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.

I said a-beef hot links!

Being done with a bio organic chemistry test, and feeling like it wasn't a complete failure, is so freeing. I'm pretty certain I passed, and maybe even made a B. I'm happy about feeling good about it, but think that the amount of studying I did for that sucker deserves an A. Oh well.

When I was finished, I walked out of the room so happy. The funny thing is all I could think about singing was this...



I was glad to have the "GO MEAT!" song stuck in my head. But a bit perplexed to why that was the first joyful celebration song my strange little brain thought of.

Now that I think about it, esters do play a vital role in preservatives...

Shine On

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life...
Philippians 2:14-16

Yellow leaves and discipline

Short weeks are awesome. I am indebted to fall break for making life much more enjoyable.

Haven't been in much of a blogging mood.
Seems like a lot is going on in my head, but my fingers aren't sure what to type. I read some over break and have a lot going on in the 'ole noggin. It will surface eventually.

It's getting chilly outside, the long sleeves, scarfs and hoodies are coming out, and yellow leaves are starting to cover the sidewalks. Probably one of my favorite times of year.

My middle of october resolution is to get more rest, and grow in my eagerness to learn.

My 2nd chemistry test is next thursday, if it crosses your mind, could you please pray for me? Not that I would only do good that day, but be able to grasp and understand...and be disciplined.

Peace.

For I am constant.
I am near.
I am peace that shatters all your secret fears.
I am holy.
I am wise.
I am the only One, who knows your heart's desires.
Oh gently lay your head upon my chest
And I will comfort you like a Mother
While you rest.
-Jill Phillips, "I AM"

You may have noticed...

That my past couple of entries have been a little different. Back in the days of xanga, those types of posts were what I did the majority of the time. One of my pictures with a verse, lyrics, quote. I've moved away from that a little bit because I've started feeling more open with writing and expressing my feelings that way, but also because my camera died sometime last year. (the pictures in the posts before this were either taken with my dear friend Monica's camera, or are old). All that to say, this way of blogging encourages me. I enjoy looking at a picture and seeing a verse or song that sheds light on that picture. I like how pictures and words can work together to serve as a really special kind of worship.

Something you may not know about me: I really love photography. Not only taking pictures, but I could (and do) spend hours on the internet sometimes looking at random professional, and non professional photographer's blogs and websites. I'm not exactly sure what it is about photography that sucks me in, but I love it.

I feel a little silly confessing missing a material possession (my camera) so much, but I do. Not to the point of needed bereavement counseling or anything, but I definitely do miss it.

So, in my search to fulfill my want to play around with a camera and snap some photos, I had some fun with some of my favorite shots of the past. There's a website called http://www.picnik.com/ and it is so fun! You can mess with shapes, colors, crop, do some cool collages, and other really neat stuff.

I feel like I'm a blogging advertisement for picnik, and I promise they are not paying me to type this but only because I told them how foolish that would be considering a total of maybe 8 people read my blog. It is really fun though, and definitely filled my little photo void.

Wandering ones

Oh to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be. Let thy goodness like a fetter bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart Lord, take it seal it, seal it for thy courts above.

"God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain" -C.S. Lewis