Hair Creation

This is my new hair style creation: Side french braid into a center french braid. Holler.

No Commitments?

I'm having a hard time settling down. This week has gone by soo slow! I feel like a little kid again; I just want Christmas to be here. I have been so used to running a mile a minute that now that I don't have fully packed schedules, I'm anxious. All my shopping and wrapping is done... What am I going to do today after I meet Steph for lunch?? And tomorrow before I go to a Christmas Eve service?? I guess we shall see...

AND it may snow my Jersey trip out.. Then I will be stuck at my house for 3 or so days! AHHH!

FREE!!

I'M DONE WITH MY EXAMS!!

And here is evidence of my excitement.

YAY!

VICTORY!

la cucaraCHA! lacucaraCHA!

THERE IS A GOD!

I GET TO GO ON A DATE WITH JOHN TONIGHT...

Friend Fail

With all the craziness and business of school, work, and GCN, I feel like I've been a total friend fail. Even though the holidays are always crazy, I am glad to spend time with groups of friends, and I am so looking forward to reconnecting with my long lost buddies during January, when things slow down a bit.

I have always tried to be sure to stay connected with girlfriends even when having a boyfriend, and I have not been able to do that lately. I really don't like it, not one bit. I was talking to Jackie Kelly the other day, and she said, "[Your boyfriend/husband] will never be one of your girl friends." It's so true. As much as I love John and love to spend time with him, he will forever be a guy- unorganized, unemotional, anti-planning guy. I need my girls in my life!

So, hopefully my friends will forgive me for being a friend fail and embrace my reentrance into the social world.

sigh of relief

GCN is over. Don't get me wrong, I had fun, but I am quite relieved.

Yesterday I spent the whole day with my long lost bf, John Kelly. As we were running through Macy's with Starbucks in hand, my heart fluttered a bit... I was just really happy. While rounding the corner to hop on the escalator I blurted out, "I just feel so happy inside." He replied with that cute little half smile, "What? Why?" I bashfully answer (I am not one to exude my emotions), "I just love shopping/being with you." It's literally one of my favorite things to do with John. We shopped for approximately 5 hours... It felt like 30 minutes.

Ok my gush is over now. Back to studying. bye bye.

I have to admit, I'm in a, "I can't wait to be married," mood.

Tangents

I am in the library waiting to go do some writing consultations in the writing center (last time of the semester... praise). Basically, I just help people with their writing... develop ideas, figure out claims, tell them what doesn't make sense to the reader, and so on (it is not a grammar correction facility). It was a requirement for a class. I don't hate it, but with everything else I have going on, I could care less about it. So, therefore, I am happy to be reaching the end of my writing center career (although I will be doing far more "consultations" in the future...)

It's really great when your hard work doesn't go unnoticed. Pastor Hershman told me today how great of a job I'm doing... Since I'm up with the youth, I never really think anyone sees my work, but apparently people have noticed? He said he's heard that from a lot of people. It made me smile. Also, Bob Laughlin mentioned my hard work in leadership... I love working in an environment of encouragement!

Ok, off to my appointments (bah humbug... I may fall asleep)

motivation=zero

I had every intention of coming home tonight and reading and writing my journal entry for class, but instead I got stuck on Facebook pictures, new profile layouts, and Blogger.

I have had zero school motivation for the past 2 weeks. I want winter break now.

Eventually

I am really excited to decorate for Christmas in my own little humble abode sometime down the road. Wish I could show you some pics of our house decor, but I am 1. to lazy to get my camera and 2. don't have time to take pics and such... I love how I have to do a ton of reading for a class tomorrow, but I just finally finished my 7 page paper and am now blog and Facebook stalking.. lovely.