Its been a long while... Of all the months, I've always felt like March is the longest. It was only last year, liz, corrected my thinking that March had 32 days. Im not sure what it is... but it seems like March is one of those months that i just endure. Its never been painful... just in between what was and what's to come.

As the weather gets warmer and warmer, all I can do is get excited about the summer months and the business that comes along with it. I look forward to feeling productive again, to the feeling that I need more hours in the day, and the feeling of laying in bed and falling asleep without a fight.

That said, March has been a great month for me. This past weekend, My family and church family worked on our church. We called it our beautification day. It was nice to get my hands on some tools. I greatly appreciate physical or manual labor now having a job where Im in front a computer. The weekend before that, I had an amazing trip back to my homeland... but it was a little different. It was for business. My grandfather is running for re-election for the Hamilton County Clerk's Office. This is the first time since his first election 35 years ago that he has a little competition. If he wins, he will hold the job for 40 years. Pretty impressive I'd say.

Here's a little work from the weekend:

and then some shots of my uncle's vehicle.

I apologize for the delay... I've been sitting on something for some time, and i didn't think i could write anything without mentioning it. For the past week, everything i experienced was filtered through that. And not that i love suspense, but, you'll have to wait a few more weeks to find out.

On to what i can tell you...

I've decided its time for me to start reading. After not being challenged intellectually for the past 8 months, Im afraid that if i fail to stimulate my brain, its going to turn to mush and i'll only discuss facebook, twitter, or reality television.

I just started and finished CS Lewis' The Great Divorce. I loved the way Lewis presented his theology in an easy to read conversation. Most of the theology i've heard in the past 4 years has felt like its had a southern conservative spin (propaganda). In that same 4 years, i would describe my soul as undergoing some sort of reawakening... I would latch on to what i could affirm and that which troubled me I would assign to being "grey area." So, this read was refreshingly different. At every point his ideology challenged my own, i had no way of demeaning or belittling his logic (He's from a different time and space). All i could do is let it settle and resolve within me. Which is good. Because while my ideas on faith are wide, im not very open-minded.