A good Sunday

This past week has been an extremely high drama week, all because of things I've done. I've made mistakes and am doing my best to correct them. However, that's not what this post is about. This post will be a summary of my Sunday, which was slightly filled with drama...good drama.

A sister from Jacksonville named Serena has been in town for the past few days, and I was giving her a ride to church this morning. I picked her up from the metro and I thought she looked familiar. I think we actually met down in Dallas, during the singles conference. I didn't bring it up, but I'm pretty sure I met her there.

Service was amazing...Ruben threw down, as he is known to do each Sunday. We continued with our theme of maturity. I'm gonna have to review that sermon again online, as it was incredible. I think Serena was really impressed to, as she asked me, "Is this your regular minister? He's cool."

After service, we had a brief leader's meeting. Afterwords, I got to talk to Steve Brown and Brian and Desree Sesay. I want to seek their advice about relationships, as they will be able to give me a perspective that I haven't been able to get recently...that of couples that have been married for several years and can give me advice on the overall situation involving myself and Jessie, not just the specifics. I am really looking forward to those conversations.

After the meeting, I dropped of Serena at the metro and met Kiki at Performance Bikes in Rockville. We are both doing a triathlon in May, and had both decided it was time to get our bikes. I didn't have a clue what I was looking for, as the last bike I owned was given to me about 15 years ago. But AJ, the salesman and manager of the store, was great and helped me through the entire process...from fitting me to the proper bike, picking out good bikes within my price range and helping me get the equipment I'll need. After taking a few test rides, trying on some clothes and picking out some equipment, I walked away with a brand new Scatante SixSixty. I'm very happy with this bike, and can't wait to break it in around the neighborhood. I bought those fancy pedals with the shoes that attach by clicking together...I foresee some falls in the future. Ah well...skin grows back, right?

Then in the evening, I headed over to the Wheaton Household to watch the Super Bowl! I really didn't care who would win the game, but I ended up rooting for the Steelers. I mean, come on, what are the Cardinals doing in the Super Bowl? That's like seeing Nigeria win a gold medal in swimming (love you Nigeria, but swimming ain't your thing). I wasn't expecting too much out of this game, but after an AMAZING 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by one of the Steelers, a last minute touchdown catch by Larry Fitzgerald, and a last second touchdown by another one of the Steelers, it ended up being on of the best Super Bowls I've ever seen! A bunch of us were there watching the game, and it was incredible!

All in all, a very good day. I really needed one of those.