This week is crazy! Easter weekend was a breath of fresh air. Thursday night, several of us were quite bewildered at the thought of having no school the next day, so we spent some time relaxing and hanging out.

On Friday, I was quite relaxed. I slept in quite late, and then went out with a friend to do a photo shoot. Later that night, I ventured downtown to New World Arts, to see the Vagina Monologues, presented by several Goshen College women. This was my first experience with the production, and it was very intriguing to hear the stories woven together into a theater piece. After the show, I went across the street to hear a friend from a band perform at the Goshen Theater. Unfortunately, he had already performed, but I was able to catch up and talk to him for a while.

Saturday morning I woke up and went to Chicago on my own for a fun day. I did some shopping and walked around the city to shoot some pics.

Easter Sunday I woke up and went to the church I've been going to. It's an Evangelical Free Church and a more contemporary service. When i got to the street that connects to the driveway, there were so many people going to this service (the second of three) that there were officers out directing traffic. The sanctuary was overflowing from so many people. It was quite awesome to be worshipping on such a wonderful day surrounded by so many believers.

After church I went home and ate lunch with my family. Mom cooked a great meal, and I had a chance to do some laundry too! Unfortunately, I had to go back to campus before too long because reality of projects, presentations, and papers was setting in.

Today I've been sitting here researching, planning, and organizing all of my numerous academic thoughts into an attempt at some sort of order or plan of action for all that needs to get done. Its quite overwhelming to look at each and everything, but I keep nibbling away at it one step at a time.

Here are some pictures from the wonderful spring weather we've been having, the relaxing weekend, and some random fun stuff that goes on around here.

Hope everyone is doing well. Feel free to email me timb@goshen.edu if you have any questions! :-)