last XA retreat

i just went on my last XA retreat of my college career. it is weird. the retreat was good. i had some great talks with God and people. the speakers, eli and brenda, did a great job, and worship was great. on the other hand i felt like there were too many people there so i did not get to see some people at all. i had a good talk with joanna about how we had not seen each other much, but that was ok. we both agreed that we are spending more time hanging out with our houses and other close friends. it is hard for me to accept that i can't hangout with everyone my last semester, but it is reality. ashley and i had fun getting random pictures of people and putting hearts around them the first night. a pond was frozen and we got to talk over that, against my better judgment, but it is fun to take risks. i had a great talk with ashely, got to pray with the other 4th years in my house, and got to have some good talks with guys in my core group. over all, a great weekend and the weather was great.

coming back to UVA, it was nice to relax. the weather was nice, i washed my car (which had just married written on the back from the retreat) and went for a motorcycle ride. my mom and grandmother stopped by on their way home so i got to visit with them as well. i also got to bed early which was much needed.

monday has been good. i motorcycled to class and the weather has been great once again. my poetry class tonight has been canceled so i think that i am going to take a nap in the hammock and read.