whew, i made it through my crazy week!!!
*WON SOCCER 4-2, i had two shots on goal, thank you very much
*WON FRISBEE 11-2, had one snag that rocked my world. only thing i know is that the next thing i knew, i was on the ground, jackie was on top of me on one side, hannah on the other, my head was spinning, but I HAD THE FRISBEE
*took miley to the game on tuesday. she's such a superstar. she did so great, we stopped at sonic on the way home and she got her very own ice cream cone. if she hadn't eaten the cord that connects my camera, i have a really sweet picture of her trying to eat it :)
*my last day at the clinic was kinda sad, i really enjoyed working there. but i get to come back in the fall to work on my honors project.
and to top it all off, i'm leaving tomorrow for south carolina to see my all time, absolute very favorite country music rockstar (not daniel wilson, ladies) KENNY CHESNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! best birthday present ever and i CANNOT WAIT!!!
highlights and pictures will soon follow, i'm sure. night ya'll!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
and so it begins...but on the right note!
so this weekend marks the beginning of what could be considered the busiest two weeks of my life.
friday i worked the morning shift at the PT clinic and...bum ba bum...i had my VERY OWN, VERY FIRST PATIENT!!! mrs. barbara was so sweet and so patient with me, but it was so exciting! i am totally falling in love with my future career and canNOT wait to do this for a living!
friday night i drove to johnson city for some quality val-laura time. had choice seats for andy davis (!) and dave barnes. ended up also getting to spend some time with three of my high school girls, something i'm really going to miss this summer.
this weekend i celebrated with one of my closest friends her wedding with a wild and crazy BACHELORETTE PARTY. it still hits me like a brick wall when i think that one of my longest and bestest friends is GETTING MARRIED. i mean, just yesterday we were dressing up and performing hit broadway songs in her living room and now we're growing up, dressing up FOR REAL, eating fancy dinners, (but still singing hit broadway songs, but in the safety of our cars)
got back today in time for church, and especially crosstrainers, which has become one of my favorite hours of the week. these kids are continually amazing me with their earnest hearts to know God more. take my cousin jake, for example...he's one of the craziest, goofiest kids i know, but he absolutely loves Jesus and truly loves sharing his faith at his middle school. it makes me want to be more like him, honestly not caring what others thought of me and being confident enough in who my God is to talk to others about Him...definitely something i plan on doing more often.
got to have dinner tonight and catch up with best friend daniel. i love our heart to hearts and quality time. its fun because we don't have to worry about putting on a face or what the other one might think of the other. i'm glad to have him as a brother who really cares about me.
and at Bible study tonight, God really showed up. i love having real time with no pretenses talking about what God is doing in our lives and encouraging each other in our faith. really gave me hope for the coming weeks ahead, which are going to be crazy:
MONDAY: 6 am run, 9 am chiropractor, 11 am workouts, 12-5 last day of work at the clinic, 6 pm soccer game, after that, check on band practice and finish psychology project and read for genetics
TUESDAY: 6 am run, 9:30 defend prospectus, 10:30-3 class, frisbee game later that day...
WEDNESDAY: 6 am run, 9 am chiropractor, 11 am workouts, 1 last genetics lab (!), 3-8 church & soul'd out, 8 pm film spanish project, read for genetics...
THURSDAY: 6 am run, 9:30 chapel, 10:30-1 class, 1:30 psych conference, PACK FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY: 1 pm, LEAVE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA!!!!
SATURDAY: 4 pm, KENNY CHESNEY, LIVE IN CONCERT, YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha, wow, my week sounds crazy, but it helps if i write it down, and it might give yall an idea of how to pray for me this week...oh, and the weekend coming up makes the crazy crazy week totally worth it!!!!
friday i worked the morning shift at the PT clinic and...bum ba bum...i had my VERY OWN, VERY FIRST PATIENT!!! mrs. barbara was so sweet and so patient with me, but it was so exciting! i am totally falling in love with my future career and canNOT wait to do this for a living!
friday night i drove to johnson city for some quality val-laura time. had choice seats for andy davis (!) and dave barnes. ended up also getting to spend some time with three of my high school girls, something i'm really going to miss this summer.
this weekend i celebrated with one of my closest friends her wedding with a wild and crazy BACHELORETTE PARTY. it still hits me like a brick wall when i think that one of my longest and bestest friends is GETTING MARRIED. i mean, just yesterday we were dressing up and performing hit broadway songs in her living room and now we're growing up, dressing up FOR REAL, eating fancy dinners, (but still singing hit broadway songs, but in the safety of our cars)
got back today in time for church, and especially crosstrainers, which has become one of my favorite hours of the week. these kids are continually amazing me with their earnest hearts to know God more. take my cousin jake, for example...he's one of the craziest, goofiest kids i know, but he absolutely loves Jesus and truly loves sharing his faith at his middle school. it makes me want to be more like him, honestly not caring what others thought of me and being confident enough in who my God is to talk to others about Him...definitely something i plan on doing more often.
got to have dinner tonight and catch up with best friend daniel. i love our heart to hearts and quality time. its fun because we don't have to worry about putting on a face or what the other one might think of the other. i'm glad to have him as a brother who really cares about me.
and at Bible study tonight, God really showed up. i love having real time with no pretenses talking about what God is doing in our lives and encouraging each other in our faith. really gave me hope for the coming weeks ahead, which are going to be crazy:
MONDAY: 6 am run, 9 am chiropractor, 11 am workouts, 12-5 last day of work at the clinic, 6 pm soccer game, after that, check on band practice and finish psychology project and read for genetics
TUESDAY: 6 am run, 9:30 defend prospectus, 10:30-3 class, frisbee game later that day...
WEDNESDAY: 6 am run, 9 am chiropractor, 11 am workouts, 1 last genetics lab (!), 3-8 church & soul'd out, 8 pm film spanish project, read for genetics...
THURSDAY: 6 am run, 9:30 chapel, 10:30-1 class, 1:30 psych conference, PACK FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY: 1 pm, LEAVE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA!!!!
SATURDAY: 4 pm, KENNY CHESNEY, LIVE IN CONCERT, YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha, wow, my week sounds crazy, but it helps if i write it down, and it might give yall an idea of how to pray for me this week...oh, and the weekend coming up makes the crazy crazy week totally worth it!!!!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
wake up call
wow, this has been a day for wake up calls. i've had a few, so let's just go in chronological order:
1.) this morning pastor emmert rocked my world with a point he made. his sermon was on a heart of sacrifice and he said this: how dare we consider anything we "give up for God" a sacrifice? i mean, it's all His anyways, so why would we even think that anything we give to God a huge deal on our parts??? and then later in his sermon, pastor said that when you truly love someone, giving something up for them is not a sacrifice at all. Christ dying on the cross wasn't necessarily a sacrifice. He did it willingly and gladly because He loved me, this whole world, that much. oh that i would be able to love my God back like that.
2.) later tonight at cross-trainers one of my high school girls just rocked the house. she told the group about how she was walking down the hall of her school, talking to God and just decided that she was over the whole trying to be a 'cool' Christian thing. about worrying about her reputation if she actually talked to one of her classmates about Jesus. she resolved in her heart that she was going to witness to her friends, no matter who said what about her. totally cool coming from a high school sophomore.
3.) right before bed tonight, i was on the phone with my best friend and had yet another reality check. she reminded me, in not so many words, that i tend to emotionally give my heart away to too many people, specifically those of the male persuasion. just reminded me that i needed to guard my heart so fiercely that whoever wants it is gonna have to fight for it and prove himself worthy. i AM a princess after all :) to sum up this last point, i'm going to borrow some words from carrie underwood: "the more boys i meet, the more i love my dog!" (haha, great song, and i know, kinda random, but i LOVE IT!)
wow, that's a lot to chew on, but i think it helped writing it out. so, there ya go, world!
1.) this morning pastor emmert rocked my world with a point he made. his sermon was on a heart of sacrifice and he said this: how dare we consider anything we "give up for God" a sacrifice? i mean, it's all His anyways, so why would we even think that anything we give to God a huge deal on our parts??? and then later in his sermon, pastor said that when you truly love someone, giving something up for them is not a sacrifice at all. Christ dying on the cross wasn't necessarily a sacrifice. He did it willingly and gladly because He loved me, this whole world, that much. oh that i would be able to love my God back like that.
2.) later tonight at cross-trainers one of my high school girls just rocked the house. she told the group about how she was walking down the hall of her school, talking to God and just decided that she was over the whole trying to be a 'cool' Christian thing. about worrying about her reputation if she actually talked to one of her classmates about Jesus. she resolved in her heart that she was going to witness to her friends, no matter who said what about her. totally cool coming from a high school sophomore.
3.) right before bed tonight, i was on the phone with my best friend and had yet another reality check. she reminded me, in not so many words, that i tend to emotionally give my heart away to too many people, specifically those of the male persuasion. just reminded me that i needed to guard my heart so fiercely that whoever wants it is gonna have to fight for it and prove himself worthy. i AM a princess after all :) to sum up this last point, i'm going to borrow some words from carrie underwood: "the more boys i meet, the more i love my dog!" (haha, great song, and i know, kinda random, but i LOVE IT!)
wow, that's a lot to chew on, but i think it helped writing it out. so, there ya go, world!
Friday, April 11, 2008
i thought it was funny
found this on youtube...it's pretty funny...reminded me of the campus wide assassin game we played last year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuRQmvykwk
if you need a smile today, go check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuRQmvykwk
if you need a smile today, go check it out!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
holy moly
a run down on my day yesterday:
9 AM chiropractor
10 AM morning workouts
11-3 work at PT office
4 PM soccer game (tied 2-2, but i scored!!!)
(in the 20 minute break i had, i kept score for the softball game and helped set up the sound system for band practice via cell phone.)
5:30 PM frisbee game
7 PM frisbee game goes into overtime
7:30 PM final score, 16-14...we came back from a 10-5 deficit to win!
8 PM fix dinner
9 PM start homework
12 PM finish homework and hit the hay. what an amazing, yet tiring day...
records: Victorious Secret (girls' soccer team) 2-1
Airborne (co-ed frisbee team) 1-0
9 AM chiropractor
10 AM morning workouts
11-3 work at PT office
4 PM soccer game (tied 2-2, but i scored!!!)
(in the 20 minute break i had, i kept score for the softball game and helped set up the sound system for band practice via cell phone.)
5:30 PM frisbee game
7 PM frisbee game goes into overtime
7:30 PM final score, 16-14...we came back from a 10-5 deficit to win!
8 PM fix dinner
9 PM start homework
12 PM finish homework and hit the hay. what an amazing, yet tiring day...
records: Victorious Secret (girls' soccer team) 2-1
Airborne (co-ed frisbee team) 1-0
Sunday, April 6, 2008
you are the music in me...
:D i really like that song, and so what if it's from HSM 2??? it's one of those that i like to really belt it out when i'm riding alone in my car... but anyways, i had an inspirational moment the other night and i decided to try to capture all those thoughts into coherent words, so here goes...
i have realized of late that music has become quite a substantial part of my life. i mean, duh, i'm a product of my generation, so of course, i'm going to be slightly obsessed with music, but no seriously, it's a big part of my life. over the past few years i've become a GIANT fan of country music...i mean, 3 out of my 6 presets in my car are country stations; i watch CMT and GAC religiously; am a member on CMT.com; and spend ridiculous amounts of money to see my favorite stars in person (in the past 6 months i've been to see keith urban, george strait, brad paisley, and about to go see kenny chesney...). i seriously love it and think it is a passion of mine. and i think it's kinda funny because the extent of my musical ability is to play the kazoo and keep up when we're playing rock band... go figure.
but i was sitting the other night listening to my friends "jam" on their various instruments and i was just totally amazed at the gift God has given the world in music. my mind went back all the way to the first guy who thought "hey, if i stretch this string really tight and hit it, it makes a cool noise...and what if i put it together with this hollow box that i beat on...that makes a fun noise too..." and seeing how they all come together to make such beautiful sounds just utterly amazes me sometimes. because i try to imagine a world where music isn't there and it's impossible for my mind. music is a huge part of our world. it can influence our moods, our thoughts, inspire actions, whether their happy or sad. i mean, i've been in a situation before when i've had a totally crummy day and heard my favorite song and i cannot help but smile and feel my spirits lift.
music is also a huge part of how i talk to my God. there have been so many times when i've been praying and talking to God and my heart just picks up in the middle of a praise song. i'm so thankful for those who can put into words better than i can how i feel sometimes.
and to see people who have such a passion to play these instruments just totally blows me away. take one of my best friends for example. i was talking to his dad as he was playing the other night and he was telling me that when he was only 5 years old, his parents gave him a play drum set and he sat down that christmas morning and started beating out rhythms...which blows this little white girl's mind [i really have to work to have rhythm ;)]. and when he plays his guitar, you can just tell that he is in his element. its like that guitar is just an extension of his arms and hands, it's the most natural part of him. and he is doing what God has created him and blessed him to do, using his talents to glorify his Creator. and that's how i know he's gonna make it as a songwriter or recording artist, because i see how he is when he sings or performs, or the look on his face when he gets an idea for a song. his passion is real and he's got the determination to see his dream through.
i think if i could develop that kind of passion for the work that God has called me to do-- if i could look forward to going to the physical therapy office the same way i see my friends love their music, then my life will be one amazing ride. so challenge time: find your passion and follow it 100%. do the things you love and do them well. use your gifts that God has given you. if it's singing, then by gosh, sing. if it's dancing, then you better dance like there's no tomorrow dang it. or if its writing, preaching, racing nascar, knitting, flying airplanes, running, loving on kids, loving on old people, cooking, cleaning, talking, making movies, working on computers, training animals, or balancing spoons on your nose, then DO IT! find that one thing that when you do it, you feel like you're being your most...you. that one thing that if you had to describe yourself with ONE THING, that would be it. and then do everything you can to be the BEST at your passion. develop your talents and dreams.
wow, listen to me preach. guess i better get off here before i get too far gone. later days!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
i'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes...
okay, so i'm not really sittin' on the hood of my car, lookin' up at a caramel colored sunset sky, but that song is still in my top 5 (gary allan, go check it out) and it fits my mood right now, so just indulge me a little...
today was just one of those days where everything kept making me smile. woke up and had some quality time with miley dog. went and worked out, FINISHED MY PROSPECTUS!!!
**just for the record, that was hanging huge over my head, but it's done, it was great, it's turned in, and i don't have to worry about it for a looooong while**
to continue my good day:
* got out of genetics lab early
* the weather was warm enough for a t-shirt and chacos
* spent some time at the smith farm with the animals YAY!
if you know me at all...me + the farm + the animals = me being my best me
* had the first "all intern, without brian, led wednesday night SOUL'D OUT and it went amazingly well!!! daniel did an amazing job communicating what was on his heart to our students. and they really got what he was saying. we had an awesome prayer time at the end. i love hearing my students pray. it blesses my socks off every time. they are developing such hearts for their lost friends and i can't wait to see what God has in store for them.
* surprise visit from joe! i really love that guy. he's always so encouraging and makes me laugh a lot! made me realize i need to go spend time with my second family before i leave for the summer
* got to talk to alan tonight about spending summer 09 in south africa... this seriously could happen and it would be an absolute DREAM COME TRUE! i'm stll praying about it, but God keeps opening doors and i'm still walking through them til He says stop!
* had late dinner with joe, pastor emmert, whit-dog, and daniel at SMOKEYS...mmm... we talked and laughed and closed the place down catching up.
* went to go check on the animals again with daniel. got to talk country music stuff and encourage one of my best friends.
*got a phone call from maddie and now have a "date" for spring formal...with all my girls!
it's days like these that make up for the not so great ones. i wish i could just bottle it up and bring it out when i need a little sunshine in my life. i know the next 2 months are going to be crazy busy, but i just try to savor days like today.
today was just one of those days where everything kept making me smile. woke up and had some quality time with miley dog. went and worked out, FINISHED MY PROSPECTUS!!!
**just for the record, that was hanging huge over my head, but it's done, it was great, it's turned in, and i don't have to worry about it for a looooong while**
to continue my good day:
* got out of genetics lab early
* the weather was warm enough for a t-shirt and chacos
* spent some time at the smith farm with the animals YAY!
if you know me at all...me + the farm + the animals = me being my best me
* had the first "all intern, without brian, led wednesday night SOUL'D OUT and it went amazingly well!!! daniel did an amazing job communicating what was on his heart to our students. and they really got what he was saying. we had an awesome prayer time at the end. i love hearing my students pray. it blesses my socks off every time. they are developing such hearts for their lost friends and i can't wait to see what God has in store for them.
* surprise visit from joe! i really love that guy. he's always so encouraging and makes me laugh a lot! made me realize i need to go spend time with my second family before i leave for the summer
* got to talk to alan tonight about spending summer 09 in south africa... this seriously could happen and it would be an absolute DREAM COME TRUE! i'm stll praying about it, but God keeps opening doors and i'm still walking through them til He says stop!
* had late dinner with joe, pastor emmert, whit-dog, and daniel at SMOKEYS...mmm... we talked and laughed and closed the place down catching up.
* went to go check on the animals again with daniel. got to talk country music stuff and encourage one of my best friends.
*got a phone call from maddie and now have a "date" for spring formal...with all my girls!
it's days like these that make up for the not so great ones. i wish i could just bottle it up and bring it out when i need a little sunshine in my life. i know the next 2 months are going to be crazy busy, but i just try to savor days like today.
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