Well, yesterday was a super good, good day. I'm beaming still.
From the beginning: My Interpersonal Comm Mid-Term seemed to be a lot nicer to me than I thought it would be. Course, I won't know for sure until I get the test back, but I felt half-way good about it, and that's way more than I expected. My voice lesson went very well, too.
I had time to chill and kill before I had to be a the gym, so I relaxed on the computer, renaming and organizing pictures. During our warm-ups, i would keep looking up towards the entrance so that I could see when my family got here. I finally saw Mom, Taylor, and WENDY!!! I screamed to see my best friend from high school! It was such a surprise and I was so happy to see her, and I hadn't seen her in a long time, and I just love, love, love her!!! (Dad and Nathan were talking, I correctly assumed.) Unfortunately, our game was not our best. I even, for the first time in a game all season, messed up my serves with three foot faults. Amazingly, though, only one of them was called. I was pretty frustrated with that. Very frustrated. But, Whitney talked to me about it on the sidelines and was an amazing encouragement, telling me how, yeah, we mess up, but then we move on. That's exactly what our team devotion was about before the game. I thanked her for this and she replied, "That's what I'm here for. We're a team." Awesome.
After the game, I was able to go see my family, Wendy, and Nathan. It was so good! Ah, and I'd like to mention that my parents looked awesome in their Russian leather jackets. :) Mom seemed shorter than I remembered, too. (haha) Wendy had decided to come on Monday at about 3:30, and I'm so glad that she did. And sister!!! I love that kid.
My family needed to go eat, and I wasn't able to go with them because I had to be at the Varsity game for ball retrieval, but Nathan got to go with them to Sonic. I was already on the court when they came back (and, boy, I was so tired. Good thing I wasn't doing lines, or I would have made so many bad calls.) Their original plan was to leave right after my game, and I was worried that they would leave between one of the gaps between he games int he match without me getting to say good bye to them. But! They stayed for the whole game! And during the game, they would do the wave, of course. My family is the bomb. Get this - they brought me a "goody bag" with amazingness inside. They gave me two apples, two oranges (immune system booster), two avocados, plantain chips, a bag of candy, three gourmet-ish hot cocoa mixes, and a Simply Asia sweet & sour chow mein box. I'm eating that last one right now. I got to give Taylor the earrings I'd gotten for her in California, and she immediately put them on. I took Wendy to see my room and I gave Mom her birthday present. After this, Wendy and Taylor showed me their cheer routine that Wendy, the coach, made up! It was great. Here at the end, there were many hugs. I wish that I could've spent more time with them all, but I'm so glad that I had the time that we had.
Nathan was with us this whole time, and when my family had left and they were out of good-bye-waves view, he asked, "Would you like to come with me." We walked, talking about, um, I can't remember. No wait, we talked about Wendy, I remember that, and about how I appreciated Whitney for what she said to me during the game. So we ended our walk behind Mercer which is where we first ever talked about -us- way back on April 9th. I kinda have to laugh when I think about that day. Wow. Anyways, it was all completely sweet and precious. Aaaand, Nathan asked and I agreed and now we're an official couple. Ha, how 'bout that. And then... we held hands!!!
After this, I went back to my room to get sneakers and my camera, and then we walked to see Sharalyn and Drew at the apartment. In the Grassy Bowl, Nathan stopped us and prayed. So good. Admirable, to say the least. We continued on and stayed at the apartment for a while, then headed back to campus where we hung out on the backside of the Student Life Center for almost half an hour. Nathan called his family and we got to talk to them, and it was good. By this time, it was time for my senate meeting, so I went on to that, starry-eyed.
Not much else happened after that. The meeting went well. I saw Justin Winters on my way back to North. He asked me how I was doing, and I told him I was doing good. He misunderstood my voice inflection and he asked what was up. "No, really, I'm good!" He was on facebook, so I told him to go to my page. Muahaha! I showed him the new relationship status (!!) and he gave his congratulations. :)
It was freezing outside on my hasty walk to my room, but, yeah, I was warm on the inside.
Oh, and, here's something crazy - he thought about waiting till November. Shame on him. (tsk tsk tsk) One more thing, I wrote down the Morse Code last night. Oh man, we're so weird, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It's been a long wait, but it's been so worth it.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
I'm pretty sure that I want to title this one, "Finally" :)
Well, yesterday was a super good, good day. I'm beaming still.
From the beginning: My Interpersonal Comm Mid-Term seemed to be a lot nicer to me than I thought it would be. Course, I won't know for sure until I get the test back, but I felt half-way good about it, and that's way more than I expected. My voice lesson went very well, too.
I had time to chill and kill before I had to be a the gym, so I relaxed on the computer, renaming and organizing pictures. During our warm-ups, i would keep looking up towards the entrance so that I could see when my family got here. I finally saw Mom, Taylor, and WENDY!!! I screamed to see my best friend from high school! It was such a surprise and I was so happy to see her, and I hadn't seen her in a long time, and I just love, love, love her!!! (Dad and Nathan were talking, I correctly assumed.) Unfortunately, our game was not our best. I even, for the first time in a game all season, messed up my serves with three foot faults. Amazingly, though, only one of them was called. I was pretty frustrated with that. Very frustrated. But, Whitney talked to me about it on the sidelines and was an amazing encouragement, telling me how, yeah, we mess up, but then we move on. That's exactly what our team devotion was about before the game. I thanked her for this and she replied, "That's what I'm here for. We're a team." Awesome.
After the game, I was able to go see my family, Wendy, and Nathan. It was so good! Ah, and I'd like to mention that my parents looked awesome in their Russian leather jackets. :) Mom seemed shorter than I remembered, too. (haha) Wendy had decided to come on Monday at about 3:30, and I'm so glad that she did. And sister!!! I love that kid.
My family needed to go eat, and I wasn't able to go with them because I had to be at the Varsity game for ball retrieval, but Nathan got to go with them to Sonic. I was already on the court when they came back (and, boy, I was so tired. Good thing I wasn't doing lines, or I would have made so many bad calls.) Their original plan was to leave right after my game, and I was worried that they would leave between one of the gaps between he games int he match without me getting to say good bye to them. But! They stayed for the whole game! And during the game, they would do the wave, of course. My family is the bomb. Get this - they brought me a "goody bag" with amazingness inside. They gave me two apples, two oranges (immune system booster), two avocados, plantain chips, a bag of candy, three gourmet-ish hot cocoa mixes, and a Simply Asia sweet & sour chow mein box. I'm eating that last one right now. I got to give Taylor the earrings I'd gotten for her in California, and she immediately put them on. I took Wendy to see my room and I gave Mom her birthday present. After this, Wendy and Taylor showed me their cheer routine that Wendy, the coach, made up! It was great. Here at the end, there were many hugs. I wish that I could've spent more time with them all, but I'm so glad that I had the time that we had.
Nathan was with us this whole time, and when my family had left and they were out of good-bye-waves view, he asked, "Would you like to come with me." We walked, talking about, um, I can't remember. No wait, we talked about Wendy, I remember that, and about how I appreciated Whitney for what she said to me during the game. So we ended our walk behind Mercer which is where we first ever talked about -us- way back on April 9th. I kinda have to laugh when I think about that day. Wow. Anyways, it was all completely sweet and precious. Aaaand, Nathan asked and I agreed and now we're an official couple. Ha, how 'bout that. And then... we held hands!!!
After this, I went back to my room to get sneakers and my camera, and then we walked to see Sharalyn and Drew at the apartment. In the Grassy Bowl, Nathan stopped us and prayed. So good. Admirable, to say the least. We continued on and stayed at the apartment for a while, then headed back to campus where we hung out on the backside of the Student Life Center for almost half an hour. Nathan called his family and we got to talk to them, and it was good. By this time, it was time for my senate meeting, so I went on to that, starry-eyed.
Not much else happened after that. The meeting went well. I saw Justin Winters on my way back to North. He asked me how I was doing, and I told him I was doing good. He misunderstood my voice inflection and he asked what was up. "No, really, I'm good!" He was on facebook, so I told him to go to my page. Muahaha! I showed him the new relationship status (!!) and he gave his congratulations. :)
It was freezing outside on my hasty walk to my room, but, yeah, I was warm on the inside.
Oh, and, here's something crazy - he thought about waiting till November. Shame on him. (tsk tsk tsk) One more thing, I wrote down the Morse Code last night. Oh man, we're so weird, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It's been a long wait, but it's been so worth it.
From the beginning: My Interpersonal Comm Mid-Term seemed to be a lot nicer to me than I thought it would be. Course, I won't know for sure until I get the test back, but I felt half-way good about it, and that's way more than I expected. My voice lesson went very well, too.
I had time to chill and kill before I had to be a the gym, so I relaxed on the computer, renaming and organizing pictures. During our warm-ups, i would keep looking up towards the entrance so that I could see when my family got here. I finally saw Mom, Taylor, and WENDY!!! I screamed to see my best friend from high school! It was such a surprise and I was so happy to see her, and I hadn't seen her in a long time, and I just love, love, love her!!! (Dad and Nathan were talking, I correctly assumed.) Unfortunately, our game was not our best. I even, for the first time in a game all season, messed up my serves with three foot faults. Amazingly, though, only one of them was called. I was pretty frustrated with that. Very frustrated. But, Whitney talked to me about it on the sidelines and was an amazing encouragement, telling me how, yeah, we mess up, but then we move on. That's exactly what our team devotion was about before the game. I thanked her for this and she replied, "That's what I'm here for. We're a team." Awesome.
After the game, I was able to go see my family, Wendy, and Nathan. It was so good! Ah, and I'd like to mention that my parents looked awesome in their Russian leather jackets. :) Mom seemed shorter than I remembered, too. (haha) Wendy had decided to come on Monday at about 3:30, and I'm so glad that she did. And sister!!! I love that kid.
My family needed to go eat, and I wasn't able to go with them because I had to be at the Varsity game for ball retrieval, but Nathan got to go with them to Sonic. I was already on the court when they came back (and, boy, I was so tired. Good thing I wasn't doing lines, or I would have made so many bad calls.) Their original plan was to leave right after my game, and I was worried that they would leave between one of the gaps between he games int he match without me getting to say good bye to them. But! They stayed for the whole game! And during the game, they would do the wave, of course. My family is the bomb. Get this - they brought me a "goody bag" with amazingness inside. They gave me two apples, two oranges (immune system booster), two avocados, plantain chips, a bag of candy, three gourmet-ish hot cocoa mixes, and a Simply Asia sweet & sour chow mein box. I'm eating that last one right now. I got to give Taylor the earrings I'd gotten for her in California, and she immediately put them on. I took Wendy to see my room and I gave Mom her birthday present. After this, Wendy and Taylor showed me their cheer routine that Wendy, the coach, made up! It was great. Here at the end, there were many hugs. I wish that I could've spent more time with them all, but I'm so glad that I had the time that we had.
Nathan was with us this whole time, and when my family had left and they were out of good-bye-waves view, he asked, "Would you like to come with me." We walked, talking about, um, I can't remember. No wait, we talked about Wendy, I remember that, and about how I appreciated Whitney for what she said to me during the game. So we ended our walk behind Mercer which is where we first ever talked about -us- way back on April 9th. I kinda have to laugh when I think about that day. Wow. Anyways, it was all completely sweet and precious. Aaaand, Nathan asked and I agreed and now we're an official couple. Ha, how 'bout that. And then... we held hands!!!
After this, I went back to my room to get sneakers and my camera, and then we walked to see Sharalyn and Drew at the apartment. In the Grassy Bowl, Nathan stopped us and prayed. So good. Admirable, to say the least. We continued on and stayed at the apartment for a while, then headed back to campus where we hung out on the backside of the Student Life Center for almost half an hour. Nathan called his family and we got to talk to them, and it was good. By this time, it was time for my senate meeting, so I went on to that, starry-eyed.
Not much else happened after that. The meeting went well. I saw Justin Winters on my way back to North. He asked me how I was doing, and I told him I was doing good. He misunderstood my voice inflection and he asked what was up. "No, really, I'm good!" He was on facebook, so I told him to go to my page. Muahaha! I showed him the new relationship status (!!) and he gave his congratulations. :)
It was freezing outside on my hasty walk to my room, but, yeah, I was warm on the inside.
Oh, and, here's something crazy - he thought about waiting till November. Shame on him. (tsk tsk tsk) One more thing, I wrote down the Morse Code last night. Oh man, we're so weird, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It's been a long wait, but it's been so worth it.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Some other quick things
Really quick:
I have a chance to go to Russia for TWO WEEKS this summer!!!!
If I went to Russia, the second week, I'd be helping with teaching English as a second language!!!
I did well on my Chemistry test, and I'm pretty confident about my Psychology test.
Dr. Rose liked that my obituary that I wrote for his class. :)
Volleyball season's almost over!
Millie comes back tomorrow!
Jared and Emily!
My parents are probably coming up to see me (if not my last game, too) this Tuesday!
Tomorrow, I'll get to swing dance again!
Next week, I'll have to go to my 8 o' clock class only once!
Exciting things!!
I have a chance to go to Russia for TWO WEEKS this summer!!!!
If I went to Russia, the second week, I'd be helping with teaching English as a second language!!!
I did well on my Chemistry test, and I'm pretty confident about my Psychology test.
Dr. Rose liked that my obituary that I wrote for his class. :)
Volleyball season's almost over!
Millie comes back tomorrow!
Jared and Emily!
My parents are probably coming up to see me (if not my last game, too) this Tuesday!
Tomorrow, I'll get to swing dance again!
Next week, I'll have to go to my 8 o' clock class only once!
Exciting things!!
Some other quick things
Really quick:
I have a chance to go to Russia for TWO WEEKS this summer!!!!
If I went to Russia, the second week, I'd be helping with teaching English as a second language!!!
I did well on my Chemistry test, and I'm pretty confident about my Psychology test.
Dr. Rose liked that my obituary that I wrote for his class. :)
Volleyball season's almost over!
Millie comes back tomorrow!
Jared and Emily!
My parents are probably coming up to see me (if not my last game, too) this Tuesday!
Tomorrow, I'll get to swing dance again!
Next week, I'll have to go to my 8 o' clock class only once!
Exciting things!!
I have a chance to go to Russia for TWO WEEKS this summer!!!!
If I went to Russia, the second week, I'd be helping with teaching English as a second language!!!
I did well on my Chemistry test, and I'm pretty confident about my Psychology test.
Dr. Rose liked that my obituary that I wrote for his class. :)
Volleyball season's almost over!
Millie comes back tomorrow!
Jared and Emily!
My parents are probably coming up to see me (if not my last game, too) this Tuesday!
Tomorrow, I'll get to swing dance again!
Next week, I'll have to go to my 8 o' clock class only once!
Exciting things!!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Cali, Recap
Started October 23, 2007
More added October 27, 2007
Okay, this is going to have to be a work in progress, because I really need to get to bed, but I'm starting with an outline for now, and I'll come back and flesh it out later.
People are always asking, "How was your break, Lindsay?" How do I respond? With hesitation.
Patience ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:14 tells us to be patient with everyone. Man, is that hard. Yeah, there were some personalities that mine didn't get along with very well, and it was annoying to have to deal with that at week. It's also hard to let things pass when others have the same feelings about these girls as you do, and these others verbalize their annoyances frequently. So I go some practice on letting things go. Hope that will carry over to the next time I'm around my sister for a long time. :) Seriously though, I'm glad that I didn't lash out or anything at all and that I kept pretty good control of myself. That's God working! Yayayayay!
Down time ~ We were traveling so much. We had bus rides, plane rides, and many, many van rides. I sat most of the week in the transportation vehicles and on the sidelines of the Varsity's three games and practice. I had plenty of time to read. I read A Parcel of Patterns, and I got some and from a mythology book. Thanks so much to Nathan for lending both of those books to me! I'm glad that Kimmy and Erin came on the trip! (North Base, representin') They did make the trip easier, and I can't imagine the trip without them. I'd certainly have been miserable without good friends with me on the Pacific coast. We got to hang out a lot, well, all the time. We were roommates, plus Julie, a freshman JV defense specialist. We hung out with Dan a lot, too. We sat together pretty much every chance we had, enjoying the Cheesecake Factory together (!!), IHOP, our beach day, etc... But there was so much time when we really weren't doing anything at all, but we were still busy going back and forth and stuffs. Chapel services ~ I really liked getting to play my violin with our worship team for the two practice services we lead. The team: Dan (lead vocals and guitar), Tracy (vocals), Kimmy (piano and vocals), Ashley (guitar), Julie (keyboard solo), and myself (violin). The songs that we did, well, we had to cut out one both times, but here's the order we ended up with: How Great it our God, Jesus Paid it All, In Christ Alone (with fun little violin solo), and Blessed be the Name. At the chapels, either Leah or Kat would give a testimony. Leah spoke on determination, and Kat spoke on discipline, and then Coach would speak about that topic, as well. I really like listening when Coach speaks. At the second chapel service we led, there were around 450 high school students. It was really cool to be with them. They were enthusiastic and responsive and (I think) they enjoyed it as much as we did. When the whole team went up to the front to tell where we were from, the whole crowd laughed and snickered to hear some of the girls' accents, and they got very excited to hear that Kimmy was from Alaska. :) This service went so well. Bonding ~ I've already talked some about how Kimmy, Erin, and I got to spend a lot of time together, but I want to emphasize that. Really, we had a blast. There was that one night when the three of us went to the sauna, laughed ourselves silly, went to the pool, had so much fun getting each other wet for the first time and swimming, found out from the security guard that the pool was closed, ran back to the room without towels, and died in a fit of giggles when we finally got back to our rooms. That night was awesome. It also helped with the bonding of my roommate and I. Erin and I roomed together last year, and so this is our second year rooming together. I can see us rooming together all four years. (Erin will be spending our second semester of our junior year in Russia, though... lucky girl!) Anyways, we're friends and we get along phenomenally together, but we aren't BFF or anything. It was so great to really get to have some awesome fun and frolicking with her on this trip. New friends ~ Some of the Varsity girls were very friendly, and this was a perfect opportunity to get to know them. One of these, Ashley, was on our worship team, and so that was even more together time. (We also exchanged music lessons, and that was great.) It was good to have these girls on the trip, and I'm glad that they were friendly enough. As we were getting on the first bus, Jess said to Kim and I, "I'm so glad that this'll be a chance to get to know you guys." That made Kimmy and I happy. Stories, listening to them, and making them ~ Oooh, boy, that night from the sauna was the best story from the week. Other than that, though, we did see a star in the airport, and girls went crazy. We have the story of the bus from Virginia to the Nashville airport breaking down. Oh, we got to hear the love stories of Coach's brother Joey and his wife, and then Coach's and Tanya's story, too. We made stories of amazing organizing accomplishments in the store at the girls' home. We sorting through tons of food, we had beetles in our rooms, we had messed up bathrooms, and we had shopping at two malls. All kinds of things like that. Good stuff. My own pathetic attitudes ~ I got frustrated with myself not only when I realized that I was annoyed with those who were always annoying, but also when I found that I was annoyed by someone who was being their normal self. I got irked for stupid reasons that I don't even want to put down. I'm embarrassed. I think that some, if not the majority, of these sinful attitudes came/come from thinking that I'm somehow better than this person. Pride. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Man, did I hate it when those times of patheticness happened. I am glad that I kept my mouth shut about my pettiness. Jet lag ~ We got back to Dayton around 10, EST, 7 Pacific time. I got probably less than 6 hours of sleep that night. I did not want to go to my 8 o' clock class Monday morning. And, I have the hardest time sleeping in moving vehicles, so I didn't' get a wink on any of the many rides we had the whole week. I'm back into my real circadian rhythm now, though. (Aha! I threw in some of my Psychology knowledge there. :) Rejuvenation? ~ That's what Fall Break's for, right? Well, this time, instead of resting, I went on a ministry trip. I was looking forward to getting back to college because then I'd have my schedule back, and I've have my room back and my sleep schedule back. I was looking forward to being able to relax once I got back to college. So I didn't have the typical Fall Break. Nope, I gave that up, and God used it, I know. I'm glad. Next weekend ~ Actually, this would be this weekend, now. I'm going to Huntsville with Devon to see Casting Crowns in concert!!! We're spending the night on Saturday there at her house, going to her church on Sunday, and then coming back to Dayton that afternoon. It may be a small break that will be amazing! Ah, and I've already gotten a good small break: today, Molly, Devon, Nathan, David Gehring, and I all went to Vinnie and Joe's for some good off-campus food. Then, the girls, Nathan, and I went to his apartment and ate Mocha Mudslide ice cream (delicious despite the coffee taste) and watched The Incredibles. It was great, and I loved it. The girls and I so loved getting to chill off campus. Well, it looks like this is the end. THE END
P.s. And, one time when we were at Borders, I bought Erin's Koran for her. That was interesting.
More added October 27, 2007
Okay, this is going to have to be a work in progress, because I really need to get to bed, but I'm starting with an outline for now, and I'll come back and flesh it out later.
People are always asking, "How was your break, Lindsay?" How do I respond? With hesitation.
Patience ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:14 tells us to be patient with everyone. Man, is that hard. Yeah, there were some personalities that mine didn't get along with very well, and it was annoying to have to deal with that at week. It's also hard to let things pass when others have the same feelings about these girls as you do, and these others verbalize their annoyances frequently. So I go some practice on letting things go. Hope that will carry over to the next time I'm around my sister for a long time. :) Seriously though, I'm glad that I didn't lash out or anything at all and that I kept pretty good control of myself. That's God working! Yayayayay!
Down time ~ We were traveling so much. We had bus rides, plane rides, and many, many van rides. I sat most of the week in the transportation vehicles and on the sidelines of the Varsity's three games and practice. I had plenty of time to read. I read A Parcel of Patterns, and I got some and from a mythology book. Thanks so much to Nathan for lending both of those books to me! I'm glad that Kimmy and Erin came on the trip! (North Base, representin') They did make the trip easier, and I can't imagine the trip without them. I'd certainly have been miserable without good friends with me on the Pacific coast. We got to hang out a lot, well, all the time. We were roommates, plus Julie, a freshman JV defense specialist. We hung out with Dan a lot, too. We sat together pretty much every chance we had, enjoying the Cheesecake Factory together (!!), IHOP, our beach day, etc... But there was so much time when we really weren't doing anything at all, but we were still busy going back and forth and stuffs. Chapel services ~ I really liked getting to play my violin with our worship team for the two practice services we lead. The team: Dan (lead vocals and guitar), Tracy (vocals), Kimmy (piano and vocals), Ashley (guitar), Julie (keyboard solo), and myself (violin). The songs that we did, well, we had to cut out one both times, but here's the order we ended up with: How Great it our God, Jesus Paid it All, In Christ Alone (with fun little violin solo), and Blessed be the Name. At the chapels, either Leah or Kat would give a testimony. Leah spoke on determination, and Kat spoke on discipline, and then Coach would speak about that topic, as well. I really like listening when Coach speaks. At the second chapel service we led, there were around 450 high school students. It was really cool to be with them. They were enthusiastic and responsive and (I think) they enjoyed it as much as we did. When the whole team went up to the front to tell where we were from, the whole crowd laughed and snickered to hear some of the girls' accents, and they got very excited to hear that Kimmy was from Alaska. :) This service went so well. Bonding ~ I've already talked some about how Kimmy, Erin, and I got to spend a lot of time together, but I want to emphasize that. Really, we had a blast. There was that one night when the three of us went to the sauna, laughed ourselves silly, went to the pool, had so much fun getting each other wet for the first time and swimming, found out from the security guard that the pool was closed, ran back to the room without towels, and died in a fit of giggles when we finally got back to our rooms. That night was awesome. It also helped with the bonding of my roommate and I. Erin and I roomed together last year, and so this is our second year rooming together. I can see us rooming together all four years. (Erin will be spending our second semester of our junior year in Russia, though... lucky girl!) Anyways, we're friends and we get along phenomenally together, but we aren't BFF or anything. It was so great to really get to have some awesome fun and frolicking with her on this trip. New friends ~ Some of the Varsity girls were very friendly, and this was a perfect opportunity to get to know them. One of these, Ashley, was on our worship team, and so that was even more together time. (We also exchanged music lessons, and that was great.) It was good to have these girls on the trip, and I'm glad that they were friendly enough. As we were getting on the first bus, Jess said to Kim and I, "I'm so glad that this'll be a chance to get to know you guys." That made Kimmy and I happy. Stories, listening to them, and making them ~ Oooh, boy, that night from the sauna was the best story from the week. Other than that, though, we did see a star in the airport, and girls went crazy. We have the story of the bus from Virginia to the Nashville airport breaking down. Oh, we got to hear the love stories of Coach's brother Joey and his wife, and then Coach's and Tanya's story, too. We made stories of amazing organizing accomplishments in the store at the girls' home. We sorting through tons of food, we had beetles in our rooms, we had messed up bathrooms, and we had shopping at two malls. All kinds of things like that. Good stuff. My own pathetic attitudes ~ I got frustrated with myself not only when I realized that I was annoyed with those who were always annoying, but also when I found that I was annoyed by someone who was being their normal self. I got irked for stupid reasons that I don't even want to put down. I'm embarrassed. I think that some, if not the majority, of these sinful attitudes came/come from thinking that I'm somehow better than this person. Pride. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Man, did I hate it when those times of patheticness happened. I am glad that I kept my mouth shut about my pettiness. Jet lag ~ We got back to Dayton around 10, EST, 7 Pacific time. I got probably less than 6 hours of sleep that night. I did not want to go to my 8 o' clock class Monday morning. And, I have the hardest time sleeping in moving vehicles, so I didn't' get a wink on any of the many rides we had the whole week. I'm back into my real circadian rhythm now, though. (Aha! I threw in some of my Psychology knowledge there. :) Rejuvenation? ~ That's what Fall Break's for, right? Well, this time, instead of resting, I went on a ministry trip. I was looking forward to getting back to college because then I'd have my schedule back, and I've have my room back and my sleep schedule back. I was looking forward to being able to relax once I got back to college. So I didn't have the typical Fall Break. Nope, I gave that up, and God used it, I know. I'm glad. Next weekend ~ Actually, this would be this weekend, now. I'm going to Huntsville with Devon to see Casting Crowns in concert!!! We're spending the night on Saturday there at her house, going to her church on Sunday, and then coming back to Dayton that afternoon. It may be a small break that will be amazing! Ah, and I've already gotten a good small break: today, Molly, Devon, Nathan, David Gehring, and I all went to Vinnie and Joe's for some good off-campus food. Then, the girls, Nathan, and I went to his apartment and ate Mocha Mudslide ice cream (delicious despite the coffee taste) and watched The Incredibles. It was great, and I loved it. The girls and I so loved getting to chill off campus. Well, it looks like this is the end. THE END
P.s. And, one time when we were at Borders, I bought Erin's Koran for her. That was interesting.
Cali, Recap
Started October 23, 2007
More added October 27, 2007
Okay, this is going to have to be a work in progress, because I really need to get to bed, but I'm starting with an outline for now, and I'll come back and flesh it out later.
People are always asking, "How was your break, Lindsay?" How do I respond? With hesitation.
Patience ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:14 tells us to be patient with everyone. Man, is that hard. Yeah, there were some personalities that mine didn't get along with very well, and it was annoying to have to deal with that at week. It's also hard to let things pass when others have the same feelings about these girls as you do, and these others verbalize their annoyances frequently. So I go some practice on letting things go. Hope that will carry over to the next time I'm around my sister for a long time. :) Seriously though, I'm glad that I didn't lash out or anything at all and that I kept pretty good control of myself. That's God working! Yayayayay!
Down time ~ We were traveling so much. We had bus rides, plane rides, and many, many van rides. I sat most of the week in the transportation vehicles and on the sidelines of the Varsity's three games and practice. I had plenty of time to read. I read A Parcel of Patterns, and I got some and from a mythology book. Thanks so much to Nathan for lending both of those books to me! I'm glad that Kimmy and Erin came on the trip! (North Base, representin') They did make the trip easier, and I can't imagine the trip without them. I'd certainly have been miserable without good friends with me on the Pacific coast. We got to hang out a lot, well, all the time. We were roommates, plus Julie, a freshman JV defense specialist. We hung out with Dan a lot, too. We sat together pretty much every chance we had, enjoying the Cheesecake Factory together (!!), IHOP, our beach day, etc... But there was so much time when we really weren't doing anything at all, but we were still busy going back and forth and stuffs. Chapel services ~ I really liked getting to play my violin with our worship team for the two practice services we lead. The team: Dan (lead vocals and guitar), Tracy (vocals), Kimmy (piano and vocals), Ashley (guitar), Julie (keyboard solo), and myself (violin). The songs that we did, well, we had to cut out one both times, but here's the order we ended up with: How Great it our God, Jesus Paid it All, In Christ Alone (with fun little violin solo), and Blessed be the Name. At the chapels, either Leah or Kat would give a testimony. Leah spoke on determination, and Kat spoke on discipline, and then Coach would speak about that topic, as well. I really like listening when Coach speaks. At the second chapel service we led, there were around 450 high school students. It was really cool to be with them. They were enthusiastic and responsive and (I think) they enjoyed it as much as we did. When the whole team went up to the front to tell where we were from, the whole crowd laughed and snickered to hear some of the girls' accents, and they got very excited to hear that Kimmy was from Alaska. :) This service went so well. Bonding ~ I've already talked some about how Kimmy, Erin, and I got to spend a lot of time together, but I want to emphasize that. Really, we had a blast. There was that one night when the three of us went to the sauna, laughed ourselves silly, went to the pool, had so much fun getting each other wet for the first time and swimming, found out from the security guard that the pool was closed, ran back to the room without towels, and died in a fit of giggles when we finally got back to our rooms. That night was awesome. It also helped with the bonding of my roommate and I. Erin and I roomed together last year, and so this is our second year rooming together. I can see us rooming together all four years. (Erin will be spending our second semester of our junior year in Russia, though... lucky girl!) Anyways, we're friends and we get along phenomenally together, but we aren't BFF or anything. It was so great to really get to have some awesome fun and frolicking with her on this trip. New friends ~ Some of the Varsity girls were very friendly, and this was a perfect opportunity to get to know them. One of these, Ashley, was on our worship team, and so that was even more together time. (We also exchanged music lessons, and that was great.) It was good to have these girls on the trip, and I'm glad that they were friendly enough. As we were getting on the first bus, Jess said to Kim and I, "I'm so glad that this'll be a chance to get to know you guys." That made Kimmy and I happy. Stories, listening to them, and making them ~ Oooh, boy, that night from the sauna was the best story from the week. Other than that, though, we did see a star in the airport, and girls went crazy. We have the story of the bus from Virginia to the Nashville airport breaking down. Oh, we got to hear the love stories of Coach's brother Joey and his wife, and then Coach's and Tanya's story, too. We made stories of amazing organizing accomplishments in the store at the girls' home. We sorting through tons of food, we had beetles in our rooms, we had messed up bathrooms, and we had shopping at two malls. All kinds of things like that. Good stuff. My own pathetic attitudes ~ I got frustrated with myself not only when I realized that I was annoyed with those who were always annoying, but also when I found that I was annoyed by someone who was being their normal self. I got irked for stupid reasons that I don't even want to put down. I'm embarrassed. I think that some, if not the majority, of these sinful attitudes came/come from thinking that I'm somehow better than this person. Pride. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Man, did I hate it when those times of patheticness happened. I am glad that I kept my mouth shut about my pettiness. Jet lag ~ We got back to Dayton around 10, EST, 7 Pacific time. I got probably less than 6 hours of sleep that night. I did not want to go to my 8 o' clock class Monday morning. And, I have the hardest time sleeping in moving vehicles, so I didn't' get a wink on any of the many rides we had the whole week. I'm back into my real circadian rhythm now, though. (Aha! I threw in some of my Psychology knowledge there. :) Rejuvenation? ~ That's what Fall Break's for, right? Well, this time, instead of resting, I went on a ministry trip. I was looking forward to getting back to college because then I'd have my schedule back, and I've have my room back and my sleep schedule back. I was looking forward to being able to relax once I got back to college. So I didn't have the typical Fall Break. Nope, I gave that up, and God used it, I know. I'm glad. Next weekend ~ Actually, this would be this weekend, now. I'm going to Huntsville with Devon to see Casting Crowns in concert!!! We're spending the night on Saturday there at her house, going to her church on Sunday, and then coming back to Dayton that afternoon. It may be a small break that will be amazing! Ah, and I've already gotten a good small break: today, Molly, Devon, Nathan, David Gehring, and I all went to Vinnie and Joe's for some good off-campus food. Then, the girls, Nathan, and I went to his apartment and ate Mocha Mudslide ice cream (delicious despite the coffee taste) and watched The Incredibles. It was great, and I loved it. The girls and I so loved getting to chill off campus. Well, it looks like this is the end. THE END
P.s. And, one time when we were at Borders, I bought Erin's Koran for her. That was interesting.
More added October 27, 2007
Okay, this is going to have to be a work in progress, because I really need to get to bed, but I'm starting with an outline for now, and I'll come back and flesh it out later.
People are always asking, "How was your break, Lindsay?" How do I respond? With hesitation.
Patience ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:14 tells us to be patient with everyone. Man, is that hard. Yeah, there were some personalities that mine didn't get along with very well, and it was annoying to have to deal with that at week. It's also hard to let things pass when others have the same feelings about these girls as you do, and these others verbalize their annoyances frequently. So I go some practice on letting things go. Hope that will carry over to the next time I'm around my sister for a long time. :) Seriously though, I'm glad that I didn't lash out or anything at all and that I kept pretty good control of myself. That's God working! Yayayayay!
Down time ~ We were traveling so much. We had bus rides, plane rides, and many, many van rides. I sat most of the week in the transportation vehicles and on the sidelines of the Varsity's three games and practice. I had plenty of time to read. I read A Parcel of Patterns, and I got some and from a mythology book. Thanks so much to Nathan for lending both of those books to me! I'm glad that Kimmy and Erin came on the trip! (North Base, representin') They did make the trip easier, and I can't imagine the trip without them. I'd certainly have been miserable without good friends with me on the Pacific coast. We got to hang out a lot, well, all the time. We were roommates, plus Julie, a freshman JV defense specialist. We hung out with Dan a lot, too. We sat together pretty much every chance we had, enjoying the Cheesecake Factory together (!!), IHOP, our beach day, etc... But there was so much time when we really weren't doing anything at all, but we were still busy going back and forth and stuffs. Chapel services ~ I really liked getting to play my violin with our worship team for the two practice services we lead. The team: Dan (lead vocals and guitar), Tracy (vocals), Kimmy (piano and vocals), Ashley (guitar), Julie (keyboard solo), and myself (violin). The songs that we did, well, we had to cut out one both times, but here's the order we ended up with: How Great it our God, Jesus Paid it All, In Christ Alone (with fun little violin solo), and Blessed be the Name. At the chapels, either Leah or Kat would give a testimony. Leah spoke on determination, and Kat spoke on discipline, and then Coach would speak about that topic, as well. I really like listening when Coach speaks. At the second chapel service we led, there were around 450 high school students. It was really cool to be with them. They were enthusiastic and responsive and (I think) they enjoyed it as much as we did. When the whole team went up to the front to tell where we were from, the whole crowd laughed and snickered to hear some of the girls' accents, and they got very excited to hear that Kimmy was from Alaska. :) This service went so well. Bonding ~ I've already talked some about how Kimmy, Erin, and I got to spend a lot of time together, but I want to emphasize that. Really, we had a blast. There was that one night when the three of us went to the sauna, laughed ourselves silly, went to the pool, had so much fun getting each other wet for the first time and swimming, found out from the security guard that the pool was closed, ran back to the room without towels, and died in a fit of giggles when we finally got back to our rooms. That night was awesome. It also helped with the bonding of my roommate and I. Erin and I roomed together last year, and so this is our second year rooming together. I can see us rooming together all four years. (Erin will be spending our second semester of our junior year in Russia, though... lucky girl!) Anyways, we're friends and we get along phenomenally together, but we aren't BFF or anything. It was so great to really get to have some awesome fun and frolicking with her on this trip. New friends ~ Some of the Varsity girls were very friendly, and this was a perfect opportunity to get to know them. One of these, Ashley, was on our worship team, and so that was even more together time. (We also exchanged music lessons, and that was great.) It was good to have these girls on the trip, and I'm glad that they were friendly enough. As we were getting on the first bus, Jess said to Kim and I, "I'm so glad that this'll be a chance to get to know you guys." That made Kimmy and I happy. Stories, listening to them, and making them ~ Oooh, boy, that night from the sauna was the best story from the week. Other than that, though, we did see a star in the airport, and girls went crazy. We have the story of the bus from Virginia to the Nashville airport breaking down. Oh, we got to hear the love stories of Coach's brother Joey and his wife, and then Coach's and Tanya's story, too. We made stories of amazing organizing accomplishments in the store at the girls' home. We sorting through tons of food, we had beetles in our rooms, we had messed up bathrooms, and we had shopping at two malls. All kinds of things like that. Good stuff. My own pathetic attitudes ~ I got frustrated with myself not only when I realized that I was annoyed with those who were always annoying, but also when I found that I was annoyed by someone who was being their normal self. I got irked for stupid reasons that I don't even want to put down. I'm embarrassed. I think that some, if not the majority, of these sinful attitudes came/come from thinking that I'm somehow better than this person. Pride. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Man, did I hate it when those times of patheticness happened. I am glad that I kept my mouth shut about my pettiness. Jet lag ~ We got back to Dayton around 10, EST, 7 Pacific time. I got probably less than 6 hours of sleep that night. I did not want to go to my 8 o' clock class Monday morning. And, I have the hardest time sleeping in moving vehicles, so I didn't' get a wink on any of the many rides we had the whole week. I'm back into my real circadian rhythm now, though. (Aha! I threw in some of my Psychology knowledge there. :) Rejuvenation? ~ That's what Fall Break's for, right? Well, this time, instead of resting, I went on a ministry trip. I was looking forward to getting back to college because then I'd have my schedule back, and I've have my room back and my sleep schedule back. I was looking forward to being able to relax once I got back to college. So I didn't have the typical Fall Break. Nope, I gave that up, and God used it, I know. I'm glad. Next weekend ~ Actually, this would be this weekend, now. I'm going to Huntsville with Devon to see Casting Crowns in concert!!! We're spending the night on Saturday there at her house, going to her church on Sunday, and then coming back to Dayton that afternoon. It may be a small break that will be amazing! Ah, and I've already gotten a good small break: today, Molly, Devon, Nathan, David Gehring, and I all went to Vinnie and Joe's for some good off-campus food. Then, the girls, Nathan, and I went to his apartment and ate Mocha Mudslide ice cream (delicious despite the coffee taste) and watched The Incredibles. It was great, and I loved it. The girls and I so loved getting to chill off campus. Well, it looks like this is the end. THE END
P.s. And, one time when we were at Borders, I bought Erin's Koran for her. That was interesting.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Cali, 5
Kimmy's battery on her laptop is running low, so I'll be brief.
Just wanted to say that today:
I saw Disney Land!
I saw the Los Angeles Angels Stadium!
I was on the edge of the country in the Pacific Ocean.
I got buried up to my knees and so I was able to bend backwards without falling over.
More palm trees!
Much sand.
T-shirts.
Burgers and fries, fried calamari, and crab-stuffed mushrooms, crab cakes, and birthday cake.
Happy Birthday, Dan!
I talked to each member of my family today, and I loved it.
We went into so many shops today, and our feet will feel it in the morning.
There was a deep sea fisherman on the pier a little before sunset and he had brought up a small stingray. That was cool.
Birds of Paradise.
"Endless Summer ~ In Search of the Perfect Wave"
Many, many pictures.
Packing for tomorrow.
Biscotti with coffee.
Tomorrow, we need to be in the lobby with all of our stuff packed and ready to go at 7:30 in the morning.
Good night.
Just wanted to say that today:
I saw Disney Land!
I saw the Los Angeles Angels Stadium!
I was on the edge of the country in the Pacific Ocean.
I got buried up to my knees and so I was able to bend backwards without falling over.
More palm trees!
Much sand.
T-shirts.
Burgers and fries, fried calamari, and crab-stuffed mushrooms, crab cakes, and birthday cake.
Happy Birthday, Dan!
I talked to each member of my family today, and I loved it.
We went into so many shops today, and our feet will feel it in the morning.
There was a deep sea fisherman on the pier a little before sunset and he had brought up a small stingray. That was cool.
Birds of Paradise.
"Endless Summer ~ In Search of the Perfect Wave"
Many, many pictures.
Packing for tomorrow.
Biscotti with coffee.
Tomorrow, we need to be in the lobby with all of our stuff packed and ready to go at 7:30 in the morning.
Good night.
Cali, 5
Kimmy's battery on her laptop is running low, so I'll be brief.
Just wanted to say that today:
I saw Disney Land!
I saw the Los Angeles Angels Stadium!
I was on the edge of the country in the Pacific Ocean.
I got buried up to my knees and so I was able to bend backwards without falling over.
More palm trees!
Much sand.
T-shirts.
Burgers and fries, fried calamari, and crab-stuffed mushrooms, crab cakes, and birthday cake.
Happy Birthday, Dan!
I talked to each member of my family today, and I loved it.
We went into so many shops today, and our feet will feel it in the morning.
There was a deep sea fisherman on the pier a little before sunset and he had brought up a small stingray. That was cool.
Birds of Paradise.
"Endless Summer ~ In Search of the Perfect Wave"
Many, many pictures.
Packing for tomorrow.
Biscotti with coffee.
Tomorrow, we need to be in the lobby with all of our stuff packed and ready to go at 7:30 in the morning.
Good night.
Just wanted to say that today:
I saw Disney Land!
I saw the Los Angeles Angels Stadium!
I was on the edge of the country in the Pacific Ocean.
I got buried up to my knees and so I was able to bend backwards without falling over.
More palm trees!
Much sand.
T-shirts.
Burgers and fries, fried calamari, and crab-stuffed mushrooms, crab cakes, and birthday cake.
Happy Birthday, Dan!
I talked to each member of my family today, and I loved it.
We went into so many shops today, and our feet will feel it in the morning.
There was a deep sea fisherman on the pier a little before sunset and he had brought up a small stingray. That was cool.
Birds of Paradise.
"Endless Summer ~ In Search of the Perfect Wave"
Many, many pictures.
Packing for tomorrow.
Biscotti with coffee.
Tomorrow, we need to be in the lobby with all of our stuff packed and ready to go at 7:30 in the morning.
Good night.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Cali, 4
Let me think, what things have happened in the last hours since I wrote last?
Erin, Kimmy, and I had a good time at the mall. We didn't end up trying any dresses, but we did look at lots and lots of shoes. We went into the World Market where I bought some Yan Yan and Pocky. At Borders, I bought Millie's Christmas present, and I like it. Kimmy stayed in a maternity clothes store for a long time to shop for her sister. The three of us split some peanut butter fudge. I got caught off guard by a T Mobile salesmen. Yeah, that's a story I gotta tell:
Do, here I am, talking on my cell phone to Nathan and walking behind Kimmy and Erin when all of a sudden, this guy says, "Ma'am, you dropped your call." I'm thinking, "What? My car?" I'm totally lost. And, I still had Nathan on the other line, so I was super confused with what I was supposed to do. I eventually understood what the salesman was trying to say, and I understood that he wanted to sell me a phone. I told him that I had Cingular. He says, "Oh, Singlebar, yeah, don't they have the most dropped calls?" But I told him that, "Sorry, I'm going over to Verizon in December." (Why I told him that, well, I was just trying to get out of there, but I obviously trying the wrong way.)
"Why do you want to go over to Verizon in December? Is that when your Cingular plan ends? Well if you switch over to T Mobile now, blah blah blah, free phone, blah blah blah..."
"Um, I can't, I'm on the phone..."
"Oh, is that your boyfriend?"
"Uhhhh... almost?"
"Can I talk to him?"
"No!"
And stuff like that.
Erin had not lost her wits through all of this and she used her senses and began to literally pull Kimmy and I away from the scene. As we were leaving, the salesman said, "You're not from around here, are you?" Erin yelled back, "No, Tennessee." Then he mentioned something about us being from the volleyball team. So after that, we were all wondering which other girls he had spoken to earlier... Anyways, it makes for an interesting story. Oh! And I've got another interesting story!
Erin, Kimmy, and I went to the sauna tonight! It was great fun, whether it really was healthy or not, and Erin (we think) was losing it near the end. She was laughing so hard of the silliest things like how all of the calories one eats really goes to ones toes, instead of their hips and thighs. (Oh yes, it's true.) We wanted to go to the jacuzzi afterwards, but it still wasn't up, so we wanted to go to the pool instead. Kimmy thought that it closed at 10, but we didn't see a sign saying so near the rules we saw, so we got in. The water was fun, and we eventually got all the way wet and had a good time, laughing all the way, no joke. Good North Base bonding. :) Now here's an exciting part - well, what do you think would be attracted to three college girls swimming in a pool? This one man stopped by asking about the temperature of the pool, mentioning that he had met Leah earlier today, but he went away. A few minutes later, two men came out over the balcony and said, "It sounds like we're having fun." Dear Kimmy replies with something like, "Yeah! The water's nice. Oh, we aren't being too loud are we?" They said that, no, we weren't being too loud, and then they went back into their doorway for a bit. Then, one of them came back to the edge of the balcony and said, "We were thinking that you were between 17 and 19. Are we right?" And, again, dear Kimmy, "Yeah, good guess! We're all 19. You should get something for that." Erin, again the sensible one, whispers to Kimmy to not encourage them, but, thankfully, the men went away. Not too long after this, when we were about ready to go in, yet another man came up to the pool, but this tie, it was a security guy. He showed us that the pool actually did close at 10, and he told us that he usually comes around to put locks on the gate, but that he was picking up people form the airport tonight, so he wasn't able to. Kimmy did tell him that we didn't see the sign and that we were sorry, and the man said that we were okay and that we didn't know, so we weren't in trouble or anything. So we got out of the pool, and I realized that we would have to go by the room of the two men to get to our room. We really hoped that they were inside their room by now and not just by their doorway. We ran past and hurridly opened the door to our room, giggling all the way.
And now, I've had some of our fudge, I've showered, and I've had one of two cups of decaf coffee with all of the creamer and suger we're given in our little condiments pack.
Good night.
P.s. It was great to hear the stories of Coach and his wife, Tanya. Tanya had us laughing so much. Coach, the "die-hard romantic."
Erin, Kimmy, and I had a good time at the mall. We didn't end up trying any dresses, but we did look at lots and lots of shoes. We went into the World Market where I bought some Yan Yan and Pocky. At Borders, I bought Millie's Christmas present, and I like it. Kimmy stayed in a maternity clothes store for a long time to shop for her sister. The three of us split some peanut butter fudge. I got caught off guard by a T Mobile salesmen. Yeah, that's a story I gotta tell:
Do, here I am, talking on my cell phone to Nathan and walking behind Kimmy and Erin when all of a sudden, this guy says, "Ma'am, you dropped your call." I'm thinking, "What? My car?" I'm totally lost. And, I still had Nathan on the other line, so I was super confused with what I was supposed to do. I eventually understood what the salesman was trying to say, and I understood that he wanted to sell me a phone. I told him that I had Cingular. He says, "Oh, Singlebar, yeah, don't they have the most dropped calls?" But I told him that, "Sorry, I'm going over to Verizon in December." (Why I told him that, well, I was just trying to get out of there, but I obviously trying the wrong way.)
"Why do you want to go over to Verizon in December? Is that when your Cingular plan ends? Well if you switch over to T Mobile now, blah blah blah, free phone, blah blah blah..."
"Um, I can't, I'm on the phone..."
"Oh, is that your boyfriend?"
"Uhhhh... almost?"
"Can I talk to him?"
"No!"
And stuff like that.
Erin had not lost her wits through all of this and she used her senses and began to literally pull Kimmy and I away from the scene. As we were leaving, the salesman said, "You're not from around here, are you?" Erin yelled back, "No, Tennessee." Then he mentioned something about us being from the volleyball team. So after that, we were all wondering which other girls he had spoken to earlier... Anyways, it makes for an interesting story. Oh! And I've got another interesting story!
Erin, Kimmy, and I went to the sauna tonight! It was great fun, whether it really was healthy or not, and Erin (we think) was losing it near the end. She was laughing so hard of the silliest things like how all of the calories one eats really goes to ones toes, instead of their hips and thighs. (Oh yes, it's true.) We wanted to go to the jacuzzi afterwards, but it still wasn't up, so we wanted to go to the pool instead. Kimmy thought that it closed at 10, but we didn't see a sign saying so near the rules we saw, so we got in. The water was fun, and we eventually got all the way wet and had a good time, laughing all the way, no joke. Good North Base bonding. :) Now here's an exciting part - well, what do you think would be attracted to three college girls swimming in a pool? This one man stopped by asking about the temperature of the pool, mentioning that he had met Leah earlier today, but he went away. A few minutes later, two men came out over the balcony and said, "It sounds like we're having fun." Dear Kimmy replies with something like, "Yeah! The water's nice. Oh, we aren't being too loud are we?" They said that, no, we weren't being too loud, and then they went back into their doorway for a bit. Then, one of them came back to the edge of the balcony and said, "We were thinking that you were between 17 and 19. Are we right?" And, again, dear Kimmy, "Yeah, good guess! We're all 19. You should get something for that." Erin, again the sensible one, whispers to Kimmy to not encourage them, but, thankfully, the men went away. Not too long after this, when we were about ready to go in, yet another man came up to the pool, but this tie, it was a security guy. He showed us that the pool actually did close at 10, and he told us that he usually comes around to put locks on the gate, but that he was picking up people form the airport tonight, so he wasn't able to. Kimmy did tell him that we didn't see the sign and that we were sorry, and the man said that we were okay and that we didn't know, so we weren't in trouble or anything. So we got out of the pool, and I realized that we would have to go by the room of the two men to get to our room. We really hoped that they were inside their room by now and not just by their doorway. We ran past and hurridly opened the door to our room, giggling all the way.
And now, I've had some of our fudge, I've showered, and I've had one of two cups of decaf coffee with all of the creamer and suger we're given in our little condiments pack.
Good night.
P.s. It was great to hear the stories of Coach and his wife, Tanya. Tanya had us laughing so much. Coach, the "die-hard romantic."
Cali, 4
Let me think, what things have happened in the last hours since I wrote last?
Erin, Kimmy, and I had a good time at the mall. We didn't end up trying any dresses, but we did look at lots and lots of shoes. We went into the World Market where I bought some Yan Yan and Pocky. At Borders, I bought Millie's Christmas present, and I like it. Kimmy stayed in a maternity clothes store for a long time to shop for her sister. The three of us split some peanut butter fudge. I got caught off guard by a T Mobile salesmen. Yeah, that's a story I gotta tell:
Do, here I am, talking on my cell phone to Nathan and walking behind Kimmy and Erin when all of a sudden, this guy says, "Ma'am, you dropped your call." I'm thinking, "What? My car?" I'm totally lost. And, I still had Nathan on the other line, so I was super confused with what I was supposed to do. I eventually understood what the salesman was trying to say, and I understood that he wanted to sell me a phone. I told him that I had Cingular. He says, "Oh, Singlebar, yeah, don't they have the most dropped calls?" But I told him that, "Sorry, I'm going over to Verizon in December." (Why I told him that, well, I was just trying to get out of there, but I obviously trying the wrong way.)
"Why do you want to go over to Verizon in December? Is that when your Cingular plan ends? Well if you switch over to T Mobile now, blah blah blah, free phone, blah blah blah..."
"Um, I can't, I'm on the phone..."
"Oh, is that your boyfriend?"
"Uhhhh... almost?"
"Can I talk to him?"
"No!"
And stuff like that.
Erin had not lost her wits through all of this and she used her senses and began to literally pull Kimmy and I away from the scene. As we were leaving, the salesman said, "You're not from around here, are you?" Erin yelled back, "No, Tennessee." Then he mentioned something about us being from the volleyball team. So after that, we were all wondering which other girls he had spoken to earlier... Anyways, it makes for an interesting story. Oh! And I've got another interesting story!
Erin, Kimmy, and I went to the sauna tonight! It was great fun, whether it really was healthy or not, and Erin (we think) was losing it near the end. She was laughing so hard of the silliest things like how all of the calories one eats really goes to ones toes, instead of their hips and thighs. (Oh yes, it's true.) We wanted to go to the jacuzzi afterwards, but it still wasn't up, so we wanted to go to the pool instead. Kimmy thought that it closed at 10, but we didn't see a sign saying so near the rules we saw, so we got in. The water was fun, and we eventually got all the way wet and had a good time, laughing all the way, no joke. Good North Base bonding. :) Now here's an exciting part - well, what do you think would be attracted to three college girls swimming in a pool? This one man stopped by asking about the temperature of the pool, mentioning that he had met Leah earlier today, but he went away. A few minutes later, two men came out over the balcony and said, "It sounds like we're having fun." Dear Kimmy replies with something like, "Yeah! The water's nice. Oh, we aren't being too loud are we?" They said that, no, we weren't being too loud, and then they went back into their doorway for a bit. Then, one of them came back to the edge of the balcony and said, "We were thinking that you were between 17 and 19. Are we right?" And, again, dear Kimmy, "Yeah, good guess! We're all 19. You should get something for that." Erin, again the sensible one, whispers to Kimmy to not encourage them, but, thankfully, the men went away. Not too long after this, when we were about ready to go in, yet another man came up to the pool, but this tie, it was a security guy. He showed us that the pool actually did close at 10, and he told us that he usually comes around to put locks on the gate, but that he was picking up people form the airport tonight, so he wasn't able to. Kimmy did tell him that we didn't see the sign and that we were sorry, and the man said that we were okay and that we didn't know, so we weren't in trouble or anything. So we got out of the pool, and I realized that we would have to go by the room of the two men to get to our room. We really hoped that they were inside their room by now and not just by their doorway. We ran past and hurridly opened the door to our room, giggling all the way.
And now, I've had some of our fudge, I've showered, and I've had one of two cups of decaf coffee with all of the creamer and suger we're given in our little condiments pack.
Good night.
P.s. It was great to hear the stories of Coach and his wife, Tanya. Tanya had us laughing so much. Coach, the "die-hard romantic."
Erin, Kimmy, and I had a good time at the mall. We didn't end up trying any dresses, but we did look at lots and lots of shoes. We went into the World Market where I bought some Yan Yan and Pocky. At Borders, I bought Millie's Christmas present, and I like it. Kimmy stayed in a maternity clothes store for a long time to shop for her sister. The three of us split some peanut butter fudge. I got caught off guard by a T Mobile salesmen. Yeah, that's a story I gotta tell:
Do, here I am, talking on my cell phone to Nathan and walking behind Kimmy and Erin when all of a sudden, this guy says, "Ma'am, you dropped your call." I'm thinking, "What? My car?" I'm totally lost. And, I still had Nathan on the other line, so I was super confused with what I was supposed to do. I eventually understood what the salesman was trying to say, and I understood that he wanted to sell me a phone. I told him that I had Cingular. He says, "Oh, Singlebar, yeah, don't they have the most dropped calls?" But I told him that, "Sorry, I'm going over to Verizon in December." (Why I told him that, well, I was just trying to get out of there, but I obviously trying the wrong way.)
"Why do you want to go over to Verizon in December? Is that when your Cingular plan ends? Well if you switch over to T Mobile now, blah blah blah, free phone, blah blah blah..."
"Um, I can't, I'm on the phone..."
"Oh, is that your boyfriend?"
"Uhhhh... almost?"
"Can I talk to him?"
"No!"
And stuff like that.
Erin had not lost her wits through all of this and she used her senses and began to literally pull Kimmy and I away from the scene. As we were leaving, the salesman said, "You're not from around here, are you?" Erin yelled back, "No, Tennessee." Then he mentioned something about us being from the volleyball team. So after that, we were all wondering which other girls he had spoken to earlier... Anyways, it makes for an interesting story. Oh! And I've got another interesting story!
Erin, Kimmy, and I went to the sauna tonight! It was great fun, whether it really was healthy or not, and Erin (we think) was losing it near the end. She was laughing so hard of the silliest things like how all of the calories one eats really goes to ones toes, instead of their hips and thighs. (Oh yes, it's true.) We wanted to go to the jacuzzi afterwards, but it still wasn't up, so we wanted to go to the pool instead. Kimmy thought that it closed at 10, but we didn't see a sign saying so near the rules we saw, so we got in. The water was fun, and we eventually got all the way wet and had a good time, laughing all the way, no joke. Good North Base bonding. :) Now here's an exciting part - well, what do you think would be attracted to three college girls swimming in a pool? This one man stopped by asking about the temperature of the pool, mentioning that he had met Leah earlier today, but he went away. A few minutes later, two men came out over the balcony and said, "It sounds like we're having fun." Dear Kimmy replies with something like, "Yeah! The water's nice. Oh, we aren't being too loud are we?" They said that, no, we weren't being too loud, and then they went back into their doorway for a bit. Then, one of them came back to the edge of the balcony and said, "We were thinking that you were between 17 and 19. Are we right?" And, again, dear Kimmy, "Yeah, good guess! We're all 19. You should get something for that." Erin, again the sensible one, whispers to Kimmy to not encourage them, but, thankfully, the men went away. Not too long after this, when we were about ready to go in, yet another man came up to the pool, but this tie, it was a security guy. He showed us that the pool actually did close at 10, and he told us that he usually comes around to put locks on the gate, but that he was picking up people form the airport tonight, so he wasn't able to. Kimmy did tell him that we didn't see the sign and that we were sorry, and the man said that we were okay and that we didn't know, so we weren't in trouble or anything. So we got out of the pool, and I realized that we would have to go by the room of the two men to get to our room. We really hoped that they were inside their room by now and not just by their doorway. We ran past and hurridly opened the door to our room, giggling all the way.
And now, I've had some of our fudge, I've showered, and I've had one of two cups of decaf coffee with all of the creamer and suger we're given in our little condiments pack.
Good night.
P.s. It was great to hear the stories of Coach and his wife, Tanya. Tanya had us laughing so much. Coach, the "die-hard romantic."
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Cali, 3
I'm worn, once again. Organizing is, yes, a strength of mine, but doing it for a long while, on my feet, will tire me, course, so will many other things. It can also wear out my mind.
Going to the mall soon! I'm excited!
Going to the mall soon! I'm excited!
Cali, 3
I'm worn, once again. Organizing is, yes, a strength of mine, but doing it for a long while, on my feet, will tire me, course, so will many other things. It can also wear out my mind.
Going to the mall soon! I'm excited!
Going to the mall soon! I'm excited!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
(80th post, btw)
Another quote that just happened:
Julie - "How are you guys still awake? It's, like, 12 o' clock."
Me - "We're sophomores."
Oh yeah. Nuff said. Class of 2010 rawx.
I cut my nails today, so I can play the guitar like a dream.
And now I go to dry my hair, use my mango peach lotion, apply my chapstick, read my Bible, and then sleep! How precious the times in bed are!
Julie - "How are you guys still awake? It's, like, 12 o' clock."
Me - "We're sophomores."
Oh yeah. Nuff said. Class of 2010 rawx.
I cut my nails today, so I can play the guitar like a dream.
And now I go to dry my hair, use my mango peach lotion, apply my chapstick, read my Bible, and then sleep! How precious the times in bed are!
(80th post, btw)
Another quote that just happened:
Julie - "How are you guys still awake? It's, like, 12 o' clock."
Me - "We're sophomores."
Oh yeah. Nuff said. Class of 2010 rawx.
I cut my nails today, so I can play the guitar like a dream.
And now I go to dry my hair, use my mango peach lotion, apply my chapstick, read my Bible, and then sleep! How precious the times in bed are!
Julie - "How are you guys still awake? It's, like, 12 o' clock."
Me - "We're sophomores."
Oh yeah. Nuff said. Class of 2010 rawx.
I cut my nails today, so I can play the guitar like a dream.
And now I go to dry my hair, use my mango peach lotion, apply my chapstick, read my Bible, and then sleep! How precious the times in bed are!
Cali, 2
I just wanted to mention a few more things about our trip here in California:
Yesterday, we worked ourselves out by helping with the store at the girls' home. Dan's job was just to videotape what was going on. At the end of the day, Coach Kim was dropping off the worship team at the church to have their rehearsal. When we got into the van, we saw a beautiful mocha Starbucks frappacino. It was for Dan. Wow, what a treat for someone who worked... so... hard? We laughed about this and asked Dan, "What did you do today?" "I was videotaping for Jesus."
Sadly, it's hard for many of us to get along with the raucous three. It's even hard to do so when others are complaining about them. I've worked to keep my mouth shut, but I could try harder, for sure. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying getting to know the "fabulous four." Yes, that's really what they're called. Ashley is one of them, and we've been trading music lessons. She can now play "Twinkle, twinkle" on my violin, and I can play "Be Glorified" on her guitar. She's great.
I'm really glad that I have access to this computer in the lobby that I'm on and for Julie's computer. Blogging is a great wa for me to get down my thoughts quickly, and I can get to my blog whenever I have internet.
Ah, some other quick things: In-N-Out burgers and fries are delicious. Pollo Loco's chicken is awesome. I mis my friends, but not too much, thankfully. And, now, I need to go to a Varsity game against zusa Pacific University. So, until next time!
Yesterday, we worked ourselves out by helping with the store at the girls' home. Dan's job was just to videotape what was going on. At the end of the day, Coach Kim was dropping off the worship team at the church to have their rehearsal. When we got into the van, we saw a beautiful mocha Starbucks frappacino. It was for Dan. Wow, what a treat for someone who worked... so... hard? We laughed about this and asked Dan, "What did you do today?" "I was videotaping for Jesus."
Sadly, it's hard for many of us to get along with the raucous three. It's even hard to do so when others are complaining about them. I've worked to keep my mouth shut, but I could try harder, for sure. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying getting to know the "fabulous four." Yes, that's really what they're called. Ashley is one of them, and we've been trading music lessons. She can now play "Twinkle, twinkle" on my violin, and I can play "Be Glorified" on her guitar. She's great.
I'm really glad that I have access to this computer in the lobby that I'm on and for Julie's computer. Blogging is a great wa for me to get down my thoughts quickly, and I can get to my blog whenever I have internet.
Ah, some other quick things: In-N-Out burgers and fries are delicious. Pollo Loco's chicken is awesome. I mis my friends, but not too much, thankfully. And, now, I need to go to a Varsity game against zusa Pacific University. So, until next time!
Cali, 2
I just wanted to mention a few more things about our trip here in California:
Yesterday, we worked ourselves out by helping with the store at the girls' home. Dan's job was just to videotape what was going on. At the end of the day, Coach Kim was dropping off the worship team at the church to have their rehearsal. When we got into the van, we saw a beautiful mocha Starbucks frappacino. It was for Dan. Wow, what a treat for someone who worked... so... hard? We laughed about this and asked Dan, "What did you do today?" "I was videotaping for Jesus."
Sadly, it's hard for many of us to get along with the raucous three. It's even hard to do so when others are complaining about them. I've worked to keep my mouth shut, but I could try harder, for sure. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying getting to know the "fabulous four." Yes, that's really what they're called. Ashley is one of them, and we've been trading music lessons. She can now play "Twinkle, twinkle" on my violin, and I can play "Be Glorified" on her guitar. She's great.
I'm really glad that I have access to this computer in the lobby that I'm on and for Julie's computer. Blogging is a great wa for me to get down my thoughts quickly, and I can get to my blog whenever I have internet.
Ah, some other quick things: In-N-Out burgers and fries are delicious. Pollo Loco's chicken is awesome. I mis my friends, but not too much, thankfully. And, now, I need to go to a Varsity game against zusa Pacific University. So, until next time!
Yesterday, we worked ourselves out by helping with the store at the girls' home. Dan's job was just to videotape what was going on. At the end of the day, Coach Kim was dropping off the worship team at the church to have their rehearsal. When we got into the van, we saw a beautiful mocha Starbucks frappacino. It was for Dan. Wow, what a treat for someone who worked... so... hard? We laughed about this and asked Dan, "What did you do today?" "I was videotaping for Jesus."
Sadly, it's hard for many of us to get along with the raucous three. It's even hard to do so when others are complaining about them. I've worked to keep my mouth shut, but I could try harder, for sure. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying getting to know the "fabulous four." Yes, that's really what they're called. Ashley is one of them, and we've been trading music lessons. She can now play "Twinkle, twinkle" on my violin, and I can play "Be Glorified" on her guitar. She's great.
I'm really glad that I have access to this computer in the lobby that I'm on and for Julie's computer. Blogging is a great wa for me to get down my thoughts quickly, and I can get to my blog whenever I have internet.
Ah, some other quick things: In-N-Out burgers and fries are delicious. Pollo Loco's chicken is awesome. I mis my friends, but not too much, thankfully. And, now, I need to go to a Varsity game against zusa Pacific University. So, until next time!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Some quick things:
I don't have time to write much or to make it organized, (to my chagrin) because I need to go to sleep; it's 12:09 am here in California.
- Virginia is cold and Cingular cell phone service-less. I wish that I'd had socks on the bus ride from there to NASHville. Caitlen cried on the plane ride. A lot. I'm glad that that yummy wrap was yummy because it was $5. Los Angeles looks beautiful at night from the air.
- We met a Tennesseean who surely sounded the part at Coach's church. We also got to see Coach's old house and the window that he climbed out of to hang out with his friends... Round Table Pizza - the Last Honest Pizza. "Dulce, or some other French word..." Food court at the mall. Rainforest Cafe`, Disney costume store, wanting to go into the Group USA clothing co.
- What can a humpback whale see that you can't? Bonzai burger at Red Robin. Cold in California! Palm trees! The Cheesecake Factory for the first time! "Is that guacamole?" Loud, loud, loud girls.
- Three mini vans, a car, and a fireman coming to rescue us. Some weird celebrity. We were in Orange County! Desert mountains. Three, then four to a room, two of us rarely talking around bed times. So confusion arose when one did talk. Frequently. A Porsche dealership!
-I'm tired.
Sorry this is so unstructured, I'm not a fan, but I can't do more. Good night.
- Virginia is cold and Cingular cell phone service-less. I wish that I'd had socks on the bus ride from there to NASHville. Caitlen cried on the plane ride. A lot. I'm glad that that yummy wrap was yummy because it was $5. Los Angeles looks beautiful at night from the air.
- We met a Tennesseean who surely sounded the part at Coach's church. We also got to see Coach's old house and the window that he climbed out of to hang out with his friends... Round Table Pizza - the Last Honest Pizza. "Dulce, or some other French word..." Food court at the mall. Rainforest Cafe`, Disney costume store, wanting to go into the Group USA clothing co.
- What can a humpback whale see that you can't? Bonzai burger at Red Robin. Cold in California! Palm trees! The Cheesecake Factory for the first time! "Is that guacamole?" Loud, loud, loud girls.
- Three mini vans, a car, and a fireman coming to rescue us. Some weird celebrity. We were in Orange County! Desert mountains. Three, then four to a room, two of us rarely talking around bed times. So confusion arose when one did talk. Frequently. A Porsche dealership!
-I'm tired.
Sorry this is so unstructured, I'm not a fan, but I can't do more. Good night.
Some quick things:
I don't have time to write much or to make it organized, (to my chagrin) because I need to go to sleep; it's 12:09 am here in California.
- Virginia is cold and Cingular cell phone service-less. I wish that I'd had socks on the bus ride from there to NASHville. Caitlen cried on the plane ride. A lot. I'm glad that that yummy wrap was yummy because it was $5. Los Angeles looks beautiful at night from the air.
- We met a Tennesseean who surely sounded the part at Coach's church. We also got to see Coach's old house and the window that he climbed out of to hang out with his friends... Round Table Pizza - the Last Honest Pizza. "Dulce, or some other French word..." Food court at the mall. Rainforest Cafe`, Disney costume store, wanting to go into the Group USA clothing co.
- What can a humpback whale see that you can't? Bonzai burger at Red Robin. Cold in California! Palm trees! The Cheesecake Factory for the first time! "Is that guacamole?" Loud, loud, loud girls.
- Three mini vans, a car, and a fireman coming to rescue us. Some weird celebrity. We were in Orange County! Desert mountains. Three, then four to a room, two of us rarely talking around bed times. So confusion arose when one did talk. Frequently. A Porsche dealership!
-I'm tired.
Sorry this is so unstructured, I'm not a fan, but I can't do more. Good night.
- Virginia is cold and Cingular cell phone service-less. I wish that I'd had socks on the bus ride from there to NASHville. Caitlen cried on the plane ride. A lot. I'm glad that that yummy wrap was yummy because it was $5. Los Angeles looks beautiful at night from the air.
- We met a Tennesseean who surely sounded the part at Coach's church. We also got to see Coach's old house and the window that he climbed out of to hang out with his friends... Round Table Pizza - the Last Honest Pizza. "Dulce, or some other French word..." Food court at the mall. Rainforest Cafe`, Disney costume store, wanting to go into the Group USA clothing co.
- What can a humpback whale see that you can't? Bonzai burger at Red Robin. Cold in California! Palm trees! The Cheesecake Factory for the first time! "Is that guacamole?" Loud, loud, loud girls.
- Three mini vans, a car, and a fireman coming to rescue us. Some weird celebrity. We were in Orange County! Desert mountains. Three, then four to a room, two of us rarely talking around bed times. So confusion arose when one did talk. Frequently. A Porsche dealership!
-I'm tired.
Sorry this is so unstructured, I'm not a fan, but I can't do more. Good night.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
"A whole month and two days ago"
This was previously posted on Xanga, October 7, 2007:
It's been over a month since my last post. How uncharacteristic of me. And even though it's been a long while, I don't have much to say here. I do have to get off the computer soon, but even if I didn't have an eight o' clock class tomorrow, I still couldn't stay on here forever tonight. So, let's get down to business: (yeah, a Disney song just came to mind.)
This past month is over!! It's all a blur, but I think it went well. The homecoming banquet, thanks to Olivia Pool, went amazingly. The movie made for it was so well done and it starred Nathan Schmidt! Volleyball games have been fun. We haven't won our last three in a row, and that's disappointing, but we've got another chance tomorrow to rack up another one. I've been playing a lot more lately, and that's cool. The volleyball ministry trip to California that I'm going on starts this Friday. !!! Excited and anxious and hesitant. I love chai smoothies! And the hot um... lattes? I'm not really sure what they're called, but no matter. They're awesome. Grilled salads are becoming popular and grilled cookies became a fast favorite. Pasta night has not shown up yet, to my dismay. My mom and sister sort of surprised me by coming up this weekend, but they didn't mean to surprise me. I guess it doesn't look good for a communications major to mess up like that. Anyways, my two family members brought me three pairs of pants that they got from a yard sale for a dollar each and, truly thankfully, they fit! And music is, I guess, going well. Voice lessons are new and fun. Chemistry is definitely going well. I've got another test this Friday (before I leave for Cali) and I think I'll do all right. Westminster has a new church building! It's beautiful and I love seeing and hearing how excited everyone is about it. I got to hang out with Nathan's friends last night and I'm so glad. It was good, and I enjoyed it. I think I'm finally getting over the soreness from jazz dance in stage movement, just in time for another class session tomorrow. :) It's so fun, and the music from Raze really helps. Spirit week is over. That was fun, too. I'm tired. Good night.
It's been over a month since my last post. How uncharacteristic of me. And even though it's been a long while, I don't have much to say here. I do have to get off the computer soon, but even if I didn't have an eight o' clock class tomorrow, I still couldn't stay on here forever tonight. So, let's get down to business: (yeah, a Disney song just came to mind.)
This past month is over!! It's all a blur, but I think it went well. The homecoming banquet, thanks to Olivia Pool, went amazingly. The movie made for it was so well done and it starred Nathan Schmidt! Volleyball games have been fun. We haven't won our last three in a row, and that's disappointing, but we've got another chance tomorrow to rack up another one. I've been playing a lot more lately, and that's cool. The volleyball ministry trip to California that I'm going on starts this Friday. !!! Excited and anxious and hesitant. I love chai smoothies! And the hot um... lattes? I'm not really sure what they're called, but no matter. They're awesome. Grilled salads are becoming popular and grilled cookies became a fast favorite. Pasta night has not shown up yet, to my dismay. My mom and sister sort of surprised me by coming up this weekend, but they didn't mean to surprise me. I guess it doesn't look good for a communications major to mess up like that. Anyways, my two family members brought me three pairs of pants that they got from a yard sale for a dollar each and, truly thankfully, they fit! And music is, I guess, going well. Voice lessons are new and fun. Chemistry is definitely going well. I've got another test this Friday (before I leave for Cali) and I think I'll do all right. Westminster has a new church building! It's beautiful and I love seeing and hearing how excited everyone is about it. I got to hang out with Nathan's friends last night and I'm so glad. It was good, and I enjoyed it. I think I'm finally getting over the soreness from jazz dance in stage movement, just in time for another class session tomorrow. :) It's so fun, and the music from Raze really helps. Spirit week is over. That was fun, too. I'm tired. Good night.
"A whole month and two days ago"
This was previously posted on Xanga, October 7, 2007:
It's been over a month since my last post. How uncharacteristic of me. And even though it's been a long while, I don't have much to say here. I do have to get off the computer soon, but even if I didn't have an eight o' clock class tomorrow, I still couldn't stay on here forever tonight. So, let's get down to business: (yeah, a Disney song just came to mind.)
This past month is over!! It's all a blur, but I think it went well. The homecoming banquet, thanks to Olivia Pool, went amazingly. The movie made for it was so well done and it starred Nathan Schmidt! Volleyball games have been fun. We haven't won our last three in a row, and that's disappointing, but we've got another chance tomorrow to rack up another one. I've been playing a lot more lately, and that's cool. The volleyball ministry trip to California that I'm going on starts this Friday. !!! Excited and anxious and hesitant. I love chai smoothies! And the hot um... lattes? I'm not really sure what they're called, but no matter. They're awesome. Grilled salads are becoming popular and grilled cookies became a fast favorite. Pasta night has not shown up yet, to my dismay. My mom and sister sort of surprised me by coming up this weekend, but they didn't mean to surprise me. I guess it doesn't look good for a communications major to mess up like that. Anyways, my two family members brought me three pairs of pants that they got from a yard sale for a dollar each and, truly thankfully, they fit! And music is, I guess, going well. Voice lessons are new and fun. Chemistry is definitely going well. I've got another test this Friday (before I leave for Cali) and I think I'll do all right. Westminster has a new church building! It's beautiful and I love seeing and hearing how excited everyone is about it. I got to hang out with Nathan's friends last night and I'm so glad. It was good, and I enjoyed it. I think I'm finally getting over the soreness from jazz dance in stage movement, just in time for another class session tomorrow. :) It's so fun, and the music from Raze really helps. Spirit week is over. That was fun, too. I'm tired. Good night.
It's been over a month since my last post. How uncharacteristic of me. And even though it's been a long while, I don't have much to say here. I do have to get off the computer soon, but even if I didn't have an eight o' clock class tomorrow, I still couldn't stay on here forever tonight. So, let's get down to business: (yeah, a Disney song just came to mind.)
This past month is over!! It's all a blur, but I think it went well. The homecoming banquet, thanks to Olivia Pool, went amazingly. The movie made for it was so well done and it starred Nathan Schmidt! Volleyball games have been fun. We haven't won our last three in a row, and that's disappointing, but we've got another chance tomorrow to rack up another one. I've been playing a lot more lately, and that's cool. The volleyball ministry trip to California that I'm going on starts this Friday. !!! Excited and anxious and hesitant. I love chai smoothies! And the hot um... lattes? I'm not really sure what they're called, but no matter. They're awesome. Grilled salads are becoming popular and grilled cookies became a fast favorite. Pasta night has not shown up yet, to my dismay. My mom and sister sort of surprised me by coming up this weekend, but they didn't mean to surprise me. I guess it doesn't look good for a communications major to mess up like that. Anyways, my two family members brought me three pairs of pants that they got from a yard sale for a dollar each and, truly thankfully, they fit! And music is, I guess, going well. Voice lessons are new and fun. Chemistry is definitely going well. I've got another test this Friday (before I leave for Cali) and I think I'll do all right. Westminster has a new church building! It's beautiful and I love seeing and hearing how excited everyone is about it. I got to hang out with Nathan's friends last night and I'm so glad. It was good, and I enjoyed it. I think I'm finally getting over the soreness from jazz dance in stage movement, just in time for another class session tomorrow. :) It's so fun, and the music from Raze really helps. Spirit week is over. That was fun, too. I'm tired. Good night.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Purposely untitled
I had an exhausting week last week. But it's over.
Yesterday, I auditioned for the Spring Chorale, but I didn't get in. This is a situation where it would be very easy for me to feel sorry for myself, but I don't want to feel sorry for myself, so I don't dwell on it, and I tell my friends to do the same.
Yesterday, I found out that I was short nine hundred fifty-something dollars for my California ministry trip with my volleyball team. I was down for a while that evening. I later called my parents and found out that we would be able to cover the money together, so that's fine.
Yesterday, I went to Harmony House with Sharalyn and Nathan at 8:30-ish PM. I got a chai smoothie, as Nathan suggested I should, and I loved it and I will forever. Sharalyn got a hot one, (latte or something, I suppose) and she let me taste it. It was just as delicious!
Yesterday, Nathan had to walk Nixon, his land lady's dog, and so the three of us went along the cross country trail and all through the woods. I enjoyed it.
Yesterday, I didn't have volleyball practice, I rescued Nathan's jacket, we watched some of The Suite Life of Zach and Cody (with some particular company), and I studied some for Western Civ and wrote my short paper for Interpersonal Comm.
Today, I again don't have practice. I think I'm drained. I just want to cuddle with my down blanket, my stuffed iguana, and my music, sit, wear my glasses and, oh, do I wish that I had a Chai latte! That would be perfection. But, I'll get to nap for a very long time after my voice lesson. I would feel a lot better right now if I'd practice like I should've this week for my voice lesson. But I know that I'll be able to practice more consistently now because homecoming is over.
Today, it is the second day of October. I think I should stop counting the days of October. I should also stop correcting people so much, and I should not go bizerk over license plates, and I should not display such ferocity in the stupidest competitions, and I should not, wait, I can't even do what I was going to write next. Why in the world is it such a part of me to want to be strong?
I love these songs that sound a lot like how I feel:
Apologize - Timbaland
1234 - Veist
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Beautiful Day - U2
Mostly the last three, but I think that they are kind of that popular style that so many people my age are listening to, like, not just the hits, but the punk/emo crowd, or the people you always see in clothing magazines. Something like that. I'm wasting time. I should be practicing.
Ta.
Yesterday, I auditioned for the Spring Chorale, but I didn't get in. This is a situation where it would be very easy for me to feel sorry for myself, but I don't want to feel sorry for myself, so I don't dwell on it, and I tell my friends to do the same.
Yesterday, I found out that I was short nine hundred fifty-something dollars for my California ministry trip with my volleyball team. I was down for a while that evening. I later called my parents and found out that we would be able to cover the money together, so that's fine.
Yesterday, I went to Harmony House with Sharalyn and Nathan at 8:30-ish PM. I got a chai smoothie, as Nathan suggested I should, and I loved it and I will forever. Sharalyn got a hot one, (latte or something, I suppose) and she let me taste it. It was just as delicious!
Yesterday, Nathan had to walk Nixon, his land lady's dog, and so the three of us went along the cross country trail and all through the woods. I enjoyed it.
Yesterday, I didn't have volleyball practice, I rescued Nathan's jacket, we watched some of The Suite Life of Zach and Cody (with some particular company), and I studied some for Western Civ and wrote my short paper for Interpersonal Comm.
Today, I again don't have practice. I think I'm drained. I just want to cuddle with my down blanket, my stuffed iguana, and my music, sit, wear my glasses and, oh, do I wish that I had a Chai latte! That would be perfection. But, I'll get to nap for a very long time after my voice lesson. I would feel a lot better right now if I'd practice like I should've this week for my voice lesson. But I know that I'll be able to practice more consistently now because homecoming is over.
Today, it is the second day of October. I think I should stop counting the days of October. I should also stop correcting people so much, and I should not go bizerk over license plates, and I should not display such ferocity in the stupidest competitions, and I should not, wait, I can't even do what I was going to write next. Why in the world is it such a part of me to want to be strong?
I love these songs that sound a lot like how I feel:
Apologize - Timbaland
1234 - Veist
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Beautiful Day - U2
Mostly the last three, but I think that they are kind of that popular style that so many people my age are listening to, like, not just the hits, but the punk/emo crowd, or the people you always see in clothing magazines. Something like that. I'm wasting time. I should be practicing.
Ta.
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I had an exhausting week last week. But it's over.
Yesterday, I auditioned for the Spring Chorale, but I didn't get in. This is a situation where it would be very easy for me to feel sorry for myself, but I don't want to feel sorry for myself, so I don't dwell on it, and I tell my friends to do the same.
Yesterday, I found out that I was short nine hundred fifty-something dollars for my California ministry trip with my volleyball team. I was down for a while that evening. I later called my parents and found out that we would be able to cover the money together, so that's fine.
Yesterday, I went to Harmony House with Sharalyn and Nathan at 8:30-ish PM. I got a chai smoothie, as Nathan suggested I should, and I loved it and I will forever. Sharalyn got a hot one, (latte or something, I suppose) and she let me taste it. It was just as delicious!
Yesterday, Nathan had to walk Nixon, his land lady's dog, and so the three of us went along the cross country trail and all through the woods. I enjoyed it.
Yesterday, I didn't have volleyball practice, I rescued Nathan's jacket, we watched some of The Suite Life of Zach and Cody (with some particular company), and I studied some for Western Civ and wrote my short paper for Interpersonal Comm.
Today, I again don't have practice. I think I'm drained. I just want to cuddle with my down blanket, my stuffed iguana, and my music, sit, wear my glasses and, oh, do I wish that I had a Chai latte! That would be perfection. But, I'll get to nap for a very long time after my voice lesson. I would feel a lot better right now if I'd practice like I should've this week for my voice lesson. But I know that I'll be able to practice more consistently now because homecoming is over.
Today, it is the second day of October. I think I should stop counting the days of October. I should also stop correcting people so much, and I should not go bizerk over license plates, and I should not display such ferocity in the stupidest competitions, and I should not, wait, I can't even do what I was going to write next. Why in the world is it such a part of me to want to be strong?
I love these songs that sound a lot like how I feel:
Apologize - Timbaland
1234 - Veist
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Beautiful Day - U2
Mostly the last three, but I think that they are kind of that popular style that so many people my age are listening to, like, not just the hits, but the punk/emo crowd, or the people you always see in clothing magazines. Something like that. I'm wasting time. I should be practicing.
Ta.
Yesterday, I auditioned for the Spring Chorale, but I didn't get in. This is a situation where it would be very easy for me to feel sorry for myself, but I don't want to feel sorry for myself, so I don't dwell on it, and I tell my friends to do the same.
Yesterday, I found out that I was short nine hundred fifty-something dollars for my California ministry trip with my volleyball team. I was down for a while that evening. I later called my parents and found out that we would be able to cover the money together, so that's fine.
Yesterday, I went to Harmony House with Sharalyn and Nathan at 8:30-ish PM. I got a chai smoothie, as Nathan suggested I should, and I loved it and I will forever. Sharalyn got a hot one, (latte or something, I suppose) and she let me taste it. It was just as delicious!
Yesterday, Nathan had to walk Nixon, his land lady's dog, and so the three of us went along the cross country trail and all through the woods. I enjoyed it.
Yesterday, I didn't have volleyball practice, I rescued Nathan's jacket, we watched some of The Suite Life of Zach and Cody (with some particular company), and I studied some for Western Civ and wrote my short paper for Interpersonal Comm.
Today, I again don't have practice. I think I'm drained. I just want to cuddle with my down blanket, my stuffed iguana, and my music, sit, wear my glasses and, oh, do I wish that I had a Chai latte! That would be perfection. But, I'll get to nap for a very long time after my voice lesson. I would feel a lot better right now if I'd practice like I should've this week for my voice lesson. But I know that I'll be able to practice more consistently now because homecoming is over.
Today, it is the second day of October. I think I should stop counting the days of October. I should also stop correcting people so much, and I should not go bizerk over license plates, and I should not display such ferocity in the stupidest competitions, and I should not, wait, I can't even do what I was going to write next. Why in the world is it such a part of me to want to be strong?
I love these songs that sound a lot like how I feel:
Apologize - Timbaland
1234 - Veist
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Beautiful Day - U2
Mostly the last three, but I think that they are kind of that popular style that so many people my age are listening to, like, not just the hits, but the punk/emo crowd, or the people you always see in clothing magazines. Something like that. I'm wasting time. I should be practicing.
Ta.
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