I’m 2/3 of the way through the Twilight book series. 

Currently, this entails four pretty thick books.  So far, in the last 4 weeks, I’ve read Twilight, New Moon, and I’m roughly 1/3 through Eclipse.  Breaking Dawn comes after that.  Of course, being the genius she is, Stephanie Meyer has created a story with no ending, so there’s ALWAYS the possibility of a next book. 

I’m not sure if this is something I wanted to admit or not, but there it is.  Erin read these books faster than I’ve ever seen her read any other book before, so I had to at least give it a chance.  Book 1 started off slowly for me.  I was struggling, about to quit.  Then the plot thickened, and from the second half of Twilight until now I’ve been reading about 60-100 pages every night before going to bed.  And I’m not a terribly fast reader, so this means I’ve been turning the lamp off around midnight every night, and waking up every morning just a little more tired than I’d like to be. 

For those of you not yet inclined to read these romantic adventures, let me give you a very brief synopsis:  girl moves to a small town.  girl falls for boy.  turns out boy is a vampire.  turns out boy is a relatively “good” vampire, as far as vampires go.  girl wants to be with boy forever.  girl wants to become a vampire.  danger, struggle, love, drama, and crisis ensue.  that’s really the essence.  Like any story, there’s much more to it, but that’s the core. 

(side note #1 - outside of my office window, right now, it is snowing.  i think it’s the first snow we’ve had so far this winter.  but it’s not sticking.  it never does.  cold weather + no snow = no sledding = sucky winters)

(side note #2 – yesterday at crossings was the second week our new venue, The Square Room.  and for two straight weeks, we’ve scrambled to put out enough chairs for everyone to have a seat in the 2nd service.  yesterday, there were people sitting on the floor.  crowded room + great worship + great message + really loud singing = lots and lots of goose bumps)

(excessive interjection #1 – 4 hours later, it continues to snow steadily outside of my window.  want to know how much snow is actually on the ground?  none.)