Christmas Break…

At last the time has come to go home for 3 weeks see friends, spend time with family, work and just unwind after the semester. Im headed home tonight for a very long 3 weeks. I will be able to get together with friends and see if those friendships have changed or not. It will be there time to prove to me that nothing at all has changed. We will have to see what happens. It will be easy since I only will be working 2 days a week.

Its also time to spend with your family. As the time goes by my family is getting more more close knit then I can even imagine. It will be good for me to see my family and just hang out with them.

Im hopeing that this break will be renewal for me and that I can refocus on God.

cold weather, warm hearts!

So this weekend we were put in a blizzard watch and then it turned into a warning.  Well this morning I woke up and had to go to church. I checked the weather and it was -11 and windchill -34. Its a 3-4 block walk so its not that bad. But when you wake up and it has been snowing and the wind has been blowing you seriously think about going outside. My brother called and I got up and started putting on layers. I wore 2 socks, 2 pants, t-shirt, long sleeve, sweatshirt and a jacket. I also had a headband on and wrapped a scarf around my head so only my eyes were showing. And I was also wearing gloves/mittens.

Church went well and had lunch. Then we headed off back to the dorms. I got back and was putting pictures on my computer. When all of a sudden my phone vibrated. My phone showed that Danike was calling me. Now that was not expected. She called me to tell me that she was standing outside in the cold weather. She was waiting… I was able to talk to her. It has been a very long time since I had talked to her. It made my afternoon to be able to talk to her. But we ended up getting back on the subject of the cold weather. It might have been because she was standing outside and I was looking outside. Danike is one of few people that I talk to online and over the phone that I would love to be able to meet in person. She is one godly woman that has a lot of advice. Im glad that she is one that I can talk to and feel comfortable.

The cold weather got heated out of my body by one little phone call.

finals and not feeling well…

So as the semester comes to a close everyone knows that it has to end with finals. I dont think anyone likes to take them but it is mandatory. So I have had a rather easy semester and so my finals arent that bad. I only have three left and I already have taken one. So I have one today for Spanish at 1. And its cumulative. Whoopee! But my other finals are done on Tuesday and I have to stay here until Saturday morning. My family is coming up on Thursday afternoon to see my brother and I in our city band concert and then go to Jonathans graduation ceremony. But those three days of doing nothing will give me plenty of time to spend time in my bible. And since I will be done I will be able to head home for a glorious 3 weeks and work at Walgreens once again. Hopefully I wont be on cash register.

As finals have approached the sickness sets in. That and while I was back home for our churches Christmas pageant my dad was sick and I think I caught what he had. And everyday waking up I have been feeling worse. So hopefully this weekend I can get rid of it. If not I will be sleeping a lot after my finals are over.

3 days…

So last weekend I went home for Thanksgiving. I had a wonderful weekend. We travel in the evening both nights which was fine with me. Wednesday I was able to stay up until 2am talking with my dad about things that had been bothering me, which was fun and helpful. I got to see my cat and he put up with me picking him up ten thousand times that weekend. We went to church on Thanksgiving. And Friday I was able to spend the night with the old JN group. It was a lot of fun seeing people I hadnt seen for up to 2 years. And being able to talk to them with just pure joy of talking was really nice. Our family didnt have Thanksgiving dinner until Saturday cause my mom and brother had been working on Thanksgiving. Saturday night we went over to some friends house and there was a 21 month old girl there and lets just say she tired me out before I tired her out. And then of course we had a Christmas pageant rehearsal on Sunday afternoon.

We have the pageant in 3 days. Friday night, Saturday afternoon and night, and Sunday morning and afternoon. If you didnt count that is 5 performances. Im so excited to go home once again and doing the pageant. I actually have a part in it even though its little. Im still happy that I can do something. That and I get to be in the catwalk of my church.