Schedules...

I am so getting freaked about this fall. Two classes, plus a 40 hour work week, plus activities for church, plus weekend trips - why am I always packing an insane amount of activities into my schedule? What is my deal? And right now, I am so extrememly tired that I could fall asleep on Allison's couch if I wanted.

I just spent the better part of my evening going through my email. So much to keep track of! When will it end?! Seriously, I need a break. But alas, I will not get one anytime soon... unless I go to Heaven early... anywho...

Congrats to Mandy and Phil!

May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase.

May the saddest day of your future
Be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
May your hands be forever clasped in friendship
And your hearts joined forever in love.

Your lives are very special,
God has touched you in many ways.

May his blessings rest upon you
And fill all your coming days.

Feeling fat

Last weekend was a lot of fun, and we got a lot of good pictures. But once again, here I go looking at pictures of myself and thinking, who in the heck is that? Is that really how I look?

I have definitely been successful in convincing myself that I'm not that overweight, but the pictures don't lie... When, oh when, will I get the motivation to commit to doing something about this? Argh...

Another wasted evening

I am seriously feeling like I can't get things done if I don't have a scheduled meeting.. What is my deal? I should've packed tonight, but did I? No. I could've prepped for scrapping tomorrow, but did I? No. Instead, I waste my evening following random ideas of little things to do that take up way more time than expected. And now my eyes are tired. I think it's time to turn off this darn computer and go sit next to my hubby while he "kill bad guys"...

The weekend!

Matt and I are leaving on Friday for Colorado. Two of our friends from Purdue are marrying each other, and they've invited a ton of Purdue people to the wedding. It's going to be fun! Hopefully I remember to pack my camera...

BSC Friends

I got a call tonight from one of my friends from BSC... Apparently she was just told today that she is being transferred to a different department. Lots of uncertainty, and no choice in the matter other than to quit. Obviously, that isn't going to happen anytime soon. With plans in the making for shaking things up this winter, who knows what will happen in the next year?

I wish my friend well. I'm praying that her new role will be an even better fit than her previous one!

Two Readers!

Wow, am I moving up in the world... I now have two friends who have visited my blog and are willing to comment. Woohoo! Plus, I remembered to sign in today. How sweet is that?

End of the Spear

Last week our Bible Study group finished up with our most recent study (covering Leviticus). For part of the "in between" time, we decided to watch End of the Spear. I totally see Matt's point that the men shouldn't have defended themselves because it was ultimately part of God's plan to help bring the tribespeople closer to Him, but I still don't think it would've been a bad idea to wear some sort of armor or something... But again, I get it - they did the one thing they could do to most closely resemble Jesus, so good for them. But still... arg. I can't help but value earthly life in addition to eternal life, especially when we can't be certain whether untimely death is really part of God's plan or just us being irresponsible. Am I clinging way to much to earthly life still? Am I alone in thinking this way? I know what point they were trying to get across - This life is temporary. Use it to get more people the non-temporary eternal life. But even earthly life is precious. We try to save it. God saved people from earthly deaths, too. Anyway, I'm just rambling now, so I suppose it's bedtime. :-/

Camping

Last weekend was the annual Xpedition Camping Trip. We went to St. Croix state campground, and even though it was super rainy, we still had a good time. What made it even better was the fact that I was able to talk Matt into buying a bigger tent for this year's trip. So roomy! Anyway, every year I love camping more and more. I used to hate being dirty, and that made camping one of my most unfavorite activities. Now that I have so many good friends to camp with, though, I actually love it. I don't care how yucky I smell, because my friends will still love me (and tell me to shower if I need it). :-) I'm definitely looking forward to next year's camping trip.

Beautification!

After feeling for a while like I was letting myself "go" way too much, I decided it was time to paint my nails (and toenails!). I also spent yesterday "zapping" my broken out face with all the chemicals I could find in my cabinet. Much better now - not so red. It's always a good feeling to know I have at least some control over how red my face is... and now I have pretty painted nails too!

Need....Sleep.....

I have been so exhausted lately, and it's my own fault. I can't seem to get over my night-owl sleeping schedule, even when I want to get up for work at 6:30. Last night, I was up until 2am, and the day before I was up until after midnight. Seriously, what is my deal?
The Camping trip is this weekend, and even though we all usually wake up with the sun, it will be a relaxing Saturday, and I can even take a nap if needed. I might just be tired enough to not want to go to every mini-event this weekend. (If I do skip out on anything, I know my good friends will be shocked.)

Anyway, now I have to make it through today. Good thing I'm leaving at 3pm!

Old Posts

So I used to have an account at Livejournal, but since pretty much only one person read it, I was not motivated to write much. In an effort to motivate myself to write more often, I've decided to move over to a new acount here at Blogspot.

I also don't want to lose my old posts, so I'm just going to move them over... see below.

Long time, no post...

So for those of you who still check this journal, here's my thought of the moment....I am going to be so busy in the next couple of months! And the insanity won't end until a few weeks after I've started classes. I'm feeling pretty good, though, like I'm going to be getting a lot out of life during this time. We'll have to see how this goes - two classes on top of my "normal" schedule. :-)