How do you summarize the last few months?

Well, seeing as Amanda even broke her allegiance to xanga to comment on my blog that has sadly remained unupdated for eleventy billion months, here it is.

How do I summarize the craziness of the last few months?

1) I got engaged!!! By God's grace, I found him right in front of me! I love you, Kevin. No wedding date yet, plenty of time for you all to suggest the perfect dress, food, flowers, etc.
2) I got a lawyer to handle my horrendous bicycle case. My frustration with this is lessening, but it's definitely something I need to give up to God everyday.
3) I dressed up as a bird for our halloween party and proceeded to kick another Canadian guy's butt at fishing chocolate balls out of ketchup with my mouth. It was DISGUSTING. It was made even more disgusting by the fact that someone MAY have taken some of the chocolate balls that my competitor had already fished out of his ketchup plate and put them into my ketchup. Blech. I proceeded to fish those out too, without knowing. But, in retrospect, not such a big deal in a country where most of the eating is done communally.
4) I had yumsy food for my birthday dinner. We FINALLY hit up TGIFridays and I had some delish ribs.
5) Kevin came to visit and we had an amazing time. He ate something that makes me a little upset, but I'll forgive him. And no, it's not dog. Too bad, because it's tasty. ;)
6) I finally did shopping for myself and bought a pair of Miss Sixty knockoffs, which proceeded to lose their button as soon as I got home. Sigh. Knockoffs.
7) Watched NHK and realized how much much much I am missing authentic Japanese food. The fish looks...well, fishy, here. Probably not a good idea to eat it.
8) I fasted for 10 days and had the most intimate encounters with God that I've ever had. I definitely encourage everyone to do it.

I wish I could sum up everything I've been learning in a blog entry, but that wouldn't do it justice. I will say that He is everything good, everything beautiful, everything wise, everything patient...He IS everything to me.

One thing that's frustrating me right now: The idea of God as a good-luck charm or wish/blessing dispenser. He's not there for us to use whenever we feel like we need Him. He is so much more than that. You're not a Christian just because you believe in God. Even the demons believe in God. You're a Christian because you FOLLOW God, and you can see the fruit of that in your life.

Maybe I'll start updating more.

Maybe.