Sometimes it's hard....

....but you just have to lean on the Lord. He is carrying me. That is for sure. I just have to let myself have the faith to believe it.

How time flies....

Ok, it's been a little bit longer than a while since I have written in this thing. So much has happened in these 4 months that I cannot begin to fill you in. Good thing I have a real journal that has it all written in it, however, that does nothing for you. Sorry. We can talk about it all sometime if you are that interested. If not, then I will just continue on.

In two weeks I will be on the California tour. This summer, starting May 20, I will be living in Huntsville. I will be working with the Mayfair Church of Christ as a youth intern. I am oh so excited! I got to meet the girls and my other girl intern this weekend at a retreat. I love all of them so much already! I can't wait to see how God is going to use me in their lives, and how God is going to use them in mine! This is such an incredible opportunity...I'm amazed at how God works. He just seems to blow my mind...over and over again.

I am nearing the end of my sophmore year in college. That means that, if I finish in 4 years, I am almost half way done! Where have the years gone! Brittany and I were just reminising our childhood. What happened to that little girl with the messy pigtails, the overall shorts, and the banana-seat bicycle? What happened to the days of American Girl dolls and sleepovers? Where are those neighbors that used to ring my doorbell? They are now memories. Cherished memories, but those days are gone. They have all played a part in who I am today, but even who I am today will change as the days go by. I am growing up. Crazy to think about. Priorities change. Free time is hard to come by. Here is an interesting thought-

I am now at the point where my dreams can become realities. Henry David Thoreau once said, "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; there is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."

I am being molding. I am being prepared. The Potter is shaping me. In every situation. In every moment. Everyday. I am changing. Growth can be scary, but it can also be an adventure. I have a perfect Potter. I will just grasp hold of His hand and let Him guide me. Because I have given my future to Him. It is in His hands....and that is the safest place for it to be. So I am just going to keep walking, and see where He leads me.

Yes...I am writing again....this soon....

....yeah.....
I am at home for Thanksgiving--which is today--and I have had a lot going on. I am only on my 3rd of 9 Biology lab Reports to do by Sunday. AHHHH!!!! I am kinda stressin on that. I also would like to go ahead and write my Great Books Paper...doubt that will happen. I did do my Psycology Geneogram last night. Yay.

I have something else that I really need to---HAVE to do while I am home. I really need to talk to Grandpa. I really have to do it....God has just put this sense of urgency on my heart. I need to try to plant a seed, I need to try..... Praying about that..... hardcore....

I have really been going through some housecleaning of the heart. For the past week or so, I have just been realizing some serious things about myself that need to change. I am working on it, but I know that I will never ever be able to fix any of it myself. I really am realizing just how incredibly blessed we are that Christ died to give us the gift of grace. Without that....I would be a lost cause. I can not be what I am called to be. I will never fully be that. But His grace is sufficent for me. It takes me and all my weakness and makes me useful. He takes the wretched, ugly, being that I am.....and He makes me His precious child. He actually wants me, a sinner, to be His very own child. His daughter. I don't deserve it at all, and this I have only recently fully realized. And that will get a person thinking......

I am thankful for the way God leads me with His providential hand. He has put people in my path....Laurel, Carie, Brittany, Katie, Kyle, Will, Otis, Matt, and oh sooooo many more...I am so thankful for them and I miss them a lot while I am at home this week.

I am thankful for my wonderful family. I am sooooooooooo lucky. I have a great, loving family that strives to serve the Lord. I am thankful that I was able to be raised in this home.

I am thankful for opportunities that God has and will open up for me.

I pray about those things right now....I pray that I will see these opportunities....I pray for my future and I am thankful that I can be assured that my future will be good just because God is going to be the one preparing it.

I could go on.....but I need to finish a paper...... I love you all and I am very thankful that you are each in my life! Happy Thanksgiving~!

Now it SERIOUSLY has been FOREVER since I've written in here!

Yeah...sorry guys....no body probably EVER reads this anymore cause I never write in it......

It is one week till thanksgiving break....excited about going home...then one week then finals then Christmas.....then semester #2 (minus a roommate) ((this makes me happy because I will love the space and quiet area!)) hehehe

How time flies and things change and man oh man....crazy stuff I tell you.......

I currently frequent the "Spot", go hot tub hoppin, Waffle House is our new home, in the Chorus...going to California in the Spring with that and Honduras in January for a mission trip.
Praying for perhaps an internship at a church this summer....also praying for my future....and all that that entails.... yeah.... anyways......

A lot going on---busy all the time--but anyways....more later... how much later...who knows....

Let me tell you about my best night EVER!

(sorry it's been so long since I blogged...things have been really busy and crazy!)

SO about last night. I had my classes yesterday, went to work, went to the Honduras meeting and then back to work...and then, after that, a group of us met in the Lester Chapel of the Bible building and we just sang...from 9:30 till after midnight...and we all prayed together...and it was just.....it was truly inspiring and uplifting and it was such an answer to my prayers! I think it is definitely in my Top 3 Faulkner Moments....

Who all was there? Me, Will, Brittany, Holly, Grace, Heather, Lindsey, Skye, Rob, Tex, Brett, William, and I think that's it.... it was great. Looking forward to doing it again!

Pledge Week is Over...thank goodness!

Yeah, it's over, and for that I am thankful!!!! We have a good new group of girls and I am excited, and that is all I have to say about that. That's all for now.

Just had a serious conversation with Clay...I have a lot to think about.

Pledge Week has started....

...and I think I almost liked it better as a pledge...

ok, not REALLY, but there is a lot more stress involved in this than the pledges see. It has been a rough day. I hope that everything works out ok....I'll give details later...

Side note--funny accomplishment...

....I have to add this...just because I want to remember it and so...........I'm going to put it on here. The week of September 12-18th (yes, the time of the hurricane) I was voted "Delta Hottie of the Week" by my Epsilon brothers. sigh....what a confidence booster! I was the 2nd one in history!! (this is a new tradtion by the way) hehe...I enjoyed it!! ANYWAY>> enough of that.

Sooo...about this Hurricane...

Yeah...it has definitely been an interesting week/weekend!! haha...Hurricane Ivan came ripping through this town I call home away from home..yes...Montgomery, AL. Luckily it wasn't as bad as they were expecting it to be! There were some crazy strong winds and A LOT of hard rains...but we were all fine, only a couple of uprooted trees in our yard...lots of branches and limbs...some houses in the ares did have trees fall on their houses...we were lucky....oh, by the way, me and Brittany Fish stayed with Miller's family Tuesday nite through this afternoon. We all certainly made the best of a bad situation. Chad stayed over too, so the weekenders had an extended weekend full of movies...well, until the power went off... OH-I did have my first Mellow Mushroom experience last night. Tons of good fun. I was glad that I got to get to know Carly and Alan better too....Now it is just Friday night, so I still have a full weekend ahead of me. I am going to be soooo spoiled by all of these long weekends! I'm tellin ya!

Pledge Week starts Sunday nite, so this is certainly going to be a VERY busy week! At least I am not Pledging!!!!! I am already an active member of my wonderful club, Delta XI Omega. Yay!

Anyway, enough for now. I hope my sis had a good b-day Wednesday! I miss both of my sisters and my mommy and daddy! Love you all! ( and of course the rest of my family too!!!) ;)

It's Thursday Nite....

...and I am ready for another weekend of fun!! haha...it really seems like last weekend was still just yesterday! But no complaints here!!! hehe

I am going to my first Braves Game EVER tomorrow night! I am kinda excited about that...I hope it is fun! Oh--what am I saying..it will be!!

Right now for me...I am just enjoying my time... just having fun....hanging out with friends...no worries...I know that what needs to happen with stuff....will...and it doesn't need to be in my time....it's in God's...and only then will everything REALLY work out how it should.

Well, I am off for some fun with my "weekenders".

The last night....

...well, the last night of the fun weekend! Sundays are always good days, I accidentally overslept and was a little late for Sunday School, but I made it, so it's all good. After church, me, Chad, Wes, and Addison went out to eat at LaBamba...made for an....interesting lunch, and that is all I will say about that one. After lunch we watched a movie and then I hung out with the girls before church. After church some of us went to Arbys and that was great because I hadn't had Arbys in FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!! I really need my job to start soon, because I NEED money!!

After Arbys we went to WalMart, and then we went "pool hopping"...what is that?? Oh, we just went swimming at 3 different pools....haha, it was really an interesting night. After swimming Brittany and I were treated to the BIG size Icee and we ended up swinging on the gazebo swing for a long time.

SO now I am in my room at 3:15, I woke up an hour ago, and I am HUNGRY!!! I need food! haha...I also need to study and do homework, so I suppose I will go do that now. :)

The night that never ended...and continued onto today..

Yeah....had way too much fun last night. There was dinner in the cafe..singing at University...movie at Nova...swiming at Steph's apartment where we stayed the night...two more movies there....got to back to Faulkner this morning...showered...went to the cafe for brunch with the group....hung out in the lobby ALL AFTERNOON..then went to Stevie B's for a 3:45 dinner...now I'm in the room....waiting for more fun to begin! I love the weekends!! :) haha...I would be more detailed....but some things you just can't tell everyone on the internet! HAHA ;) hehe

More later....

It's been a couple of days...

...since I last blogged...I'm tellin you. There is so much going on and I am just so busy..but I love being busy and having stuff to do!!! Tonight was fun...another movie night...a fun event that I have come to enjoy a whole lot!

My week started off a little rough...I think a lot of people's weeks started off badly...BUT..it's all good now! Everything is worked out with my close friend (love ya!!!). you know...lack of communication is the cause of most problems...sheesh..if only us as humans would just communicate...my fault there for sure.

Tomorrow I get to sleep in, but I think that I may decide to go to bed...well, now. I am sooooo sleepy!! soooo.....nite! ;)

Monday...What a Day...

Today has been one of those days that I can't seem to concentrate well. Why is that? Well...I suppose I have a lot on my mind.... Plus I know that I need to get more sleep! So I am just going to write a little bit of stuff down on this here blog. Be prepared...it will be confusing...cause I can't make sense of it all myself...so how should you expect to!!! hehe ;)

Have you ever just been so curious about how something might work out...whether or not your thinking that it could is accurate....what might be affected if it did...oh-and whether or not it is really worth thinking about because you don't know if it would/will ever happen/work out the way you would hope.........nah...me neither.....haha

I'm also concerned about a friend...worried about that person, but that person doesn't go to school with me anymore, so I don't see that person very often, but I have found out some things that concern me...I need to do something to help...but I am just not sure what that is exactly.... I need to pray that God will direct me in a way to approach the situation...a way that will help, not do more harm....

I'm also getting the feeling that another friend is upset with me...or at least...I dunno...I don't feel like she wants to be around me...and that has me a little distracted too. I don't think I did anything...and it's probably just a miscommunication...but it is bothering me a little.

Kickball starts today. Fun. Beth told me that I get to start. I'm a little nervous....I didn't feel too well today...but hopefully it will go well and Delta will win...cause yes, it is just kickball, but yes, it does count towards the SPORTS CLUB OF THE YEAR award...we've won this several years in a row now...not thinkin we want to end that streak...anyway...I've got Great Books in just a few minutes...sooo...I guess I should be going..(we got out of Computer early)...that's definitely enough of my babble for now...later

Just a Lazy Sunday Afternoon...

Well I got up this morning...went to church...went out to eat with Chad, Craig, Barry, and Addison. We had fun..as usual...then I went to my room and I have been decorating my binders! Haha..I'm such a dork!! I am about to do some studying!! (at some point of time before church...)

After church tonight is the Zeta/Tri-Alpha Mixer...going to check that out...I need to come up with a costume for me....for the Delta/Epsilon Mixer Tuesday...hmm....must get that together....

Well I am out for now...
(Aunt Honei, sorry there is nothing really funny on these...all of the funny stuff can not be blogged...hehe)

Havin a Blast

So I know I haven't written much...but I've been busy...getting in late ;) and being sleepy...I mean...I need sleep...haha...which is what I am about to do. Happy memories!!!! And that is all I have to say!! As for now...goodnight! :)

AAAHHHHhahahahahha

Yeah...what's the laugh for? Oh nothing...just remember the funny fun I had this weekend. Good times....good times...and that is all that I have to say about that. ;)

Today was good. Biology lab...lunch in the cafe...3 hour nap...dinner in the cafe...walmart...sonic...hanging out in the grass....dance party...goodnight!!

Tomorrow is LAUNDRY day at Stephanie's apartment!! YAY!!!

The Good Days Just Keep On Comin.....

It was another wonderful day...Mondays and Wednesdays are my favorite class days for sure! PLUS, I have really been enjoying the company of my friends...yep yep yep...I've got me some good ones.... I have been blessed with the chance to get to spend some more time than usual with some of them..and yes...I like it!!! Good talks, good times, good...lunch...good fun stuff. Yay>.... one not so good thing...I need to get more sleep!! For real! SO...this will conclude today's entry...ya'll have a good night...and I am going to get some sleep!

The Funniest Lunch EVER

It started off as any normal lunch day in the cafe (well...not exactly.. ;), but basically)...we were all just sittin around the table...eating...well, everyone pretty much gets done with their meal, but some of us decide that we aren't ready to leave yet...soooo...we decide to see how many different people we can have sit with us...FUNNY stuff....to make a long story short...Chad and I ended up being the only ones to stick it out, and we ate with 21 people total!! haha, we were in the cafe for nearly 2 hours...good fun.....This lunch will go down in history as the funniest lunch of a lifetime.....good times....

I actually have a lot more I could write about...BUT, I need to get more sleep...so I am going to actually go to bed after I read a few more pages in my book...goodnight

Classes went surprisingly well...

Yeah...I couldn't believe it either...EVEN Biology was good. I have developed some good study habits for in the classroom...(Ok--2 things about that statement--1. It made me sound like such a nerd!! 2. It's about time I learn some good study habits...wouldn't you think?? hehe) Well, that class really was good...I am going to have to work REALLY hard and pay attention EVERY day..but I can do it. No big. Computer Apps was actually good too. I really like my teacher. She is interesting and really nice, so I think that that is going to be a good class! Again, becasue I am so computer illiterate (Miller would agree...) I am going to have to work hard in that class...but I think I am already catching on...

Great Books...ahhh...a paragraph of it's own...I was prepared today...I had read, I had a question, I was active in the discussion..I was impressed with myself. For real.
I really like the book we are reading...in a weird way...It's kinda like a blog from a long time ago (well and from a REALLY intelligent man...anyway)
It had many though provoking ideas that I found related to me and my current mindset on certain situations...might get all philosophical on ya'll, but not tonight....I'll save that one for later.

haha...love me some funny converstation I am in right now...wow...lol....