oh yeah, and go see revere's production of GUYS N' DOLLS this weekend, may 5th-7th!

what an incredibly relaxing weekend away from all things revere...

ingrid, ba and i went to malibu and pondered how the houses there are built on the (unstable) sand b/c i've been encouraging my pessimistic father to move closer to the ocean when he retires. that's when i began to sing the old, Christian kid's favorite "don't build your house on the sandy land..." with an added comment, "well, they all must be non-Christians!" i love the beach...

we then passed a woman on the drive to the wonderful polish restaurant warszawa. let's just say, she paid a lot of money for the work done on her boobs. so my dad comments, "at least she won't have to worry about her nose if she walks into a wall!" hahahahaha...

and then my celebrant friend nancy and i went to disneyland today. while we were waiting for an animation show to start in california adventure, she saw a man in a row ahead of us and said that his head looked like it was smiling b/c he had a crease in the back of his head that looked like a smiley face. and it did... so she goes and asks him to put his sunglasses on the back of his head to make a smiley face. we were contemplating making eyes and a nose out of cotton candy, too, but refrained from that. then nancy says, "it's the happiest place on earth. even your head smiles." haha! and then, on our way out, we ran into dt and mike! what a great weekend it has been...

it's good to be held accountable by such respectable, Godly women in the Lord... thank you for your gracious rebuke the other night.

i've been given a lot of lessons in humility as of late - praise the Lord.

another wise quote: "why do you live your life waiting for something to happen?"

so my students weren't supposed to wander off by themselves at magic mtn yesterday where we went for a music festival. ingrid, milt oberman (teacher) and i ran into a 7th grader named jessica outside the gotham city gate area by batman the ride...

me: jessica, why are you by yourself?
jessica: i lost my friends
me: how did you lose your friends?
jessica: i lost my friends because i followed a large stuffed animal!

and the best answer to the "which rides did you go on, ms. ling?" question...
chicken tenders, funnel cake, 3 scoops of ice cream, roasted corn, hot chocolate and french fries!

oh so quotable naoko: like I told...someone...I wish BTSA was a person so I could punch it in the face

wow, the trip to florida was great. i was feeling burnt out at the end of the week before spring break, and i was fearing hanging out with kids for that chunk of spring break, but it ended up being a wonderful experience all around. praise God for these wonderful kids and for this opportunity...

many thanks to miranda and ingrid for giving shaun and me rides to and from the airport. you guys are the best!! thank you for your graciousness and sacrifice.

looking forward to all events leading up to resurrection sunday! =)