so it's been a while and I'm not really sure why I'm writing this....no one ever gets on xanga anymore anyway.  it's that time again- American Idol's started up and the top 24 have been selected.  there are SO many amazingly talented vocalists on there this year, probably quite a bit more than last year.  they changed the way they screen the competitors, and I think it allowed a lot of really great singers to get through who may not have because of a bad first round.

I think Brooke White and Sayesha are some of my favorites...we'll see when next week rolls around.

other than that, student ministry's keeping me plenty busy.  I can't wait for Revolve in a week!!!

when concert season comes around, it always seems it would be more convenient to live in the DFW area...just about every artist I want to see makes a stop there, but don't come here.  why are all the good artists skipping san antonio?  is it really that lame?  haha.  as it would fall, Kelly Clarkson's stops in TX are RIGHT after Thanksgiving, which is not convenient at all.  looks like I'll be missing her tour another time around.  oh, and Dave Barnes & Wertz are in Austin tonight, but I found out last night, which didn't give me much time to find people.

oh ya, have I mentioned that I hate that TX is so big?

at least I'll be productive tonight instead of spending the time to drive to & from Austin.

Today has been such a long day...starting at 1:30 a.m. when I missed someone's call, but at the time, I didn't know who it was.  For the next several hours, as the rain and thunder continually woke me up, I kept thinking about how there was no way I would get to work or my early morning appt. because of the tendency for my road to flood.  At about 4:15 a.m., Mom came into my room and told me she had bad news.  She started to tell me, but was sobbing and I couldn't understand her.  I asked her to tell me again, and she told me about how my brother and the girl he'd gone out were in her car and they got swept away in the flooding near our house.  Rescuers were able to pull him out with minor scrapes and bruises, but couldn't find her.  I realized then that they'd tried to call me before it all went down, but I didn't answer...

They brought him home and my mom told him to go to bed.  For the next several hours, we watched the news and stood by the phone, hoping to hear that she'd been rescued.  I left for work and called home every few hours with no news.  Earlier tonight I called home and Mom informed me that her body had been recovered...it's what I'd already assumed had happened because it'd been so long, but it's not what I wanted to hear.

my bro seems to be doing well, but pray for him and for Christine's family.