A Visit to Paul and Kate's

Spent most of this morning asleep, minus the 45 min or so when I ate breakfast with some of the guys. I just went back to bed after. This afternoon and for most of the rest of the day, I spent visiting with Paul and Kate. I took the bus to their place and walked with Kate to their house/apt. It's a very nice neighborhood. The houses, landscaping, environment is all very... nice. heh. it's the only word I can think of right now. I really liked it. Kate said they live in what's considered the "ritzy" part of town, and I can see how that would be. A lot of people seem to have their vacation homes in their neighborhood. They live with a view of a harbor "The Secret Harbor" and it really is quite a tranquil, beautiful view. The steps leading up to their apt reminded me kind of like the rustic steps in Taiwan when I visited, and I love that type of atmosphere and setting. They had a really nice lawn set up as well, it was tiered with short rock.. wall type things separating each tier. I met their dog, Lady, who's a bit shy, but she didn't pee all over the place when she saw me so I guess that's a good thing. Apparently I'm not really a giant of an Asian, so while I still intimidated her, I didn't have the towering, monstrous presence that it takes to trigger an episode .

I had a really good time talking with Paul and Kate, listening to them telling stories of when they were dating (Paul is such a sweetheart and utter romantic. He did pretty much everything right. From what I heard, he was the boyfriend that all girls dream about but never quite believe exists. Kate is definitely a special girl and has been very blessed. They're having a baby! yay! so exciting!), telling stories of school, etc. It was fun. I hope I didn't intrude on too much of their time (I spent almost 8 hours there! yikes!). But it was nice being able to talk to people from back home, and that we actually had something in common and knew the same people and stuff.. it was just a really great time.

I'm going back tomorrow morning and we're going to watch a webcast of the message at Faith Free Presbyterian online together. That'll be nice. Closest thing to church that we have here... I'm so happy that they're here. I think it'd be a lot more... lonely in a sense not having Christian friends here. While I'm sure there are Christians here on campus, it's just a comfort having them here and being able to converse with them about spiritual things as well as other stuff. People with a common ground... not sure if it's coming across clearly, but yeah, I'm just glad they're here.