It's so easy to take things for granted sometimes. I let Dylan borrow my sunglasses while we were playing together, and he accidentally dropped them and the lens got slightly scratched - not enough to render the sunglasses inoperable, but just enough to make the scratch slightly visible whenever I'm wearing them. This is sort of embarrassing to admit, but that really bummed me out - I wasn't mad, just frustrated. Little things like that have a tendency to annoy me. So, I ended up strolling around Bergen for a while, looking for either (a) a scratch-repair kit, or (b) a new (and cheap!) pair of sunglasses. Unfortunately, neither search was successful. But as I was thinking about it afterwards (i.e., right now), I realized a couple of things: I probably take a lot of things for granted until they're not around anymore (i.e., I never even give my sunglasses a second thought until they're disabled), and also I probably spend more time and energy worrying about the little things in life than I do about the big things. I mean, honestly, they're just a pair of sunglasses, and yet I allowed myself to grow upset and consternated over a little scratch. But when was the last time I allowed myself to be concerned about the state of someone's soul - my own or someone else's? Um... let's not dwell on that for long, it's far too convicting.

Anyways, it's been a fairly relaxing day thus far, which has been good. I'm feeling a little tired and out of it this afternoon. We're going out to eat for dinner in a little while, which I of course am inordinately excited about. Tomorrow I think the plan is to go to church in the morning, then take the tram up to Floyen (another mountain overlooking Bergen) before we pack up and get ready to hit the road early Monday morning... we're taking the 8am ferry out of town. I love being on the water, so I can't wait for that next leg of the journey.