Love, School, and More Life

     Today marks the second day of school. Second semester, junior year. I cannot begin to tell you how ready I am to graduate. I often question why I am going to school in the first place. I realize it will be beneficial to me, but I have discovered that I am not the type of person to enjoy school. I can succeed it in sure, but it absolutely takes all my willpower to make me get up in the morning and sit in a classroom for hours upon end. Not to mention the additional time constraint of homework every night. Nevertheless, I must finish what I start.
     This semester will prove to be interesting. I have taken over the Arts and Entertainment pages of the Cameron Collegian. As of yet, I really am not sure what I am doing. All I know is I'm assigning stories to people. Hopefully I get the hang of it soon.
    As for classes, well once again Cameron University fudged up. Switched my advanced speech teacher. I'd have no problems with it except that I'm not really a fan of this teacher. He drives me crazy, but thankfully he was an easy teacher last I had him so maybe my stress level will be lower with him. My other classes are Accounting, Management, News Editing, Newspaper Reporting, and Weight Training. Why weight training? Well, Cameron requires that you take 4 P.E. credits to graduate and it fit in my schedule. No, I'm not trying to scare my brother by being one of those buff women. (He says that is is only fear.)
      On to the good stuff. I honestly thought I would be single for a long time after my last relationship. Scratch that. I wanted to be single for a long time after my last relationship. I was tired of getting hurt over and over again. But sometimes life has other plans.
     I met Jacob the Thursday before New Years. I had just gotten off work, and randomly decided to stop by Buffalo Wild Wings to hang out with friends from church. My friends from church go there every Thursday night after our young adult service. I hadn't planned on going. I was tired, in uniform, but I hadn't been able to go in a few weeks so I told myself I would stop by on the way home for just a few minutes. Well, it's hard to go to BWW on Thursday night without getting some wings so my few minutes went through the window pretty quickly. Good thing I stopped to eat or I might have missed the greatest blessing in my life from the past few weeks. I had known Jacob's brother for a few months, and was supposed to meet Jacob about a month before. Jacob was down from North Carolina visiting his dad and brother. Conversation struck up and we hit it off...
 New Year's Night we started our relationship. Yeah it hasn't been going very long, but there are little things that keep popping up that are serious answers to prayers years prayed. I have no doubt that we will last, that we will be happy, that he will be there with me through thick and thin, and that I can share my life with him. Seriously, he's the best thing that's ever happened to me. He's the kind of guy that pumps the gas and opens the car door for the girl no matter how much she may roll her eyes or tell him he doesn't have to. He's taken the time to get to know my family, adopted my parents as surrogate parents. I could go on and on, but I don't want to... I don't want anybody trying to steal him away haha. :) But my friends have been able to notice a difference in me even over facebook chat or phone how much happier I seem with him than anybody else. One friend remarked that he hasn't seen me this happy in a long time. Thank you God and please let it last.
Other than that, not much is going on here. I look forward to the day when I get a real job and quit serving drinks and appetizers to people on a daily basis. I like being a waitress, but at the same time I hate it. It gets so monotonous. I'm ready to move on, but I don't see that happening until graduation....pooh. So maybe I'll start blogging more to break up the work drone.

Merry Christmas

I doubt I will be getting on here tomorrow be posting on my blog tomorrow to tell you all a Merry Christmas. So Merry Christmas to you now.
Here in Oklahoma we will certainly be having a white Christmas. With at least a foot of snow, this will be the whitest Christmas we will have had in a while. The wind is blowing very strongly right now that it is picking up the snow and blowing it across the yard.

In other news if you haven't heard, I'm transferring to Cameron University here in Oklahoma. This was a hard decision but in the end it will save me a lot of money since I will be living at home again. We'll see how it goes. I already have a job and it is as a waitress at Cracker Barrel. School starts on the 11th and that's whats going on with me right now!

Curveball

Not every curveball is a bad thing. Sometimes it can be just the moment you needed to turn your life around. In fact, I'm wondering if they are really curveballs at all. Maybe they are just the circumstances in life that are headed to where you are supposed to be in life until they curve just to hit you on the head to kinda show you how far from where you are supposed to be you really are. Did that make any sense at all? I don't know. But anyways, curveballs seem to be able to take a variety of forms. Mine came in the form of a person, Ryan Adamson.
We've only been dating two weeks now, but they have been some of the best weeks of my life. They have changed how I view school, how homesick I am, and many other things. I look forward to everyday now even if there is homework or tests looming before me on that day.
I met Ryan through a mutual friend. She set us up on a date . I don't think either of us exactly expected things to work out, but were excited about giving it a shot. Things did work out, and a little over a week later we were dating. Things have been seriously amazing.
On another note, Thanksgiving has its pros and cons this year. I am spending it in Big Spring with my grandparents and my family is coming down. I am so excited to see them since I have not since September, but I will have to go almost 4 days without seeing Ryan. Hopefully that phrase "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" proves to be true in this situation. But regardless, it will be a wonderful time.
Finals start the 6th and I will finish the 10th. Hard to believe another semester is coming to a close.

Life Right Now.

Hey everyone.
So my family just got back from a mini vacation to Philadelphia and I will try to post a synopsis of that and some pictures later today or tomorrow.
Right now I want to talk about something I'm battling right now. It's called depression.
Yeah unfortunately for much of last week I was either battling or experiencing severe depression. Well severe for me anyways. I've been dealing with it pretty much all semester, but I guess I was so busy that I didn't notice or that I didn't have the time to let it get me down. Well, it pretty much has.
There's been a couple of reasons for this.
I've kinda lately been feeling like it is time to go back to college. Like back to an actual college. I miss the dorm life and being surrounded by college students. Also, I'm ready to be back in Texas in general. Maryland has been great, and I enjoy my friends here and activities, but Texas just feels like home.
Air Force Stuff-Good news! I took my AFOQT (Air Force Officer's Qualifying Test) and passed with a 77. I needed a 15 to pass. Unfortunately I have a difficult decision to make about the Air Force program. Do I want to say in? Not really, but the potential benefits are so overwhelming that it pretty much defies all logic to leave the program. The Question? Do I follow logic or follow my desire to be out in the civillian world?
I'm spiritually dry. I went from being very spiritually active last semester while I was at DBU to be very inactive this semester. Yes, a lot of it prolly had to do with the fact that I was no longer required to attend chapel three days a week, have a New Testament class three days a week, and a Developing a Christian mind class one day a week on top of church every week, but it still has been hard this semester. Everything started off great, but as the semester got busier, and homeowrk assignments became due, I started leaving off the stuff that I should have held onto tighter. And I can pretty much feel the impact of this in every other area of my life. Yeah not good. Plus I really miss my church in Dallas.
Then there's the age old relationship stuff. It's nothing new. I'm just trying to work out heart issues cuz right now I'm pretty lonely. Hopefully this time around I will learn to focus on God and school and work and let God bring the perfect guy into the picture instead of hoping for the guy to come into my life each day. It's like the quote that is becoming cliche thanks to facebook-
"Dance with God and He will let the perfect man cut in." Hopefully I can learn that. Probably not, but maybe. Meanwhile I'll have material for new poetry.
I may have some mild health problems as well. For one thing, the migraines that I thought I was pretty much done with have started coming back. Not really sure why. As well as some stomach/nausea problems.
So anyways. This week is going to be busy since my first summer class starts so hopefully that will help keep my mind off the problems that plagued me last week. Algebra. Ugh. But pictures and stories from Philly coming soon.

Update Soon

I'm working on an update. I am in the middle of finals week right now and I will get one out the end of this week. Promise. It's been way too long since I blogged.

Don't Have Time for This

I really don't have time to blog right now, but it's been so long since I've given any sort of update. I'm alive though it doesn't always doing it. I am currently in the process of learning how hard it is to be a full-time student, work full-time, and try to maintain any part of a social life. What's killing me is the homework. My schedule consists of getting up at around 6 on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays to be at class at 8. I have class until 10 on Mondays and Wednesdays and 1 on Fridays. I usually start work at around 3 everyday. The time in between is filled with down time, errands, or homework...and lunch of course. I get off of work at 10:30 every night and am usually up doing homework until at least midnight usually later. And it's still not getting all done. All the estuff I have to turn in is getting done, but the stuff like reading is hard to fit in. Tuesdays are my good day-no class at all....so hopefully I can start sleeping in and getting some homework done before work. Thursdays are my hardest days-I have to be up before 5 so I can be an hour away at 6 for ROTC which lasts until 11 and then work at 3 and then homework for Friday. But enough of the complaining...that's not what this blog is for...
I get to go to Texas this weekend. I was going to Dallas, but after careful though decided it would be wiser to go to Big Spring where my grandparents reside. The purpose of this trip: to get my driver's license. Finally I will be a fully licensed Texas driver. Well if everything goes right. Hopefully it does, especially considering my record with trying to get driver's licenses.
The exciting part of this trip is that it will be the first time I have flown by myself. I am very excited.
In other news, I think I finally found a church to attend. I had been going to a church before I went away to college, but I didn't feel like that is where I was meant to be. My friend Kayla from Chick-fil-a introduced me to her church, and I've loved it. I still miss my church in Dallas but this one is great too. I've been twice and the worship music has been awesome and the sermons are great and deep. The pastors there seem to go straight from the Bible finding the topic in a passage of verses instead of starting with a topic and finding verses to fit their topic. It's my favorite type of preaching. I'm excited about hopefully getting more involved in the church in the next few months.
But anyways I should go....especially since I shouldn't really be blogging right now anyways.

2009

Can you believe it is 2009?  I mean really.  We are almost a decade past all the y2k stuff.  I remember very well when everybody was worried about all that and now looking back it's hard to believe it's been nine years since all that junk.  Wow.   In other news.  My new years was spent sick and working...great combination.  It was my parent's 21st anniversary so I do believe they had a nice evening together.  

Lately I have been working a lot and trying to get ready for the spring semester.  I went and registered the local community college for the four classes I am going to take there.  I am taking:

Composition and Literature II

Principles of Nutrition and Lab

Entrepreneurial Science

and Music Composition which will be online.

I was also going to take a Personal Health/Fitness Class and a History Class but I dropped those so I could do the AF ROTC program at UM.  I'm not too upset about the Personal Fitness class, but I am kinda bummed about the history class.  Oh well.  But anyways to register for this AF ROTC program my mom and I drove down to the campus today.  Which by the way is about 45 minutes away.  That will be a fun drive every week.  But anyways we started in admission because I really had no idea where to go.  We didn't think it would be very hard because I only wanted to take one one credit hour class through the intercollege program that Maryland has.  Well, apparently I was wrong.  Very wrong.  So we go down to admissions at about 11:00.   Ask them where to go and how to proceed.  The lady at the front desk (nice enough but totally clueless) didn't really know what to do of course so she goes and talk to somebody and is informed that she needs to talk to a certain gentleman at the college.  Well, she tried calling him but of course he had just left for a meeting.  Go figure.  Well, she said we could start by filling out a transfer application.  And she told me I was going to need an official transcript from Dallas Baptist University.  Well I have an official transcript with me so I didn't think it was going to be a problem.  But when I showed it to her she saw that wasn't in a SEALED envelope and I thought she was going to throw a fit. I thought she had to be joking.  They were going to make me resend off for a new transcript in a sealed envelope so I could take one class and get one hour worth of credit.  Turned out we didn't even need the transcript after all.  But anyways I still had to fill out the transfer application.  Now this is not some short one page application.  This is a 6 page application.  And from the application I thought they were going to need my ACT scores and me to write a 500 word essay.  All for one credit hour.  What really blows is I was already accepted to the community college and so since this is an intercollege program you would think this whole having to do two application thing wouldn't be an issue but apparently it is.  So anyways...they didn't ask for the ACT score, the essay or the $55 application fee (I'm hoping I don't get a notice in the mail that I need to send them $55 dollars, but we'll have to see on that one.  I gave the lady at the front desk the application and then we had to wait while someone that could enter into the system came and got it and then we had to wait while she put it in the computer system.  They call me back up to the desk and tell me I am good to go register for my class.  By this time it is 1:00.  Did I mention that I was supposed to be at work at 3:00?  So we go upstairs to registration.  The lady at that desk looks me up in the system and was like have you taken the college orientation yet.  I was like ummm...no.   She explained well you can't register for classes until you have done the orientation unless you have special permission.  She gave me a phone number to call so that I could either set up a time to do orientation or get permission to skip it.  I call the number and ask if they could give me permission to skip the orientation and they inform me that each department of the college does their own orientation and so I would have to gain permission from the ROTC department before I could register for classes.  I couldn't go to orientation because it was on the 23rd of January and classes at the community college start on the 21st and I have a class at that tine. Well I didn't happen to have the ROTC number on me so we decided to walk to the ROTC office.  It was very windy and cold outside and UM is not a small campus.  Finally, we reached the office and SANITY.  They finally knew what they were talking about.  The lady at the office a Captain Carlsen gave me the name of a lady in the registration office that could help me register for that class.  Turns out that will be my professor as well so I'm thinking her class is going to be great because she seemed like a really nice lady.   But anyways.  It's like 1:30 or a little bit later by this time so we don't have time to walk over to the registration building again.  So we have to go back over there and register for classes.  But hopefully this time it will go a little bit smoother.   Oh, and all the parking at UM costs.  There is no like free visitor parking or anything.   I don't they should make prospective students pay to park at their school.  But that's just my opinion.  But other than that UM is a beautiful campus even in the winter and there are so many huge sport complexes it is insane.  But the whole hassle with nobody in admissions and registration not knowing what in the world they were talking about kinda diluted any aspirations I had of going there as a full-time student.  

We stopped and got Subway on the way home becuase lately I've been on a Subway kick.  By the way if you haven't had the prime rib sandwich from Subway it is amazing.  I recommend it on the Italian Herb and Cheese bread with provolone cheese and whatever vegetables you like.  It's delish!  Lol.

I did make it to work on time and that went well.  Even though it was about an 8-hour shift which usually gets long and boring.  It actually wasn't too bad.  We have about 6 new people that we've hired since I left and so far they all seem like they are pretty good.  The interesting part of work was during closing.  Two guys came to clean some of the parts in the kitchen and they took the parts and put them outside in the drive-thru lane to clean them.  Well, a customer that didn't know we were closed went thru the the drive-thru lane and ran over these long metal parts.  This bent them all up.  And the company that is cleaning them was saying they weren't going to pay for it even though they should have kept the parts in the store and cleaned them there to begin with.  So we had to call the operator and the operator had to talk to the guys.  I don't know what the final resolution was, but I do know that we have to have those parts in full operation before we can run the fryers tomorrow morning at 5:30. Hmmm.....I wonder what will happen.  So when I was walking out to my car I saw the parts still sitting in the drive-thru lane because the guys still hadn't bothered to move them.  And two of the parts were completely bent out of shape and the other one was severly damaged.  So yeah.  And then the guys took some more of the parts out of the kitchen and put them in the drive-thru as well.  It's like really...are you thinking this thru?  Those parts just go ran over and you are going to put more of the parts in the same place.   But anyways I've probably rambled enough for today.   It was a very interesting day to say the least...

Oh and one more thing-there might be a new blog address in the next week or two and I will be sure to post it so stay tuned for that.  

But back to the original post subject-

HAPPY 2009 EVERYBODY!!!!!

Home

Finally, after three months, I am home once again. We left Dallas Thursday morning about 10 and stopped in Nashville that night and made it to Maryland Friday night at about 11. My return has been bittersweet. Yes, it is wonderful to back home with the family and once again sleeping in my own bed and not sharing a bathroom with 20 other girls, but at the same time I miss the community of the dorm life, my church, and the friends that I left behind in Dallas. But life is filled with bittersweet moments. If everything was perfect, we would not realize what the good times in life look like.
On a brighter note...We have family in for Christmas and have been having a great time. So far we've explored D.C. in 30 degree weather. Besides the weather part, it was a good time. I think the plans for the rest of the week include a hockey game, touring Annapolis, savoring Christmas memories, and visiting an aquarium.
I start work again on Monday. I'm looking forward to being back there.
Oh, and I guess academically this semester was pretty good. I left with a 3.6 GPA. The only B i made was in economics. Not bad...I expected worse from that class. I still need to go register at the community college.
But anyways....there's a little bit of catch up....

Changes

This post may come as a surprise to many of you, but nonetheless it is true. I have decided that I will not be returning to Dallas Baptist University in the spring. Lately, I've really been feeling that God is wanting me to get up and start doing things to make this world better, and I don't feel like this is where I'm supposed to be anymore. I know that it was not a mistake that I came here this fall. I have learned so much about the Bible and about what I believe that it has really strengthened me. I have also made some friends who have really been an encouragement to me while I am here. So my plan for now is to go back home and go to a community college, and then transfer again to a state college in the fall. I'm excited but also a little nervous. Good news: I'll get my old job back! And I'll be living at home again. But everything should work out well. So I leave Thursday (a week from tomorrow) to head back home. And don't worry, Mom is flying in on Wednesday to help me make the drive. Bad thing is that finals start on Friday so somehow I have to manage to get all packed up and and do well on finals, but anyways that's what's going on...

Big Decisions Ahead

So I've decided against the air force for now. Not that I'm not interested, it's just not the right time. So there's a relief to some relatives I know. But I am considering other possibilities which would bring about a lot of change in my life. So please pray and I will write more about it later. Also the next 3 weeks of school are going to be redic. like really.

The Old Economist

So instead of falling asleep in economics this morning, I decided to write a story. To ensure that I was not totally scandalous, I wrote about economics...same thing right...anyways without further ado...

The Old Economist

He sits down in dim light. His glasses are perched upon the bridge of his nose. His eyes have been strained from the many hours he has spent pouring over economic graphs and charts. He now sits in his brown leather armchair at his maple wood desk located in front of a blazing golden fire. A light blanket is draped over his shoulders because of the slight chill still in the room as a result of the drafty windows. There he sits now with his head resting in both his hands. The daily newspaper is spread out before him on his desk. His passion in life is economics evident by the tear that rolls down his check onto the paper smearing the black type into a smudge. In all his years as an economist, he had never expected this. Yes, he had studied events like this such as the Great Depression, but those had only been words on the page. This was real. The hard times of the economy was waiting for him right outside his own bolted front door if it had not already let itself into the cozy environment of the economists home. The economists. In rapture he had watched the news nobody else wanted to watch-the business news. He had spent all his years predicting the prosperity of this nation. And now it was gone. The strong columns he had supposed were supporting his nation's economy had come crumbling down. His soul felt depressed. His whole career and life had been built on that which now lay trampled on the ground. All that was left for him in life was to die, and he knew it was coming soon because of health problems in which the chance of recovery looked bleak. Only now did the realization of the emptiness of his life hit him. He realized he had not experienced life as he could have. The regret overwhelmed him, and more tears rolled down his face. These were not tears of concern for his nation though; these were tears of regret of the feeling of a wasted life. And as a strong gust of icy air blew in through a crack in the window, his head fell and hit hard the wood surface of the desk. His soul left him-the morbidly, lonely soul that even with his wealth of knowledge about life had forgotten to stop and live to the fullest. He had neglected to enjoy the greatest gifts of life such as life, love, and laughter.

Take Time To Smell the Roses In Life

In case you couldn't tell, economics is not my favorite subject. But this could have been written about anybody. It didn't have to be about an economist. Work is an important part of life. It is God-ordained, but it is not meant to be an all-consuming part of our life.

New Friends<3

So there's three weeks left of school approximately, and I'm looking back in seeing the friends I've made. I've met so many awesome people but there are some who are really close to my heart.
Liz-Yeah you're not a new friend but it's been so wonderful reconnecting and hanging out with you! You definitely made the transition from high school to college easier.
Katie and Emily-"the duo"-you guys are awesome. you guys allow me to be crazy and you are so much fun to hang out with but are also there if I need someone to talk to. I love you guys.
Christina-Girl, you are such a blessing. Not only did you share with me your church, but I feel like we've grown really close to in such a short time. You make class enjoyable even though we complain about it through the whole thing. You're awesome.
So to everyone else, if you don't know these girls you are completely missing out!

What I'm Learning at College

So I've been at college almost 6 weeks which is absolutely phenomenally hard to believe...Here is what I am learning...

1. Being sick away from home is like 10x worse than being sick at home.
2. Economics is not my favorite thing in the world to study especially when I have a test coming up on Tuesday.
3. Working at campus cafeterias really isn't as great as I thought it would be.
4. Monday, Wednesday chapel is awesome!
5. Staying up till 3 in the morning and then getting up at 7 really doesn't give me enough sleep.
6. College is the only place you can eat ice cream for breakfast and get away with it! (I haven't done it, I promise. ;) ).
7. Campus gets really quiet on the weekends which can be good and bad.
8. Lofted beds are really hard to get in and out of with no ladder.
9. Cafeteria food really isn't as bad as everyone says-just survive on pizza and salad. ;)
10. Foundations is a waste of time, but has a whole lot of homework for only a 1-hour class.

So that's what is leaving an impression on my mind the past few weeks of college. I have fall break looming before me starting on friday so San Antonio here I come. I am so super excited!!!!

Mega Churches and 5-Alarm

So today has been a little on the bold side for me.  I went to a mega-church today, and I had the 5-alarm burger at Red Robin.  Now neither one of those are too extreme, but i'm proud of myself for both of them...lol.  

About the church...

I went to Gateway Church today.  My friend Elizabeth goes there and so I went with her.  She carpools with about 15-30 other people.  Today they had 18 so the rides up there and back are a lot of fun. The church is about 30-45 minutes away from campus so unfortunately it's not that close.  I really liked the church...it was awesome.  Music was awesome.  Sermon was wonderful.  The pastor preaches in biblical, applicable, funny way.  So I loved it.  The only bad part is because we go with so many people.  Whatever the group's plan for lunch is...that's what my plans for lunch are.  They go somewhere after church every sunday and spend about $10 a meal.  Sorry but that's not in my budget.  I could drive myself, but then I'm spending 30-45 minutes worth of gas doubled.  So I don't think I'm going to go there.  However, I will probably go there this coming Sunday because a guy from campus that I know will be playing in the worship band and he invited me to go on Sunday. But anyways, the church has two campuses...they watch a live feed at the other one.  They also broadcast their services online.  Between the two campuses they have 10 weekend services.  They also have 16,000 people.  So this is huge.  They are about to build a whole new main campus too.  And to think that 8 years ago the church started in somebody's living room with 30 people.  God is at work!

5-Alarm Burger-DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!  We went to Red Robin for lunch after church.  They have so many options for meals there.  It is insane.  There were several things that looked delicious on the menu.  But I finally decided on the 5-Alarm burger. This burger comes with seasoned meat, jalapenos, tomatos, lettuce, chipotle mayo (my new favorite thing EVER), tangy salsa, and pepperjack cheese (another new favorite).  This burger is amazing!!!!!  My mouth was on fire!  And oh my gosh, the fries at Red Robin are amazing.  Especially when you add the Red Robin seasoning to them.  MMM.... And Liz got a oreo shake and she didn't want all of it so she shared with me.  BEST shake I have ever had!!!!  Red Robin=YUM!!!!

But now, unfortunately it's back to the mundane.  Homework and sleep to get ready for the third week of school.  It's going by really fast.   

Oh, and last night I went to a coffeehouse in downtown dallas called Opening Bell with Liz to hear a girl from school sing.  She was amazing. And I got a strawberry smoothie since I absolutely cannot seem to stand the taste of coffee unless it is in a Coffee-caramel milkshake from Chick-fil-a.  So i stuck with my smoothie.  I  loved the atmosphere of the coffee shop.  Unfortunately it itself wasn't in the best area.  We passed a BIG party on the way there and we explored the building a little and almost accidently walked into a bar.  Oopsss....but it was a great night!  However I was trying to take pictures of the Dallas skyline from the parking lot and this guy that worked in the building told me i couldn't and that if anyone caught me they could fine me a lot of money.  There were no signs posted so that was a little frustrated.  I offered to delete them, but he said it would be alright....just to keep it in mind next time.  Then I went to Liz's townhouse and chilled and watched a movie with her.  Fun. Fun. Fun.

I'm Here

I made it to Dallas and l am trying to settle in and get into the routine of my new life. It is very different and I can definitely tell where it will have its challenges...but so far I am loving it for the most part. I just got back from an international mixer. It was very fun! The international students are very funny and seem to be really excited about just meeting new people. As far as meeting new people goes, I am meeting some new people, but have not yet really found any friends. It will come. I have only been here for 36 or so hours. I love my dorm room even though it is still messy and packed up. My roommate's name is Sheena. She's pretty awesome...we get along really well and we do a lot together so I guess that will all work out well. I am loving being back in Texas...except for the heat. It is so HOT today. The campus here is beautiful. I saw my friend Megan today. She lives in San Antonio but was up here to visit her grandmother. I had so much fun with her. I am trying to convince her to come here, but I don't think it's going to work...We are so crazy together it could be dangerous! So yeah classes start Monday....a whole 16 hours worth. WOOT! Life is starting to get very interesting...Pictures very soon!

So Much Going On

So it's been almost a week since I blogged...So much has transpired since then that it will be difficult to even begin to relay to you those events.....But I'll try.....
Let's see...A Synopsis of the past 9 days....
Sunday-I went to Faith Community Church for the last time in a while. Kinda sad to say bye to my friends there, but the one I am really close to from there I got to see later in the week so that was good. Two groups of family friends threw a going away party for me and another friend who is going to live in California.
Monday-I worked, but I think that is about all I did.
Tuesday-Tuesday was a fun day....umm yeah...went to the doctor and ran a bunch of errands to try and get everything before i left for school.
Wednesday-I worked until 3 and then I hung out with Aaron till late! :D We went and ate at coldstone, hung out at chick-fil-a, and went to the mall....Great day!!!!
Thursday-Just worked ( a very emotional day for me at chick-fil-a) and did a whole bunch of packing...but not enough...
Friday-Another fun day....Had to be at work at 10, but managed to get a new i.d. card, get 3 shots, and get blood drawn before i went to work...more packing...
Saturday-Sad day! Worked from 9-2 for the last time till Christmas, left early because i was sick to my stomach. Thankfully, i got to feeling well enough so that I could hang out with aaron before he had to be at work at 4. We hung out at the library, 7-11, and K-Mart. It was great up until the time he had to leave. Then I had to say goodbye to him. :( It was so SAD! After that, I went home and my friend Ruthannne helped me wash my car. Then I had to say goodbye to her. Also extremely sad! Then I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning finishing packing...
Sunday-got up and left. made it to Cookeville, TN
Today-Made it to Texarkana....Back in TEXAS!!!!



Onward!

I am finally home, but not home to stay. Ryan and I leave tomorrow to spend a week in Pennsylvania with friends while my parents run off to Mexico. We got in this morning at about 5:30 after leaving Arkansas yesterday at about 6:00 in the morning. Fun stuff! It was a very long day. And I was exhausted.

I visited Dallas Baptist University. And to my surprise, I loved it! If I can get the money together, I will be attending there in the fall. Yes, finally a decision. However, for a couple of reasons, I am keeping this low-key, and not telling all my friends yet. Maybe sometime I can tell you guys the reasons for that. But anyways, right now I am trying to get shot records updated, scholarship recommendations and applications in. I've been very busy. Also school starts the 20th of August. So it's coming up fast. Less than a month. WOW! Well, I've got stuff to do so later....

Recent Travels

To start off things, I did finally get my license.  It was a long process, but it had to be done.  Thursday my family went on a mini-vacation to Busch Gardens down in Williamsburg, VA.  We spent all day there on Friday, and then came back on Saturday so I could work that night.  This morning Ryan, mom, and I woke up so we could leave around 5:30 in the morning to travel to Bolivar, Missouri.  We reached Missouri at about 3 A.M. Monday morning.  I think we traveled through 7 states today.  It was about an 18 hour drive.  We are exhausted.  Why Bolivar?  Bolivar is the hometown of Southwest Baptist University.  Since I still do not know where I want to go to college, I am on a college road trip to see my choices.  Southwest is actually paying some of our gas bill and hotel bill just so we can visit them.  It's pretty sweet!  So we got in and are staying at one of like 3 hotels in this small town.  And tomorrow at 10 I get to tour the campus.  Hopefully, I will gain direction and guidance tomorrow.  I'll write more later.  But tonight or this morning, I am off to dream land.  

Fighting Hard

Karis left today.  Well sorta.  She's going to be staying in Virginia until like Saturday so I get to see her on Friday to celebrate the Fourth.  I had a great time with her, but it went by way too quickly.  But soon after she left, I felt the stress and worries streaming back into my thoughts.  She really helped me ignore the stress for a while.  Now, I find myself fighting the urge to get stressed out.  It's not really going to help me in life if I get stressed out.  So I don't really know what the point of stressing about all the STUFF in life is, it just seems to be very difficult not to. But anyways think it will help if I kinda get this stuff out.....So here goes....Totally understand if you skip this post.  

1.  Transcrips have still not reached the colleges-The colleges have been bugging me relentlessly for transcripts  even though they are requested and should arrive there within the next couple of days.  I keep telling them this, but they don't listen very well.  Like yesterday,  I was talking to Dallas Baptist University that morning and I told them that the transcripts were in the mail, and they said they would keep an eye out for them, and then that evening I got a message from them saying they were wondering where my transcripts were.   UGH.

2. Trying to plan a trip to Texas/Missouri/Arkansas/Oklahoma this summer and it is not really falling into place.  We are going to Missouri/Oklahoma to visit colleges.  And Texas and Oklahoma to visit relatives.   My family is also trying to go to Texas to get my driver's license there since it will be easier to renew since I am going to school in that area of the country.  And who wouldn't want a TEXAS driver's license.  (no commenting on this AARON.)  But this more falls under number three.  So you'll have to hold on a minute for that.  Anyways, the trip is not really falling into place like it should be.  And we are supposed to leave this Sunday.  YIKES!

3. So I was going to get a Texas driver's license, but they will not accept my Maryland permit like they originally said they would so I now have to get a Maryland driver's license, and then when I go to Texas I can transfer it to a Texas license.  Thankfully, I only have to take one road test.  But apparently July is a busy time of the year for getting driver's licenses.  So when I tried to schedule my appointment for the road test they didn't have much left.  In fact, I am supposed to be taking the test on the 8th, but it's all the way in Baltimore.  GREAT!!!  So anyways, nervous about the test cuz I really don't have time to fail it.  So it's either now or never.  Well, I guess that's exaggerating it a little bit, but you get the idea.

4.  Still trying to decide what school to go to.  The one I really like (in Brownwood, Texas) looks like it is going to be much more expensive. Figures.  So they are going to have to match the the other colleges or I will not be attending.  And I am definitely going to let them know this.  Do a little negotiating with them.  Can't lose anything.

5.  I only have like 50 days left at home or less.  And then I'm gone.  Only about 30 days in Maryland with all the traveling.  And yes it is exciting, but there is also so much to be done.  It can be overwhelming.  

Anyways, I think that is enough said.  Hopefully the next post won't be so dismal.  But those are 5 of the major things occupying my mind's thought right now.  

But happy 4th to everybody if I don't post again before Friday.  Sorry if you don't stand behind America, but it doesn't change my opinion.  The government definitely doesn't do everything right, but neither do we.  And life in America is much better than life in a lot of other countries.  So....Happy 4th of July!