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Sorry, I just haven't felt like writing lately. This weekend was kind of a strange one for me so I guess I will just let you all know what happened.

Friday night started out like any great weekend should by going to see the opening of Ocean's 13! The movie was a fantastic combination of the plot line of the first movie, the humor of the second one, and the nostalgia of the original version with the Rat Pack. So far it ranks number one in terms of 'Third' movies coming out this summer...just to recap these are the scheduled ones:

• Spiderman 3
• Shrek the Third
• Pirates of the Carribean: At Worlds End
• Bourne Ultimatum
• Ocean's 13
• Live Free or Die Hard (Technically the fourth but then again there are sort of two different second movies)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(Yes this one is the fifth, but this list is now officially third or later movies)
• Rush Hour 3

Looking at that list makes me sad and wishes writers would be more creative. Anyways we are getting off topic.

After the movie, we went back to the dorms and chilled out since many of us were supposed to take the Praxis in the morning. Well after a fair amount of chilling, I remembered that I needed batteries for my calculator and so I went to meijer. When I was ready to check out, I came to the startling realization that my wallet had decided that we needed a trial separation period. Silly me, I must have left it in the dorm right? Wrong. Crud.

Back to the theater, back to meijer, back to the dorm. No wallet. Double Crud.

No wallet = No ID = No Praxis Test...Triple Crud
No wallet = No ID = No Meal Plan...(you get the picture)

Needless to say that made for a rather frustrating weekend because I just couldn't get focused. It also happened that we had a huge paper and a project due yesterday at noon. I eventually managed to finish the paper and project and get them turned in, but I was up really late Sunday. I have also contacted everyone I could possibly think of and the conclusion is that my wallet has perminantly left me. Life is weird like that sometimes.

Before I forget, Sunday morning was also a challenge, though in a good way. After talking to the two other protestants in the program, we decided to check out a near by Methodist church that had a very cool description on the ND website for other faiths. My heart broke walking into a church that had maybe 15 people in it when we walked in and about 35-40 by the start of service. I was also saddened by the pastor's views on some of Paul's teachings. Though keeping all things in mind, I was intrigued and am undecided about returning. Though my desire is to be in community with the other protestants so it will be interesting to see how that plays out. Perhaps the most notable thing though was the discussion on the way home and also for a little while when we got back to campus about Women's roles in the church. While the two of us differ on opinion over this matter, it was wonerful to get a chance to engage in a honest discussion about it and to be challenged as well as hopefully challenge the other individual's belief. I am really excited to have more of these conversations so we can help eachother to grow throughout the summer. Oh and in case you were wondering why I did not provide a name or anything more about the individual it is because I haven't talked to them about including them in the blog. Deal with it and then re-read it if it was a problem. :-P

Other than that, things are going well since I will be able to go to camp. Long story short, God is good, and has impeccable planning. This was also decided on Friday further complicating the feelings of the weekend. Now I just have to make sure I can get everything done.