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Is it written in the Stars?

Dear Reader,

This weekend was rather eventful. I got to know some of my friends even better than you would think you could know someone in your ward. That sounds really bad. You can get to know people pretty well in your ward. Anyway, I had my first YOLO experience this weekend ('You only live once'). On Sunday night we made a night of it after tunnel singing.

At our apartment complex, there is a nice little grassy area behind the pool area. Sometimes we have devotionals there because it is a pretty spot to sit. Sunday was pretty peaceful after church (I took a 3 hour nap) and I then went to devotional. Our ward devotional was held in the lounge at our complex this time, so it has nothing to do with our little grassy knoll I mentioned previously. Sorry. Anyway, I went to tunnel singing afterward, which was a great experience as always. :)

Upon coming home from tunnel singing, I found my apartment filled with about a dozen people singing in our living room. That is a very pleasant surprise for me! I joined in on the jamming, of course. But after that was the interesting turn of the night. A couple of the girls from another apartment invited me and a couple other guys to a sleepover on the grassy knoll. My first reaction was, "Is that even legal?" Then I thought, "You know what? I feel like an adventure!" So, we ended up having 7 of us sleep on the hill behind the pool area. We laughed and talked and teased each other until the wee hours of the morning. We didn't get much sleep, but we had a lot of fun on the Plaza's grassy knoll.

As we were laying there, I looked up at the stars and thought about lots of things. There was one thing that kept coming into my head, though. It's the same thing that always goes through my head. I explained to Gabby about the song from today's title, 'Written in the Stars.' I told her the story of Aida and we had  a great time singing. It was a good night.


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