i had a really good day.

every once in a while i have a really good day and it blows my mind. i think, “wow. everything is going right today, i’m feeling happy, and God is good.”

I got an e-mail from Pulse It today (teen social networking for Simon and Shuster publishing) and i won the “totally obsessed” prize (me? obsessed with books? nah…..) and i won:
*Crank
*Glass
*Tricks
*Leviathan audio book!
oh it made my day! i’m so excited.

so, after i finished my homework, i went down to the used bookstore to scavenge and find some cool stuff. i found a brand-new (probably read once) copy of “The Book Thief” and a slightly used but great condition copy of “Transfer of Power.”

then someone came into the bookstore, and started asking questions about books. we (him, me, and the lady who worked there) started talking and he found a book he’d read several years ago, told me it was fantastic "(i quote: “this book made me cry—and i didn’t even cry when my momma died!”) and he bought it for me. yeah! a barely used copy of Beach Music by Pat Conroy. yay!

i got to book club just a tiny bit late (sorry Krissy!!) and Krissy had found me two books about C.S. Lewis (whom we’re studying during the month of September.) so now i have a whole C.S. Lewis list started that I want to read. who knows—maybe I’ll host a reading challenge!

then i went to my youth group river party. which was pretty freaking amazing. there was food (pizza! yum.) and tubing with my friends whom i love (we forced Kendal to go tubing. it was pretty funny.)  and someone had put two Switchfoot CDs in the CD player, so i arrived to the loveable tune of “Faust, Midas, and Myself” and left to the tune of “twenty four.” those of you who have never heard Switchfoot…. go jump in a lake. (no, seriously, find a song by them and listen to it. a few times. i recommend: Oh Gravity, 4:12, and Meant to Live.)

got home, got the dishes done ASAP, and….. sigh. now i’m relaxing and reading “C. S. Lewis’s case for the Christian faith.” it’s pretty good so far. i probably won’t review it, because it is non-fiction, but who knows?

anyway. friday, saturday, and sunday morning i’ll be out of town, so there will be no lists of giveaways. take the time to look at tomorrow’s list, (it’ll be huge :D) and the list on the side bar that says “September giveaways.” those are good for the whole month.

so all in all i’ve had a really good day. i wonder sometimes why God gave me such a good day. maybe just to remind me and say “hey, I’m watching out for you, and giving you a break sometimes, ok? gimme some credit here.” or something equally encouraging.

anyway. have a good day 2morrow, peoples :D

~H