Overflowing... :)

Ah, I love it when God fills me up with joy to overflowing. It happens quite frequently, what can I say. I REALLY need to go to bed soon, but I just gotta bullet point list some of the sweet things of the last few days:

• Caught up on the blogs I follow through google reader.
• Made lots of Greek flashcards to study with
• Finished a book about the history of many prominent religions and cults of the world and how they compare with Christianity
• Had a great workout! Ah, exercise just makes you feel so good. :)
• Awesome sky observation during drives and in grandma's sweet "window room" - beautiful sunsets with snowy scenery... and seeing the moon with the planets close by!
• Bought groceries... I kinda enjoy grocery shopping actually. :) :)
• Visited my great grandma at her new living space in Pella (she can't quite call it "home" yet...)
• Went to my brother's JV basketball game in my old high school - whoa, that flooded my mind with many old memories of my basketball days... :) Oh fun!
• Helped him with his freshman Geometry and English homework - yeah for Geometry proofs and getting briefed on the first half of "To Kill a Mockingbird" ,and then reading aloud the "black worship" scene.
• Random cruising around town with my brother to look at the stars and see a big snowman
• Read more about Greek Orthodoxy
• Started re-reading my journals from last summer again. Oh man, I love that. Makes me smile, laugh, and occasionally wanna cry all at the same time! :)
• Babysat my cute little red-headed neighbor boy - oh the joys of coloring with 2-year olds, reading little kids books, playing with toy train sets, and changing poopy diapers. Honestly, babysitting always makes me really, really WANT and really NOT WANT kids all at the same time. How's that work, lol?
• Cut up a BUNCH of my old T-shirts with my grandma to make a quilt. :)
• Had chicken soup, dried apples, and yummy pumpkin bars at grandma's house. :)
• Practiced crocheting and knitting with my mom. :) :)
• SOLVED THE RUBIK'S CUBE a handful of times. I keep getting faster and faster. I love solving puzzles and figuring out things for the first time, and I also really love growing in understanding through memorizing and patterns. :)
• And finally, just before this post, I somehow just naturally became ever more overflowing with joy as I responded to an encouraging e-mail from a NWC faculty member. :D :D

Yeah, there was probably a handful of other great things I accidently left out of this list... but, oh well...

Hopefully atleast one of my joys of these last few days made you smile too. ;) This is another FULL week, so who knows when I'll actually post again; but goodness, I haven't been sleeping enough lately, so I really better start making that more of a priority!! NIGHT!