Sad day.  Found out this morning that the father of a highschooler from in town, and a regular camper here at Fortune Lake committed suicide last night.  I want badly to give her a hug and talk to her, but I have no clue what I would say.  Or, should I say nothing at all?  Mostly though, I want to go hug my own parents and tell them how much I love them.

Please pray for Hannah and her family.

one more video....Mumford and Sons AND The Avett Brothers AND Bob Dylan preforming at the grammys.  the video looks a bit odd cause it's flipped horizontally....so everyone looks left handed.  eh, but you still get the main image.

So sorry I haven't written in a while.  This will probably be a random post of what I've been up to in the past weeks.

I am finding it easier and easier to wake up in the mornings.  I'm not sure why this is.  It could be that it's no longer dark out when I'm waking up (I've been waking up about 6:30-7).  Or it could just be Knox being persistent and pawing at my face to wake me up.  Anyways….woke up this morning and took knox for a walk…before 8 AM!  And now I've got some time to spare before I go to work.  There's a quilting group here this weekend and they have brunch at 10 am.  So, I'll go up there to eat with them (it's baked french toast!!) and then I'm going to clean the rooms in the Adult Retreat Lodge.  I'm not sure how long that will take me, but then I have some more free time till 5:00 when the women eat dinner.

Side note:  I am typing this up in One Note on my computer because my internet is down AGAIN!!  It's super annoying.  So, probably on my way up to brunch I'll stop by the office and reset the router.  Then I'll be posting this when the internet is back.

So, in the past couple of days I've watched A BUNCH of movies.  Here is a small list…

• Life As We Know It
• Case 39
• An Education
• The Karate Kid (with Jayden Smith)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

Maybe this really isn't a bunch of movies, but it feels like it for just a few days.  I liked them all.  I watched Life As We Know It with Casey.  It was cute, pretty much what I was expecting.  Case 39 was a bit disturbing.  I was hoping for a happier ending, but I guess it was good enough.  No scary dreams afterwards, so that was good.  I LOVED AN EDUCATION!!!  It was really good.  It kind of reminded me of the show American Dreams, except it's set in England.  It's on Netflix Instant right now, so go watch it!!  I cried watching The Karate Kid.  It was a happy cry though.  Jayden Smith is super cute in the movie.  He did a good job.  Then I just edDivine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood last night.  I think the movie came out in 2002 and I've been meaning to watch it since, but never did.  So when I saw it on Netflix Instant, I thought Why Not? 

I love Netflix.

I started teaching some Zumba classes!!  I lead the classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  It's been a ton of fun.  I'm only doing it for 6 weeks right now, but it seems pretty popular I might continue doing it.  This week was my third week doing it, so I'm actually half way through with it.  I've had at least 10 people every class, so it's been a lot of fun!

One of my new favorite songs is January Wedding by the Avett Brothers.  It's so simple and I love it!  It's inspired me to grab the banjo from the Dining Hall and try to figure out how to play it (also Mumford and Sons had part in the inspiration).  I'll let you know how that goes.  In the meantime, here's a video of that song.

Also, this is Radiohead's new single Lotus Flower.  It's a pretty good song, but the video is hilarious.  Enjoy.