Small Town America

A strange week. I was in two different states in two days this past weekend.

I got to visit Columbia but on the way, was also introduced to St. Louis. My favorite part of St. Louis, other than the beautiful arch, was all the old abandoned buildings...it gives the city character, in my opinion.

Now, Columbia...boy, a town of 8,900 with one McDonald's, one Quizno's, one Sonic (basically one of every fast food place I find tolerable or good minus Wendy's) with some amazing history of being a 162+ year old town. I fell in love with the small town feel of it...I'll find out on Tuesday if the church, St. Paul Lutheran Church, wants me to be part of their staff, congregation and community...I am praying that God place me where He sees fit.

I got to go to my first ever car show on Saturday morning after I had dinner with the Hiese family at Denny's in Waterloo (a town ten miles from Columbia) and before the drive to St. Louis for my afternoon flight. I was on the phone the whole time, telling my stepdad about the cars I was seeing...my favorite's being a red 1964 Ford Mustang Convertible, a 1965 steel blue Grand Prix Pontica, a 1969 dark red Corvette Convertible, and a car so old (yet very well kept) that it had a crank in the front that is used to get the motor going.

The rest of my week was strange. I had a job assignment in which I had orientation on Tuesday morning, worked 4 and a half hours yesterday and then was called today and told that the assignment has been put on hold. Basically, this assignment depends on the hurricanes and how much damage they make so I have to wait for Ike and Josephine to come around. Meanwhile, I get to check in everyday to see if they have anything else.

Great news, though. I have all four seasons of Corner Gas, a Canadian show I absolutely love. I finally deposited the reinbursement of my plane ticket and bought some food for my empty refrigerator. I got an e-mail from one of my junior high girls at Good Shepherd. My twin is coming over for a visit next week...YAY on that last one!

Well, other than all that, there's nothing much else going on with my life...