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| Birthday, Capstone, House, Graduation! Ok. I suck, I know it. Had my birthday on May Day...it was awful, so we won't go into it too much. But thanks to everyone who tried to make it less sucky than my birthdays usually are. Kate, the surprise bouquet of flowers and presents on my desk were just what I needed. And Brian didn't let me down...he never does. I did get to hit BD's in Easton with my lil bro, Brian, and Grant the Saturday before, though, so that was awesome. (Nate tried to eat 100 shrimp...and consequently felt ill for the rest of the evening. Serves him right.) And Rita's Ice was truly as amazing as Brian said it was. Since I can't eat ice cream without getting ill anymore, Rita's Ice was the best imagineable substitute...and FAR better than ice cream ever could be! I had a great deal of capstone project crap going on. I now know way more about Saks Inc than I ever wanted to, but my four fellas and I were able to pull together one amazing project. The grade for the presentation has yet to come back, but our paper got an A...needless to say, we rock, and I'm ecstatic. We celebrated as a group last night at the Beagle (local bar) and ... well, perhaps celebrated a bit too hard, but it was worth it. They're a good group of guys, and I feel proud to have worked with them, even if I was their token female. Brian and I finally found a house we love. We made an offer, beat out the contingency offer that was on it, and...it's ours. The closing process has begun, we've made our good faith payment, and have an inspection of it on Saturday. It's down the street from our church, (and Seth and Stacey!!) and not too far from the hospital where Brian will work. We're thrilled! It's only five years old and just beautiful. Like a dollhouse, and in a really nice neighborhood. This pic isn't the best, it's off the website. I'll post better when I take them myself on Saturday.  11 days until I graduate! I'm very excited...these past five years have been grand and all, but...I'm ready to get moving on in life. I'm working for a nonprofit campground this summer and very excited about it. Changing lives will change you, and I can't wait to be blessed by the experience. Hopefully I get to enjoy some other experiences this summer. I'd like to make it out to see The Elms in concert, head on down to the Newport Aquarium with Brian, visit the Indy Zoo and Children's Museum with my little sister and parents again....but namely, I'm excited to finish up wedding plans and work with the kids that come in and out of the campground. Next time I post, I'll likely be a college grad...wish me luck! | | |
| Woah, an entry...I'm so fickle when it comes to blogging. I'll be all faithful and attentive to Xanga one minute, and then jumping to another blog in the next. Shame...shame on me. I blog at blogspot now. (Again, fickle...so this could change!) http://girlinsneakers.blogspot.com xoxox | | |
| PICTURES!!!!  Me in the gift shop on the boat...lookin hot in my pirate hat
 Caribbean sunset from our balcony on the ship
 Jenn and Captain Jack on Castaway Cay in front of the Flying Dutchman they used in the movie Dead Man's Chest  Me living it up on Castaway Cay beneath the palm trees
 Me and my sis Christina with Pluto in front of "Mt. Rustmore" at Castaway Cay
 Me with Peter Pan and Wendy. (He told me he'd teach me how to swordfight later...)
 In front of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Magic Kingdom We met up with the Cislers at the Magic Kingdom, fellow Disney lovers, and had a great time! The whole group in front of the Haunted Mansion
 Baby bunnies a week old
 Tiny little baby! Not quite a week old
 Baby bunnies! They're a few months old here
 There are actually seven baby bunnies here...the two gray ones are on the end
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| Moment of frustration...So, you hear a lot about what non-Christians think of Christians. They think that we judge too much. They think we go around judging other people, and pointing out other people's mistakes. But who's judging who, here? I mean...talk about hypocritical. I'm so tired of people accusing Christians of being the ones who judge. Look at yourself, for once! Who's criticizing who? Seems to me that I'm always getting criticized by non-believers. Have I ever said anything to any of my friends who aren't Christians? When they ask, I tell them. You ask me if I think it's wrong for you to sleep around, then I'm not going to lie to you to make you feel better. I'm going to say, "I don't think it's right...and I could give you reasons, but you won't buy into any of them, and that's fine. But I won't tell you that I think it's ok just to give you some approval." Someone had the nerve today to say that I only live the way I do so that I can feel morally superior to others. I hope you're reading this, you jerk. Who are you to make a judgement call? I'll live the way I want to live because it is in my heart to do so. It is in my heart to do what would please God. It is in my heart to go to church, to pray, to worship, to save sex for marriage, and to love others. It is not in my heart to walk around saying that I'm holier than thou! Everyone criticizes. Not just Christians. Everyone. We criticize other people, other decisions, other religions, the politics, the color of your front door, and the way you cut your hair. Maybe some people do walk around with a "holier than thou" attitude...but I'm not those people. And that isn't all Christians. In fact, that's not a Christ-like attitude. And I've seen non-Christians do it as well...the "I'm better than you" and "I'm above you" attitude. Well, there. I needed to vent. Stop labeling me! | | |
| New Year, New EntryFirst, to follow up with some past entries- - Went on the Disney Cruise and LOVED IT. It was absolutely amazing and wonderful. And I have some good pics, which I will have to post soon. (Jenn and Captain Jack...amazing.) I also went snorkeling there at Castaway Cay...found two sand dollars and two sea biscuits. And in doing so, snorkled for around four to five hours...and burned my entire back. Interesting. But I loved it, and I'm trying to overcome my fear of water. (Yeah, good luck.) But I determined that I love the Caribbean sea WAY more than I like the oceans. The waves aren't so bad. And it's prettier. With cool fish. Ok, I'm done. - Christmas was fabulous, got lots of cool stuff. Among them were a sweet Shiatsu massage chair and Dead Man's Chest poster from Bri, an awesome photo printer/scanner and a Magic Bullet AND Pirates of the Caribbean Liar's Dice game from my parents, a bonsai tree from Nate, loads of DVD's from Brian's parents (including the first two seasons of House, woot), and more stuff that I just don't deserve. But best of all was the fact that I got to go home to be with family, and we celebrated Christ's birth at church, and with family and friends. - Saw some great movies since my last post....Stranger than Fiction and Night at the Museum being the top of that list. - I got A's and B's on my last quarter report....WOOO! I got an A in the hardest class the Business college can offer, which means I must have done well in both the big debate and my paper. Yay me. Ok....my official new post. I officially love 2007. I get married this year. I graduate this year. I get a job this year. I get a house this year. I get to be at North Hills on a more steady and permanent basis. All will be grand. I am determined that it will be grand. I dare you to stop me. I have decided, in celebration of a new and wonderful year, to completely ignore all of those people who are determined to make my life miserable. Let them suffer through thinking about me and disliking me. Dislike isn't worth my time or effort. So...dislike me all you want! You don't bother me. You're just not worth it, sorry. (However, I hold the right to verbally release steam on things I enjoy ranting about...like bad drivers, and people who refuse to come and fix my internet in my apartment. Sometimes, it's just fun to roundly abuse a general group of people, rather than individuals.) I have also decided to get better at guitar. My guitar loves me, and I love it, and we will find a way to make our relationship work. And I'm also determined to have a social night at my apartment. It will involve games, food, and drinks and an overall good time. I just have to decide when, and with who. If you are interested, please let me know. I want to say a fond farewell to those here at school that I will more than likely never see again. I'm also determined to exist for the benefit of my friends. That was badly worded. Basically, I want to help change someone's life for the better. For instance, maybe I can convince Ryan to stop smoking. Or maybe convince Suzy to stop WORRYING ALL THE TIME. (Don't worry dear, you've greatly improved.) Or convince Brian that there are better games out there than Risk, and that we don't NEED a giant inflateable Brutus in the front yard of our future house. AND, hopefully they will continue to change my life for the better. :) Well, that's that. So here's to a New Year. May it bring love and happiness to you all. | | |
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