Friday afternoon I had originally planned on going shopping with one of my coworkers. The plan was that she'd call me a few hours after she got home. However, when she arrived home, she found out that her boyfriend's mom had made reservations for them all to go to dinner.

I then found out that it is official, my roomate Mary will be leaving in a few weeks! I like Mary and have enjoyed living with her. The five of us have such a good community right now and I think we have a lot of fun here. I'm praying that the Lord will give us wisdom and discernment in finding the right roomate who loves the Lord and wants to live a life that honors Him who can fit well into our home.

I ended up going out with Joanna and Arcinda to a play in Baltimore. It was very interesting. The play seemed to be relaying the message that there is a lot of violence in the African American community and that some of it can be stopped by members of the community joining forces to care for each other and reach out to youngsters to intervene. There was a panel discussion afterwards from a few religious leaders, an NAACP rep and an Urban solutions(?) rep. We were disappointed that none of the men pointed out that the real solution that the church has to offer is the Gospel and that the problem can't be solved by programs and whatnot but that it's a heart issue that only the word of God and His spirit can solve. Arcinda got up and shared this when they had the open mic session.

I started feeling a bit under the weather on the way there and on Saturday I was feeling pretty crummy. I didn't wake up until after 1! That plus the fact that I have little to no appetite concerned me. I hung around the house with Lauren all day and watched episodes from "The Office". I've somehow managed to turn 60% of my household into fans of the show.

Later on that evening I went to a shindig at my friends' Fedor, KA, East and Rachel's house. I managed to make it past an hour but ended up leaving early so that I could go home and go to sleep.

I woke up this morning still feeling crummy, even though my throat isn't as sore and very nauseous. I went back to bed and am hoping that I'll be better by tomorrow.