Saturday - Oct. 22

I worked Friday night, the last of three consecutive nights. I left as soon as I could Saturday morning, went straight to bed, set my alarm for 11:30am, and slept until then. Once that alarm went off, I was up and running. Ashley asked me weeks ago to go with her to a Chris Tomlin concert in Pensacola with her church group. We were leaving at 4pm, so I had to leave Picayune by 2pm to get there in time... actually before then. I was in and out of the shower, dressed, and putting on cake-up when Frederick called for my "wake up" call. We talked for a little while; all the while, I was hurrying to get out of the door to stop by his place for a surprise visit.

I left shortly after getting off of the phone with him and cruised west across I10, making good time. I parked around the other side of his building and knocked on the door. It took a while for him to open it up and had a skiddish look on his face. Haha! He had no clue who it was. Total success! He invited me in and scooped me up. We caught up for a few minutes, and then I was off to Ashley's apartment.

Ashley and I hopped in her car, made a stop at Starbucks (mmmm!), and made our way to her friend, Stacee's house. Stacee drove us to the church. We hung out in the parking lot and barely avoided an not-so-desired passenger who shall remain nameless, then we were off! The three of us ate at Waffle House, then made our way to the Civic Center that was just across the street.

Chris Tomlin was ah-mazing! So worshipful and loud! Everyone was singing, and the screens even had the words on it just in case people didn't know his music. After numerous songs off of his newest album, Louie Giglio came out and spoke for a while. It was the coolest thing! Who knew that pulsars (a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation) make noises! He broke it down that we really are "singing with the heavens" as Chris Tomlin's song states. After Giglio was finished, Tomlin and band came back out for a few more songs. What an amazing show and praise service for our amazing God!

When the show was over, Ashley, Stacee, and myself headed straight for the car... to wait on the parking lot to clear out. Once we left, there was a bathroom stop on our agenda (for Ashley... got-to-go girl!), so we stopped at the rest stop just across the Alabama line. Ashley and I made it back to her apartment shortly after 11:30pm, and I went straight to bed. She dvr'd the Alabama game and stayed up to watch it. My sweet geta gave me her bed to sleep in since this was the case. :) Twas a good day.