Fourth Day of July

Posted: July 9, 2009 
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The Scoop

I am actually going to back it up to Friday, July the Third.  Mom, Amy, Jordan, Will D. and I made our way up to Memphis Tennessee to watch the Broadway performance of Wicked at the Orpheum.  We first stopped by Hannah Tutor-Purdy’s house and saw her new baby, John Mark.  I have a of couple of pictures up of that!  Mom, Amy, and I then made our way the Beale St. area and ate at The Butcher Shop.  Even though it’s known for its steaks, I got chicken.  (I know you were dying to know.) 

We then walked a couple of blocks to the Orpheum for the show.  It was SPECTACULAR!  It was a little long, but I would have set there for a lot longer.  The cast was amazing.  They were very energetic and played the parts well.  During intermission I made conversation with a guy sitting next to us.  ‘Turns out that he is from Bruce, Mississippi and works in an office at Ole Miss.  So, basically, I made Amy another connection!  Never meet a stranger.  The second act was just as magnificent as the first.  The performance was actually better than when Amy and I saw it in New York City in December of 2007.  Have you seen that album??  We made an ice-cream stop in Southaven on the way back and ultimately got home around 1:30 am.

This weekend was also the wrap-up of Wimbledon.  (Just in case you aren’t familiar with it, it is the most prestigious tennis tournament there is.)  I was up just a few hours after we got in from Memphis to watch the live all-American Women’s Final between Venus and Serena Williams.  Serena won.  Andy Roddick, an American man, played Sunday morning against a guy who has won the tournament 5 times already.  Well, LONG story short (longest 5th set in the history of the Wimbledon Championships), Andy lost.  I am still upset about it.  He should have had it in the bag.  Oh well.  Don’t cry over spilt milk.

And Saturday was obviously the Fourth.  After the match that morning, I pretty much slept the rest of the day since we were out late the night before.  But we went to my aunt and uncle’s house that night to eat and see family that came down from Charlotte.  I got to play soccer and baseball with my cousins, too!  And later we had Marshall’s 8th? Annual Firework Show.  I managed to take a few good snapshots of the display.  Check those out in my 2009 Miscellaneous Album. 

In some other news, I finished my June summer class, Differential Equations, with an A.  :)  I started calculus-based Physics 2 Monday, and I am already looking forward to it being over.  That’s why I love summer classes: as of tomorrow I will be 25% done with the class and it just started! 

I have been playing a good bit of tennis lately.  It’s been nice.  Hopefully I’ll be able to play for many years to come.  After all, who wouldn’t want to play tennis with the weatherman?

And lastly, but definitely not least, I finished reading through Psalms last week.  I recommend everyone take a little time out of each day to do that.  Pick out a few key words and focus on them.  To me, unfailing love, shelter, refuge, and God is my Rock stuck out.  A lot of times I think I live in a wicked, godless generation.  Reading through Psalms reminded me that David thought that, too.  Psalms 14 and 53 even say there is no one who does good- not even one.  But you know what?  We serve the SAME god that delivered David though his iniquitous generation.  Why would we ever doubt that He isn’t in control this time?  Our worries aren’t knew to Him! 

Psalms 48:14:  For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. 

I’m now reading through Proverbs and it has some awesome stuff so say about fearing the Lord and wisdom.  Check in to that, too!  And I started reading Crazy Love for a summer Bible study Amy and I are in.  I can’t really write a review yet, but it seems like it’s going to be thought-provoking and also encourage us to love God relentlessly. 

-wrs