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Date: 03 October 2004 09:29:44
I didn't mean to come home and start into the gardening straight away, but it was such nice weather and it's been so long since we've seen plants (even just grass) I just couldn't help it! And I don't think of gardening as a chore - I don't spend enough time out there for that.
The whole Hotham experience was very, very enjoyable, and also beneficial on a number of levels. We spent a large part of the 6.5 hour drive home talking through the experience and what we felt we had gained from it all and what we liked and didn't like and lots of other less meaningful stuff as well, of course.
Basically, I feel like I know a lot more about the culture of the people around me. Most young people live fully in this culture, but I've always been a bit on the edge - coming from a semi-rural area and having been taught to be a bit nervous about it all. Previously, I would go to a pub to see a band or some comedy a couple of times a year at most, and I might go a couple more times with my mates for a few drinks or whatever. After Hotham, I feel a lot more comfortable with the pub etiquette and drinking. I think that's good for fitting in and understanding the people around me, and I enjoy it. I'm a lot less naive about how normal it is for people my age to do drugs, drink too much and sleep around. I think knowledge of that is also good.
On another level, Elicia and I spent a lot of time together growing our relationship even further, an amazing time that was full of fun and will benefit us long term. And although we found it harder than we thought to keep in good with God, we both grew a lot in that regard as well. Coming back into church this morning was again quite strange but I feel we have a deeper, more personal communion with God than we did before our Adventure.
I think that's enough reflection for a Sunday evening. I'm looking forward to my next adventure: in the form of work. Proper, employed, 8-5 kind of work. I start tomorrow.