paul & renoir

The past few days have been a blur. I did a lot of unpacking, so I finally feel moved in. The apartment is really nice. So far I'm enjoying living off campus.

Yesterday I hung out with my friend Devon. She's a delight. We went grocery shopping at Mother Earth on 13th, then went back to her apartment to make some pasta and salad. It was delicious. We also shared the stories of our summers. She did a lot of road tripping with her family and then did a study abroad program in Mexico. Very exciting.

I had a very interesting experience when she took me home. Only the windshield wiper on the driver's side is functional on her car, so I rode the entire way watching the rain make patterns of color on the windshield. It was like driving through a world composed of impressionist paintings, not unlike those I saw in Chicago. Traffic lights were especially cool, as the greens and reds would literally flood the windshield as we approached them and then vanish when we passed. It was beautiful.

It's the little things, you know?

It reminded me of that verse where Paul says that we see dimly like in a mirror. The world is just an impressionist painting compared to redemption. One day we'll see clearly, but for now we're just riding in a car with a broken windshield wiper, trying to piece together reality from blurs of color.

After Devon dropped me off, Ryan came over for a while. It was so good to see him and catch up. It's going to be good having him in Gainesville, even though he won't be on campus anymore.

Tonight is some sort of RUF Leadership thing. I'm going even though I'm not "officially" on leadership. Should be interesting.

Peace,
Sam