HEARTC♡RE

I had been camping before, but only in Mexico and in the rancho. It' s a different experience and i'd definitely do it again! I had so much fun. One, because our camping leaders were definitely camping professionals. Two, I was with my 3 best friends.  So thankful for this weekend. The only thing I would change is being more fit to probably do more. Again, so much fun. Happy I got to do this before I left for Oman.

today we are behind the scenes for Luca's smash cake photo shoot! ! & later we will be doing final touches for his party. Goody bag making and painting included.

I have been wanpicg to talk about the book club I'm part of for so long now.

It's called BYOB (bring your own book), and today was our second meeting. I have wanted to make a book club for sincerely the longest. Personally I used to love to read and wanted to get back into it with not only more structure, but see my friends point of view. I'm also really lucky my friend opened her apartment for us to go and meet.

I really wanted to put it into action since last year, but it was nearing December and it was so hectic we couldn't mean till the ends of January. We decided on the book and had a little social night and now our meeting today was actually discussing it. As our first real meeting I feel it could've gone better than it did. At least for me, but I hope my friends don't feel the same. I was reading some of the questions provided by the publisher as a guide, and at the fourth question they decided they liked the way our natural conversation about culture was going and they'd rather let it flow which I agree. But after that we no longer got a comment on the book and got off topic. I wasn't upset, what happens is that I feel very awkward and was hoping to return to the book but it didn't happen. And that's okay, I chose the book so maybe it was more interesting for me, I just feel like we just skimmed the top and talked about race in America (a theme in the book), but not more than that. Anyways, what happens is I feel fake making conversation that doesn't interests me and it is too much played out effort I rather just keep quiet. And I know my face wasn't very enthusiastic (I'm not going to fake smile), but I'm not gonna change it and I hope that I didn't come off as a bitch. I think one of my friends got upset, but I'm not sure what's expected of me. I had a good time and I hope they did too. Hopefully as the meetings go on we get a better hang of how to discuss and I know we will. :)

 Next meeting I'm thinking Pizza and Soda .. ..  ..

Also, I drank coffee and now I'm probably ruined for tomorrow.

So I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but I may try to revert to just daily posts without having to say what I'm grateful directly because some of the topics may overlap. And naturally because I'm posting them, I am grateful for whatever came my way that day. 

This morning I came home from an Edge lock-in. Edge is the middle school ministry at my church and a lock-in is where we stay the night at the church. I made a mistake because it began Friday night and that day I didn't go to bed until 6 am only to wake up at 8 am. So I was running on a couple hours of sleep. But although I was so tired in the morning, I genuinely had such a blast with them.

Later that day (today), I met up with my Legacy group and attended a charismatic vigil Mass at a Parish somewhat nearby, after wards we had dinner at Taco Mac and some drinks at Cafe Intermezzo.

The mass was very new and refreshing to attend to. As far as I'm aware, it is held once a month by the same priest. I'm not 100% sure how to explain it, so I will quote Wikipedia. "Proponents of the charismatic experience put forth the belief that certain charismata (a Greek word for gifts), bestowed by the Holy Spirit, such as the abilities to pray in tongues and to heal (which Christians generally believe existed in the early Church as described in the Bible) should still be practiced today." I definitely experienced that and I just really felt the Holy Spirit move throughout the mass. I was really surprised to see that it lasted around two hours (a regular mass is around one). 

Like I said after we had dinner and drinks (coffee and hot chocolate!!) and I really do love spending time with my Legacy family. 

(after Mass photos)

(Taco Mac)

 (Cafe Intermezzo)

also mom made enchiladas today!

Second day of the daily grateful posts. I'm wondering if it's just going to be a year's worth of people I love. Today's post features a couple of my besties Y & K. I (strangely) couldn't find a better picture but we helped out with confirmation at our parish this morning. We were there from 8am to 12pm. I was interviewing and writing down their answers for 4 hours, I think I have a mini blister on my hands. K and I carpooled so we ran some errands (along with Y) and then had lunch after. We were all so hungry, I had a turkey burger and honestly I feel like it was the best thing I ever tasted. But anyways, we were there for a few hours and every time we get together we have an absolute killer time.  We can talk about anything, deep or superficial. But I'm really just grateful for their friendship, and that we've maintained it for so many years. We have also have a group chat and have MORE ABSOLUTE KILLER TIMES DAILY.

xx