Today was the height of my weekend for sure. It was kind of the reason I went home. We had the last Thrivent breakfast of the season; the next one won't be until September so I really wanted to help like old times. The title is a reference to this crazy Orbit gum commercial that I love (I even have it favorited on YouTube) because we had french toast and ham on the menu. Jana got to make whipped cream and thaw out frozen strawberries for the french toast, which we've never done before but it was a huge hit. I mostly did beverages and whatever Barb told me to do. I was definitely rusty on what my duties were, and I mentioned this to my mom: "And by rusty, I don't mean Rusty Paulson; I mean 'not knowing what to do!'" After the breakfast, my mom and I went to the Owatonna Community Orchestra concert. It was an interesting experience. For one thing, I've played two of the pieces before (Rossini's Italian Girl in Algiers and Mendelssohn's "Reformation" Symphony no. 5), so those brought back memories. I also got to see two good friends who are seniors this year: Rosy and Peter. That was bittersweet. I can't believe they're about to graduate. I miss seeing the two of them in school every day. I wish I could keep in touch without being awkward. Especially with Peter; I miss him more than I ever thought I would. I also got to see Mr. Gitch again; the last time I saw him would have been January 2007, at a St. Olaf Orchestra concert in the Cities. He was a bit surprised to hear that I had transferred and that I had changed my major to law enforcement. He seemed eager to have me play in OCO next spring though. I would definitely like that; it's too bad I couldn't have done it this year because I could have played this great music with these people who won't necessarily be around next year. After the concert Peter showed us (me, my mom, Ean, and Rosy) the new SMART car that his family bought. It's so tiny! I was surprised how small it is ... but his extremely tall father fits in it comfortably. I got to sit in it. I wonder what it would be like to drive. Peter was so excited; he was explaining all of its features to us enthusiastically. By then it was time to go back to Mankato. I made it just in time for H2O. It was a double header today; we watched two episodes and discussed the first one over dinner before breaking into small groups. For me, the discussion wasn't the great part tonight. In our small group, we did a circle prayer where each of us prayed for the person to our left. Now, I am not at all comfortable praying out loud, but somehow I managed to stumble through my part for Nick, the guy to my left. But what really touched me was Forrest, who prayed for me. He talked about how he hoped I would be able to keep going to the end of the semester, which was my prayer request, as well as that I would keep my eyes on earthly as well as heavenly goals. But the precious part to me was when Forrest thanked God for the opportunity to get to know me, my personality, my inspiration to others, and our budding friendship. It was so spiritually intimate; no one's ever prayed like that for me or about me before, at least not in my presence. It was so full of care and concern for my well-being. Full of Christian love. I was certainly not expecting to be so affected by a simple prayer tonight, especially because I had no specific requests. I can't explain how beautiful of an experience it was to me.