Currently Listening Nothing Left to Lose By Mat Kearney see related

i can never think of a title and i think that's why i have waited so long to post something...

i took some good advice...start listening to others' opinions, but make your own decisions. why am i just now learning this?

on that note, i switched my major back to painting. 

i thought this semester was going to be a struggle.  it is quite the opposite.  im having an  amazing spring semester.

sometimes i wish i had made different decisions and i wonder what would have happened had i made different choices. i know i am where i am supposed to be.   just have to embrace that and keep going.

balance is so hard to come by. ok i think that's my ridiculously late new year's resolution...maybe more of a goal.  finding balance. 

Currently Reading A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion #1) By Francine Rivers see related

my roommate decided she is tri-lingual.

im ok with that.

painting, computer art, art history II, early u.s. history, printmaking.

im ok with that.

harry, bob, and gary: our pet ants in our room.

im ok with that.

deathly ill friends, no union, no galloway.

im not so ok with that.

awkward moose.  just thought i would throw that out there.

it makes me laugh.    

Currently Reading The Devil Wears Prada: Movie Tie-In By Lauren Weisberger see related

chasing ducks and catching light

Galloway Youth + Lake Junaluska - humidity =Fun, learning, discovery, love 

Chef MacIntyre. Star Trekkin. Fresh Prince Carlton dancing. Talks on the Porch. Bears in the bathroom. Bears in the bed.  Bears hanging from the ceiling fan. Running around the lake. Getting burned by the pool. Jumping in even though it was 20 degrees. Learning to accept and love new people. Patience patience patience. 

Learning so much more about new friendships. Realizing differences. Loving the differences.

Reuniting with old friends and finding out where their paths have been and where they are going. Seeing how God has worked through them.

Making a new incredible friend who will be there through anything. We laughed, we sang at the top of our lungs, danced with all the enthusiasm in our beings, we had deep discussions, we ran around the lake in the afternoon sun and got ridiculously burned.  

I have finally found a resting place in my mind. After talking, thinking, studying, praying, learning, and listening, I finally made some decisions. I tried to force myself to stop thinking about denominations and their seperations and where I fit in, but I could not quit wanting to go further and deeper.  Decisions have never been my favorite thing and I'm not good at making them, but after searching and finally understanding things I have never been forced to think about before, I can let my mind rest.  It took so long and I know I will always want to know more, but I will continue to seek Christ now with roots in the ground instead of just attaching to what others say.  The Relationship is my focus now.  Not all of the details that had to be worked out. 

Finally.

Currently Reading Keeping Faith : A Novel (P.S.) By Jodi Picoult see related

96 degrees

The new Doritos commercial with the alien/dinosaur is not good. It honestly scares me a little.

VBS was insane...the theme was pretty much a Bible boot camp...my squad was five 5th and 6th grade boys.  One was A.D.D. (literally), was was an Ole Miss fan, one knew the Bible like he was a Baptist (an advantage for our team on Bible drill day), one cut his tongue with a toosie pop at least once a day, and the last one took everything to its full extent of seriousness.  Worth it though? Definitly.

This weekend my family and I are going to eat dinner in Crystal Springs with the Sims, Magee is coming to visit Saturday, and I am babysitting Saturday night. This particular child likes to "poot" on me.  Wish me luck. 

Currently Reading Running with Scissors: A Memoir By Augusten Burroughs see related

Pink skirts and t shirts

So my argumentative paper on seat belts got an A.  Thank you Dr. Smith.

Missionfest was amazing.  So many people worshiping, so many people helped, so much change to the world in a small dose.

I am up to 9 miles.  I got pelted in the face with mosquitos last night...running in the dark creeps me out and I am so paranoid someone is going to tackle me and kill me.

It's cool how you meet random people in random places and they become your friend.  I am quickly becoming a fan of the girl I sit next to in my Comp II class after she lived in my hall all year and we share the same major.  Im glad there is someone there I know.

I hate being late. I hate it when other people are late.  Apologies work. Excuses usually dont. 

In fact, that is something I have been working on...not making excuses.  I feel them forming in my head...I have been trying to force them out and live with the fact that there is no reason I should get around the situation I am trying to make an excuse for. It is my fault.  I am responsible.

Quick to listen, slow to speak.  I also need to work on this one.