"...afflictions eclipsed by glory."

The past two weeks have easily been the most epic of my life.

~Planned a trip halfway around the world in a matter of 9 hours.
~Navigated the Paris metro system with astounding ease. Ate scrambled eggs and got a full night's sleep during my 18-hr layover.
~The death of my father. Visitation. Funeral. Burial.
~Got to go to the last Friday Night Praise that Cameron and Chase played since now Andy is taking over as worship leader. It was incredible.
~May possibly have accidentally convinced one of my best friends NOT to move to Kansas City next year.
~Ate Gailey's breakfast. If you don't think this is epic, you obviously haven't eaten there.
~Saw two of my good friends from youth group get married in the same sanctuary my father's funeral was in 48 hours before. Beautiful. The reception was fun, but virtually all my old friends were in the wedding party and most had their fiances with them. I didn't cry during the whole father-daughter dance, but after it the bride came up and hugged me. Then I cried. Thanks Julianne.
~My flight to Paris got canceled AFTER I'd begun driving to St. Louis. Got the next available ticket: April 27th (the first was the 19th.)
~Found out that an old friend from Happening committed suicide.
~Found out that my former room mate's brother was in a motorcycle accident that easily could have killed him but didn't.
~Got my typhoid vaccination for the trip to Madagascar I'll be taking in May.
~Rescheduled all the final exams I'm missing right now, the first of which being on April 30th. Guess that rules out a 21st birthday party on the 29th, but that's okay. I'll be jet-lagged anyway.

So please, if anyone has any engagements, pregnancies, divorces, medical emergencies, or brilliant luck or devastating failures doing anything at all to announce, now is the time.