fun and bad tidings

i've been having fun, don't worry. playing and whatnot. spent a day in tijuana. bought stuff.

holy crap, we were in TJ and we totally randomly ran into a couple of IWU students there...John Smiley and Aaron Something (meredith may remember him from such classes as "New Testament.") We took the obligatory Mcconn shot with them. i'm still a bit blown away. it was neat. i think when you see IWU students thousands of miles from campus you have social leave to walk up to them and address them when one would not do such while on campus. its great.



i got a call today. from hartford city. i didn't answer it, mainly because of the time of day. i ignored the voice mail noise as well to go take a shower. i almost forgot about the voice mail but saw the flashing light...i was going to let it go again but i the thought got in my head that maybe something bad had happened to brittany...you just never know. i got nervous so i listened to it. it was joe on a borrowed cell phone. brittany's mom died.

speculation is that it's drug-related. her step-dad found robin when he got home from work around 2 this afternoon. brittany was home sick. joe said she was helping mike tell danielle, her sister (robin & mike's daughter, around 7).

...................................ug. so i'm worried. they need prayer. joe said brittany's "taking it hard." i wish i was there. i wish i knew how to help. i'm really really worried about her. i'm trying not to let it ruin the rest of spring break. well, i won't let it. but at the same time, it'll be back there. gosh.

we went to the farmer's market today and there were tons of flowers. i wanted to buy some and throw them in the ocean for brittany. but i dont think we'll have time to go out to the ocean.