new year...

i have so many other things to do right now. but here i am updating my blog... hahah . i would love to go through 2007 and really reflect on it.. but now is not the time. ALSO i will be adding TONS of pics in the next few days of the new apartment and from over break. yay! it will be great....

i need to pack for school/new apartment. we are leaving early morning but i am so tired and exhausted from everything that I don't even want to start. i know once i do it wont take long, but that first step.
until then i will let you in on some goals for this year.
1. create a budget. and stick to it. at least for spring. for this month or like two weeks i am going to track my spending and then see where my money goes, because with my new apartment i know that i will have so many unexpected expenses...
2. not be negative. my mom says i am so negative, but i am not sure when that is, but i danno it offended me that she said that, but then again is that me be negative again? i danno, but i am wearing a negative hairtie. every time i am negative i have to switch wrists. so far i haven't been able to go one day. studies prove that it takes 21 days to form a habit, my goal is not to switch the band for 21 days. this one might take all year but i am willing. my grandma is doing it with me. we are keeping each other accountable.
3. read more. of everything. one of the seminars at indy christmas conference talked about reading the same passage in the bible every day for a month. so i have picked Psalms 84 for the month of january. i cant wait to see how god opens up my eyes through this passage. who knows what february will bring.
4. write more. like love letters, faraway friends letters, letters to everyone and about everything.
5. not put people.god.myself.life. in a box. there is so much god can do without us putting him in a box.
6. cook!
i think thats it. oh yeah loose 45 lbs. haha no i am just kidding. but i am going to work out but its not going to be a resolution or anything just to get healthy.

anyways. this christmas break has been surprising less awkward that i was expecting. again i am putting my family in a box. i danno i have been lots of things happen and people growing.

update in a few with PICTURES... be excited!

wind and snowy weather

currently i am the highest bidder on this present for ed on ebay. dont outbid me. i need this. haha


anyways, today was my first real day of christmas break. well i mean i forgot about yesterday. but i danno if that counted. i didnt wake up till 1 (i got home from toledo at 4 am). had a family chat of about 3 hours. cleaned my room and made a letter box for myself from all the stuff i got from germany. i love it. back to today. i was so discombobulated (wow that word is so funny spelled out) , when i woke up because i rearranged my room (like i do everytime i am home) and i couldnt find anything. naturally i was late for church but oh well. before church it was like not that cold and everything was already starting to melt. i was sad because i love the snow... but when we came out it was a blizzard. and i loved everybit of it. especially when i was at the mall (two different ones...) and NO ONE was there because they were afraid of the blizzard. today i started my christmas shopping. i need a few more things i am done. its nice, i am pretty much loving buying things online. even in the blizzard i can still get things. or at 12:30 at night when most stores are closed. dang. i love it.

So i am going to go to indy christmas conference. i got a scholarship to go (i cant afford it otherwise) its like 4 days of message, break out sessions (about anything from relationships to joining staff with crusade), going out in the community and serving Indianapolis, time with our campus (like ice skating or something) and lots of praise and worship and love from tons of friends. i am so excited . this is my first year going... its going to be awesome!!! i cant wait to see what god has planned to teach me while i am there. i could use a spiritual boost. it will be so exciting! yay for new years too, we get to pray in the new year. how cool is that, the first thing you do in 2008 is pray. not many people can say that! i am pumped.




i am seeing enchanted with the women in my family on tuesday, and going to my moms classroom (firstgrade) on weds and thursday. they wrote me letters begging me to come and visit them. i loved them, they cant spell at all. it was like a game to guess what they were acctually trying to say. and then on friday i get to go to Sharon's preschool and dress up like an elf\and tell them that santa was too busy checking the lists twice so he sent me instead. i am so excited, i love dressing up for little kids. last year i was cinderella. and kids acctually thought i was her. it was so much fun. (ps. one of my lifetime goals is to be in an ice-capade as the Teapot from beauty and the beast. )


thats all for now. i am loving the wireless and the freedom...

ciao

NEW PICTURES!

Hey guys,

exam week is full force attack on exams. I have been spreading out my studying. i have one exam each day (a break , none on wednesday.... but i need that day for german studying... AH!)

the big move happens on friday. i cant wait. its going to be great to have freedom again. i am just ready for a change too! it should be a fun.

here is whats been going on in my life lately.... lots of fun and friends. which is exactly what i need.
(copy paste this link into the address bar at the top of the page!)


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2093087&l=8e5ca&id=30109286


Need to hit the books!


see you soon!


ciao

am chilling in the new library i am obessed with it. i come here like all the time. i love the color scheme (lime green, orange, blue and silver) its so retro. haha anyways, i get really annoyed when people are talking loud on their cell phones or when people are talking alot in general. its a library. have you never been to one before? blah.

exam week is starting in a few hours. i have to turn in my first exam. yay. one down four to go. AH! this weekend should be fun. i love exam week, its so relaxing (besides my german exam. ohhh and stats. BLAh that not going to be fun)

anyways, i am pumped for christmas break. i virtually have no plans so i cant wait to not be on a schedule. it will be great. i never know where my times goes during the day, i have so much to do, and so many people to speak with that when it is midnight i am so exhusted i just crash.


off to start studying.... yay!

why do i always update this rather than studying for german.

in this case i have already studied and am about to go to bed.



i have so much to say, but too exhausted to say it... till next time. PLUS pictures from this fun weekend with kelly!


LAST WEEK OF CLASSSESSS!!! already? haha

I have exactly one hour and 20 minutes until my german exam.

I have mostly studied for it, but need to cram the vocab in.
i am over it, and want to surf the web instead. haha i am sitting in our brand new library, we have like pods with 8 computers around a circle. its kinda weird, but this is the only computer lab on campus. so its really crowded. luckily i got a computer... to do some work. right.

anyways. i cant believe its already the middle of november. When did this happen? A friend told me the summer before i started college that your freshman year goes by fast, but every year after that goes by even faster. I didnt think it was possible. It is. when i was in germany the time flew by, this semester doesnt even compare. wow. we have like less than 20 days before christmas break. i guess i should start thinking about exams. blah! already?!

Life. well whats been going on? hmm where did i leave off? Fall break. wow. feels like ages ago.... why is it like that? that time feels like it is speeding up, even though we have so many conveniences to help us make things quicker.

school: is going fine, like i said its almost the end of the semester! i have a german presentation today too about islam in germany. it should be interesting. I was interested in learning about Islam and the muslim culture. its awesome, and i really like it... send me to TURKEY! please! haha

akpsi: oh man. its been crazy trying to get everything in order, we have had a lot of events that went ok. today we have the auditor of state coming to speak to the university. i hope people show up... its a big deal! sometimes i feel like people cant talk to me because i am vice president, and i miss my friends in akpsi. i am always up front.... elections are coming up soon. I have my position all year, but it should be interesting to see who wins....

RA: my residents are ok... kinda keep to themselves. but whatever. I had a meeting this past monday to speak to them about bathroom cleanliness... everyone was having different expectations and it was getting out of control for no reason. I am just about done with programming, i had a study abroad program which was ok, only 2 residents showed up but a bunch of ras from other buildings came, and i guess that 3 of the people who showed up made appointments to try and study abroad. so thats what its all about! and yesterday we had " Learn how to Swing Dance" It was a hit! We had about 20 people show up and my two friends who are in the ballroom dance society came and taught us for about an hour. It was so much fun and the perfect amount of people! :) I really enjoyed it and want to do it in the spring .... like i have time.. who am i kidding. I am not sure where I want to be an RA next year, i am thinking of going back to community bathroom, i danno it just seemed like my residents were more like to get out and play! haha we will see, i have a few weeks to decide. All i know is that I cant afford not to be a RA, life is so expensive...


Speaking of expensive, i really want to go to Christmas conference with crusade from dec 28- jan 1 but at the moment, i cant afford it.. hopefully i can get a scholarship or something. i have never gone and i think it would be awesome.

i am really loving my life group at my church, we did a class called Bible Essentials. and it was a basic bible class explaining anything you ever wanted to know about the bible. It was interesting and I knew alot of it but found somethings out that were neat. A few sundays ago we directed traffic (my Church is huge!) and it was hilarious and so much fun! We are doing it this week too! My new mentor is really great, we are doing a study on "When godly people do ungodly things" by Beth Moore (who is an amazing author/devotional writer!) she is amazing and really challenges you to look at yourself. its great and we have so much to talk about and learn from each other. Last week Ed got to speak in front of crusade about his time in canada this summer. He really did a great job, and i was proud of him. He is trying to encourage other guys to go on the summer project!

I have been working out again. Ed and I started to... well its mostly me. He is hard to wake and get out of bed to meet me at the rec. oh well every little bit helps right? I have been trying to eat better and more balanced. I am just sick of being unhealthy and eating fast food crap. haha


christmas is around the corner. I dont want much, but I have complied a list

• tennis shoes
• study bible
• brown flats (dress)
• workout dvds (for my dorm room when it snowy!)

i mean thats not alot i guess but its a start? haha

OK now that i have only an hour left until my test it is crunch time.


I think thats all for now...

ciao!


See you soon! YUM THANKSGIVING! I cant wait!!!!!!! real food! Family! FUN!

I have been so bad at updating this.


I will soon I promise. Give me a until thursday.... haha

thanks all you faithful readers...


seee you soon.