don't think Andrew liked my "at my cousin's" answer, because he said Joe should stay with him, at his apartment. I think that would be fun. Then Andrew asked if his niece could stay with me next week. Yes. That would be fun.

Andrew and I headed home. We went past his favorite house, a giant brick monstrosity, that is now for sale for a mere 400,000 dollars. Easy money. We drove past his roommate's and missionary's family home. The back yard is giant. Sometimes, the family will see little kids in the back yard on the trampoline or swing set because the kids mistake their yard for a park. Andrew gave me the tour of the place, insisting that no one was home.

It really was a lovely place. I would marry someone in the family just for that yard. Maybe that is his inspiration...He made me jump on their trampoline. It took me a while to do it, but once I did, I flew. He is a perfect bouncer. I flew. I laughed and laughed. I was kinda hysterical...

I've decided that sometimes we don't get answers. I brought this up in class. Lots of people contributed then. "Sometimes the action you take isn't a big deal. You aren't always going to be sure immediately, or even soon." I've picked my course of action. I am going to continue this. I'm going to pray that I might know how to help him past his stubbornness. I'm going to keep going. Sometimes, I feel such hope and excitement. I don't know. I've, and now it is time to continue with faith. Right?