monday musings and happies.

Sorry for the break. It was totally unexpected, but I was on Spring Break last week and just needed it, I guess.

I love the times when I have some much to blog about that I don't know where to start, but I'll start with today because it really has been a magnificent day.

Today was my first day back to classes after Spring Break, and I was totally dreading it. I was expecting it to be miserable. 

Until this afternoon happened...

I knew that my friend Jason Gray was sending me his new EP in the mail for my birthday (which was this past Saturday), and was expecting to get it today. Except that when I got the mail today there were TWO packages in the mail with my name on them. One from Jason Gray and one from my friend Breann. Hello! I mean...what the heck?! Breann sent me an Andrew Peterson and Eric Peters CD for my birthday. She provided the sweetest note, too. 

It's days like today and this past weekend as a whole that make me feel so blessed.

Today could have very well been a miserable day if I had allowed it to be, but God knew that I would need a pick-me-up, and provided it through these two sweet people. I'm so blown away by the ways that God is so involved in the details and knows exactly what we need before we ever do. Now I feel like it's possible to get through the next three and a half weeks until the semester is over.

I'm blessed and so so grateful for every single one of my friends. I love every single one of you. Thank you for being shining lights in my life.

monday musings.

Sometimes you just have days when you have no idea how they're going to go and where you'll end up at the end of the day. You know what I'm talking about? I totally had a day like that today. I knew I had to be to class at 11 a.m., would sit in on the study group after my class, and would end up doing some homework sometime during the day, but I didn't see it ending the way that it did. While I was waiting for my class to start I pulled my planner out and just started writing in things that I had to get done. I needed to read half of Othello by William Shakespeare, two chapters of my history text book, and I penned in a run. Because I knew that if I didn't do it it would stare me in the face for the rest of the week...and nag me because I didn't do it.

I spent six hours in my room reading. And went for a run that ended up being shorter than I had planned because I felt like I was going to throw up. But I finished most of what I wanted to for the day. Which feels great. I just want to be able to stay on top of all of my homework, and I really want my grades to reflect all of the hard work I'm putting in. 

I'm praying for a phone call this week and trusting that God will put me where He wants me. 

How was your Monday? What did you accomplish?

monday musings.

I woke up this morning with a daunting day ahead of me. I won't lie...I was dreading it. It felt like I had swallowed a rock. I had two meetings, a powerpoint presentation and a class to get through. I finished the powerpoint presentation in 45 minutes, made it to my class on time, scarfed down some lunch, met with my math teacher for 40 minutes, and met with my poetry group for about an hour. And I'm alive, my nerves are intact, and I'm grateful.

My Mom is the best. Ever.

My brothers turn 23 on Friday. I turn 21 in 2 1/2 months. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

The dance teams performance over the weekend was amazing. I'm so excited about the things that are happening with the team right now. God is doing amazing things. 

Organic tortilla chips are the bomb. Seriously.

So was the chocolate on top of chocolate on top of chocolate cupcake I just ate. Only in honor of Valentine's day. 

Last week I had a rough week in school, but this week I'm going to turn it around. 

I'm totally wearing bright pink pajamas right now in celebration of Valentine's Day. 

monday musings.

Happy Monday, friends!Today I...

...went to my American History class and almost fell asleep. Oopsies!
...ate like a horse. My appetite is insane lately!
...read my bible to continue my goal of reading through the bible in a year.

...did my 15 sets of push-ups, crunches and some other weird leg lifty thing.

...made a marinade for our steak tonight. It is called "the only marinade you'll ever need". I can testify to that.
...finished a paper for English that's due tomorrow. (have i mentioned that I procrastinate? a lot? AND! William Faulkner has a very creepy mind. At least he wrote good stories...)
...picked herbs out of the garden, but accidentally pulled weeds in the process. They didn't end up in our marinade. Promise.
...kept up with this series on youtube. I think what they're doing is amazing!

What do you have to look forward to this week?

I started a blog series called Monday happiness a few months ago, but it sort of dropped off. Let's try it again with a new name and new banner.

I've been messing around in photoshop a bit lately. It can be a bit frustrating, but also kind of fun. I made the banner this evening, and it was my first completed project in photoshop. I'll keep working at it and try and get better. I've got 29 days left of a trial, so I'm going to try and get as much use out of it as possible.

A friend offered to make a header for my blog. I'm super excited about that!

There was no school today, which was very welcomed. I spent the day with my best friend and her sweet little baby girl. It was a good day.

I've started doing push-ups, crunches, and some sort of other ab workout every day.

The dance team I'm a part of has started reading through the bible together. I'm super excited about it, and I'm looking forward to the amazing things that God reveals to me in 2011.