7 Quick Takes on G/Valentine's Day, Mary, and Roadtrips [16]

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SO MANY GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.
1. Valentine's date with Jess
2. Ballet date with Carol
3. MOVING
4. Discipleship group
5. King David in Kindergarten

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I started a novena to Mary, Undoer of Knots on Tuesday. I learned about this bomb title of Mary at training this past summer, and really, really wanted to pray it. I probably should have because Jesus was showing all these different wounds and stuff, but I didn't feel like it was the time.

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I wrote that post about my dating fast when I was on retreat with the Little Sisters of the Poor. So when I was the Greek Getaways on Friday, I suddenly knew it was time to pray that novena. So, obviously I waited until Tuesday to start...

It's been really great so far. It's amazing to me how as I do the meditation Mary reveals I different knot I need untied. I'm excited to keep going and see how it turns out.

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Guys, my blogger is set to central time zone and I have no idea how to fix it. Can anyone help a sista out!?

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Please enjoy this photo of me & my worst enemy/bff JohnMarc being reunited.

yes, this is a selfie.

It was good to see JMS & all the other mishes and catch up at the Getaway's this past weekend. This venue was much better and so much better to work with.

I did spill wax on my dress (what the heck!?). It is currently in the freezer so I can scrape it off. Wax is weird.

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Last night Carol & I celebrated Galentine's day with some wine, chocolate covered strawberries, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and some good old fashioned dance partying.

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THIS:

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"Guess what day it is!?"
"ETERNITY."

hahahahahaha.

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One week from today I will be road tripping home to do some fundraising. I am looking forward to giving my parish talk and hopefully seeing some current mission partners to just catch up. It'll be nice to be home during a "normal" week - Joey has 3 basketball games and I'm going to try to pop up to KU to see Tommy for an afternoon. Then the big goal is to road trip back to CO through Lincoln to visit my old team and students. Hooray for road trips!

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Taylor Swift!

Many of you know of the great TSwift tragedy of July 2011. Taylor got sick and hand to cancel her concert, leaving 8 Tecumseh counselors stranded in Kentucky, and very sad.

Sarah and I were not about to give up on our dreams of seeing TSwift in concert. As soon as we got back to Drake, we booked our tickets to see her in KC. We were super nervous she was going to get sick again. We spent the morning tweeting about it.

We heard nothing about Taylor being ill, so after Sarah cleaned my windows,

we took off down I-35 to Kansas City. Yvette slept in the back while barbie Jamie and Herman the gummy worm took turns driving.

We got home with just enough time to change into our best TSwift attire,

go to my favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner, make a pitstop at Yogurtini,

and make a new friend

before heading to Arrowhead for the concert. We arrived just in time to see NEEDTOBREATHE perform. They were so good, and it was awesome to hear them live. At the end of their set, they announced that if you bought their new album today, you would be able to meet them. So we obviously rushed to section 133 to buy "The Reckoning."

We missed the first 30 seconds of Taylor's performance, but it was so worth it. When we got back to our seats (8th row, floor section!) we were transported into a fairytale land of Taylor Swift songs. It was AWESOME.

Highs of the TSwift Concert:

1. Seeing her sparkly & purple "13" on her hand
2. Trying to figure out why she had "I hope you know that even if I don't, I wanted to." written down her arm
3. Hearing her speak. She sounds like a Disney princess
4. It snowed during "Back to December."
5. Shaking Taylor's hand. NBD.
6. The "Speak Now" Scene
7. Ballet during "Enchanted"
8. The Encore. 15, Love Story, & glitter confetti
9. Hearing mom's talk about how they loved that she skipped around during the concert
10. Trapeze dancers. So legit.
11. Meeting NEEDTOBREATHE and telling Bear Rinehart we liked his anchor necklace

Yvette, Sarah, & I had a great weekend. It definitely made up for Louisville.