My birthday was Friday. That was good. It was also LaRell's birthday and he got aggravated with me a few times because I wasn't anywhere near as excited about it as he was. He kept asking me if I was going to throw a party and I kept telling him that I didn't care. Then he got mad at me for not telling him happy birthday on Facebook or telling him thank you when he said it on my Facebook. I did both of those things face to face but apparently that doesn't matter as much. Oh well. Maybe next year.
They did throw a bit of a party for us, though. At dinner they had cake and they sang to us and sprayed us with silly string. The cake was delicious. I had two pieces. They also made us giant cards but then they misplaced them and found them yesterday. It was good.
Saturday was a good day. After lunch, Tim took us up to the roof of the Artemis to take some pictures. Then some of us went to climb the mountain. I took some pictures that I will be putting up later. When we got up to the second peak we found a pole and Jordan took off his undershirt and we claimed the mountain for ourselves. On the way down my group thought they knew the right way down but I also thought I knew the right way down so I went my own way and beat them back by 9 minutes. Their way was probably safer, though.
Yesterday we had church here at the Artemis. Cabot led singing, Cody said the opening prayer, I led the Lord's Supper, and Mark did the offering. Jeff Hopper (who I think is is charge of all international programs for Harding) is here for the week and he gave the lesson. It was pretty good.
After church, a group of us, including Brinley and Dr. Jewell, went to Athens for an AEK Athens soccer game. It was a lot of fun. Cody and Roman were raving about it after the game but they were lying to themselves a little bit. It was good, but the stadium wasn't even half full and it wasn't near as loud as it could have been. I get a lot more excitement from going to an Astros game. Or even the Pearland Oiler playoff games my senior year. Our team won 3-0 though. Next week is a big game and I'm thinking about going to get a better idea of what it should be like but I haven't decided yet. Now I have been to one more European football game than American football.
Thanks to everyone for the comments, emails, and birthday wishes.
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Did you know that your birthday is the same day as Uncle Dave's dad, Leon. He was 93! And Caleb's birthday is today! He is two. Isn't it great to be in between those 2 ages? Know you don't want to be in your 90s yet, but isn't it great not to be 2?
ReplyDeleteGlad you're having fun. Love you,
Aunt Karen
Happy Birthday, Ryan! Tell Dr. Hopper hi if you think of it. He was a music prof. before he was head of international studies and he's also done a lot with the honors program. Anyway, I had him for some music classes. He's a really cool guy. Take care. Kelly
ReplyDeleteOK I told him! He had to think about who you were for about 1 second but he remembered. He said to tell you hey.
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