every monday.

every monday i get excited.

it's monday, and as much as i hate that the weekends are over, i love my monday evenings.

after a long day of work, i get to go to the orten's and watch the bachelorette.

not only do i love it for that reason alone, but mainly for the fellowship.

tonight, mark is out of town at a conference and so it was just the ladies: me, jenny and larsen.

we talked and ate and just had girl time.

jenny shared some stuff about her past {as mark and her ex bf were having a beer.  small world}

not that i don't love when mark is around, but it was so nice to just be girls.

we even did some facebook creeping.

i just love when people are real.

they share about their life and what makes them who they are.

when people are vulnerable and just raw.

i just love it so much.

and i feel that in those moments is when relationships go deeper and stronger.

and these conversations and moments are such that make life so much more valuable and worth while.

i am so blessed by larsen and jenny.

their kindness, genuineness,  loving-ness, and their ability to love me where i am at.

flaws and all.

and i feel like these relationships are ones that the Lord had in mind when He made friendships.

but i don't know.  and i could be wrong.  but i just have a hunch :).

so another monday is gone. 

and it's so so late.

but i get to say that another monday has come and gone, and the week is in full swing.

and i look forward to another monday, next week, with the amazing people in my life.

and p.s.  while speaking of mondays: 

in 4 mondays i'll be getting ready to leave for Haiti.

yeah.  that's a good feeling!