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!!!!