Went to Barnes and Noble last night with my roommate and his girl. That shot my Christmas budget to pieces. After picking up three different sets of books and forcing myself to put them back, I ended up buying two C.S. Lewis books and a leatherbound journal with one of those leather, wrap around chords. I love bookstores. I'll probably end up not eating next month, but hey... at least I can write about it in my journal. (small consolation)

Found some more photos to upload. I had forgotten that I'd had some of these. These two were from a roll I took on Campus at UT before I had a tripod. I thought they were kind of cool just a little blurry. The rest weren't worth anything.

Here is another one of Chase. Should have put it up with the last one.

Well, Christmas Eve is tomorrow. Time for Family, gift giving, and long hours on the freeway. How did Theodin, King of Rohan put it? "Awake fell deeds! Time for wrath, time for ruin, and the Red Dawn!" Ahh, I crack myself up sometimes. (but not very often) I just wanted to use that somewhere besides my AIM away message, which no one reads I'm sure. (as if anyone but my roommate is ever going to be reading this either)
Actually, I can't wait to see my family. It's been good to live in the same state these past few years and be able to see most of them from time to time.

After Christmas, I will be on my way to Chile! Yeah! A few of us from the Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) here at the ol Universidad de Tejas are heading down there to do a little recon. There are some missionaries there that have requested our expertise in evaluating and planning a later ministry project. (expertise...haha) Anyone familiar with the Beach Reach ministry down in South Padre during the Spring Break mayhem will be glad to know that there are both beaches and people to reach in Chile.We'll be working out of Santiago. The ironic thing is that I'm applying to go to Santiago, Espania (not Chile) as a semester missionary next fall. My family has a hard time keeping up with my travels. I just hope that they don't send all of my mail to Chile instead of Spain. Maybe I should pull a globe out and explain the difference.

Well, I must take my leave now. There are presents to wrap, miles to burn, and hugs to give today. It will be very full.

P.S. 'Postings for the next month or so are expected to be brief. My Dad is still in the Dark Ages and refuses to use anything other than his dial-up modem. He might as well be checking his email with 2 tin cans and a string. Consequently, normal postings would require more than 24 hours to upload.'