Julia's Castle

To celebrate Julia's (roommate #3) January birthday she requested that we go camping.  January camping? We made it happen on the 2nd North Carolina snow storm of the year. 

Our boys (4 total) transformed our living room into a giant tent with 7 pillows and a sign above reading, "Julia's Castle" The fire was boasting of the mens work with camping chairs bowing in admiration. Christmas lights were draped from the ceiling and the laptop (hidden in the corner) had a loop soundtrack of a summer night insect orchestra.  The final touch? S'mores over the open fire.  

This is my life in community.  At about midnight we all climbed into "bed" with the insect orchestra still playing. We talked until each of us dropped off into sleep.  At one point I thought to myself, "SHUT THE WINDOW, those bugs are so damn loud!" Needless to say, being snowed in this weekend was a perfect time for us to retreat into "Julia's Castle" where community living went to the next level.  And I remembered why I sleep on space foam and not the floor.

If you think this is weird.  By all means, I agree.  However, I think you're jealous.  After all, we were 10 again. Well, almost.  This time we drank.