The Pursuit: tug of war.

This past Sunday, I got to speak at my church in Chanute again. So. Much. Fun. AND....I get to do it again this Sunday! :) I think I could get used to this....any job openings?! ;)

Because I was talking on Sunday, I went home on Saturday. My plans for the day: finish preparing for Sunday and be productive in the homework area. As I was leaving Topeka, literally I was getting onto the highway, my phone rings. It's Devin. The Chanute girls basketball team was playing in Louisburg that night. If they won the game, they would then go to state. Him, Dustin and Kelli were all going. Devin wanted me to go. And of course my brother, of all people, wanted to go shopping. Still confused on that one, I didn't even know he liked shopping. I'm the girl of the family, and I don't even like shopping! haha. So they were making a day out of it...because Louisburg is so close to Kansas City they planned on shopping and eating somewhere meaning they were leaving Chanute around 12:30.

I told him I didn't know. Devo was not okay with that answer however. He kept trying to convince me to go...begging me to go, talk about peer pressure! ;) I told him I would think about it and that was the end of that conversation.

I get home, and Dusty is asking if I'm going to go with them, and then I have my dad begging me to stay home! Ahhh! You know the game tug of war? Well I felt the rope and my dad and Dustin/Devin were on both sides pulling me back and forth. I was torn. Part of me really wanted to go, but part of me knew that I should stay home and work on homework and prepare more for Sunday. In the end though, my brothers won. Of course. I am terrible at saying no to my brothers. My compromise for going....I would work on stuff on the car ride to KC.

But there is a challenge with that. I get car sick if I read in a car. Hmmm....what to do. Oh! I got it....I take Dramamine on plane rides and long bus rides and it always works, why not take it now! Except, I didn't have any with me. I could of made a trip to Wal-Mart but they were getting ready to leave so I headed off to the Medicine Shoppe which is just a block from our house. Perfect!

I go in searching the shelves and couldn't find it. A lady asks me if she can help me find something, so I tell her what I'm looking for. They didn't have any Dramamine. Darn. But they did have the off brand. Yay! I make the purchase and off we go! Well, turns out the off brand of Dramamine affects me in a different way. It knocked me out. You know the feeling you get when you are up for 24 hours straight? That is exactly how I felt. We were at the mall when it really hit me....I was so out of it. It took everything in me to keep my eyes open. I was out of it for the rest of the night! Needless to say, my plan totally backfired. So much for that productive day!

But, I did have a really great time. Although I didn't get much done, and I felt exhausted, I am so glad I went. The girls won the game!!! It was such a fun game to watch. It was a close one the whole way through. It had been a while since I had been to a basketball game, I had missed it! I love the atmosphere and watching basketball.

I was able to stay up and finish up stuff for Sunday. Although I didn't feel quite as prepared as I would of liked to, it still went well. The second service went a lot better than the first one as far as my message is concerned, but my mom assures me they were both good. Or maybe she is just saying that because she has to?! ;)

Kel and I! We may have gotten matching shirts while shopping! :)
They looked so comfy neither of us could pass them up!

Here are some very random and for no specific reason pictures! :)

My dear friend Ari is into trying strange things... :)
Personally, I think it looks like she is getting ready to drink a bunch of gnats or something. Ew. I had to document this moment!

Getting ready to try it...

Taking a drink...

Andddd she loved it!

Rach tasted it....I think she was a little unsure of it at first but I think she liked it.

This is the next drink she will be trying, or may have already tried....there are big chunks of stuff in there. Gross!
I did try the above drink (wasn't a fan), but I don't think I will be trying this one.