i SURVIVED my crazy week!!!
********Insert victory dance******
Last week was ROUGH but I made it through....Did I get a lot of sleep or do as well as I would have liked?..No but I tried my hardest! This week is sooo much light! Just two papers! This week also starts campaign week!! I am sooo nervous to see who is going to win. Campaign starts tomorrow and voting happens next tuesday and wednesday. I also find out about RA on monday or tuesday...So next week will either be a really really good week or could be a really really bad week. I'm hoping for a good week!!
The more I go to biology class the harder it gets to pay attention. NOt good I need to pay attentnion so i can get better grades! I am really really depressed it got SO COLD again!!!! not cool at all...It is seriously freezing cold here! like freezing! brrrrrr I hope wherever you are it is warm! I don't like the cold and I was sooo ready for summer! Ugh knoxville weather.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Spring Breakin
Hello,
Spring break was utterly amazing!!
God is so good and He works in the most mysterious ways!
I went on the cross trip trying to expand my horizons and meet more people. Honestly I went for selfish reasons. I wasn't thinking about the people we were going to minister. Instead I was thinking about ministering to myself. Hoping to get my name out there so that later down the road it my benefit me more. I thought really all I was going to get out of the trip was some new friends, maybe, if I was lucky. I walked away with so much more. I needed this trip more than I realized. It was a beautiful time for me to get away and just bask in God's presence. He used that time to open my eyes and heart to things about myself. To how I was doing with friends in college...and how I was doing with him. I realized how much I missed being in a community like the one we formed on the trip. It was so nice to worship every night and then spend the whole day just serving. The church we stayed at had the prettiest prayer chapel. It was in between two lakes and the building had windows all around it. Inside there was chairs all circled around this huge cross with an alter beneath it. It was breath taking to go up there at sunset and just spend hours praying and just reflecting on His beauty.
During the day we worked on 8 different houses doing various tasks such as painting, roofing, new screen doors, yard work..etc. It was hard work some days but it was fun! I learned how to do some roofing lol. We also had projects out at the boys and girls club and a homeless shelter and the toy shop!. Then at night we would have dinner at a different church every night and then head back to the church for worship and small group time. I got so close to my small group. It is funny how you can get to know such a small group of people so quickly. I'm glad God placed margaret into my life to place the seed of going on this trip in my brain. It really was what I needed and then some.
This week is utterly ridiculous!! I gots 2 papers, 3 exams, 1 quiz, 1 project, and 1 lab report! Yet, as I sit back and carefully plan my days out it is getting less stressful and easier to deal with. I'm making my way through this week and this time next week I am going to be happy!! Well thats an update from the life of abby...no pictures because of this silly new facebook picture thing :/
Spring break was utterly amazing!!
God is so good and He works in the most mysterious ways!
I went on the cross trip trying to expand my horizons and meet more people. Honestly I went for selfish reasons. I wasn't thinking about the people we were going to minister. Instead I was thinking about ministering to myself. Hoping to get my name out there so that later down the road it my benefit me more. I thought really all I was going to get out of the trip was some new friends, maybe, if I was lucky. I walked away with so much more. I needed this trip more than I realized. It was a beautiful time for me to get away and just bask in God's presence. He used that time to open my eyes and heart to things about myself. To how I was doing with friends in college...and how I was doing with him. I realized how much I missed being in a community like the one we formed on the trip. It was so nice to worship every night and then spend the whole day just serving. The church we stayed at had the prettiest prayer chapel. It was in between two lakes and the building had windows all around it. Inside there was chairs all circled around this huge cross with an alter beneath it. It was breath taking to go up there at sunset and just spend hours praying and just reflecting on His beauty.
During the day we worked on 8 different houses doing various tasks such as painting, roofing, new screen doors, yard work..etc. It was hard work some days but it was fun! I learned how to do some roofing lol. We also had projects out at the boys and girls club and a homeless shelter and the toy shop!. Then at night we would have dinner at a different church every night and then head back to the church for worship and small group time. I got so close to my small group. It is funny how you can get to know such a small group of people so quickly. I'm glad God placed margaret into my life to place the seed of going on this trip in my brain. It really was what I needed and then some.
This week is utterly ridiculous!! I gots 2 papers, 3 exams, 1 quiz, 1 project, and 1 lab report! Yet, as I sit back and carefully plan my days out it is getting less stressful and easier to deal with. I'm making my way through this week and this time next week I am going to be happy!! Well thats an update from the life of abby...no pictures because of this silly new facebook picture thing :/
Thursday, March 10, 2011
I LOVE MY FAMILY!!
If you haven't caught on by now, I'm sorry, but I AM UTTERLY IN LOVE WITH MY FAMILY!! Seriously I wouldn't trade them for anything. I have the best parents in the whole wide world! It surprises me every day how well they did in raising me. Seriously, mom dad, you guys knew what you were doing lol. Its soo annoying I'm realizing that all those rules I hate..I now love that I learned them. It's funny how you don't realize what those rules are for when you have them but once they are gone you love them! I have the best little sisters any girl could ask for! Seriously they are all so unique and different but we all have the best times together! My brothers aren't to bad either! I love having a big family! I have had so many different experiencing that many other people will never get to experience and all I had to do was be born into it! :D!! I love you family!!
It has been raining NON stop!! I legit don't have hair I just have a head of frizz...I don't think there is a defined curl on my head right now! It really isn't cool at all! One more day till Spring break!! Where I will hopefully be friendly and making myself meet tons of new people! I hope you are having a great day and If not make it better!!!
It has been raining NON stop!! I legit don't have hair I just have a head of frizz...I don't think there is a defined curl on my head right now! It really isn't cool at all! One more day till Spring break!! Where I will hopefully be friendly and making myself meet tons of new people! I hope you are having a great day and If not make it better!!!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Dance for yourself, if someone understands good. If not then no matter, go right on doing what you love.
Hewwwwooooooo!!!
So this weekend was crazy!! It was boxing weekend, which is where the frats have at in a boxing tournament. All the proceeds' go to charity who would've guessed, violence=charity :/? Anyways, it's a pretty big deal and people from all over come out. Seriously I feel like half my graduated class came up here. So I really didn't sleep much lol. I also participated in the Library Fun Run with Freshman council this weekend. Although it was at 630 in the morning I had a lot of fun! I got to say "On your mark, Get set, GO" and shoot a gun! Then me and courtney made up a nice little cheer to yell at the runners as they passed by! It went something like "go runners, Go Runners, its your fun run".... I know aren't we such clever little princesses!
So that was the weekend....This week is a really light week for me...I feel like everyone else is dying from their midterms but I fortunately am not all! So hopefully I can catch up on some sleep and prepare for next week! I'm really nervous about the cross trip. I know I shouldn't be and I know that everything is going to work out like it is suppose too...BUT i'm nervous. I am trying to give it over and be at peace with it. I was beginning to really regret my decision cause I wanted to go home and honestly the beach would be soo much more comfortable for me. I realize thats why I am so scared of the cross trip, it's not my comfort zone at all. I am placing myself in an environment where I really don't know that many people at all....and I don't do well with that at all. I love meeting new people, but the initial putting yourself out there is always the hardest part. Alas, I really think this week is going to be good for me. So i'm getting excited. I think me and Amber are going to go to goodwill and get some fun shirts that we can get all dirty!!
I miss the family but I will try and sneak home and see them soon. Now I shall tackle some more homework. Remember that God has created you with a purpose. Don't miss out on the life He has given you. So go out and dance!
So this weekend was crazy!! It was boxing weekend, which is where the frats have at in a boxing tournament. All the proceeds' go to charity who would've guessed, violence=charity :/? Anyways, it's a pretty big deal and people from all over come out. Seriously I feel like half my graduated class came up here. So I really didn't sleep much lol. I also participated in the Library Fun Run with Freshman council this weekend. Although it was at 630 in the morning I had a lot of fun! I got to say "On your mark, Get set, GO" and shoot a gun! Then me and courtney made up a nice little cheer to yell at the runners as they passed by! It went something like "go runners, Go Runners, its your fun run".... I know aren't we such clever little princesses!
So that was the weekend....This week is a really light week for me...I feel like everyone else is dying from their midterms but I fortunately am not all! So hopefully I can catch up on some sleep and prepare for next week! I'm really nervous about the cross trip. I know I shouldn't be and I know that everything is going to work out like it is suppose too...BUT i'm nervous. I am trying to give it over and be at peace with it. I was beginning to really regret my decision cause I wanted to go home and honestly the beach would be soo much more comfortable for me. I realize thats why I am so scared of the cross trip, it's not my comfort zone at all. I am placing myself in an environment where I really don't know that many people at all....and I don't do well with that at all. I love meeting new people, but the initial putting yourself out there is always the hardest part. Alas, I really think this week is going to be good for me. So i'm getting excited. I think me and Amber are going to go to goodwill and get some fun shirts that we can get all dirty!!
I miss the family but I will try and sneak home and see them soon. Now I shall tackle some more homework. Remember that God has created you with a purpose. Don't miss out on the life He has given you. So go out and dance!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Home is where your heart is
Missin' Me Some Memphis!
Awww Hey Diaper Bestie!
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| Can't leave out Jackson Either!! |
Well If it isn't obvious...I'm getting homesick :(! It has been 54 days since I was in the 901. I'm feeling it.... And yet I signed up to go on a mission trip over spring break instead of seeing the fam....But I'm learning to grow up and as my wonderful daddy said tonight. Growing up has growing pains but butterflies sure are pretty and they can FLY!! So I'm trying to learn to handle it on my own but boy do I sure miss home!
I miss ya Mom, Dad, Lizzie, Anna, Emma, Peter, Aidan, AND Thomas.....
Miss me too!
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