Saturday, April 09, 2005
Mmmm.. two days until my Cedarville birthday. Every year we celebrate my birthday on April 11, since the people that I love aren't with me on my 'real' birthday. Two years ago, we took cars full of people to Easton. Last year we were crazy and did things that shouldn't be mentioned.
I don't have much to say. I'm trying to take a break from Advanced Public Speaking. It would be my fourth break of the day. I went to the SSC and ate and opened Vecinos with Jeremy, then we went to Best Buy to purchase a new financial calculator. I went to visit Lauren and get good conversation with her. I painted my toenails and chatted with Crystal Missler on the phone. And now I'm discussing dryer sheets with Krysten and debating on how much time I have left to study before 4:55.
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Friday, April 08, 2005
Today I felt God's presence even more strongly than yesterday, and that's all I could ask for.
I felt it when I walked in my flip flops around the lake after Religion and Culture to visit Jeremy for our morning talk.
I felt it when I was in chapel singing and felt Nate's elbow against my arm.
I felt it at lunch when I got sick of Mexican and ate peaches instead.
I felt it when I was driving downtown in Xenia with Krysten in Mark's car to pick up cookies at Oasis, and when my cell phone lit up with the name "Button" when I parked the car in the SSC instead of Tyler.
I felt it in the chapel, when I was on the phone crying with Janna and Ryan Dunlap offered me a comforting smile in the midst of his SIFE stuff.
I felt it in our JS meeting, when I leaned up against Jillian's back and rested my head on hers.
I felt it driving around with Janna in the Miata with the top down and our dark hair becoming knotted in the wind, despite our efforts to keep it up.
I felt it at dinner in Chuck's, laughing and making fun of apple fritters with Janna and the Brando and Amimi.
I felt it at Janna's house later, by myself, the wind blowing in open windows and screen doors and curled up under an afghan as the sun set and I thought about the walk I just took with my dog. We ran all over campus in the fading light, and he licked Dr. Ormsbee's hands.
I felt it playing cards with Nate, and under his arm, and wrestling with him in the way we do so well while we listened to the "favorites" mix.
I felt it running the concession stand and selling out and making jokes with Dr. Robey.
I felt it hanging out in the DMC with Nate and some of the JS girls, debating what's going to happen in chapel tomorrow.
I felt it coming home to my roommate, and showering late at night, and wandering down to see my girls in North.
Our God is so good. He walks beside me and brings a million blessings into every day.
. celebrate . `@ 12:20 AM
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
It's been such a good time the past few days.
Krysten and I spent a ton of time together on Sunday. We went shopping (too much $$ spent. oops.) and hit up all our favorite stores. We ended at Old Navy, because we hadn't been there since it opened and my sisters and I go through a billion pairs of their flip flops every summer. We walked in and saw the sign that said "Essentials" and considered calling our mothers and telling them we had bought one of everything because Old Navy said it was essential. We needed it. We decided against it.
The quote of that night was "In case you want to match me? I'm wearing a nice white pants and a nice black shirt." Oh Krysten. Way to use the word "a" as many times as possible. I couldn't have a better roommate. She encourages my walk with Christ, laughs with me at the littlest things and protects me fiercely from what she has affectionately termed 'haters'. She's going to be a great assistant RD next year.
The integration PCA is killing me. We have to e-mail all of our stuff out tomorrow. If we can just get through this part of it, life will be so much easier.
17 days til JS. Woot.
Today I took a Religion and Culture exam at 8:30. I finished early, so Jeremy helped me sneak fruit out of Chuck's so I could hang out with him and get some JS/homework stuff done. It feels good to have one more test out of the way. Only 3.5 weeks left of my junior year. It's gone by crazy fast.
Please pray for the little dog, if you feel so inclined. Mom took her to the vet yesterday; her kidneys might be failing. Those of you who know the story behind Little Dog (affectionately known as "Bark Dog" by my three-year-old niece) will know why having her alive a little longer is so important to me. So if you feel so inclined as to pray for her, please do. Thanks.
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