Day 20: Perfect Day.

(sigh) Today was such a great day. Allison and are are super sick, but at least we got to come home early from school/work. We're all drugged up, so hopefully we'll be all better by the weekend. I'm not EVEN tryin' to waste a weekend while I'm here! We're going to see the Grand Palace and several Buddhist temples on Saturday, and then we're heading back to Hua Hin Beach on Sunday! I think we're supposed to hang out with the Aussies sometime this weekend, too. So being sick is NOT an option!

I missed Epsilon a LOT today. Hearing about all our new big brothers just made my heart smile. I can't believe ROB is in Epsilon now! And even more so, I can't believe I didn't get to be there to see him get tapped!!!! (coughROCKSTARcough) I am so freaking excited about all of it though. He's gonna love it. And our other new big brothers - Chris King, Matt Murr, and Mitch Gibson - are going to be great, too! All those guys are just perfect, and they deserve to wear my letters. :) Soon enough, I'll be home so I can hug all over them with the rest of my sisters! And I freaking miss my cuz, Nate Walker...and I'm so glad Ben Hamilton is back...and and and...(sigh) I just love Epsilon. It's so weird being Miss Alumni Walker now. I don't like growing up.

So, from what I hear...politics are going GREAT in America. Yeah Obama! You're doing such a great job as president! Wait. You suck, and you're full of crap. Maybe after you get all of our troops home, save our economy instead of tripling our debt, and do something productive with your life and office by, oh I don't know...LIVING UP TO YOUR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE...you and Lane Kiffin can form a club--"Most loathed men in America." Oh, speaking of Lane Kiffin...here's a link to some woman's blog. She's an Alabama fan from Cleveland, and she reminds me of me. She articulates the entire Kiffin situation perfectly. It's by far the best thing I've read about the whole ordeal.

http://cleveland.patchworknation.org/2010/01/kiffin-double-cross.html

So, believe it or not, I'm still not really homesick (minus that one day last week). Today was a PERFECT day because I talked to so many of my closest friends via phone, email, Facebook, Skype, Twitter, etc. (That's the good thing about leaving work early...it's morning over here, but night time at home, so everyone can talk. Haha.) I'm so glad I got to talk to Jessica on Skype...I really needed some Partner in Crime time. She's so amazing it's ridiculous, and she always knows how to make me smile. I got to talk to my parents again, too, so that was great. I called Rob (DUH) and got to freak out over the phone about him getting tapped, and I got to talk to Sierra too right before she went to tap BBs! Heck yeah Madam Prez! I'm also so glad I got to see Taylor (yay roommate!) and Baker for a minute on Skype! I got an email from Caleb and talked to him on the phone for a while while I was walking home from work. It felt good talking about Thailand to someone who has actually been here and experienced what I'm experiencing. (But, evidently I'm "spoiled" because I have air conditioning. Haha.) And I've been overwhelmed with all of the Facebook comments and IM's from everyone back home. Gosh all of you guys are amazing...I really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers.

I would like to take a moment and just say how good God is. As I've said before, I'm really praying for clarity and direction while I'm over here in Thailand, away from everything back home. Last night I was praying a little more adamantly than normal, just begging God to do something...anything. And today I really feel like he's starting to work. I'm feeling his peace, and I can also feel myself changing. "Patience" is one thing that I'm really focusing on, and I can feel myself getting better at it. I believe peace and patience go hand in hand, and both are becoming more real to me as each day passes. It's great when God answers the daily, little prayers, but I absolutely love it when I can see how he's gradually answering my big prayers, little by little each day, one day at a time. It's like I'm watching the stars in my sky align themselves perfectly into the constellation of my life. It's simply beautiful.

Well, I'm dead...so I'm gonna check out early.

I'm out.
Cwalk.