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due to several people's complaints, i am updating.
note: there is a fly in my room right now. what the heck? it's december. where did it come from? go away.
i go home in a week. i am so so so so excited. you really have no idea. guess what i just did? had my last class of the semester. oh yes. i also am down to 4 finals left, thanks to biblical literature this morning. however, seeing as one of the is The Final of Death (biology) that counts as 749384983830 finals.
these are the things i am most looking forward to when i am home:
1. hugging ashley.
2. seeing david william ridley after so many months.
3. seeing lots of people actually. too numerous to name. besides jackie romine.
4. riding spot every day. well maybe not since i have to share him.
5. eating real food every meal.
6. sleeping in.
7. not having to worry about school at all.
8. snowboarding.
9. playing with sally in the snow.
10. gilbert. he needs no explanation.
11. the christmas eve service at church.
12. watching rugby and dodgeball with benjamin.
13. new year's eve.
14. seeing jenn, evan, and victoria.
15. watching evan and victoria as they see snow for the first time.
16. sleeping in my own bed. sometimes with sarah.
17. watching CSI.
18. decorating the christmas tree.
19. babysitting for the triplets.
20. visiting michelle.
oh my goodness. i can hardly contain myself.
today is my dad's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!
judy jackson is one of my favoritest people in the whole world. she makes me smile all the time even when we're dying from biology. i heart her.
i am wearing shoes with cherrys on them RIGHT NOW.
my finals are tuesday 7pm, thursday 8 am, friday DEATH at 8am, and friday at 10:30. please pray for me!
i have christmas lights and christmas decorations in my room. billy, judy, and matt helped me put them up.
i have approximately 80% of my christmas shopping done.
chapel was really good today. it was the last one and we all took communion as a group.
james dean is not making me happy right now. he keeps falling off my wall, no matter how much sticky stuff and tape i put on. i don't understand why. he was fine for a long time and then last week he decided he didn't like my wall. but that's ok. i got a free poster of derek webb from the campus store on wednesday so maybe i'll replace him.
i am going to see ocean's 12 tonight with marples my canadian superhero, scott AKA beardo, william stokes, jim, steph, maybe darren, and a couple other people i forget who though. i am super excited i've been waiting for this movie for like a year.
i want to go to california. and visit alex while i'm there.
sarah's play the laramie project is tonight. : ) but also : ( because i couldn't go. i love you and i'm praying for you!! i'm glad mom and dad could come!
i think that is all. i am going to say goodbye all the ways ashley does.
10/4 out the door.
10/1 on the run.
10/8 running late.
p.s. get to know ashleyhere http://www.shadesofblackandwhite.blogspot.com
p.p.s. visit sarah here http://www.slightlycharismatic.blogspot.com
p.p.s.s. thank you for your time.
11.20.2004
Today is a lazy day. Well sort of. I finished most of my work for this weekend on Thursday, except for a paragraph I have to write on one form of cancers, its risks, and preventative measures. It should only take about 10 minutes to write though, so I think I'll save that till tomorrow. Or maybe not. We'll see. So it's a lazy day for schoolwork. I have absolutely no motivation to do anything over break, which really needs to change, but right now I'm not really worried about it. That's what moms are for. : )
I played hockey for the first time yesterday! Well..except for the little plastic stick hockey we used to play in gym. This was real. Sort of. I played with Marples, Darren, Kyle, Sean, and Drew. I was doing pretty good too. At least for my first time. Marples showed me how to shoot and stuff like that. He was very helpful. He is my Canadian superhero.
Last night was the Houghton Philharmonia concert, and Jesse plays the trombone in it so I went and watched. I figured if I was in something like that I would want people to come watch me play. So I did. He did a very good job even though they don't like to use the trombone too much. His new t-bone had a very good opening concert. I sat with Roberto Robertostein (that's not his real name. don't worry.) so I didn't have to sit by myself. After that, we went to Shen and watched We Were Soldiers and attempted to make caramel apples with the massive amount of dip he has. It didn't work. Then Jesse, Rob, and Alan played ghetto ping pong with random objects, and Alan totally wiped out on the floor by swinging too hard. It was awesome.
I slept till 11:43 today. It felt so good..I haven't slept that late since I've been here. I did go to bed at 2:30 though, so I was pretty wiped. I went to lunch after I woke up, and then some people wanted to play Ultimate on the quad at 1:30, so I did that. We played for almost 2 and a half hours in the rain and the mud. It was so much fun...I haven't played disc, real disc, not pickup in soo long. It felt good to get some real action in, and it was pretty warm out today, besides the rain.
I would just like to say that Megan McClements is my favorite person right now. She totally makes my day every time I see her. She always encourages me, and picks me up if I'm having a bad day or whatever. I am so glad we are friends and that we got over our stupid girly selfs. You are such a wonderful person and I am happy you are in my life.
out to do something productive.
Go Beardo.
10/4 good buddy.
I played hockey for the first time yesterday! Well..except for the little plastic stick hockey we used to play in gym. This was real. Sort of. I played with Marples, Darren, Kyle, Sean, and Drew. I was doing pretty good too. At least for my first time. Marples showed me how to shoot and stuff like that. He was very helpful. He is my Canadian superhero.
Last night was the Houghton Philharmonia concert, and Jesse plays the trombone in it so I went and watched. I figured if I was in something like that I would want people to come watch me play. So I did. He did a very good job even though they don't like to use the trombone too much. His new t-bone had a very good opening concert. I sat with Roberto Robertostein (that's not his real name. don't worry.) so I didn't have to sit by myself. After that, we went to Shen and watched We Were Soldiers and attempted to make caramel apples with the massive amount of dip he has. It didn't work. Then Jesse, Rob, and Alan played ghetto ping pong with random objects, and Alan totally wiped out on the floor by swinging too hard. It was awesome.
I slept till 11:43 today. It felt so good..I haven't slept that late since I've been here. I did go to bed at 2:30 though, so I was pretty wiped. I went to lunch after I woke up, and then some people wanted to play Ultimate on the quad at 1:30, so I did that. We played for almost 2 and a half hours in the rain and the mud. It was so much fun...I haven't played disc, real disc, not pickup in soo long. It felt good to get some real action in, and it was pretty warm out today, besides the rain.
I would just like to say that Megan McClements is my favorite person right now. She totally makes my day every time I see her. She always encourages me, and picks me up if I'm having a bad day or whatever. I am so glad we are friends and that we got over our stupid girly selfs. You are such a wonderful person and I am happy you are in my life.
out to do something productive.
Go Beardo.
10/4 good buddy.
11.13.2004
Dance With God
I want to be like that-
Where I close my eyes and throw my
Head back with laughter and I step
Up to dance with You.
My tiny hand in Your infinite one
My steps so clumsy compared to Your grace
The music begins and we step out onto the floor
My grip tightens, knowing I will fall
But also knowing You will guide me
And the music swells, roars in my ears
Until I am so enraptured that I cannot
Look at anyone but
You.
My hands and feet poised for the next step,
My head up, a smile of love on my face,
My eyes locked with Yours…
And then, maybe then,
I will not even notice
When you turn to one of Your sons
And invite him to dance
With me.
I want to be like that-
Where I close my eyes and throw my
Head back with laughter and I step
Up to dance with You.
My tiny hand in Your infinite one
My steps so clumsy compared to Your grace
The music begins and we step out onto the floor
My grip tightens, knowing I will fall
But also knowing You will guide me
And the music swells, roars in my ears
Until I am so enraptured that I cannot
Look at anyone but
You.
My hands and feet poised for the next step,
My head up, a smile of love on my face,
My eyes locked with Yours…
And then, maybe then,
I will not even notice
When you turn to one of Your sons
And invite him to dance
With me.
11.09.2004
I want someone to be quiet with-
Someone who will hold me close;
And through that embrace
The love would seep through
And warm me.
No words.
Just a shoulder to rest my head on,
And a heart that understands
But no words.
Maybe a tear or two,
A smile,
Eyes that burst forth with love
Yes, God is there.
I know He loves me
But…
It’s just a little something that is needed
Now
A little time to share
A loving silence,
Which words need not express.
It’s all felt in the heart.
I’m regressing, you say?
Maybe,
But haven’t you ever longed for
Someone to hold you?
Aren’t you sick of words-
Empty, meaningless syllables
That have no actions with them?
Words that can tell you nothing
Until they’re felt.
I know I’m loved.
I know not all words are meaningless-
Love isn’t.
But sometimes it needs a little reinforcing
Maybe for no apparent reason-
But the longing is there,
In all of us.
Have you ever reached out
And hugged someone that you loved
Just for no reason?
No words.
Just love that warms the soul.
No words.
Love.
by me.
Someone who will hold me close;
And through that embrace
The love would seep through
And warm me.
No words.
Just a shoulder to rest my head on,
And a heart that understands
But no words.
Maybe a tear or two,
A smile,
Eyes that burst forth with love
Yes, God is there.
I know He loves me
But…
It’s just a little something that is needed
Now
A little time to share
A loving silence,
Which words need not express.
It’s all felt in the heart.
I’m regressing, you say?
Maybe,
But haven’t you ever longed for
Someone to hold you?
Aren’t you sick of words-
Empty, meaningless syllables
That have no actions with them?
Words that can tell you nothing
Until they’re felt.
I know I’m loved.
I know not all words are meaningless-
Love isn’t.
But sometimes it needs a little reinforcing
Maybe for no apparent reason-
But the longing is there,
In all of us.
Have you ever reached out
And hugged someone that you loved
Just for no reason?
No words.
Just love that warms the soul.
No words.
Love.
by me.
11.03.2004
random list:
1. i can't believe it's november already. crazy how time flies.
2. bush won!!
3. it's time for a new layout. when i get around to it.
4. jackie and my mommy came to visit me!! it was so exciting and we had so much fun. jackie, caroline, and i had a sleepover just like during the summer and while we were in the UK. it was so much fun. we were very very tired though. i'm so happy they came to visit. i was supposed to go home that weekend, but it didn't work out, so they just up and left and got here friday night around 6. they left saturday after the cedarville-houghton game, but it was still so much fun. we'll have to have a real food fight next time jackie i promise. read her side of the story here: http://www.untileternity.blogspot.com
5. i have a lab practical tomorrow afternoon but after that i am in the clear till next week. whoohooo.
6. anna ridley baked me cookies and sent them to me!!! i love her so much-they made me feel so special.
7. i painted my toes orange with white tips. they are fancy. i had naked toenails for a long time.
8. my mom is the e-Bay master. she made $100 this week!
9. i have two current favorite songs - "My Offering" by Nichole Nordeman and "Somewhere in Between" by Lifehouse.
10. i love my sisters.
11. sarah-i will love you no matter where you are living when you're 40 and no matter when you get your master's-AS LONG AS YOU GET IT!
12. they had size small sweatpants in the campus store today. i'm all over that tomorrow.
13. there are two forms of cnideria - polyp and medusa. and i can tell you all about them if you really want me to.
14. judy jackson and i are in so many classes together next semester. i'm so excited. i did my schedule today and it's going to be fun times on wednesdays.
15. i miss Gilbert. and Sally.
16. i think Spot keeps getting hives because he misses me.
17. thanksgiving break is in 20 days. :)
18. friday is Wear Your East Hall T-Shirt Day. are you going to wear yours?
19. since it's number 19..my birthday is in 40 days!
20. i think this list is long enough. and it's time to get my laundry.
10/4
1. i can't believe it's november already. crazy how time flies.
2. bush won!!
3. it's time for a new layout. when i get around to it.
4. jackie and my mommy came to visit me!! it was so exciting and we had so much fun. jackie, caroline, and i had a sleepover just like during the summer and while we were in the UK. it was so much fun. we were very very tired though. i'm so happy they came to visit. i was supposed to go home that weekend, but it didn't work out, so they just up and left and got here friday night around 6. they left saturday after the cedarville-houghton game, but it was still so much fun. we'll have to have a real food fight next time jackie i promise. read her side of the story here: http://www.untileternity.blogspot.com
5. i have a lab practical tomorrow afternoon but after that i am in the clear till next week. whoohooo.
6. anna ridley baked me cookies and sent them to me!!! i love her so much-they made me feel so special.
7. i painted my toes orange with white tips. they are fancy. i had naked toenails for a long time.
8. my mom is the e-Bay master. she made $100 this week!
9. i have two current favorite songs - "My Offering" by Nichole Nordeman and "Somewhere in Between" by Lifehouse.
10. i love my sisters.
11. sarah-i will love you no matter where you are living when you're 40 and no matter when you get your master's-AS LONG AS YOU GET IT!
12. they had size small sweatpants in the campus store today. i'm all over that tomorrow.
13. there are two forms of cnideria - polyp and medusa. and i can tell you all about them if you really want me to.
14. judy jackson and i are in so many classes together next semester. i'm so excited. i did my schedule today and it's going to be fun times on wednesdays.
15. i miss Gilbert. and Sally.
16. i think Spot keeps getting hives because he misses me.
17. thanksgiving break is in 20 days. :)
18. friday is Wear Your East Hall T-Shirt Day. are you going to wear yours?
19. since it's number 19..my birthday is in 40 days!
20. i think this list is long enough. and it's time to get my laundry.
10/4
10.31.2004
We rode into town the other day,
just me and my daddy.
he said I’d finally reached that age,
and I could ride next to him on a horse
that of course, was not quite as wild.
We heard a crowd of people shouting,
and so we stopped to find out why.
There was that man that my dad said he loved,
but today there was fear in his eyes.
So I said, “Daddy, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why is He dressed in that bright purple robe?
I bet that crown hurts Him more than He shows.
Daddy please, can’t you do something?
He looks as though He’s gonna cry.
You said He was stronger than all of those guys;
Daddy, please tell me why.
Why does everyone want Him to die?”
Later that day, the sky grew cloudy,
and Daddy said I should go inside.
Somehow he knew things would get stormy.
Boy was he right, but I could not keep from wondering
if there was something he had to hide.
So after he left, I had to find out.
I was not afraid of getting lost.
So I followed the crowds to a hill
where I knew men had been killed,
and I heard a voice come from the cross.
And it said, “Father, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for my robe?
This crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows.
Father please, can’t you do something?
I know that You must hear my cry.
I thought I could handle a cross of this size.
Father, remind me why.
Why does everyone want me to die?
Oh, when will I understand why?”
My precious son, I hear them screaming.
I’m watching the face of the enemy beaming.
But soon I will clothe you in robes of my own.
Jesus, this hurts me much more than you know,
but this dark hour, I must do nothing,
though I’ve heard your unbearable cry.
The power in your blood destroys all of the lies;
soon you’ll see past their unmerciful eyes.
Look, there below, see the child
trembling by her father’s side.
Now I can tell you why...
she is why you must die.
--"Why?", Nichole Nordeman
just me and my daddy.
he said I’d finally reached that age,
and I could ride next to him on a horse
that of course, was not quite as wild.
We heard a crowd of people shouting,
and so we stopped to find out why.
There was that man that my dad said he loved,
but today there was fear in his eyes.
So I said, “Daddy, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why is He dressed in that bright purple robe?
I bet that crown hurts Him more than He shows.
Daddy please, can’t you do something?
He looks as though He’s gonna cry.
You said He was stronger than all of those guys;
Daddy, please tell me why.
Why does everyone want Him to die?”
Later that day, the sky grew cloudy,
and Daddy said I should go inside.
Somehow he knew things would get stormy.
Boy was he right, but I could not keep from wondering
if there was something he had to hide.
So after he left, I had to find out.
I was not afraid of getting lost.
So I followed the crowds to a hill
where I knew men had been killed,
and I heard a voice come from the cross.
And it said, “Father, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for my robe?
This crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows.
Father please, can’t you do something?
I know that You must hear my cry.
I thought I could handle a cross of this size.
Father, remind me why.
Why does everyone want me to die?
Oh, when will I understand why?”
My precious son, I hear them screaming.
I’m watching the face of the enemy beaming.
But soon I will clothe you in robes of my own.
Jesus, this hurts me much more than you know,
but this dark hour, I must do nothing,
though I’ve heard your unbearable cry.
The power in your blood destroys all of the lies;
soon you’ll see past their unmerciful eyes.
Look, there below, see the child
trembling by her father’s side.
Now I can tell you why...
she is why you must die.
--"Why?", Nichole Nordeman
10.26.2004
this past weekend was so relaxing. it was a hard weekend, too, but relaxing all the same.
billy's mom's memorial service was on saturday, so a few people from the team went and spent the weekend at his house in Pennsylvania. the service was really good...a ton of people came and packed out the church, and then went back to the stokes' house to have a bonfire and kind of a celebration of Mrs. Stokes's life. it was really nice. CJ, Pat, Chris, Billy and I stayed up till 4 on saturday night playing Taboo and Scattegories. We went through every single Taboo card on the pink side. it was amazing and so hysterical. i also got to play with Mongo, and eat yummy food (barbeque!) again. And Billy gave me a pumpkin to carve! Whooohooo i am so looking forward to that.
the school part of school is going really well..i have a A or B in every class, which is so cool. My bio test last week rocked so hard and i think i did so well, but i have to wait and see. I studied so much for it and it was so rewarding to actually know all the answers. and i got an A- on my sociology midterm, which rocked my world so much.
i really need to take a shower, but first i want to say two things:
the boston red sox are the hottest team EVER and are so going to kick the cardinals butts.
Jackie Romine is the hottest girl EVER and i'm so happy she's 18 and started a blog just for me.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
off to shower.
billy's mom's memorial service was on saturday, so a few people from the team went and spent the weekend at his house in Pennsylvania. the service was really good...a ton of people came and packed out the church, and then went back to the stokes' house to have a bonfire and kind of a celebration of Mrs. Stokes's life. it was really nice. CJ, Pat, Chris, Billy and I stayed up till 4 on saturday night playing Taboo and Scattegories. We went through every single Taboo card on the pink side. it was amazing and so hysterical. i also got to play with Mongo, and eat yummy food (barbeque!) again. And Billy gave me a pumpkin to carve! Whooohooo i am so looking forward to that.
the school part of school is going really well..i have a A or B in every class, which is so cool. My bio test last week rocked so hard and i think i did so well, but i have to wait and see. I studied so much for it and it was so rewarding to actually know all the answers. and i got an A- on my sociology midterm, which rocked my world so much.
i really need to take a shower, but first i want to say two things:
the boston red sox are the hottest team EVER and are so going to kick the cardinals butts.
Jackie Romine is the hottest girl EVER and i'm so happy she's 18 and started a blog just for me.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
off to shower.
10.19.2004
ok.
i know i have been severely disappointing the general public, and i profusely apologize.
it's hard to update regularly without talking about all the same classes and frisbee, because those two things are my life here.
last weekend was october break, and i went camping with jesse, billy, and chris. yes, it was my first time camping. we had a blast though, and the rain held off just for us. we were also supposed to go to letchworth, which we kind of did and played on the railroad tracks and i kind of felt like i was in a movie. you know those tracks that always run across big rivers stretched between mountains? yeah it was those. we were really high up. we were also supposed to go minigolfing but it ended up that the place had closed the monday before for the winter. apparently there is no snowgolfing here. i also went and hung out at billy's house with his dad because he was home alone. it was very relaxing and i was so grateful for home cooked meals. we even had ribs!! mmmm.
i have approximately three garbage bags full of recyclables in my room. i yoinked them from every floor in the dorm to raise money for a trip to Honduras.
i have a bio test this friday that i'm actually looking forward to. i know that's weird but it's on taxonomy which is really interesting and i have a cool study sheet to use.
ok. i can't get through one of these without mentioning disc. we won our tournament last weekend!!!!!! whooohooooo! it was by far one of the best weekends of my life. it was a two day tournament with 9 other schools, and we went 6-0. yeah baby!! it was the very first tournament that our team has ever won. i made a really sick catch too...hard to describe. i'll act it out for you sometime. : ) we went to a chinese buffet after and totally consumed massive amounts of food.
i talked to david AND benjamin on the phone this week!!!!! david called on thursday and just said potato when i answered and it made my heart so happy!! i talked to him for a while and it made me miss him so much. i am glad he is doing well but i can't wait till christmas when i can hug him lots again. benjamin called saturday night but i had no service and couldn't answer. so i talked to him last night for a long time and it was so good because it had been a few weeks since we had had a good in depth conversation. and guess what?!?!?!
he's coming home for thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my heart was so happy when he told me he has no idea. i am so glad i dont' have to wait until christmas because it's been since august 7th and i don't think i could stand it much longer.
jackie romine is the best one ever!!!!
i miss ashley pelletier. : (
i really really wanted to come home last weekend. i want to see my sister and mom and dad and hug my dog and sleep with Gilbert and squeeze him lots because it's been a year since i found him and his birthday was the 17th. i miss him. billy's family has two cats though, and Mongo is a lot like Gilbert so that was nice. i got to get cat hair on my clothes again. i want to ride my pony and have a sleepover with jackie and mandi and katelyn and emily and i want to sleep in! and go to White Oak and hug Olivia and Dominick and Kyle and Jarod and Andrew and Bailey and Zach. oh my. sigh. i can't wait until thanksgiving.
i am off to study for bio and clean my room a little.
10/4
i know i have been severely disappointing the general public, and i profusely apologize.
it's hard to update regularly without talking about all the same classes and frisbee, because those two things are my life here.
last weekend was october break, and i went camping with jesse, billy, and chris. yes, it was my first time camping. we had a blast though, and the rain held off just for us. we were also supposed to go to letchworth, which we kind of did and played on the railroad tracks and i kind of felt like i was in a movie. you know those tracks that always run across big rivers stretched between mountains? yeah it was those. we were really high up. we were also supposed to go minigolfing but it ended up that the place had closed the monday before for the winter. apparently there is no snowgolfing here. i also went and hung out at billy's house with his dad because he was home alone. it was very relaxing and i was so grateful for home cooked meals. we even had ribs!! mmmm.
i have approximately three garbage bags full of recyclables in my room. i yoinked them from every floor in the dorm to raise money for a trip to Honduras.
i have a bio test this friday that i'm actually looking forward to. i know that's weird but it's on taxonomy which is really interesting and i have a cool study sheet to use.
ok. i can't get through one of these without mentioning disc. we won our tournament last weekend!!!!!! whooohooooo! it was by far one of the best weekends of my life. it was a two day tournament with 9 other schools, and we went 6-0. yeah baby!! it was the very first tournament that our team has ever won. i made a really sick catch too...hard to describe. i'll act it out for you sometime. : ) we went to a chinese buffet after and totally consumed massive amounts of food.
i talked to david AND benjamin on the phone this week!!!!! david called on thursday and just said potato when i answered and it made my heart so happy!! i talked to him for a while and it made me miss him so much. i am glad he is doing well but i can't wait till christmas when i can hug him lots again. benjamin called saturday night but i had no service and couldn't answer. so i talked to him last night for a long time and it was so good because it had been a few weeks since we had had a good in depth conversation. and guess what?!?!?!
he's coming home for thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my heart was so happy when he told me he has no idea. i am so glad i dont' have to wait until christmas because it's been since august 7th and i don't think i could stand it much longer.
jackie romine is the best one ever!!!!
i miss ashley pelletier. : (
i really really wanted to come home last weekend. i want to see my sister and mom and dad and hug my dog and sleep with Gilbert and squeeze him lots because it's been a year since i found him and his birthday was the 17th. i miss him. billy's family has two cats though, and Mongo is a lot like Gilbert so that was nice. i got to get cat hair on my clothes again. i want to ride my pony and have a sleepover with jackie and mandi and katelyn and emily and i want to sleep in! and go to White Oak and hug Olivia and Dominick and Kyle and Jarod and Andrew and Bailey and Zach. oh my. sigh. i can't wait until thanksgiving.
i am off to study for bio and clean my room a little.
10/4
10.06.2004
sorry it's been so long. i haven't really had the heart to update. i'm doing wonderfully, in case you're wondering. i miss home but i have made some awesome friends here and already created a lot of memories. the homework is killer but i love it and wouldn't trade it for the world.
i dislocated my elbow and received massive contusions playing frisbee sunday night in the gym. we were just playing pickup but bonesteel accidentally ran into me and knocked me down. my head bounced off the floor. it was intense. i love this game.
midterms are next week and then october break is next weekend. i'm really looking forward to that...myself and jesse and billy and hopefully some more people are going camping for the weekend. i'm really excited.
i have a 3 page paper due friday and i have 3 sentances written so i'm off to work. thanks ashley and sarah and chad and everyone who's kept in touch with me. david ridley i miss you immensly, more than words can say. hope liverpool is treating you well. : )
i dislocated my elbow and received massive contusions playing frisbee sunday night in the gym. we were just playing pickup but bonesteel accidentally ran into me and knocked me down. my head bounced off the floor. it was intense. i love this game.
midterms are next week and then october break is next weekend. i'm really looking forward to that...myself and jesse and billy and hopefully some more people are going camping for the weekend. i'm really excited.
i have a 3 page paper due friday and i have 3 sentances written so i'm off to work. thanks ashley and sarah and chad and everyone who's kept in touch with me. david ridley i miss you immensly, more than words can say. hope liverpool is treating you well. : )
9.27.2004
The God Who Dreamed
Seated at the great desk, the Author opens the large book. It has no words. It has no words because no words exist. No words exist because no words are needed. There are no ears to hear them, no eyes to read them.
The Author is alone.
And so He takes the great pen and prepares to write. Like an artist gathers his colors and a woodcarver his tools, the Author assembles his words. There are three. Three single words. Out of these three will pour a million thoughts. But on these three words, the story will suspend.
He takes his quill and spells the first. T-i-m-e. Time did not exist until he wrote it. He, himself, is timeless, but his story would be encased in time. The story would have a first rising of the sun, a first shifting of the sand. A beginning...and an end. A final chapter. He knows it before he writes it.Time. A footspan on eternity’s trail.
Slowly, tenderly, the Author writes the second word. A name. A-d-a-m. As he writes, he sees him, the first Adam. Then he sees all the others. In a thousand eras in a thousand lands, the Author sees them. Each Adam. Each child. Instantly loved. Permanently loved. To each he assigns a time. To each he appoints a place. No accidents. No coincidences. Just design. The Author makes a promise to the unborn: In my image, I will make you. You will be like me. You will laugh. You will create. You will never die. And you will write. They must. For each life is a book, not to be read, but rather a story to be written. The Author starts each life story, but each life will write his or her own ending.What a dangerous liberty. How much safer would it have been to finish the story for each Adam. To script every option. It would have been simpler. It would have been safer. But it would not have been love. Love is only love if chosen. So the Author decides to give each child a pen. “Write carefully,” he whispers.
Lovingly, deliberately, he writes the third word, already feeling the pain. E-m-m-a-n-u-e-l. The greatest mind in the universe imagined time. The truest judge granted Adam a choice. But it was love that gave Emmanuel, God with us.
The Author would enter his own story.
The Word would become flesh.
He, too, would be born. He, too, would be human. He, too, would have hands and feet. He, too, would have tears and trials. And most importantly, he, too, would have a choice. Emmanuel would stand at the crossroads of life and death and make a choice. The Author knows well the weight of that decision. He pauses as he writes the page of his own pain. He could stop. Even the Author has a choice. But how can a Creator not create? How can a Writer not write? And how can Love not love? So he chooses life, though it means death, with hope that his children will do the same. And so the Author of Life completes the story. He drives the spike in the flesh and rolls the stone over the grave. Knowing the choice he will make, knowing the choice all Adams will make, he pens, “The End,” then closes the book and proclaims the beginning.
“Let there be light!”
Seated at the great desk, the Author opens the large book. It has no words. It has no words because no words exist. No words exist because no words are needed. There are no ears to hear them, no eyes to read them.
The Author is alone.
And so He takes the great pen and prepares to write. Like an artist gathers his colors and a woodcarver his tools, the Author assembles his words. There are three. Three single words. Out of these three will pour a million thoughts. But on these three words, the story will suspend.
He takes his quill and spells the first. T-i-m-e. Time did not exist until he wrote it. He, himself, is timeless, but his story would be encased in time. The story would have a first rising of the sun, a first shifting of the sand. A beginning...and an end. A final chapter. He knows it before he writes it.Time. A footspan on eternity’s trail.
Slowly, tenderly, the Author writes the second word. A name. A-d-a-m. As he writes, he sees him, the first Adam. Then he sees all the others. In a thousand eras in a thousand lands, the Author sees them. Each Adam. Each child. Instantly loved. Permanently loved. To each he assigns a time. To each he appoints a place. No accidents. No coincidences. Just design. The Author makes a promise to the unborn: In my image, I will make you. You will be like me. You will laugh. You will create. You will never die. And you will write. They must. For each life is a book, not to be read, but rather a story to be written. The Author starts each life story, but each life will write his or her own ending.What a dangerous liberty. How much safer would it have been to finish the story for each Adam. To script every option. It would have been simpler. It would have been safer. But it would not have been love. Love is only love if chosen. So the Author decides to give each child a pen. “Write carefully,” he whispers.
Lovingly, deliberately, he writes the third word, already feeling the pain. E-m-m-a-n-u-e-l. The greatest mind in the universe imagined time. The truest judge granted Adam a choice. But it was love that gave Emmanuel, God with us.
The Author would enter his own story.
The Word would become flesh.
He, too, would be born. He, too, would be human. He, too, would have hands and feet. He, too, would have tears and trials. And most importantly, he, too, would have a choice. Emmanuel would stand at the crossroads of life and death and make a choice. The Author knows well the weight of that decision. He pauses as he writes the page of his own pain. He could stop. Even the Author has a choice. But how can a Creator not create? How can a Writer not write? And how can Love not love? So he chooses life, though it means death, with hope that his children will do the same. And so the Author of Life completes the story. He drives the spike in the flesh and rolls the stone over the grave. Knowing the choice he will make, knowing the choice all Adams will make, he pens, “The End,” then closes the book and proclaims the beginning.
“Let there be light!”
9.24.2004
ok. this post is dedicated to jackie romine, because she is the sweetest most caring person i know. guess what she did for me?
i went to the post office to check my mail like i often do, and i found i had two packages AND a letter from my dear sister sarah written during her culteral anthopology class. amazing.
all of that is great, and i'm really happy and it made my day cause my mommiloo sent me cool stuff and sarah's letter was complete randomness, but jackie's was awesome. she had heard that i was homesick from an unknown source, and she sent me a card and these four items:
a blanket (!) for when i need someone to snuggle with
tissues for when i need someone's shoulder to cry on
a journal for when i have frustrations or secrets i need to tell
and hugs because she isn't here to give me one herself.
HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!?! i love her so much and miss her even more. she's on her way to thailand and japan for two weeks at this very moment. the blanket matches all my other stuff perfectly (even though i didn't plan on matching, but it's cool cause most of my stuff does) and hugs are my favorite thing ever. real ones, and the candy.
jackie dear, you are awesome and wonderful and i love you. you rock my socks off.
i went to the post office to check my mail like i often do, and i found i had two packages AND a letter from my dear sister sarah written during her culteral anthopology class. amazing.
all of that is great, and i'm really happy and it made my day cause my mommiloo sent me cool stuff and sarah's letter was complete randomness, but jackie's was awesome. she had heard that i was homesick from an unknown source, and she sent me a card and these four items:
a blanket (!) for when i need someone to snuggle with
tissues for when i need someone's shoulder to cry on
a journal for when i have frustrations or secrets i need to tell
and hugs because she isn't here to give me one herself.
HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!?! i love her so much and miss her even more. she's on her way to thailand and japan for two weeks at this very moment. the blanket matches all my other stuff perfectly (even though i didn't plan on matching, but it's cool cause most of my stuff does) and hugs are my favorite thing ever. real ones, and the candy.
jackie dear, you are awesome and wonderful and i love you. you rock my socks off.
9.22.2004
if you think about it, there really is a lot of danger involved in playing Ultimate Spoons down a hallway. sam and i went to shen last night and played in the third floor hallway with chris, billy, and shawn, and looking back there were quite a few injuries waiting to happen. luckily we escaped mostly unharmed. mostly.
i had my first official college exam today in bib lit. thanks to Heather and Danielle, two girls on my floor in the same class, i did well. they really helped me a lot and i'm so thankful for them. Jesus definitely was a big factor too..i prayed a lot this morning!! ha.
i'm also really thankful that sam and i get along so well..it's amazing actually. she's one of my really good friends here and even lets me talk about disc a lot. she hung out with my team yesterday at dinner and afterwards and had fun so that was good.
i'm off to study for my bio and sociology quizzes today (what fun!) and eat breakfast.
10/4 out the door.
i had my first official college exam today in bib lit. thanks to Heather and Danielle, two girls on my floor in the same class, i did well. they really helped me a lot and i'm so thankful for them. Jesus definitely was a big factor too..i prayed a lot this morning!! ha.
i'm also really thankful that sam and i get along so well..it's amazing actually. she's one of my really good friends here and even lets me talk about disc a lot. she hung out with my team yesterday at dinner and afterwards and had fun so that was good.
i'm off to study for my bio and sociology quizzes today (what fun!) and eat breakfast.
10/4 out the door.
9.20.2004
weekend was good. sam's friend Tyler who wants to date her and her little brother Jon came to visit her so I didn't have a roommate all weekend. she stayed at the inn with them and it was lonely but i got a lot of studying done. and last night, full of randomness, i slept outside.
it was freeeeezing.
but so much fun. i slept in the back of shen with people from the frisbee team and it was completely spontaneous cause i had already been in bed but couldn't sleep so i got on the computer and it all came from there. it was so cold and i had no sleeping bag but i stole samantha's so it was ok. we threw shoes at people's windows and i looked at the stars for a long time. thank you Lord for new friends.
oh yeah my service project was yesterday and we were definitely gone all day moving two semis full of stuff. weird stuff, too, completely random. there were i think 67472883923 things in total. but we got it all done.
mmm lunchtime. i get to eat french fries again today!
i love how i was on a diet from them all week and the day i can eat them again i do. ha.
it was freeeeezing.
but so much fun. i slept in the back of shen with people from the frisbee team and it was completely spontaneous cause i had already been in bed but couldn't sleep so i got on the computer and it all came from there. it was so cold and i had no sleeping bag but i stole samantha's so it was ok. we threw shoes at people's windows and i looked at the stars for a long time. thank you Lord for new friends.
oh yeah my service project was yesterday and we were definitely gone all day moving two semis full of stuff. weird stuff, too, completely random. there were i think 67472883923 things in total. but we got it all done.
mmm lunchtime. i get to eat french fries again today!
i love how i was on a diet from them all week and the day i can eat them again i do. ha.
9.18.2004
sorry i haven't posted. i know it's been really boring for the people who stalk me, but i haven't really felt like it. a lot of stuff has been going on and i really have been too busy. sorry.
school is going well, just lots of studying. too much really. my first official bio lab was thursday and we did easy math stuff, so that was good but no disection yet. and one of the TA's is on my frisbee team so that's cool if i have a problem i can talk to him.
frisbee is awesome and i'm so glad i decided to do it. we had our first scrimmage today which was really fun and we're hosting a tournament next weekend and 9 other schools are coming. the name of our team is the Roaring Sheep (not really sure..working on finding out why) and the name of our tournament is Ewes Huck. it sounds like you suck, so it's funny. here's the site if you wanna check it out. :) http://campus.houghton.edu/orgs/frisbeeclub/
caroline's 18th birthday was yesterday so i got her a book and a card and sang happy birthday with the entire cafeteria at lunch. fun times.
um. the girls on my floor are really cool and i've been trying to spend more time with them one on one getting to know them. it's been good.
i went swimming yesterday with Billy and Chris and went off the high dive and almost cried. haha not really but it was kinda scary once i got up there. i don't think i've gone off it since we lived in Utah when i was like 8.
tomorrow i'm doing a service project in rochester helping a family move from their old house into their new house. it should be fun but we are leaving at 9:45 and the lastest we will get back is 7 they said. that's a long time i hope we get it done fast cause there is like 25 of us going. it shouldn't take that long.
i cleaned my entire room today and changed my sheets and did three loads of laundry. cool beans.
back to studying.
10/4. i miss ashley pelletier.
school is going well, just lots of studying. too much really. my first official bio lab was thursday and we did easy math stuff, so that was good but no disection yet. and one of the TA's is on my frisbee team so that's cool if i have a problem i can talk to him.
frisbee is awesome and i'm so glad i decided to do it. we had our first scrimmage today which was really fun and we're hosting a tournament next weekend and 9 other schools are coming. the name of our team is the Roaring Sheep (not really sure..working on finding out why) and the name of our tournament is Ewes Huck. it sounds like you suck, so it's funny. here's the site if you wanna check it out. :) http://campus.houghton.edu/orgs/frisbeeclub/
caroline's 18th birthday was yesterday so i got her a book and a card and sang happy birthday with the entire cafeteria at lunch. fun times.
um. the girls on my floor are really cool and i've been trying to spend more time with them one on one getting to know them. it's been good.
i went swimming yesterday with Billy and Chris and went off the high dive and almost cried. haha not really but it was kinda scary once i got up there. i don't think i've gone off it since we lived in Utah when i was like 8.
tomorrow i'm doing a service project in rochester helping a family move from their old house into their new house. it should be fun but we are leaving at 9:45 and the lastest we will get back is 7 they said. that's a long time i hope we get it done fast cause there is like 25 of us going. it shouldn't take that long.
i cleaned my entire room today and changed my sheets and did three loads of laundry. cool beans.
back to studying.
10/4. i miss ashley pelletier.
9.12.2004
Things I Am Thinking About:
my very full stomach. i just ate lunch and had pot roast and carrots and potatoes and hawaiian pizza and salad and chocolate cake and ice cream. my belly is quite satisfied.
an upcoming dreaded sociology class. it's dreaded because 1.) i know i have a quiz 2.) i haven't studied for it and 3.) i also have a paper due that i haven't finished. guess what i will be working on today?
i am going jogging later.
i am wearing my new glasses that i almost broke already but didn't. the frames are black on the outside and lime green on the inside.
i talked to carol-anne yesterday. and also olivia and dominick angerosa. they were over at my house eating pizza (the angerosas) so i talked to them and accidentally called dominick olivia because they sound so much alike.
i now have a recipe for candied sweet potatoes without having a cookbook. i can make them here in the pleasure of my own dorm room. thank you dear. i can now have the listening pleasure of 'potatoes' at any time.
i really need to study. however i am avoiding it at all costs.
i talked to anna and jonathan today!!! whoohoo i miss them and jonathan is by far my favorite one. i really want to hug him and make him blush right now.
erik ate a raw clam last night. and he chewed it. that's kinda gross. grosser than gross.
i have 15 mosquito bites on my left arm. just my left arm. my right arm apparently doesn't taste as good.
i wore my grandma's bracelet and my kenyan bracelet to church today. church was good except we were five minutes late but i sat next to someone i know from bib lit.
i should put my contacts in. i took my glasses off and the trees outside are one big blob.
i bought a poster of james dean on friday. it is big and i love it.
i need to write back to the massive amounts of email i've gotten and not responded to. if you've written me an email in the last 5 days never fear, a reply will come shortly.
i think i'm done. this post was randomness but random is best kind of ness. except kindness. and faithfulness. ooo faithfulness. that reminds me of the fruit of the spirit song.
i miss the VBS songs. i think i'll get a copy of the CD so i can listen to them all the time.
i need new earrings. hypoallergenic ones. the ones i just bought are not and now my ears are not happy.
i am going to pierce my nose. i just need to find a place around here. oh wait. there's nothing around here. ha. but still caroline piercing her own ear kind of inspired me to be rebalistic.
ok now i really have to go study because it's been like an hour since i said i was going to and i got way distracted by the ridley family and this post and looking out the window.
maybe i have ADD.
my very full stomach. i just ate lunch and had pot roast and carrots and potatoes and hawaiian pizza and salad and chocolate cake and ice cream. my belly is quite satisfied.
an upcoming dreaded sociology class. it's dreaded because 1.) i know i have a quiz 2.) i haven't studied for it and 3.) i also have a paper due that i haven't finished. guess what i will be working on today?
i am going jogging later.
i am wearing my new glasses that i almost broke already but didn't. the frames are black on the outside and lime green on the inside.
i talked to carol-anne yesterday. and also olivia and dominick angerosa. they were over at my house eating pizza (the angerosas) so i talked to them and accidentally called dominick olivia because they sound so much alike.
i now have a recipe for candied sweet potatoes without having a cookbook. i can make them here in the pleasure of my own dorm room. thank you dear. i can now have the listening pleasure of 'potatoes' at any time.
i really need to study. however i am avoiding it at all costs.
i talked to anna and jonathan today!!! whoohoo i miss them and jonathan is by far my favorite one. i really want to hug him and make him blush right now.
erik ate a raw clam last night. and he chewed it. that's kinda gross. grosser than gross.
i have 15 mosquito bites on my left arm. just my left arm. my right arm apparently doesn't taste as good.
i wore my grandma's bracelet and my kenyan bracelet to church today. church was good except we were five minutes late but i sat next to someone i know from bib lit.
i should put my contacts in. i took my glasses off and the trees outside are one big blob.
i bought a poster of james dean on friday. it is big and i love it.
i need to write back to the massive amounts of email i've gotten and not responded to. if you've written me an email in the last 5 days never fear, a reply will come shortly.
i think i'm done. this post was randomness but random is best kind of ness. except kindness. and faithfulness. ooo faithfulness. that reminds me of the fruit of the spirit song.
i miss the VBS songs. i think i'll get a copy of the CD so i can listen to them all the time.
i need new earrings. hypoallergenic ones. the ones i just bought are not and now my ears are not happy.
i am going to pierce my nose. i just need to find a place around here. oh wait. there's nothing around here. ha. but still caroline piercing her own ear kind of inspired me to be rebalistic.
ok now i really have to go study because it's been like an hour since i said i was going to and i got way distracted by the ridley family and this post and looking out the window.
maybe i have ADD.
9.09.2004
*this post is dedicated to david ridley because he inspired me to update*
ok so. this one has a possibility to be short because i have a bio quiz tomorrow that i am studying for.
the past few days have flown by, complete with class and food and boys.
yes boys. hahahaha.
side note: erik is coming to visit in a couple weeks. :) keep that in mind.
classes have been going really well this week. i had my first horsemanship class tuesday and it looks like it'll be relatively easy and a break from my other classes. i mean, i get to ride during class and the final exam includes naming the parts of the horse. how cool is that.
yesterday was totally cool. i got back my first sociology quiz and i got 8 out of 9 possible points. so that was exciting. after that i met with a really cute ROTC guy (found out later that he has a girlfriend..no worries kids) and we talked about me getting up and doing PT at 6. in the morning. every day. i'm thinking no. it would be fun every once in a while. when i get the urge. ha. after that was...dum dum dum...
my first ultimate frisbee practice!!!!!!!
it was so hardcore. i am not kidding. it was definitely a blast but a lot of work! we ran and stretched and did lots of drills and worked on stacking and defense and offense and i was quite overwhelmed to say the least. everyone was really helpful and encouraged me though. i was one of 3 girls, and 18 guys.
that's where the boys come in. :)
but now i need to find myself cheap soccer cleats (size 8 woman, 6 men if anyone wants to help!) cause i can't wear my softball ones cause they aren't made for cutting. *shrug*
oh. i forgot to mention it was raining yesterday. so we had a 2 hour practice in the pouring rain. yes pouring, not drizzling or any such thing. it was fun but oh so cold. i definitely took a hot shower and ate lots after. and if anyone wants to come we have a tournament on the 25th, and lots of weekends in oct and nov. i'll let you know if you really want to come..you know you do.
today was uneventful, except that it rained all day, i got all the questions right on my first western civ quiz, and i watched the princess bride for the first time. oh and i definitely got a package from my mom with cowboy cookies and my new glasses in it. i love my mommy. i really miss cowboy cookies. and chad meyer and david ridley because everytime i made cowboy cookies they ate them all. :) especially chad for lunch.
like i said, bio quiz tomorrow=time to study.
10/4 good buddy.
ok so. this one has a possibility to be short because i have a bio quiz tomorrow that i am studying for.
the past few days have flown by, complete with class and food and boys.
yes boys. hahahaha.
side note: erik is coming to visit in a couple weeks. :) keep that in mind.
classes have been going really well this week. i had my first horsemanship class tuesday and it looks like it'll be relatively easy and a break from my other classes. i mean, i get to ride during class and the final exam includes naming the parts of the horse. how cool is that.
yesterday was totally cool. i got back my first sociology quiz and i got 8 out of 9 possible points. so that was exciting. after that i met with a really cute ROTC guy (found out later that he has a girlfriend..no worries kids) and we talked about me getting up and doing PT at 6. in the morning. every day. i'm thinking no. it would be fun every once in a while. when i get the urge. ha. after that was...dum dum dum...
my first ultimate frisbee practice!!!!!!!
it was so hardcore. i am not kidding. it was definitely a blast but a lot of work! we ran and stretched and did lots of drills and worked on stacking and defense and offense and i was quite overwhelmed to say the least. everyone was really helpful and encouraged me though. i was one of 3 girls, and 18 guys.
that's where the boys come in. :)
but now i need to find myself cheap soccer cleats (size 8 woman, 6 men if anyone wants to help!) cause i can't wear my softball ones cause they aren't made for cutting. *shrug*
oh. i forgot to mention it was raining yesterday. so we had a 2 hour practice in the pouring rain. yes pouring, not drizzling or any such thing. it was fun but oh so cold. i definitely took a hot shower and ate lots after. and if anyone wants to come we have a tournament on the 25th, and lots of weekends in oct and nov. i'll let you know if you really want to come..you know you do.
today was uneventful, except that it rained all day, i got all the questions right on my first western civ quiz, and i watched the princess bride for the first time. oh and i definitely got a package from my mom with cowboy cookies and my new glasses in it. i love my mommy. i really miss cowboy cookies. and chad meyer and david ridley because everytime i made cowboy cookies they ate them all. :) especially chad for lunch.
like i said, bio quiz tomorrow=time to study.
10/4 good buddy.
9.06.2004
I am having the best day.
So I woke up late and barely made it to class at 8, sat through Bib Lit, and right after class, guess who calls me?
Josh Toth.
I know.
He's been on a Navy sub since June and I've gotten emails from him but he's in port and he called me this morning and we talked for a while and i'm SO EXCITED. he rocks my world.
then i went to biology class and she had a review lecture and it ended early so i got out at 10:30 instead of 10:50. so i had extra time today and that was cool.
chapel was really good this morning. it's Christian Life Emphasis Week and the speaker is from Auburn, MA, and he's a Red Sox fan. yeeeeah. and apparently he was on the price is right and won a Yamaha motercycle, a Dodge Neon, and got to the showcase and won the whole thing including a trip to Bankok and new living room furniture. wow. he is my idol.
i am so hungry right now because yesterday i didn't have breakfast, ate a little for lunch, skipped dinner, and skipped breakfast this morning. i haven't eaten anything in 24 hours. not even like, a hershey's hug.
oh wait. yes i did.
i decided that instead of people giving me hugs, i'll eat them to get my daily allotment. oh yeah. so i ate 4 of those. but that's it since lunch yesterday and i'm STARVING.
freshman 15? not for me.
So I woke up late and barely made it to class at 8, sat through Bib Lit, and right after class, guess who calls me?
Josh Toth.
I know.
He's been on a Navy sub since June and I've gotten emails from him but he's in port and he called me this morning and we talked for a while and i'm SO EXCITED. he rocks my world.
then i went to biology class and she had a review lecture and it ended early so i got out at 10:30 instead of 10:50. so i had extra time today and that was cool.
chapel was really good this morning. it's Christian Life Emphasis Week and the speaker is from Auburn, MA, and he's a Red Sox fan. yeeeeah. and apparently he was on the price is right and won a Yamaha motercycle, a Dodge Neon, and got to the showcase and won the whole thing including a trip to Bankok and new living room furniture. wow. he is my idol.
i am so hungry right now because yesterday i didn't have breakfast, ate a little for lunch, skipped dinner, and skipped breakfast this morning. i haven't eaten anything in 24 hours. not even like, a hershey's hug.
oh wait. yes i did.
i decided that instead of people giving me hugs, i'll eat them to get my daily allotment. oh yeah. so i ate 4 of those. but that's it since lunch yesterday and i'm STARVING.
freshman 15? not for me.
9.05.2004
i'm tired of pretending.
ok. so you want to know how i'm really doing? no? then go away. here are the random things that are going through my head:
i thought erik was going to come visit this weekend, but he decided not to. originally he was supposed to come drop me off last weekend but didn't end up being able to, so was going to come this weekend. why didn't he? because he said "everyone told me to let you get settled and be your own person." what? did you ask me if i wanted you to come? no. wouldn't it have been me you were coming to visit, not everyone else? yes. therefore, try talking to me about it rather than everyone else.
i am tired of being here. my roommate is gorgeous, i love her to death. the girls on my hall are really nice too, and so are most of the random people i've met. i've just had enough. i know you are thinking i've only been here a week, come on, but really..10 days is the longest i've been gone anywhere. and that was only twice in my life, this March in England and to the DR last year. so, i've hit my limit. oh yeah, i'll get past it, i know. i sort of have to. but that still doesn't mean i don't want to come home. maybe not even for very long, just enough to see my family and closest friends and visit with grandad and chris and ride my pony and pick up gilbert and cuddle with him and mend his broken tail and play with kate, the puppy my family is dogsitting, and go to my own church. that's all i really want to do. then maybe i will come back and study..just every two weeks or so go home. i guess that would defeat the purpose of going to school far away. whatever.
people back home went to the lake today. i wanted to be there. in some ways. in other ways i didn't because i knew it would be just like it was when i was home. i would go, people would talk, unedifying subjects would be brought up, uncomfortableness would be felt, and i would go home praying and wondering what happened to the kids i used to hang out with. but i still wanted to be there and see everyone that i miss so much, and maybe get some extra hugs.
i haven't gotten a hug for a week. isn't that sad? i mean, i'm totally bummed just thinking about it. the last hug i got was from my mom last saturday afternoon. maybe that's why i'm not feeling too dandy. i haven't had my allotment of hugs this week. and you know how much hugs are worth to me. at least it hasn't affected me so much that i've started hugging people i walk by. that would be interesting.
ashley pelletier is my way cool friend i can talk to about anything.
we sang My Glorious at church today. love that song.
OH. the other day we had an activities fair and i signed up for 17 things. maybe not that many but a lot and if you really want to know what they are ask me. but one of the things was a traveling ultimate frisbee team. i am not kidding you. we have practices and tournaments and everything with other schools. WOW. my first practice is tomorrow. yeeess. i am way excited about this.
tomorrow is class too, which means it's bedtime.
out.
ok. so you want to know how i'm really doing? no? then go away. here are the random things that are going through my head:
i thought erik was going to come visit this weekend, but he decided not to. originally he was supposed to come drop me off last weekend but didn't end up being able to, so was going to come this weekend. why didn't he? because he said "everyone told me to let you get settled and be your own person." what? did you ask me if i wanted you to come? no. wouldn't it have been me you were coming to visit, not everyone else? yes. therefore, try talking to me about it rather than everyone else.
i am tired of being here. my roommate is gorgeous, i love her to death. the girls on my hall are really nice too, and so are most of the random people i've met. i've just had enough. i know you are thinking i've only been here a week, come on, but really..10 days is the longest i've been gone anywhere. and that was only twice in my life, this March in England and to the DR last year. so, i've hit my limit. oh yeah, i'll get past it, i know. i sort of have to. but that still doesn't mean i don't want to come home. maybe not even for very long, just enough to see my family and closest friends and visit with grandad and chris and ride my pony and pick up gilbert and cuddle with him and mend his broken tail and play with kate, the puppy my family is dogsitting, and go to my own church. that's all i really want to do. then maybe i will come back and study..just every two weeks or so go home. i guess that would defeat the purpose of going to school far away. whatever.
people back home went to the lake today. i wanted to be there. in some ways. in other ways i didn't because i knew it would be just like it was when i was home. i would go, people would talk, unedifying subjects would be brought up, uncomfortableness would be felt, and i would go home praying and wondering what happened to the kids i used to hang out with. but i still wanted to be there and see everyone that i miss so much, and maybe get some extra hugs.
i haven't gotten a hug for a week. isn't that sad? i mean, i'm totally bummed just thinking about it. the last hug i got was from my mom last saturday afternoon. maybe that's why i'm not feeling too dandy. i haven't had my allotment of hugs this week. and you know how much hugs are worth to me. at least it hasn't affected me so much that i've started hugging people i walk by. that would be interesting.
ashley pelletier is my way cool friend i can talk to about anything.
we sang My Glorious at church today. love that song.
OH. the other day we had an activities fair and i signed up for 17 things. maybe not that many but a lot and if you really want to know what they are ask me. but one of the things was a traveling ultimate frisbee team. i am not kidding you. we have practices and tournaments and everything with other schools. WOW. my first practice is tomorrow. yeeess. i am way excited about this.
tomorrow is class too, which means it's bedtime.
out.
9.02.2004
i'm beginning to wonder if people from home have forgotten me already. i know it's easy to let it slip when your own life is busy, but i mean it's only been a week. the first night i must have gotten at least 10 calls, then the next night it was 5, then a couple each night.
tonight?
none.
i feel oh so very lonely at this moment.
i know i shouldn't complain. i haven't always been that good at keeping in touch with people. i'm sure as heck going to try though. a couple of people from my church already sent me mail, which is totally amazing and wonderful because i didn't send out my addy till today and that means they had to ask my parents. i love my church.
i'm trying to figure out what to do for october break. if anyone wants to help let me know. it's the 14-17.
tomorrow is an 8 am class, and it's almost 11 now. that means i should be in bed.
10/4
tonight?
none.
i feel oh so very lonely at this moment.
i know i shouldn't complain. i haven't always been that good at keeping in touch with people. i'm sure as heck going to try though. a couple of people from my church already sent me mail, which is totally amazing and wonderful because i didn't send out my addy till today and that means they had to ask my parents. i love my church.
i'm trying to figure out what to do for october break. if anyone wants to help let me know. it's the 14-17.
tomorrow is an 8 am class, and it's almost 11 now. that means i should be in bed.
10/4
9.01.2004
So yesterday was the worst day of my life.
Today was better.
Classes started yesteday. I had Biblical Literature at 8, General Biology at 10, chapel at 11, Lifetime Wellness at 2:15, and Principles of Sociology at 3:15. Not so bad, right? So I thought.
Bib lit was fine..the prof is a really nice 70-something man who kinda reminds me of Mr. Rogers. He gave us the syllabus and everything and explained the format of class, then gave us a brief lecture. I don't have any papers to write for his class, which is an automatic 10 points for him.
Next came bio. Oh dear. oh dear. my prof is a young woman who for some reason talks reallyreallyreally fast and likes to use her power point just as fast. She gave us the syllabus (not too bad either..book report on a Lee Strobel book Case for a Creator and a formal lab report on one of our major labs) and then she proceeded to give us a quiz. I am not kidding you. I was horrified.
side note: lunch just started and i can smell french fries through my open window. i am not so patiently waiting for Sam to get back from her class to go to lunch with her.
anyway, so she gave us a quiz and then a 20 min lecture assuming we already remembered 72 different things about biology from 3 years ago in high school. wow. so i came out of that class ready to cry and go home. however..
Next came Lifetime Wellness. God has blessed me by giving me this class. First off my prof is really really hot. Oh yes. I said that. He's fresh out of college and a personal trainer for the school, so you can guess what he looks like. Basically LW is an course on how to keep/get your body healthy by eating right and exercising. There are labs each week that seem really fun, like endurance tests and stuff. AND one of the labs is using the climbing wall, so I get to prepare myself for going to England and scaling rocky cliffs with David William. Not really. Yet. So I'm excited about this class cause basically it fits my lifestyle.
Then came sociology. wow. hardcore. the prof is fascinating (seriously) but the concepts are really foreign to me. it's going to be a lot of work and stretching of my brain (probably painfully) but i'll be really excited when i finally get it. AND if you are an active participant in his class and get at least a B on the midterm you can elect to skip the final or take it on a no-fault basis. if you get a high score and it brings your grade up, great, but if you get low and it will bring it down it will be ignored. OH YEAH. active partipation here I come.
after class i proceeded to do homework (60 pages in biology!!!) and listen to Shenanawa serenade East. Shen is one of the guys dorms and East is my dorm. Around 10:30 about 250 guys lined up outside the dorm and started singing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys, and "Aint No Mountain High Enough". amazing. sam and I were in hysterics. all the girls were screaming and yelling and stuff. tomorrow night our dorm is invited to their dorm for a bonfire and making s'mores and stuff. should be cool. so that was definitely the highlight of my day.
Bio was better today..she slowed down a lot when the entire class responded with a vigorous "yes!" after she asked if she was too fast. so that was nice and i felt a lot more prepared after reading so much. i didn't get all 60 pages done but that's ok cause i found out they're not really due until friday. yay for me. I read about 35 and passed out. so i have 2 days to read the rest.
anyway. so i was homesick yesterday but ashley called me and i got to talk to one person from home. and my mom called and she sent me two packages so that's exciting. I love her.
lunchtime!
Today was better.
Classes started yesteday. I had Biblical Literature at 8, General Biology at 10, chapel at 11, Lifetime Wellness at 2:15, and Principles of Sociology at 3:15. Not so bad, right? So I thought.
Bib lit was fine..the prof is a really nice 70-something man who kinda reminds me of Mr. Rogers. He gave us the syllabus and everything and explained the format of class, then gave us a brief lecture. I don't have any papers to write for his class, which is an automatic 10 points for him.
Next came bio. Oh dear. oh dear. my prof is a young woman who for some reason talks reallyreallyreally fast and likes to use her power point just as fast. She gave us the syllabus (not too bad either..book report on a Lee Strobel book Case for a Creator and a formal lab report on one of our major labs) and then she proceeded to give us a quiz. I am not kidding you. I was horrified.
side note: lunch just started and i can smell french fries through my open window. i am not so patiently waiting for Sam to get back from her class to go to lunch with her.
anyway, so she gave us a quiz and then a 20 min lecture assuming we already remembered 72 different things about biology from 3 years ago in high school. wow. so i came out of that class ready to cry and go home. however..
Next came Lifetime Wellness. God has blessed me by giving me this class. First off my prof is really really hot. Oh yes. I said that. He's fresh out of college and a personal trainer for the school, so you can guess what he looks like. Basically LW is an course on how to keep/get your body healthy by eating right and exercising. There are labs each week that seem really fun, like endurance tests and stuff. AND one of the labs is using the climbing wall, so I get to prepare myself for going to England and scaling rocky cliffs with David William. Not really. Yet. So I'm excited about this class cause basically it fits my lifestyle.
Then came sociology. wow. hardcore. the prof is fascinating (seriously) but the concepts are really foreign to me. it's going to be a lot of work and stretching of my brain (probably painfully) but i'll be really excited when i finally get it. AND if you are an active participant in his class and get at least a B on the midterm you can elect to skip the final or take it on a no-fault basis. if you get a high score and it brings your grade up, great, but if you get low and it will bring it down it will be ignored. OH YEAH. active partipation here I come.
after class i proceeded to do homework (60 pages in biology!!!) and listen to Shenanawa serenade East. Shen is one of the guys dorms and East is my dorm. Around 10:30 about 250 guys lined up outside the dorm and started singing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys, and "Aint No Mountain High Enough". amazing. sam and I were in hysterics. all the girls were screaming and yelling and stuff. tomorrow night our dorm is invited to their dorm for a bonfire and making s'mores and stuff. should be cool. so that was definitely the highlight of my day.
Bio was better today..she slowed down a lot when the entire class responded with a vigorous "yes!" after she asked if she was too fast. so that was nice and i felt a lot more prepared after reading so much. i didn't get all 60 pages done but that's ok cause i found out they're not really due until friday. yay for me. I read about 35 and passed out. so i have 2 days to read the rest.
anyway. so i was homesick yesterday but ashley called me and i got to talk to one person from home. and my mom called and she sent me two packages so that's exciting. I love her.
lunchtime!
8.29.2004
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
wishes wishes wishes.
i wish my wishes could come true.
--
in case you were wondering, my blood blister is still alive and kicking. it seems to have gotten bigger again.
today was good. sam took me to the barn again to meet her horse, Victor. he's huge and only 5 years old but he's a good boy. i explored some while she was riding and found out that i can ride any horse i want on Mondays and Thursdays from 7-9 and Fridays from 3-5. so that's good. the only thing is i have to clean its stall beforehand and all the tack i use afterwords. not too bad of a deal if you ask me. there are also two shows coming up..one homecoming weekend which is Oct 2, and one December 11. i have to do at least one class in that one to pass my Horsemanship 1 class. i also found out about a time trial/endurance ride they are having here Sept 10-12, and are looking for people to help volunteer with the vets and learn how to do pulse takes and evaluate the horses at each station. i think i'll definitely volunteer for that, it would be a lot of fun and good basic training.
i also went to church today..the Houghton Wesleyan Church. it was a lot like White Oak but no hymns, all contemporary songs. i went to the Student Oriented service at 9:40, but there is a Comtemporary service at 8:20 and Traditional at 11. i might try all of them, but the college sunday school is at 11, so i don't know. i went today and it was awesome..about 12 girls were there and it was nice to be able to open up a bit and meet more people. i met a girl there named Joanna who has lived in Uganda the past four years, which is totally awesome. her parents are doctors and decided to become missionaries and move there 4 years ago. they are with Cure International and started the 2nd hospital through them anywhere in the world. it was really cool talking to her.
samantha and i are getting along fine, despite my parents thinking we would never talk. we do in fact talk (though neither of us are morning people...hoods UP!) and i've gotten to know her a lot better. she's neat and really God-centered, and that's great for me because it's forcing me to watch how i keep my stuff and set my mind on God each morning and throughout the day. we are in a HUGE room that was originally built for 4 people, but it's just the two of us in it. we were supposed to have another girl earlier in the summer but she cancelled early on and they never put anyone else with us. it's really nice, we have room to spread out and have people in without it being super crowded. i've pretty much finished putting things up and on the walls. got my liverpool flag and tons of pictures next to my bed, and pictures in frames on my shelves. lots of pictures. i have plenty of space for frames, so if anyone wants to send me a frame with a picture in it please feel free!
i have a brief interview with the French prof at 10:30 in the morning, then nothing till 1:30. classes start on tuesday full force, and i've already got three papers scheduled to be due by mid-October. we haven't even had class yet. they are fairly easy papers, nothing big and research-y. one is for Horsemanship regarding the benefits of riding as recreation. that one should be fine.
goodnight dear.
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
wishes wishes wishes.
i wish my wishes could come true.
--
in case you were wondering, my blood blister is still alive and kicking. it seems to have gotten bigger again.
today was good. sam took me to the barn again to meet her horse, Victor. he's huge and only 5 years old but he's a good boy. i explored some while she was riding and found out that i can ride any horse i want on Mondays and Thursdays from 7-9 and Fridays from 3-5. so that's good. the only thing is i have to clean its stall beforehand and all the tack i use afterwords. not too bad of a deal if you ask me. there are also two shows coming up..one homecoming weekend which is Oct 2, and one December 11. i have to do at least one class in that one to pass my Horsemanship 1 class. i also found out about a time trial/endurance ride they are having here Sept 10-12, and are looking for people to help volunteer with the vets and learn how to do pulse takes and evaluate the horses at each station. i think i'll definitely volunteer for that, it would be a lot of fun and good basic training.
i also went to church today..the Houghton Wesleyan Church. it was a lot like White Oak but no hymns, all contemporary songs. i went to the Student Oriented service at 9:40, but there is a Comtemporary service at 8:20 and Traditional at 11. i might try all of them, but the college sunday school is at 11, so i don't know. i went today and it was awesome..about 12 girls were there and it was nice to be able to open up a bit and meet more people. i met a girl there named Joanna who has lived in Uganda the past four years, which is totally awesome. her parents are doctors and decided to become missionaries and move there 4 years ago. they are with Cure International and started the 2nd hospital through them anywhere in the world. it was really cool talking to her.
samantha and i are getting along fine, despite my parents thinking we would never talk. we do in fact talk (though neither of us are morning people...hoods UP!) and i've gotten to know her a lot better. she's neat and really God-centered, and that's great for me because it's forcing me to watch how i keep my stuff and set my mind on God each morning and throughout the day. we are in a HUGE room that was originally built for 4 people, but it's just the two of us in it. we were supposed to have another girl earlier in the summer but she cancelled early on and they never put anyone else with us. it's really nice, we have room to spread out and have people in without it being super crowded. i've pretty much finished putting things up and on the walls. got my liverpool flag and tons of pictures next to my bed, and pictures in frames on my shelves. lots of pictures. i have plenty of space for frames, so if anyone wants to send me a frame with a picture in it please feel free!
i have a brief interview with the French prof at 10:30 in the morning, then nothing till 1:30. classes start on tuesday full force, and i've already got three papers scheduled to be due by mid-October. we haven't even had class yet. they are fairly easy papers, nothing big and research-y. one is for Horsemanship regarding the benefits of riding as recreation. that one should be fine.
goodnight dear.
8.28.2004
the ridley family has made my day.
first benjamin called and talked to me for an hour while doing laundry and other stuff about random things and school and weight training and such.
then i talked to david online for a bit, and then anna for a bit.
THEN i talked to david on the phone for an hour before bed about more randomness and beds and funny stories that helped me feel better about leaving, and i also got to talk to mum for a few minutes and hear her lovely voice i love so much.
amazing. chuffing amazing.
first benjamin called and talked to me for an hour while doing laundry and other stuff about random things and school and weight training and such.
then i talked to david online for a bit, and then anna for a bit.
THEN i talked to david on the phone for an hour before bed about more randomness and beds and funny stories that helped me feel better about leaving, and i also got to talk to mum for a few minutes and hear her lovely voice i love so much.
amazing. chuffing amazing.
well.
hello sailor!
here i am.
Houghton College class of 2008.
scary, yes, though i think i'm gonna manage. classes should be fun. i mean that in the most academic way possible.
i miss everyone at home a lot. a lot.
my roommate is cool, i like her very much. she has a horse and a car here so that's cool. at least i can grab rides to the barn.
off to decorate. lame entry sorry.
hello sailor!
here i am.
Houghton College class of 2008.
scary, yes, though i think i'm gonna manage. classes should be fun. i mean that in the most academic way possible.
i miss everyone at home a lot. a lot.
my roommate is cool, i like her very much. she has a horse and a car here so that's cool. at least i can grab rides to the barn.
off to decorate. lame entry sorry.
8.26.2004
hi.
so.
i have said goodbye to more people in the past 3 days then i have in a long time. ever. maybe.
tues night my mom and i went down to the ridley's to have dinner and say goodbye. wow. umm. hard? yeah. we had something really good with eggplant in it and ice cream and tea and not-from-a-packet hot chocolate made by The Best Hot Chocolate Maker Ever In The World. assisted by Anna his sister and her chocolate chip ice cream. we played billionaire and talked and laughed and relaxed.
so yeah. they are the family i will miss most this year. it has been wonderous to escape my life at their house during the summer. they are in fact i think the most generous loving people i know. they always are standing with open arms to hug me and gently shape me. i am thankful for their prayers and love...so it was hard leaving them. they are my second family.
wednesday was more goodbyes..Michelle, who hugged me for so very long and Milton and Shelly. I will miss their Bengali-ness and are praying for them hardcore. The Quinto's, who rock my world, and the Bennetts.
today I spent a lot of time at the barn saying goodbye to Spot and the people there. then i went and said goodbye to Robert, Benjamin, and Callie (triplets) which was sad. everything's sad. ugh. i'm so tired of being sad. they gave me big hugs though and they are going to be so big when i come home. then i came back to my home and packed hardcore with Chad helping me so very greatly and the Angerosa's came to say goodbye and THEN the hot chocolate extraordinaire himself came TO MY HOUSE and ate my food. ha and then loaded my car assisted by none other than..his assistents. chad and jackie and mandi and crystal and megan and ashley and ralph and cam TAYLOR and sten and tom and dean all gave me lots and lots of extra hugs to take with me for when i need them. and ate all my cowboy cookies and brownies. i am so glad they came to say goodbye to me. they make my heart AND face smile like this: :) until they left. and now i no longer look like that. it was like poof they were gone and my life has changed until thanksgiving when i will see them again. except for David. because i will have to wait until christmas to experience his presence once more.
i am sad. and worried and nervous and excited and overwhelmed. i know everything will work out great and fine and wonderful. except, now..
i'm still sad. and worried. but david prayed for me and i'm a little better but homesick and i'm still home.
call me dear friends i left behind. i will be so excited it doesn't matter when it is as long as it's on mine and crystal's same birthday. and right now.
CALL ME NOW.
so.
i have said goodbye to more people in the past 3 days then i have in a long time. ever. maybe.
tues night my mom and i went down to the ridley's to have dinner and say goodbye. wow. umm. hard? yeah. we had something really good with eggplant in it and ice cream and tea and not-from-a-packet hot chocolate made by The Best Hot Chocolate Maker Ever In The World. assisted by Anna his sister and her chocolate chip ice cream. we played billionaire and talked and laughed and relaxed.
so yeah. they are the family i will miss most this year. it has been wonderous to escape my life at their house during the summer. they are in fact i think the most generous loving people i know. they always are standing with open arms to hug me and gently shape me. i am thankful for their prayers and love...so it was hard leaving them. they are my second family.
wednesday was more goodbyes..Michelle, who hugged me for so very long and Milton and Shelly. I will miss their Bengali-ness and are praying for them hardcore. The Quinto's, who rock my world, and the Bennetts.
today I spent a lot of time at the barn saying goodbye to Spot and the people there. then i went and said goodbye to Robert, Benjamin, and Callie (triplets) which was sad. everything's sad. ugh. i'm so tired of being sad. they gave me big hugs though and they are going to be so big when i come home. then i came back to my home and packed hardcore with Chad helping me so very greatly and the Angerosa's came to say goodbye and THEN the hot chocolate extraordinaire himself came TO MY HOUSE and ate my food. ha and then loaded my car assisted by none other than..his assistents. chad and jackie and mandi and crystal and megan and ashley and ralph and cam TAYLOR and sten and tom and dean all gave me lots and lots of extra hugs to take with me for when i need them. and ate all my cowboy cookies and brownies. i am so glad they came to say goodbye to me. they make my heart AND face smile like this: :) until they left. and now i no longer look like that. it was like poof they were gone and my life has changed until thanksgiving when i will see them again. except for David. because i will have to wait until christmas to experience his presence once more.
i am sad. and worried and nervous and excited and overwhelmed. i know everything will work out great and fine and wonderful. except, now..
i'm still sad. and worried. but david prayed for me and i'm a little better but homesick and i'm still home.
call me dear friends i left behind. i will be so excited it doesn't matter when it is as long as it's on mine and crystal's same birthday. and right now.
CALL ME NOW.
8.24.2004
oh. my. goodness. really really spontaneous weekend. on friday morning at approximately 10 am, i found myself leaving for a road trip to ohio to visit Sarah with Dave and Ashley. we left at 12:30 after much, much confusion and chaos. basically, the weekend consisted of driving driving driving, loss of sleep, lots of sarah, lots of free food, and cooking salmon in a parking lot on a camp stove. which was possibly the best salmon i've ever had because it was cooked in a parking lot in the sun.
Things I Learned About David
1. He is a perfect gentlemen and makes it a habit to respect the female gender.
2. He likes his oranges pre-peeled for him.
3. He likes to drive with the sunroof open.
4. He drinks lots of coffee. LOTS.
5. 3 of his top 5 places he want to visit in the world are the same as mine.
6. He doesn't know who Hilary Duff is. Thank God.
7. He likes praying out loud better than silently.
8. He snores.
9. He still likes Delirious.
10. He memorizes poems about platypuses. (i think he's obsessed)
11. He WILL own a Mini Cooper and a Land Rover. Someday.
Things I Learned About Ashley
1. SHE GETS CARSICK.
2. She doesn't wear Ralph Lauren.
3. She dances sporatically.
4. She doesn't eat french fries, even when she takes them. She just doesn't.
5. She is obsessed with reading certain people's blogs. Including mine. <3
6. She wants to be a pediatric or maternity nurse.
7. She likes Lonestar.
8. She likes taking pictures. Lots of pictures.
Sometime during this trip I realized exactly how much these two people mean to me. They have influenced my life in so many more ways then they know, and strangely enough, after 8 years of friendship with David Ridley and 2 years with Ashley Pelletier (pel-ti-ay) :) it has only been recently that we have had the level of friendship that we have now. I am incredibly blessed and thankful that they allow me to be their friend and welcome me into their lives without trying to change me.
Thank you for everything. Love you guys.
<3
Things I Learned About David
1. He is a perfect gentlemen and makes it a habit to respect the female gender.
2. He likes his oranges pre-peeled for him.
3. He likes to drive with the sunroof open.
4. He drinks lots of coffee. LOTS.
5. 3 of his top 5 places he want to visit in the world are the same as mine.
6. He doesn't know who Hilary Duff is. Thank God.
7. He likes praying out loud better than silently.
8. He snores.
9. He still likes Delirious.
10. He memorizes poems about platypuses. (i think he's obsessed)
11. He WILL own a Mini Cooper and a Land Rover. Someday.
Things I Learned About Ashley
1. SHE GETS CARSICK.
2. She doesn't wear Ralph Lauren.
3. She dances sporatically.
4. She doesn't eat french fries, even when she takes them. She just doesn't.
5. She is obsessed with reading certain people's blogs. Including mine. <3
6. She wants to be a pediatric or maternity nurse.
7. She likes Lonestar.
8. She likes taking pictures. Lots of pictures.
Sometime during this trip I realized exactly how much these two people mean to me. They have influenced my life in so many more ways then they know, and strangely enough, after 8 years of friendship with David Ridley and 2 years with Ashley Pelletier (pel-ti-ay) :) it has only been recently that we have had the level of friendship that we have now. I am incredibly blessed and thankful that they allow me to be their friend and welcome me into their lives without trying to change me.
Thank you for everything. Love you guys.
<3
8.18.2004
I got a new rad cell phone.
I hate how people who pretended to be your friend in all actuality are not. That seems to apply to a lot of people I know.
I love Ashley Pelletier.
I hate that I have to house-sit/work this weekend so I can't go on a cool road trip with her and Dave.
Ridleys came home!
I miss the Texas people.
Sometimes I wonder why I didn't go to school in Virginia.
Erin Henry makes my heart smile.
I miss Dayna DeMarco.
Down comforters are on sale at Linens N Things for $30. yeeeeeaah.
Spot wasn't lame for the first time since June on Tuesday. rock ON.
I ate a 16-Wheeler at Bickford's yesterday. I think the waitress was really scared when I ordered it. ha.
I saw Hanson (yes. Hanson.) in concert yesterday. May it be well know that it was Erik's idea, I did enjoy it. The opening acts were really good and Hanson is waaaay classic rock now. I think the teenyboppers didn't really know what to do with themselves because they've changed so much. Death to the teenybopper.
I hate how people who pretended to be your friend in all actuality are not. That seems to apply to a lot of people I know.
I love Ashley Pelletier.
I hate that I have to house-sit/work this weekend so I can't go on a cool road trip with her and Dave.
Ridleys came home!
I miss the Texas people.
Sometimes I wonder why I didn't go to school in Virginia.
Erin Henry makes my heart smile.
I miss Dayna DeMarco.
Down comforters are on sale at Linens N Things for $30. yeeeeeaah.
Spot wasn't lame for the first time since June on Tuesday. rock ON.
I ate a 16-Wheeler at Bickford's yesterday. I think the waitress was really scared when I ordered it. ha.
I saw Hanson (yes. Hanson.) in concert yesterday. May it be well know that it was Erik's idea, I did enjoy it. The opening acts were really good and Hanson is waaaay classic rock now. I think the teenyboppers didn't really know what to do with themselves because they've changed so much. Death to the teenybopper.
8.15.2004
wow. awesome weekend. Friday night i went with erik to new haven, and we hit up the cool places like Urban Outfitters and Cosi. after that i went to the Shmitz's house where jackie was babysitting overnight and we watched The Prince and Me. the two of us are most definitely moving to Europe and living together. that is, until we each find a prince to marry. i call Denmark. or Italy. is there a prince of Italy?
Saturday i worked all morning hardcore, after only getting 4 hours of sleep. yeah it was fun. then erik, chad, my parents and sally moved Grammy's things from storage into our garage to sort through everything for the tag sale next weekend. while doing so, the three of us spontanaously decided to go on a bike ride, which led us on an adventure through town trying to find a part for Chad's bike. no luck so the adventure was dropped, pizza was eaten, and tom's house was visited.
most fun of the weekend: last night Ashley, Erik, Sten and I went to Cosi again and got the make-it-yourself smores. ashley, never having roasted a marshmallow over an open fire before, had a heart attack when the marshmallow caught on fire. wow. complete hysteria reigned. i love her so much.
today was church and then chili's with the Romine girls. i have seen them so much this week it's amazing and oh so encouraging.
off to pack, clean, and see what tonight brings.
Saturday i worked all morning hardcore, after only getting 4 hours of sleep. yeah it was fun. then erik, chad, my parents and sally moved Grammy's things from storage into our garage to sort through everything for the tag sale next weekend. while doing so, the three of us spontanaously decided to go on a bike ride, which led us on an adventure through town trying to find a part for Chad's bike. no luck so the adventure was dropped, pizza was eaten, and tom's house was visited.
most fun of the weekend: last night Ashley, Erik, Sten and I went to Cosi again and got the make-it-yourself smores. ashley, never having roasted a marshmallow over an open fire before, had a heart attack when the marshmallow caught on fire. wow. complete hysteria reigned. i love her so much.
today was church and then chili's with the Romine girls. i have seen them so much this week it's amazing and oh so encouraging.
off to pack, clean, and see what tonight brings.
8.12.2004
the meyer home is by far the most entertaining one i have come across in a long time.
in the span of approximately 2.5 hours, Curtis discussed "naughty movies" while in the same sentence mentioning my horse, Katie had bug-invested broccoli, Chad received two slightly suspicious phone calls, and Benjamin went to the bathroom on the floor TWICE. Benny is a dog, in case you were wondering.
indeed though, the time was quite enjoyable because i haven't seen Dorothy or Katie in so very long and Curtis only once this summer. love them so much.
in other news, i triplet sat today, and oh boy was it adventurous. first Robert took a header off the back of the picnic table when we were eating lunch onto the concrete floor. apparently he forgot there wasn't a back to his bench. after we finished lunch, he and Benjamin (not the dog) were playing inside one of those plastic houses and came across a wasps nest. wow. Robert got stung around 15 times and Benjamin twice on his head. R's left hand and right ear were swollen really bad. i had to give them both Benadryl in case they were severely allergic, which thank God they were not. it was scary times. Ben was really good about it but Robert not so much. i had to use ice cream as a diversion. THEN we were playing with bubbles outside, and Ben stuck his wand thingie into Robert's eye. my guess is it wasn't Robert's day today. he took it rough. i'll miss them a lot when i leave.
15 days. mmrrr...
in the span of approximately 2.5 hours, Curtis discussed "naughty movies" while in the same sentence mentioning my horse, Katie had bug-invested broccoli, Chad received two slightly suspicious phone calls, and Benjamin went to the bathroom on the floor TWICE. Benny is a dog, in case you were wondering.
indeed though, the time was quite enjoyable because i haven't seen Dorothy or Katie in so very long and Curtis only once this summer. love them so much.
in other news, i triplet sat today, and oh boy was it adventurous. first Robert took a header off the back of the picnic table when we were eating lunch onto the concrete floor. apparently he forgot there wasn't a back to his bench. after we finished lunch, he and Benjamin (not the dog) were playing inside one of those plastic houses and came across a wasps nest. wow. Robert got stung around 15 times and Benjamin twice on his head. R's left hand and right ear were swollen really bad. i had to give them both Benadryl in case they were severely allergic, which thank God they were not. it was scary times. Ben was really good about it but Robert not so much. i had to use ice cream as a diversion. THEN we were playing with bubbles outside, and Ben stuck his wand thingie into Robert's eye. my guess is it wasn't Robert's day today. he took it rough. i'll miss them a lot when i leave.
15 days. mmrrr...
8.10.2004
mom and sarah left today. for three days, it is only myself and chad, and my dad when he is not working. amazing. i think i am going to get so much done.
i started going through all of my stuff to bring to school yesterday. wow. sometimes i just sit on my bed and try to think where to start. i did pictures yesterday, so i have those all ready. i think i'll do clothes today, separate the winter from the summer and the most wearable from the not wearable. that sounds productive.
in case you were wondering, as of yet i have not pierced my nose. it is a work in progress.
i started going through all of my stuff to bring to school yesterday. wow. sometimes i just sit on my bed and try to think where to start. i did pictures yesterday, so i have those all ready. i think i'll do clothes today, separate the winter from the summer and the most wearable from the not wearable. that sounds productive.
in case you were wondering, as of yet i have not pierced my nose. it is a work in progress.
8.08.2004
benjamin left yesterday.
i miss him.
it's strange to think that i won't be able to see him or have him try to scare me every 5 minutes or have long conversations in the car or watch him play baseball. i miss listening to him play the guitar and sing and get nervous at a small coffee house in Shelton. i still want to learn how to throw a rugby ball, watch Dodgeball, and meet Brian and Shawn, but i guess they will have to wait until another time.
i'm so proud of you and all you have accomplished. it's been a long road to Liberty, but i know you're going to do wonderfully and are in the exact place that God wants you. thank you for all the laughter, stories, tears, and challenges you have brought to our friendship. you have helped bring joy back to my world.
thanks for being my friend.
<3
i miss him.
it's strange to think that i won't be able to see him or have him try to scare me every 5 minutes or have long conversations in the car or watch him play baseball. i miss listening to him play the guitar and sing and get nervous at a small coffee house in Shelton. i still want to learn how to throw a rugby ball, watch Dodgeball, and meet Brian and Shawn, but i guess they will have to wait until another time.
i'm so proud of you and all you have accomplished. it's been a long road to Liberty, but i know you're going to do wonderfully and are in the exact place that God wants you. thank you for all the laughter, stories, tears, and challenges you have brought to our friendship. you have helped bring joy back to my world.
thanks for being my friend.
<3
I miss watching scary movies next to Ruston, jumping on Mason's bed to wake him up, Franklyn's black jokes and pillow stealing efforts, and Lacey's amazing patience and Texas accent. I miss playing cards till 2 am, listening to music till 2 am, watching movies till 2 am..I think we had a pattern going. I miss dancing to VBS songs, cupcake fights, beach trips, and knowing that at any given time I can walk upstairs and find someone to talk to and make me laugh.
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
:)
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
:)
8.04.2004
Happy Birthday Dayna!!!!
it's been an interesting week.
vbs started on monday. i am having so much fun it's incredible. we have a team of 20 from Texas that came up to help our church with it. the four teens, Franklyn, Lacey, Ruston, and Mason are all staying at our house. it's hilarous. they are all awesome people and i'm so glad they are staying with us. vbs itself has been going really really well. we have an average of 80 kids every day (30 being preschool age!!) and i'm the snack lady. whooohooo. so far i've made 300 rice krispie treats, chocolate covered pretzel sticks, and trail mix. yeaaah. it's a good time.
benjamin leaves on saturday for ever and ever. not really just till thanksgiving if he can get a ride home. but still. he is leaving with david but i'll see dave again before i leave thank goodness. i'm so happy that benjamin finally gets to go to Liberty cause i know he's gonna have such an awesome experience there. but i'll still miss him.
thanks to everyone who's been really supportive and given me an ear to listen to my problems or a hug to help. i'm glad to have people like you in my life. :)
*note*: in case you were wondering..i'm a hug person. if in fact you do not hug me at least twice when i see you i will get offended and possibly end up crying. hugs are awesome. i bet Jesus was a hug person.
i'm off to go to the mall and further contemplate getting my nose pierced.
it's been an interesting week.
vbs started on monday. i am having so much fun it's incredible. we have a team of 20 from Texas that came up to help our church with it. the four teens, Franklyn, Lacey, Ruston, and Mason are all staying at our house. it's hilarous. they are all awesome people and i'm so glad they are staying with us. vbs itself has been going really really well. we have an average of 80 kids every day (30 being preschool age!!) and i'm the snack lady. whooohooo. so far i've made 300 rice krispie treats, chocolate covered pretzel sticks, and trail mix. yeaaah. it's a good time.
benjamin leaves on saturday for ever and ever. not really just till thanksgiving if he can get a ride home. but still. he is leaving with david but i'll see dave again before i leave thank goodness. i'm so happy that benjamin finally gets to go to Liberty cause i know he's gonna have such an awesome experience there. but i'll still miss him.
thanks to everyone who's been really supportive and given me an ear to listen to my problems or a hug to help. i'm glad to have people like you in my life. :)
*note*: in case you were wondering..i'm a hug person. if in fact you do not hug me at least twice when i see you i will get offended and possibly end up crying. hugs are awesome. i bet Jesus was a hug person.
i'm off to go to the mall and further contemplate getting my nose pierced.
7.30.2004
There You go changing my plans again
There You go shifting my sands again
For reasons I don't understand again
Lately I don't have a clue
Just when I start liking what I see
There You go changing my scenery
I never know where You're taking me
But I'm trying just to follow You
It's out of my hands
It's out of my reach
It's over my head
And it's out of my league
There's too many things
That I don't understand
So it's into Your will
And it's out of my hands
There You go healing these scars again
Showing me right where You are again
I'm helpless, and thats where I start again
I'm giving it all up to You
Move me, make me
Choose me, change me
Send me, shake me
Find me, remind me
The past is behind me
Take it all away
Take it all from me, I pray
-Matthew West "Out of My Hands"
There You go shifting my sands again
For reasons I don't understand again
Lately I don't have a clue
Just when I start liking what I see
There You go changing my scenery
I never know where You're taking me
But I'm trying just to follow You
It's out of my hands
It's out of my reach
It's over my head
And it's out of my league
There's too many things
That I don't understand
So it's into Your will
And it's out of my hands
There You go healing these scars again
Showing me right where You are again
I'm helpless, and thats where I start again
I'm giving it all up to You
Move me, make me
Choose me, change me
Send me, shake me
Find me, remind me
The past is behind me
Take it all away
Take it all from me, I pray
-Matthew West "Out of My Hands"
7.27.2004
update:
i had fun at camp. to learn more, ask.
my Grammy died July 15, 2004. i miss her more and more each day.
the funeral was a nice time to cry and reflect. jenn, chad, dave, and erik were all there.
i am so grateful for that.
road trips from st. louis home are wonderful, smelly, open-up-to-your-friends, squished-in-a-backseat, more-fun-at-dunkin-donuts-than-i've-ever-had times. i love my friends for helping ease the pain.
erik and i are on a break. for how long, God knows. i trust Him with it.
my best friend leaves on Monday. i miss him already. he is full of advice and wisdom that i am so grateful for.
i leave one month from today.
my life is one big change.
Jesus is my constant source of love.
i had fun at camp. to learn more, ask.
my Grammy died July 15, 2004. i miss her more and more each day.
the funeral was a nice time to cry and reflect. jenn, chad, dave, and erik were all there.
i am so grateful for that.
road trips from st. louis home are wonderful, smelly, open-up-to-your-friends, squished-in-a-backseat, more-fun-at-dunkin-donuts-than-i've-ever-had times. i love my friends for helping ease the pain.
erik and i are on a break. for how long, God knows. i trust Him with it.
my best friend leaves on Monday. i miss him already. he is full of advice and wisdom that i am so grateful for.
i leave one month from today.
my life is one big change.
Jesus is my constant source of love.
7.11.2004
7.06.2004
07-02:taught english to michelle from bangladesh erik ash and i to ben and jons game ben pitching so proud of him ridleys for food no power thawed bread on camplight yummy burgers talked for hours around table spicy horseradish burning nose italian dressing fight destroyed kitchen cleaned kitchen lots of laughter tired drive home
07-03:slept late played with spot scanned pictures shopped at kohl's home for dinner DR team home :) tom oppelt's house wallingford fireworks loud and bright wendy's for hours deep conversations in the parking lot love crystal lots home for sleep
07-04:happy fourth of july HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY no church so mom can go baked cake cooked dinner ate dinner opened presents went to the lake with tom cam chad crystal ashley tricia dean ralph megan kayla seth todd jon sten erik josh oppelts taylors warm lake great food slept with ralph smores galore drum lines broken guitar strings dodgeball loads of fireworks 360° show around lake next dock over big explosion drop to the ground fear for our lives explode over cabin nervous laughter more fireworks home sleepover with david+sarah chads futon in basement identity+punch drunk love fell asleep 3 am missed dave loads
07-05:supposed to go to the beach woken at 7 am pouring rain harder than ever check car windows locked out for 20 min soaking wet freezing cold warm shower make waffles daves car alarm went off ate waffles sat around woke sarah with water gun went to store liverpool tshirt visited grammy made lunch ate lunch went to eriks rented movies watched elephant boys to store girls to mcdonalds free fries dvds behind cabinet pulled out to get climbed over legs out dave pushed! fell behind lots of pain lots of laughter stuck behind dave scared finally out dead meat dave played battleship dave has an attitude love him anyway chad has an attitude love him too ate burgers and hot dogs cleaned kitchen along came polly slept on couch love crystal diaz tickling stens feet home to sleep so content.
whew.
07-03:slept late played with spot scanned pictures shopped at kohl's home for dinner DR team home :) tom oppelt's house wallingford fireworks loud and bright wendy's for hours deep conversations in the parking lot love crystal lots home for sleep
07-04:happy fourth of july HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY no church so mom can go baked cake cooked dinner ate dinner opened presents went to the lake with tom cam chad crystal ashley tricia dean ralph megan kayla seth todd jon sten erik josh oppelts taylors warm lake great food slept with ralph smores galore drum lines broken guitar strings dodgeball loads of fireworks 360° show around lake next dock over big explosion drop to the ground fear for our lives explode over cabin nervous laughter more fireworks home sleepover with david+sarah chads futon in basement identity+punch drunk love fell asleep 3 am missed dave loads
07-05:supposed to go to the beach woken at 7 am pouring rain harder than ever check car windows locked out for 20 min soaking wet freezing cold warm shower make waffles daves car alarm went off ate waffles sat around woke sarah with water gun went to store liverpool tshirt visited grammy made lunch ate lunch went to eriks rented movies watched elephant boys to store girls to mcdonalds free fries dvds behind cabinet pulled out to get climbed over legs out dave pushed! fell behind lots of pain lots of laughter stuck behind dave scared finally out dead meat dave played battleship dave has an attitude love him anyway chad has an attitude love him too ate burgers and hot dogs cleaned kitchen along came polly slept on couch love crystal diaz tickling stens feet home to sleep so content.
whew.
7.01.2004
You know what's funny about summer? All the days seem the same. I never really know what day it is, they all just seem to blend together into one giant weekend. Except for Sunday. That day I can figure out.
David came home on Monday. Yaaay. Sarah went to meet him at the airplane port and spent the night there. At the Ridley's, not the airplane port. Good times were had by all, I'm assuming. It's always a party at the Ridley's.
Zach (7), Andrew (4) and Bailey (2) Shmitz came down to the barn on Tuesday to ride. Quite the experience I must say. It was fun though and they all "helped" me clean Spot's stall with dustpans afterwords. I'm glad they got to come. After that I went to the mall with David, Dayna, and Sarah, and Dayna and I bought matching Nalgene bottles cause they were on sale at EMS. We even got free splashguard thingies. Then we went to Dunkin Donuts, Target, and Stop and Shop to buy liquid starch. Well, not at Dunkin Donuts. We were just there for sugar.
Last night I was supposed to have practice but our coach got called to umpire a game in New Britain. Another Wallingford team needed players for their game though, so I headed over there. They had about 14 girls show up so I wasn't really needed, but I stayed to watch. Ben called me after to hang out since he is living in Cheshire this week helping take care of Brian, an 18 year old that has Down's syndrome. He seems like a really cool kid from what Ben said. I would like to meet him at some point this summer. We really had no idea what to do, so we called Jon Polce and we all went to see Spiderman 2. It was good, I guess, but there was a lot of drama in this one.
Off to see what today brings.
David came home on Monday. Yaaay. Sarah went to meet him at the airplane port and spent the night there. At the Ridley's, not the airplane port. Good times were had by all, I'm assuming. It's always a party at the Ridley's.
Zach (7), Andrew (4) and Bailey (2) Shmitz came down to the barn on Tuesday to ride. Quite the experience I must say. It was fun though and they all "helped" me clean Spot's stall with dustpans afterwords. I'm glad they got to come. After that I went to the mall with David, Dayna, and Sarah, and Dayna and I bought matching Nalgene bottles cause they were on sale at EMS. We even got free splashguard thingies. Then we went to Dunkin Donuts, Target, and Stop and Shop to buy liquid starch. Well, not at Dunkin Donuts. We were just there for sugar.
Last night I was supposed to have practice but our coach got called to umpire a game in New Britain. Another Wallingford team needed players for their game though, so I headed over there. They had about 14 girls show up so I wasn't really needed, but I stayed to watch. Ben called me after to hang out since he is living in Cheshire this week helping take care of Brian, an 18 year old that has Down's syndrome. He seems like a really cool kid from what Ben said. I would like to meet him at some point this summer. We really had no idea what to do, so we called Jon Polce and we all went to see Spiderman 2. It was good, I guess, but there was a lot of drama in this one.
Off to see what today brings.
6.23.2004
I have bloody knees and elbows.
But what would softball be if it wasn't for blood?
Not much of a party if you ask me.
We had our first official game tonight, actually a doubleheader, and we lost both of them but the second game was so so so close. Grrrr. We were down like 10-0 (i'm not kidding.) and we got 8 runs in 2 innings. We were rocking hardcore. It was so much fun. And I have battlescars to prove it.
Sam is my favorite person right now. She encourages me so much.
Tomorrow is Jen's graduation and Crystal and I are definitely going to hit it up. Well, actually a lot of people are but we're definitely going together. She's going to the DR on Friday morning like 1:00 with Tom and like 60 other people and I'm going to miss her so so so much. She's my girl and I love her lots.
We had more cousins come from Texas yesterday to visit Grammy, and she was very excited. They stayed the night and got to visit a lot, and she was happy. Grammy rocks.
Wendy's has the best chicken nuggets ever.
In the end, everything is all about the food.
But what would softball be if it wasn't for blood?
Not much of a party if you ask me.
We had our first official game tonight, actually a doubleheader, and we lost both of them but the second game was so so so close. Grrrr. We were down like 10-0 (i'm not kidding.) and we got 8 runs in 2 innings. We were rocking hardcore. It was so much fun. And I have battlescars to prove it.
Sam is my favorite person right now. She encourages me so much.
Tomorrow is Jen's graduation and Crystal and I are definitely going to hit it up. Well, actually a lot of people are but we're definitely going together. She's going to the DR on Friday morning like 1:00 with Tom and like 60 other people and I'm going to miss her so so so much. She's my girl and I love her lots.
We had more cousins come from Texas yesterday to visit Grammy, and she was very excited. They stayed the night and got to visit a lot, and she was happy. Grammy rocks.
Wendy's has the best chicken nuggets ever.
In the end, everything is all about the food.
6.20.2004
Things I learned yesterday:
1.) Alex is a mind reader. Well, mostly he just reads my mind. But still.
2.) Dominic has small hands and...
3.) Tricia and Sarah are the thriftist and fastest shoppers known to man.
4.) The female species does not give Benjamin the creeps no matter what he says.
5.) Jonathan is my favorite.
6.) I am apparently "a bonnie lass". Ask Granddad.
So yesterday morning I get up, you know, the usual time on a Saturday. 10ish, maybe 10:30. By random selection and phone calls, I am told there is a baseball game in Hamden that involves Benjamin and Jonathan Ridley and The Coolest Cheering Section Ever hosted by Dominic DeMarco. I think to myself "hmm...I have nothing to do today" and proceed to carry that thought out at the Purificato's and crazy shopping with Tricia and Sarah until 5 when the game starts. So I decide to join TCCSE (see above)and realize that Dom doesn't actually do any of the cheering, just retrieves foul balls. I am ok with this, since I can hold my own at embarassing someone by exuberant yelling. I do restrain myself though, since it is the first game of the season and I do have to build my reputation slowly.
Anyway.
The game was good, they won 7-2 and I'm proud of them. We four went back to the Ridley's and ate dinner and visted and saw Granddad, and then Alex, Ben and I went to see The Terminal. It was ok, not something we should have used our free tickets on, but since Dodgeball was sold out we had no choice. I think it could have been better if both the men I was accompanied by didn't fall asleep for most of it.
I'm not kidding.
Ben missed maybe 45 minutes to an hour by drooling on my shoulder instead, and Alex kept falling asleep and waking up again thinking it was the same part of the movie cause it all took place in one airport terminal. Lovely company.
We went back to the house and talked for a while and then I left cause it was very very very late and I thought maybe my parents thought I was dead cause their house is a black hole for cell phones. But alas, I was not.
I missed my best friend.
1.) Alex is a mind reader. Well, mostly he just reads my mind. But still.
2.) Dominic has small hands and...
3.) Tricia and Sarah are the thriftist and fastest shoppers known to man.
4.) The female species does not give Benjamin the creeps no matter what he says.
5.) Jonathan is my favorite.
6.) I am apparently "a bonnie lass". Ask Granddad.
So yesterday morning I get up, you know, the usual time on a Saturday. 10ish, maybe 10:30. By random selection and phone calls, I am told there is a baseball game in Hamden that involves Benjamin and Jonathan Ridley and The Coolest Cheering Section Ever hosted by Dominic DeMarco. I think to myself "hmm...I have nothing to do today" and proceed to carry that thought out at the Purificato's and crazy shopping with Tricia and Sarah until 5 when the game starts. So I decide to join TCCSE (see above)and realize that Dom doesn't actually do any of the cheering, just retrieves foul balls. I am ok with this, since I can hold my own at embarassing someone by exuberant yelling. I do restrain myself though, since it is the first game of the season and I do have to build my reputation slowly.
Anyway.
The game was good, they won 7-2 and I'm proud of them. We four went back to the Ridley's and ate dinner and visted and saw Granddad, and then Alex, Ben and I went to see The Terminal. It was ok, not something we should have used our free tickets on, but since Dodgeball was sold out we had no choice. I think it could have been better if both the men I was accompanied by didn't fall asleep for most of it.
I'm not kidding.
Ben missed maybe 45 minutes to an hour by drooling on my shoulder instead, and Alex kept falling asleep and waking up again thinking it was the same part of the movie cause it all took place in one airport terminal. Lovely company.
We went back to the house and talked for a while and then I left cause it was very very very late and I thought maybe my parents thought I was dead cause their house is a black hole for cell phones. But alas, I was not.
I missed my best friend.
6.19.2004
David Crowder was AWESOME.
Erik and I went to 1Heart's Nico and David Crowder Band concert last night, and it was definitely the best concert I have been to since the downhere show.
We were event staff and had to show up around 5 (we got lost..hmm..maybe because someone didn't look up directions?) but basically all we did till people started lining up to get inside the doors was eat free hamburgers and stuff. Nico was really good as usual, although this was the first time I have actually sat through a whole show of his. Then David Crowder Band came on, and they totally rocked the place. There were 840 people there, and you definitely knew it.
After the show was over, we stuck around and helped clean up some, then got to meet and talk with the bands. I got all of DCB to sign a shirt and took a picture with David. His lead guitarist, Jason Solley, had a shirt on that said "England" with a picture of St. Andrew's cross, and I was wearing my UK shirt, too. He noticed it, so I took a picture with him too. He told me to send it to him.
I think he really just wanted his picture taken with me.
I have decided that if I become famous and people ask to take their picture with me, I'm going to whip out a camera and say "only if I can take a picture with you". That way, I'll have lots of pictures of people I don't really know but feel good because I wanted a picture with them.
It's a plan.
Erik and I went to 1Heart's Nico and David Crowder Band concert last night, and it was definitely the best concert I have been to since the downhere show.
We were event staff and had to show up around 5 (we got lost..hmm..maybe because someone didn't look up directions?) but basically all we did till people started lining up to get inside the doors was eat free hamburgers and stuff. Nico was really good as usual, although this was the first time I have actually sat through a whole show of his. Then David Crowder Band came on, and they totally rocked the place. There were 840 people there, and you definitely knew it.
After the show was over, we stuck around and helped clean up some, then got to meet and talk with the bands. I got all of DCB to sign a shirt and took a picture with David. His lead guitarist, Jason Solley, had a shirt on that said "England" with a picture of St. Andrew's cross, and I was wearing my UK shirt, too. He noticed it, so I took a picture with him too. He told me to send it to him.
I think he really just wanted his picture taken with me.
I have decided that if I become famous and people ask to take their picture with me, I'm going to whip out a camera and say "only if I can take a picture with you". That way, I'll have lots of pictures of people I don't really know but feel good because I wanted a picture with them.
It's a plan.
6.18.2004
New favorites:
Thousand Foot Krutch
Basement-dwellers
Strawberry-banana smoothies
"sanddaughters"
New friendships
Smurf ice cream
New love interests (not mine!)
Chipmunks that eat out of your hand
Getting a tan
Shane and Shane
Getting Drenched..again.
Thousand Foot Krutch
Basement-dwellers
Strawberry-banana smoothies
"sanddaughters"
New friendships
Smurf ice cream
New love interests (not mine!)
Chipmunks that eat out of your hand
Getting a tan
Shane and Shane
Getting Drenched..again.
6.17.2004
I wish I was someone's reason for living. Why is it that people always turn to someone else for advice or questions or just to have fun? Sure, I have wonderful friends and an even more wonderful boyfriend, but wouldn't it be nice to have someone, preferably a girl, though most of my best friends are guys, who likes me just a little bit more than others. I know I have friends that are girls..but not that kind. Not the kind that in the deepest part of my heart, I desire most of all.
Yesterday was Chad's 19th birthday. Happy birthday Chad!!
I am so sore.
We had our first softball practice Monday, which about killed my arm, then a game yesterday which actually made it feel better. Last night. Today is not as fun.
It's amazing how many people have an online journal of some sort. They seem to be popping up all over the place. It's kinda fun to be able to spy on people. I mean..see what's going on with them.
My family left yesterday. Our house seems too empty with everyone gone, but pieces remain, like lobster tea towels from Grand Manan and Tori's sippy cup. It was so wonderful to be able to spend so much time with them and get to know them better. I love them loads.
Erik and I made ice cream sundaes after my game yesterday and ate so much that I was actually almost sick from eating too much ice cream. Nice.
I am so blessed.
I am so sore.
We had our first softball practice Monday, which about killed my arm, then a game yesterday which actually made it feel better. Last night. Today is not as fun.
It's amazing how many people have an online journal of some sort. They seem to be popping up all over the place. It's kinda fun to be able to spy on people. I mean..see what's going on with them.
My family left yesterday. Our house seems too empty with everyone gone, but pieces remain, like lobster tea towels from Grand Manan and Tori's sippy cup. It was so wonderful to be able to spend so much time with them and get to know them better. I love them loads.
Erik and I made ice cream sundaes after my game yesterday and ate so much that I was actually almost sick from eating too much ice cream. Nice.
I am so blessed.
6.14.2004
So I guess this is one of the journals that gets updated sometimes.
Went to Canada for 4 days with everyone. We had a blast..spent loads of time on the beach, finding sanddollars and empty crab shells, getting burnt and swimming in 40° water. Visited more cousins then any of us really knew we had, showed Erik around, ate lots of fish, and got to know Jenn and the kids really well. It was really an uneventful trip, but full of memories. The 12 hour drive wasn't really that bad, and the kids were great. Lots of ice cream stops though.
Softball starts today..kind of late in June this time, but that's ok. I'm still excited.
Dean's grad party was yesterday-you know it was fun. Took Evan and Tori with me to swim, then Mom and Jenn came and picked them up and visited for a while. We played volleyball (well..Megan and I were the cheering section. We weren't up for volleyball. We decided it was more fun to watch and the whole rotating thing kind of confuses us) and ate lots of yummy Purificato food and listened to loud music and went swimming some more. Good times. Talked with and got to know Megan and Crystal more..even more good times.
Off to do nothing really. Because it's summer. Yeah.
P.S. Chad is now living with us. I have only recently discovered how cool he really is. I mean, you have to be cool to live in my basement and drive the Lincoln. Not just anyone can do that.
Went to Canada for 4 days with everyone. We had a blast..spent loads of time on the beach, finding sanddollars and empty crab shells, getting burnt and swimming in 40° water. Visited more cousins then any of us really knew we had, showed Erik around, ate lots of fish, and got to know Jenn and the kids really well. It was really an uneventful trip, but full of memories. The 12 hour drive wasn't really that bad, and the kids were great. Lots of ice cream stops though.
Softball starts today..kind of late in June this time, but that's ok. I'm still excited.
Dean's grad party was yesterday-you know it was fun. Took Evan and Tori with me to swim, then Mom and Jenn came and picked them up and visited for a while. We played volleyball (well..Megan and I were the cheering section. We weren't up for volleyball. We decided it was more fun to watch and the whole rotating thing kind of confuses us) and ate lots of yummy Purificato food and listened to loud music and went swimming some more. Good times. Talked with and got to know Megan and Crystal more..even more good times.
Off to do nothing really. Because it's summer. Yeah.
P.S. Chad is now living with us. I have only recently discovered how cool he really is. I mean, you have to be cool to live in my basement and drive the Lincoln. Not just anyone can do that.
6.06.2004
I graduated.
It was wonderful.
I had a party.
It was noise and crowds and food and love and football.
It wasn't the same without you.
I am determined to learn rugby this summer.
I ate waaay too much this weekend.
John left today. :(
I am going to Canada with Jenn, Evan, Victoria, Dad, and Erik.
I get to eat lots of fish I don't really like, walk on rocky beaches, ride on the Grand Manan V and meet lots of Canook family, all in my favorite place in the world. Well..one of them.
It's been a good week.
It was wonderful.
I had a party.
It was noise and crowds and food and love and football.
It wasn't the same without you.
I am determined to learn rugby this summer.
I ate waaay too much this weekend.
John left today. :(
I am going to Canada with Jenn, Evan, Victoria, Dad, and Erik.
I get to eat lots of fish I don't really like, walk on rocky beaches, ride on the Grand Manan V and meet lots of Canook family, all in my favorite place in the world. Well..one of them.
It's been a good week.
6.02.2004
This may be one of those blogs that gets updated every day, or it may be one that gets updated basically never. We'll have to see.
Today my oldest sister, Jenn, my brother John, and my nephew and neice, Evan and Victoria, are coming for my graduation. I'm looking forward to it, since it's been over a year since I've seen them.
I'm nervous about graduation, mostly because of my speech. Haven't finished writing it yet, but at least I started it right? That's a plus. It's gonna be sad though, cause a lot of my friends aren't gonna be there for the ceremony or the open house at my house the next day. It's just nice to have everyone around. I'm glad my sister is going to be here, and a lot of other family as well.
This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Today my oldest sister, Jenn, my brother John, and my nephew and neice, Evan and Victoria, are coming for my graduation. I'm looking forward to it, since it's been over a year since I've seen them.
I'm nervous about graduation, mostly because of my speech. Haven't finished writing it yet, but at least I started it right? That's a plus. It's gonna be sad though, cause a lot of my friends aren't gonna be there for the ceremony or the open house at my house the next day. It's just nice to have everyone around. I'm glad my sister is going to be here, and a lot of other family as well.
This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
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