peace of mind with chinese food.

so much color. color everywhere! yesterday lindsay took me to this market place, or "mercado", called jackalope. it was amazing! everything was for the most part handmade with an open market feel. also, the other glass blowing studio is out there, so we stopped to say hi to elodies partner janeen and watch her blow glass flowers. they had so many amazing things to look at. i just eat up everything with color. we then went down town to get some "ying and yang" food. gooood chinese. she and i were the only people in there for about the first 20 minutes or so. we had lots of good talks. that's where the epiphany was set in stone. guys are really simple minded and girls give them way too much credit. or rather, they think simple and we over complicate things. (this is the L&K epiphany) it's really ironic though, b/c i was telling lindsay that i've been so stressed out leading up to this trip and i can seem to find any peace of mind or be able to just sit and not have to think about 7 steps ahead. she and chris have done some things by themselves, which i welcome with open arms so i can just sit on the balcony and write or read and just let my mind wander and not feel guilty for not planning something or figuring out what my next "to-do" thing is. it's been amazing. after i told her that my fortune cookie said, "a peace of mind is the highest achieving goal". that piece of paper went in katie's wallet to keep as a reminder not to let myself get as low and burdened as i have been lately with school and work. God speaks to me in the smallest ways. he's been speaking to me alot lately, showing me things that i need to let go and keep a tight grasp on. lots of introspection has been going on. lindsay and i hung out the rest of the night and went to different stores, brought chris his dinner, secret shopping again...the night was ended with laughs and bailey. it was a good day. they have all been good days. i'm sad it's coming to a close. i've really needed this.