In lieu of a formal blog post and photo collage, I have decided to shake things up a bit and dub November the month of the POWER RANKING! This was inspired by Neil, who, early on in the year, decided he was going to publish a weekly “power ranking,” and rank each of the Fellows #1 – 10 based on a category or metric unknown to the rest of the group (which we then had to try and guess). He actually only ever made one power ranking, but nonetheless, it was iconic enough to be worthy of a blog post theme.
Aaaaaaand, I’m not going to make you guess the category. In no particular order, I present to you…
*drum roll*
TOP TEN MOMENTS FROM NOVEMBER AS A FELLOW! I hope re-living them with me is as exciting as me actually living them.
Carpooling to Neighbor-2-Neighbor: from squishing far too many people into a car, to the soundtracks we listen to as we zoom around downtown, to getting there early so we can play some basketball, these little moments make Raleigh feel more and more like home.
THE LAKE with Jason Young: a lake retreat is bound to make the top 3 in any power ranking. Learning how to nourish your spirit is best paired with attempts to fit 11 people in a hot tub.
Celebrating Ashley’s *21st* birthday: oh, and the ONLY proper party attire is sweatpants and athleisure.
Late night cookout runs: especially delicious after losing an ultimate frisbee tournament.
Girls night consisting of frozen nuggets and babysitting Anna: Nick will certainly not love to hear that we sang Taylor Swift to her for two hours. You gotta teach ‘em young.
Bocce Ball with the Batchelder’s: technically this happened in October but was just too good not to include.
Shopping at Food Lion for Matt’s and my roundtable dinner: we went a little too far over budget last time, but thanks to Food Lion and their sweet deals and savings, we redeemed that this go ‘round.
Pickleballin’ in this gorgeous gorgeous Carolina weather: autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place? Sign me up.
Bananagrams: Classic, epic game. This will always make the list.
Micah 6:8 conference @ Camp Oak Hill: boy oh BOY, and this cannot possibly be overstated enough, am I glad to be a Raleigh Fellow.
Honorable mention for the worst part of the month: getting sick!! Do NOT recommend it.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – the small things are the ones that are really the big things. Thank you for taking a little peek with me into this life of which God has already ordained every minute.
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
Madelyn