encouragement, wrists, and stardust.

Hello :)

Several things...

Wrist. - The physiotherapist confirmed that the triangular ligament was, indeed, torn, but also that several others along the wrist are as well, and one in the thumb, and near my elbow. The whole thing is really loose and if it heals like that then it will always be weak. So we're waiting for a brace to come in (so it heals in a shortened position) and I can't lift more than half a kilo. It'll take 3-12 weeks to heal. I have excercises to do for it in the meantime.



- Today after church we had an "encouragement session" which Ashley led. It was good, we prayed and shared about our summers....it was pretty unanimous ('cept for Shehan and Jarod) that we all had really tough summers. *sigh* But also have learned a lot from them.
- Then we went to Ibn Battutta mall for lunch, where Jarod utterly dissed homeschooling. We split up and some of us went to a movie while some went window shopping or something.
Liz, Mili, Ky, and I went to see Stardust which was a lovely film (don't take my word for it if you're in the states...it's somewhat edited here) apart from a few things. One of those fantasy stories that was funny with a lot of modern pop culture thrown in. I don't like that part but suppose it makes it funny? Hmm. But it was a really cool story. Liz and I are really hoping to see No Reservations together before she goes back to uni in Canada.

I may get to begin teaching ballet to our pastor's daughters =) My local friends have also been teaching me how to bellydance which is great fun.

God bless.
Cait

Eisley day

My friend Caylen kept telling me "Happy Eisley Day!" cause she knew how excited I was today =)
I'm listening to it now...once....on myspace...then I'll wait until my CD actually comes on the 28th with some friends who are still back in the states.

It's perfect. Beautiful. Lush. Amazing. Melodic. Haunting. Melancholy.



Other than that....

Yemen was amazing....I really enjoyed it. Wasn't sure how much I would like it, but I really loved the country. We had a lot of fun, and it was beautiful and so interesting. Parts of it were sad as well, to see how people live.


I've been hanging out with my local friends a lot which is a great thing.


Managed to sprain my wrist and it's still not better so I have physio AGAIN starting tomorrow in case of a torn ligament.


"Let's break the walls down and find how to live....cause you and I have so much to give."


Love and God bless

combinations

of emotions
actions
words
sounds
colours
melodies
stories
dreams
beauty
times

and of course there's always Eisley.

Now that I've got my sentimentalism and shameless Eisley advert out...
Today I am 16 =) No driver's license here for 5 more years, but I did get to drive around in a nearby parking lot. Desert driving is still more exciting, but as my grandma reminded me on the phone, street driving isn't meant to be exciting.
Funny though, the first thought when I woke up was "I'll never be 15 again" instead of "Yeehawww I'm 16!" Not in a...morbid way, just that I've been thinking, however many times in a day I long for things that may come when I'm older, the time we have now is a gift. It's fun to be 16. It's a time to use, as well.

One more combinations note - my wildness to hear the new album is about crazy by now. It's pushing the limit. The clips are so beautiful. Listening to a live acoustic version of the title track made me cry. Here comes he good old Eisley a bagajillion times improved.

Saturday we're going to Yemen for a couple days. Then my friends will start getting home from the states which is great, except that I've got some school to finish.
We painted my room =) It is beautiful. I was standing in it after everything was in place and just thought "...whoa...it's my dream room." Not something I ever expected to have. Especially seeing as I've never actually had a dream room in mind....

*sigh* days are long.


love,
Cait
p.s. go rent Facing The Giants and watch it. 'nuff said.