Last weekend I picke dup a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, read it, and took a day trip to Ann Arbor. It quite possibly was one of my favorite weekends of the summer. Colin was off in Vegas, learning more about his new internship congregation and getting to know the great people there, and I was in Tiffin with my new best friend, Kirby, and Colin's high school best friend, Mr. Gillig. Ben and I stood in line to get our copy of the book, went to get milkshakes at McDonalds, and sat for a cople of hours reading. I pooped out after a couple of hours, but Ben managed to stay up and read, and read, and read.
The next day came too early as I found myself rushing out the door in order to meet my friends Emily and Jim in Ann Arbor by 11 a.m. Emily & Jim are in my small group for CPE. Have I mentioned that my small group is great?! Jim and I butt heads a lot, but there is a lot of respect on both ends. Emily and I are like sisters from another mister, and though we do not look a like (as Natalie and I do) we have a very simillar trajectory in life. She goes to PLTS, Luther's partner school in the Western Mission Cluster. Anyway, we gt together to grab Indian food and to attend the Ann Arbor Art Fair. It is the largest in the country, I believe.
Some highlights:
(l-r) Steven Daniel, Audrey Heller, Marie Gruber
Though the fair offered much more than photographs, it was mostly photographs that caught my eye. I am really excited to take some photos next year on internship!
Later, I made my way to Zingerman's Deli, where I picked up some challa bread, kalamata olives and gorgonzola cheese. It was hectic; full of people and full of life! It is a must see, eat, experience in Ann Arbor.
I also made my way to Trader Joe's!
After all of this I even managed to see an old friend, Stephanie. I haven't seen her since we were in Freiburg together. She is pictured here, the one on the left, laughing.
On my way back from Ann Arbor I received a text message from Ben: what page are you on...I'm finished. He read the book in less than one full day! He won that round! It took me another day and a half to finish.
I've never had as much fun reading as I have with the Harry Potter series. I think I might start over from the beginning. Nothing has captured my imagination and focus more than this series. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has not yet read the book, but I do want to say that I heart Neville Longbottom!
I have to say that I wasn't expecting a lot out of a weekend in which Colin was gone and I was left to Tiffin Ohio all by my lonesome, but with the help of a few friends, a great dog, and an incredible story, I did get by!
Three weeks to go before heading back to Minnesota and about four weeks until internship. It's hard not to look ahead, but here's to enjoying today!
Hehe, I finished it the first day too. What did you think? Mitch refuses to read the Harry Potter books and no one I know around here is finished yet. I'm dying for a good HP disscussion now that the end is here! We miss you!
Posted by: Erin | July 26, 2007 at 08:39 PM