The best weekend ever!

So I had one of the best weekends ever! I did some of my absolute favorite things, spent time with wonderful people and just had fun doing everything I did! So I definitely have to write about it!!

After work was over Friday morning I went to hang out with my friend Jalane. We made this super delish chicken salad and some oatmeal cookies while catching up and listening to some great music!

That night I went to a German movie with Ellen at the Germanic American Institute. Depending on how well you know me, you'd know this would fall into the category of the above-mentioned favorite things! :) I got there early and met some sweet old German women. Then after Ellen arrived a couple sat down at our table..the woman, from Germany, and the man, from the U.S. They met when they were working as missionaries in Ethiopia! Isn't that awesome? And random - or as I like to see it, an act of God that they sat at our table. I'm excited to get to know them better. The movie "Das Leben der Anderen" or "The Lives of Others," was VERY good. It won the 2007 Academy for best Foreign Film. It takes place in the few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Saturday I went to watch my friend complete a triathon. It was great because the weather was beautiful and I just love for cheering for all the participants. It brings me back to my cross country/track days... Sat afternoon I went to my friend Naomi's b-day party which she started off at Feed My Starving Children. How awesome is that?! It was a blast! Naomi, you're an inspiration!

That evening I went salsa dancing (another one of my favorite things!) with Erica and had the time of my life. I used to go salsa dancing a lot back in my early 20's (I hate saying early 20's). And now I'm hitting the craze again! I can't seem to get enough of it. I'm hoping to go a couple nights while I'm in Washington DC. I leave for DC on Thursday already!

Today I went to church and met up with my friend Angela, who is visiting from Texas. She's so awesome and I'm bummed that she's leaving on Wednesday already. We hooked up with Jeanelle for a bit at church too. Then this afternoon I did another one of my favorites: played ultimate frisbee. What a blast!!!

Oh, I've also been finishing a great and INSPIRING movie this weekend called "The Final Days of Sophie Scholl." It's also German. Sophie and her brother Hans were members of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany. They were accused of high treason and sentenced to death for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at homes, businesses and universities. The movie depicts Sophie's unwavering desire to stand up for truth at ANY cost. For her, this cost was execution by guillotine. It made me think about what cost I am willing to stand up for my beliefs for.

There's a deep thought to leave you with too....
Hope you all had an equally great weekend.