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

After four hours of studying biology with Tyler.

Billy and Mongo.

Mongo yawning.

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.

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

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. : )