Good news fellow bloggers (and people who read): I found out today that I got accepted into the nursing program! It was a huge weight off of my shoulders, such a answered prayer and blessing! I have been trying so hard to not dwell on worrying and thinking about "what if i don't get in?" I finally let it go a little and today it felt so good to find out for sure that I'll be able to start next semester!
God is so good and faithful. I'm grateful His provisions.
Oh, one other thing I haven't shared yet is that I am going to be an RA next semester. I'm excited about it. I'm excited about the girls I am going to get to meet next semester and become friends with, and also excited about the new relationships I'll get to make with the other RA's. I need to make new friends fast before all my others graduate in December and in May!
Alrighty tighty, there's chem. quiz tomorrow that I have to ace!
Peace,
allye
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Moments Rewound
Oh my, procrastination is such a horrible habit. My room is clean, the laundry is done, I've organized the fridge, I'm updating my blog...I think that after this I'll be out of things to do, and I'll actually have to study.
This weekend was a fun one. Pageant was good. Kelsey, you darling friend, did an amazing job and I'm proud of you! All of your hard work payed off and now I'm excited for your initiation back into my life. :)
I got a special surprise this weekend when a friend that I made this summer in math called me and gave me some mavs tickets. I didn't go this time, but got to give the tickets to some pretty wonderful fans, so I was still pleased. He said that he would just e-mail me them every week. AWESOME. I'm not really sure why free mavs tickets just seem to flock to me, but I'm glad about it.
Today after church Matilda was on tv. I forgot how much I liked that movie when I was little. I didn't watch the whole thing, but it was fun to remember. Remembering things from being a kid is sometimes such a weird feeling. A lot of times I am convinced that I was the weirdest kid on the planet when I think of things I used to do. We talked about childhood memories in Developmental Psych the other day and how most people only remember traumatic events or stories that adults in their lives have told them. Memories are strange to me. How one second you don't remember something then one word, moment, smell or sound can push down on the rewind button in your mind and take you right back to sitting in your living room on a bean bag watching Matilda. Strange.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It is hard to not get ahead of myself and just wait in anticipation with every thought circling around not having school for 4 days. It will be a great, much needed break for all, I think.
I know that my past several entries have been quite surface, and probably a little pointless to read. God has been revealing to me so many things these past weeks. I hope to get the chance soon to sit down and write some things out. I have always been aware of my flawed nature, it is definitely not hard to miss, but God has been showing me some major things that I need to work on. I'm thankful for this, even though it hurts. I'm learning how afraid I am of working on things in my life because of the pain. I am intimidated by pain, and worst of all, not trusting enough of the Father to comfort me and bring me through the pain.
"...He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." -Philippians 1:6
This weekend was a fun one. Pageant was good. Kelsey, you darling friend, did an amazing job and I'm proud of you! All of your hard work payed off and now I'm excited for your initiation back into my life. :)
I got a special surprise this weekend when a friend that I made this summer in math called me and gave me some mavs tickets. I didn't go this time, but got to give the tickets to some pretty wonderful fans, so I was still pleased. He said that he would just e-mail me them every week. AWESOME. I'm not really sure why free mavs tickets just seem to flock to me, but I'm glad about it.
Today after church Matilda was on tv. I forgot how much I liked that movie when I was little. I didn't watch the whole thing, but it was fun to remember. Remembering things from being a kid is sometimes such a weird feeling. A lot of times I am convinced that I was the weirdest kid on the planet when I think of things I used to do. We talked about childhood memories in Developmental Psych the other day and how most people only remember traumatic events or stories that adults in their lives have told them. Memories are strange to me. How one second you don't remember something then one word, moment, smell or sound can push down on the rewind button in your mind and take you right back to sitting in your living room on a bean bag watching Matilda. Strange.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It is hard to not get ahead of myself and just wait in anticipation with every thought circling around not having school for 4 days. It will be a great, much needed break for all, I think.
I know that my past several entries have been quite surface, and probably a little pointless to read. God has been revealing to me so many things these past weeks. I hope to get the chance soon to sit down and write some things out. I have always been aware of my flawed nature, it is definitely not hard to miss, but God has been showing me some major things that I need to work on. I'm thankful for this, even though it hurts. I'm learning how afraid I am of working on things in my life because of the pain. I am intimidated by pain, and worst of all, not trusting enough of the Father to comfort me and bring me through the pain.
"...He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." -Philippians 1:6
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
What a mane!
I know, I blogged yesterday about something slightly pointless, and just a warning: today will be the same.
Yesterday it was windy when I was walking to class. I was chewing gum, and finding my hair exceptionally annoying. My hair kept blowing into my mouth and I could not stop worrying about if it was going to get all tangled up in a hair-gum mess. I realized at that moment how long my hair has grown. It's exciting. I would estimate over 6 inches since the massacre of choir tour '07.
Noticing how long my hair was got me thinkin'...how long do I really want to let it grow? How long can I stand to keep letting it grow? I decided back when my hair was still pretty short that I wanted to grow it out and donate it...there are several options in doing this, and I have still not decided which route to take. Anyway, I have to grow it passed 13 inches for most hair donation places, so I still have a little more to go to reach that goal. But I'm thinking I want to go further.
Maybe like, all the way down to my toes.
Just kidding.
I do want to grow it though, and I thought that maybe typing it on a blog for all to read might keep me accountable.
I don't know who this girl is. I'm sure Kelsey could tell you if you want to know. I like this length though. I don't think my curls would look like that...but maybe this can be my new goal?
Yesterday it was windy when I was walking to class. I was chewing gum, and finding my hair exceptionally annoying. My hair kept blowing into my mouth and I could not stop worrying about if it was going to get all tangled up in a hair-gum mess. I realized at that moment how long my hair has grown. It's exciting. I would estimate over 6 inches since the massacre of choir tour '07.
Noticing how long my hair was got me thinkin'...how long do I really want to let it grow? How long can I stand to keep letting it grow? I decided back when my hair was still pretty short that I wanted to grow it out and donate it...there are several options in doing this, and I have still not decided which route to take. Anyway, I have to grow it passed 13 inches for most hair donation places, so I still have a little more to go to reach that goal. But I'm thinking I want to go further.
Maybe like, all the way down to my toes.
Just kidding.
I do want to grow it though, and I thought that maybe typing it on a blog for all to read might keep me accountable.
I don't know who this girl is. I'm sure Kelsey could tell you if you want to know. I like this length though. I don't think my curls would look like that...but maybe this can be my new goal?
Monday, November 10, 2008
Let me see yo grill
Of course I should be studying.
They go on your teeth. This particular pair is pretty inexpensive (only $80), and there really is quite an assortment of styles. The funny part of this story, is he wasn't joking. He legitimately wanted a grill. I hope I can tell this story to his white little babies some day. Oh, man.
This is my automatic default when studying fails.
This weekend I brought back the song Grillz when I was making a mix for my spinning class. It reminded me of when my brother Austin got on this little kick of really wanting a 'grill'. In case you don't know what a 'grill' is...
They go on your teeth. This particular pair is pretty inexpensive (only $80), and there really is quite an assortment of styles. The funny part of this story, is he wasn't joking. He legitimately wanted a grill. I hope I can tell this story to his white little babies some day. Oh, man.This week shouldn't be too bad at all. Only have 1 test this week, in Old Testament. Other than that, not much. I'm going to have to study a bunch this week for chem....another test next week! It feels like I should be still recovering from the last one, but not so! This next test in the last one besides the final! It's crazy (and awesome) how fast this semester has flown by.
I'm really excited about Thanksgiving break and Christmas break. It will be great to have those breaks. Really though, compared to last year, I feel a ton less tense and stressed. I think its this whole not having a job thing. Nice, except not having any money coming in besides the occasional babysitting job. 19 hours hasn't been too terrible. I most likely will not be saying that around finals time. But I can deal with only having 1 test a week for now.
Study time.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Fire Hazard
I wanted to share this yesterday, but the serious, more thoughtful quote took precedence over this one.After lab my whole chemistry class was sitting out in the hall working on the lab report together. Dr. Bekendorf came out in the hall and said (in her soft, monotone voice):
"Kids, you are going to have to move out of the hallway. You are creating a fire hazard, but it's not because you are volatile, it's because there are far too many people out here."
Everyone looked around wondering "should i laugh?" "yes?" "no?" "man, i'm so scared of this lady..." Me, one of my weaknesses being my ability to contain laughter, chuckled a little. I looked up after laughing for approval that my laugh was ok by Dr. Bekendorf. Nothing.
I think she has a really funny side in there some where just waiting to emerge...
This funny quote reminded me of senior year when practically the only notes I wrote down in government class were the funny quotes. Oh, the days of sitting in class for an hour laughing. Maybe they will come back when I get into nursing school (ha!).
ps-for those of you who want to know/care, i made a 70 on this last test in bio. chem. Thanks for your prayers. :)
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Flashbulb
Today in Developmental Psychology we talked about how last night will most likely be a 'flashbulb memory' for us. My professor reminded us about how when we think about 9/11, we can remember exactly where we were, what we were doing, etc. She thinks that last night's election will have the same effect on us. I guess my flashbulb will be sitting in my room with CNN on and the volume turned down. I will probably remember watching the constant updates on twitter and also laughing out loud at times at people's status' on facebook. It is interesting to think of thinking back on last night. I might remember that I was much more concerned about personal things going on than I was who was going to be the leader of our nation...I might feel silly about that. Maybe not. Either way, last night made history. I guess no matter how wonderful or terrible Obama is, we will remember last night as something special. It's special and unique to us in different ways. America decided last night that Obama is the one who is going to be in charge for the next four years, now we get to wait and see how it goes and trust that God's plan is a perfect one.
Decisions are hard.
Waiting is hard.
Trusting that God's plan is perfect is hard.
I'm not as good at any of these things as I hope to be.
It's neat how something so big, like a presidential election, can relate to something so little, like my life.
Decisions are hard.
Waiting is hard.
Trusting that God's plan is perfect is hard.
I'm not as good at any of these things as I hope to be.
It's neat how something so big, like a presidential election, can relate to something so little, like my life.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
A Sunday smile
What a week! My to do list is all scratched up and I feel like I have made a little progress. This week is going to be a breeze. Hopefully I'll get some of the not so pressing things done this week like going to get my teeth cleaned (wahoo!).
Still no news on the chem. test grade...I'm beyond antsy and ready to know. Hopefully tomorrow will be the day.
Halloween was fun. I'm proud to say that these are my friends:
There is much to be excited about. Approximately 22 days until Thanksgiving break, which means only 43 days until Christmas break, which means only 43 days left of this whole 19 hours thing.
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