Yesterday: Spent the entire morning struggling to do...something. Ended up with a brief devotion which struck me deeply. Jesus told the Pharisees to go and learn the meaning of "I desire mercy, not sacrifice." And I find it hard to understand. Afternoon was spent with Ingrid and Ed who came over for lunch. Most of the time my mom and Ingrid talked, and Ed and I remain silent...which is the nature of things, apparently. Sent mom to Yen's place in the evening, and I came back to try and write some of the ideas I have for myf down, then sent it out. That was a bit of a relief...strangely enough. Today: The morning was spent uploading family trip photos, which can be found here. Afternoon was kind of wasted, really. It's a day with relatively little mom-interruption, so that was kind of nice...sort of. Evening was spent with Ingrid, Ed and Laura to discuss myf stuffs, and that was a long but fruitful evening, I believe. And that ends these two days.

Random notes...

• Boy, what a big dilemma...well, it's not that big, I guess. I've just been told that there is a very high possibility that I can go to the World Puzzle Championship in Bulgaria, something that I've wanted to go for years and worked hard on puzzle skills to get to. But, it just happens to be on the Thanksgiving weekend, the same weekend as Jackson and Rebecca's wedding! And I've already promised Jackson that I would go... This is tough. I'm not sure what to think, let alone how to decide where to go... Both are kind of once-in-a-lifetime events...yikes.
• So I'm playing with this iPod nano thingie, which I've uncreatively named the mPod... Took a while to figure out the shuffle function, but it was good. I'm still a bit old school and want to run the battery dry before charging it, even though they say that's not necessary...
• I'm jumping back in to this myf coworkers thing, apparently... There's always that fear that my heart isn't right. I'm just not sure.
• Jonathan's in Toronto? Wooo...need to find him...
• I really should just face the reality and call this constant working on puzzles what it is...an addiciton. I just can't put them down...despite having large number of other things to do... I guess this means that I'm going to the wedding?

I'm grateful to God for...

• making life oddly interesting, in a variety of ways;
• showing me part of the meaning of "I desire mercy, not sacrifice";
• leading us through the discussion and planning for myf;
• good times of fellowship with Ed and Ingrid; and
• dragging and leading me away from tempting situations today.