So the next day I went bike riding with Madeleine and her brothers and then played basketball with them. After that Madeleine and I went out to lunch with my old friend Nate and his girlfriend. Then we went to Nate's house and his mom showed me some pictures of myself and Nate when we were little kids. I had totally forgotten about all the meets we had been to and all the stuff we did when we were that age. I guess Nate's going to South Dakota for college instead of Iowa State now because his girlfriend is going there. It was nice to see him again.

So after that it was around 3 and Madeleine had invited some of her friends to come over and swim at her place and meet me. I want to say about 8 or 10 of them showed up if I can remember and we swam for a couple of hours. Then we ate dinner in the back yard and then went to Madeleine's friend's house to watch a movie (John Q) and drink some Taquilla. So after that it was around midnight, so we took another one of Madeleine's friends back to Madeleine's house and helped sober her up a bit so that she could drive home. I eventually went to bed at about 2 or so, I really can't remember...

The next morning I went to church with them. I had never been to a Catholic church before, so I didn't have a clue on what to do or anything. Madeleine told me before we went about some stuff that was going to happen there, but she forgot to tell me about the most important part of it for them. So yeah, I accidently took the bread thing that is supposed to be the body of Christ. Good job. I felt so embarrassed after being told by Madeleine and her brother that I shouldn't have done that, but it was too late to give it back. I think Madeleine was more embarrassed than I was because she forgot to tell me. Overall, the experience wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and my previous horrific experience with 'church' is now a distant memory. So I'm glad I went.

So anyway, after that we went back to her house and then went to eat at a chineese resturant and then I left about an hour after that. So it seems like we did a lot, or as much as we could do while I was there, but it's just never enough.

I eventually got home at around 8 pm and saw my parents and Ann walking Obi, so I joined them. I told them about my time up there including the church experience and my dad said that he did the same thing as I did before and Ann said that a friend of hers did too! So that made me feel a little bit better. Then I got an email from Madeleine saying that her mom saw (I didn't know she did) and said that it was ok too and not to worry about it. So now that experience will be something to laugh about in the future. Heck, I'm already laughing about it.

So Madeleine will be back here in 3 more weeks. Her and her family may stop by here on their way to Texas in a week and a half, so I might see her for a little bit then too. But for now, I'm just going to be working hard and doing some fun things until that happens. Tomorrow I'm going to Wichita with Jason and Will for the drum corp show...starring Jose. So I'm really looking forward to that.

Well, that's about it. I guess I'd better start working now considering I haven't done anything yet except talk to Fran and write this. I love my job...heh.

Later.