Things I've Learned.

I'm not that old and according to my grades this semester I'm getting less smart each year, but I have learned a lot this semester. For me, this semester has been rough. Real rough. I had to deal with many things I did not in any way want to, but that's life for ya.  I sometimes wonder why life is so hard.  I'll never know the answer to that, or at least not right now. As I sit in my empty room without my room mate who I dearly miss, I look back on this year and wonder why I didn't love it each and every minute.  I'm growing up, but I spend half my time wishing I didn't have to deal with stuff instead of loving every minute.  I'm only a college student, but college students have done great things in our country's history.  I only wonder why I look at my life and see my failures?  I don't see the things I've done this semester that have been great, I just look at the test grade that didn't turn out in my favor or the ice-cream that has slowly increased my waistline.  I can do whatever it is I want to do.  And right now, I want to be the best I can be.  But good-God, I am so out of steam.  This semester has sucked me dry, and I have learned that I will never EVER again procrastinate.  This year it really got the better of me, and I don't like it one bit. But at least I learned something!  I also learned I have too much stuff. TOO. MUCH. My car is packed to the limit.  Nothing more can fit in there.  Nothing more.  I pray the Lord to watch over me while I drive back home with only one visible mirror, if my mom knew I'd be doing this she's wring my neck.  Of course she could have come down to pack me up instead of leaving me to deal with it like an adult.  I haven't become an adult yet and I don't plan to anytime soon. I'm a young lady, YOUNG being the key word.  But I can only go up, because I've hit my all-time low.  And since gas is at almost $4.00, I don't see myself getting anymore steam anytime soon...oops. 

A little pet peeve of mine

So I have a few things that really get to me, some of which are completely ridiculous and others which are pretty understandable (according to me). One of these annoyances that I have are the word verification boxes you have to fill out occasionally online--you know the boxes that have squiggly words and are hard to read? The ones that makes you think, "If I get this wrong this internet site is going to think I'm either drunk or on medications that were not prescribed to me or the sickness they are most commonly used to. So I better get this right, or else I'm going to be in a fight with an internet site."  Now do you know what I'm talking about? If not, maybe a visual will help. But first please type the characters you see in the box. HA just kidding, I would never make any of my many readers (I'm thinking positive here!) go through that pain. 

These suckers will getcha.  And this one is particularly bad because of the two-tonedness, and the swirly letters are just so dumb.  Gosh, I just don't like anything about them.  I also found that many other people have a dislike for word verification boxes.  I found some pretty hostile images toward them. Here are some of my finds:

The "Just say NO" approach...

The death approach...

"I'd like a table for non-word-verification please, and also non-smoking please. I'm really not trying to be high maintenance, this is just who I am"

The prohibition tact-it.

The sweet, peace-full approach. 

There were many more images that had negative comments towards word verification, but these were just a few of my favorites.  Now remember folks, just say no when it comes to word verification.  Silent protest.  We can do it, I feel a movement coming on. 

Laughter is the only thing that'll keep you sane.

Last weekend was our College Life Spring Retreat. We went to the Topsail beach and stayed at one of our college lifers beach house. It was an amazing weekend! We have such a great community of people.  This is the video we made for the retreat. It is truly awesome! Mostly because I am in it, no just kidding. Mostly because Jesus does such great things with our chaotic lives.

I hope y'all enjoy it!

Make the most of it.

This song has such a catchy melody to it, but when you actually listen to the words they get you thinkin'.  Listen to them, sounds morbid right? Well I thought so, maybe it's just me. But I thought they seemed pretty sad and depressing.  So I looked up the meaning, and this song was not written to be depressing but to give the message to people to make the most of the life that they are given.  Where I am right now in my life, this is so applicable! I spend a lot of my time thinking, "If only I had this...then I would be satisfied!" or "If things were like this, then I wouldn't be so annoyed." But instead of those thoughts, why not "Things are just great they way they are!" Life is too short to spend it complaining.  And we are not guaranteed longevity, so why spend our lives thinking of what could be instead of what is. It would be great if things worked out just as we wanted but they don’t. However the Lord is Sovereign and He has such wonderful and great things planned for us! How great is that?! I think it’s great. I have been really challenged these past few weeks but also so very encouraged.  My best is so very small compared to what I can be in the Lord. And trying to do it all on my own is exhausting! I will never please everyone nor will I be able to go on my own.  I am so humbled by the surpassing greatness of Jesus.  I pray each day that I will realize my need for the Lord, and that I will cling to His side for support and guidance.   

Hats and Headbands, the essenitials for a shower-free life.

It's a different kind of stressed when you don't care what you're wearing or what people think of your greasy hair because you simply haven't had the time to shower today. That's why they have hats and headbands, but when people see those items it screams "OH HEY, my hair is greasy under this but I was just hoping that no one would know about it because I tried to cover it up with a hat or a headband but obviously it didn't work for you. Great, but I don't care so go look at someone else with your unapproving eyes. I'm over it." Literally, that's what my head screams. I hear it all day long, sort of obnoxious. I don't live a shower-free life, but sometimes it would be nice to not have to worry about cleaning myself. Yaaa that sounds gross.

ice-cream

I love ice-cream. It is one of my most favorite snacks, or should I say indulgences. Either way, I love it. I had some today actually and I loved every minute of it.  I also had some ice-cream while over Spring Break.  Not only did I have just any ordinary ice-cream, first of all I had it in Disney World sooo that makes it better and also it was in the Magic Kingdom to be specific anddd Aladdin and I shared it which means we're dating now.  The ice-cream I had was amazing. It was pineapple soft-serve with pineapple juice on the bottom. YUM! Anddd it's good for you because it is fruit flavored :) So it's a win-win situation.

As you can see, I am really enjoying these ice-creams.  See the pineapple juice on the bottom? Heaven. Gosh, I would give a lot to have one of those right this minute. But I have to be health conscious..actually I don't really haaavee to. But I will be.

Remember the small things in life that bring you joy. (or really big amounts of ice-cream in this case)

Some Updates.

My hopes were to blog every night about my trip, but due to slow internet my frustrations got the better of me. I did however blog about my trip to Disney! It was so wonderful.  After the trip to Disney I was on the go traveling from place to place.  But I have made it back to my home away from home, High Point NC.  We will spend the rest of our break here except for when we leave for our final reception in Raleigh on Sunday.  We will make a day trip up to Raleigh, and then make our way back to High Point to start classes on Monday.

I bid you all a good night! I am going to hit the sacks in hopes of a very restful sleep before a very busy and productive day I have planned for tomorrow!