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Whose Idea of Fun is THAT?!?

1/12/2012

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My idea of fun as a married, 37 year old mother of one:
 - Playing board games with my family and/or friends and laughing out loud together
 - Being taken by surprise by God's goodness, love, justice, power, creation, etc.
 - Being surprised (in good ways) by my husband
 - Planning a trip to a new place (I sometimes enjoy the planning more than the actual trip...classic introvert, I suppose)
 - Going to the movies by myself (am I weird?)
 - Double dates with great friends
 - Watching Big Bang Theory with my husband (when it isn't totally inappropriate)
 - Reading a fantastic book
 - Researching something that interests me
 - Hearing my son giggle uncontrollably

I decided to sit down and make this list today because of a particularly interesting encounter we had last night... It went something like this:
 Last night at around 8:40pm, my husband and I were settled into the living room in our home, just wrapping up a conversation with a friend who had come over.  We'd been sitting and talking with him for about an hour.  He got up to leave and we said our goodbyes and not two minutes later there was a loud knock at the door.  I assumed that it was our friend who had forgotten something or needed something.  I went to the door and was shocked to open it and not see anyone there.  I stood there for a second, perplexed, then I leaned my head out the door to see if someone was hiding, playing a trick.  As my eyes adjusted to the darkness of the night, I noticed that SOMEONE WAS LYING FACE DOWN ON OUR LAWN.  At first I thought, "Oh no, our friend fell on his way out to his car!"  Then I remembered, someone KNOCKED on our door.  How could he have fallen down and then knocked????  Then I realized that whoever was lying on the lawn was dressed differently than our friend had been....  "What are you doing?"  I asked tentatively.  From the opposite side of the front yard I heard the matter-of-fact reply, "Planking."  I turned and looked in the direction of the reply and noticed three other people lying face down in the yard!!!  What in the world?!?!  Then the laughing began and they all got up and came in the house.  Five college students, who we know and love.  They came in, completely drenched and muddy... did I fail to mention it was cold and raining outside?!?!?!  They took off their shoes and muddy, wet outer layers and we made hot chocolate and pulled out folding chairs for them to sit on and a hair dryer for them to attempt to dry off with.  Then we sat and chatted for an hour about what in the world they were up to...  They had been outside our house for about an hour "planking" (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=planking) and taking pictures of themselves.  They planked on our stairs, against our bushes, on top of our bushes, against the walls, behind the car, on top of the car, YOU NAME IT, they planked on it.  Jason and I recalled how at one point in our chat with our friend, the dogs had started barking, Jason assumed it was because of the "lightning" outside (which we realized was actually their camera flash going off).  The dogs knew something was up, even if we were oblivious!  Anyway, after they dried off and warmed up a bit, they headed off for the night, on to other pursuits.

After they left, Jason and I laughed and remembered back to our college days when we would have answered the question - "What's your idea of fun?" much differently than we do now.  :)  Although, now I need to add something new to my list:
 - Being surprised by the zany antics of students who we LOVE to minister to and share life with.  :)
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