Last office day.

I wrote this part on Thursday:

Today is our last normal day in the office. We still have about two more weeks of the internship, but next week we will be all over the place for OUR GSO and the following week we are heading to DC for some debriefing and and museums and lots and lots of fun. It's strange. I feels like I'll be back here on Monday, but I won't. It feels like I still have a lot of stuff I need to do, people to email, but I really don't. Really, I haven't done a most of my work during "office hours" anyway. When we're all here, we end up talking, watching youtube videos, and other distracting things. Maybe that's why it feels like I'll be back for more. Maybe that's why I can't quite wrap my mind around the fact that this is the last time we will all be here working together. I'm going to miss it. I'm going to miss it because it's comfortable and I like routine, but I'm also going to miss it because I love it here. I love these people, I love how we've set up all of our little work areas, I love that I know I am going to be freezing whenever I'm here and I always have to bring some kind of sweater. I love watching the cats that live in the storm drain outside, I love the dum dum craze that we've been on all summer, I love the time we've gotten to spend together here. Who would have thought that I would miss working in an office? Not me.

Today is Saturday. Tomorrow is Sunday. Then Monday comes and we begin our hectic week of OUR GSO. It's what we've been planning for so long. Our tshirts came in and they are great, at least we think so. I'm excited. I can't wait. I know it's going to fly by though. Whenever I feel the end of something approaching, I always wish I could slow down time, hold on to moments a little longer. Trying to stay present, instead of looking ahead so much. We still have a big week of work, and I am excited and I want to be fully here each and every minute of it.

This week was fun. It was good. I liked it a lot. Everything went so fast, but looking back, it was very full. Last Ultimate Frisbee was on Monday. I will miss that time. I will miss hanging out on the sidelines and talking and cheering on the players. It's a restful time for me, because I don't play. I get to just hang out and be with whoever is sitting there with me. I've grown to like it a lot.

We got to have dinner with the Phipps family on Tuesday night. They live really close to Lindley, the school where we meet, and they are awesome. They have two little boys, Kai and little baby Blayze. Hilarious, adorable kids. It was fun to hear them talk about their relationship, how different they are, and how it kind of works because they are so different. They are fun people. I'm glad they're at Hope. Wednesday, we had our last dinner at the Kimbroughs. They have a really crazy story as well. Tripp proposed to Anna shortly after being diagnosed with brain cancer. And they have two little ones. Their oldest, Ella, wasn't there, but cute little Houston entertained us all. He told us about what he wants his wife to be like. He also went for a quick little swim with all of his clothes on. So cute.

I will miss the dinners. I will miss being fed so well, but I'll also miss the wisdom, insight, and stories we got to enter into each time we visited a new home. It was a really precious time. I'm not sure I realized how valuable it was until they ended. It was a lot to have two dinners every week, but I learned so much from these people.

Yesterday, Griffins's dad took all of us interns to see the last Harry Potter movie. Then, later that night, the five of us plus my friend Kayla, played hide and go seek in the dark. I love that we are all still kids at heart. I never want that to fully leave me.

Church tomorrow. Only three more Sundays left.