i'm officially going to grad school at angelo state... i accepted their offer for a spot in the pt program today. i ended up getting accepted at texas tech as well, but by the time i heard from them i had already decided on asu. i just feel comfortable at asu and i am excited to move to san angelo and get started with the program. the pt department secretary also gave me contact info for a girl who is already at asu for her undergrad and will be starting pt school with me this summer, and needs a roommate to share rent at the house she lives in. she seems nice and i'm hopeful that it might work out, cause i know no one at asu so finding a roommate was not likely.
this is also exciting because i'll only live a couple hours from my brother instead of several, and this summer i will be able to work fca camps again because my classes won't start until july 8th. now if i can just get through the rest of physics II i'm all set :)
smile: it snowed overnight last night... not enough to stick to the roads, but enough to make it pretty for me to drive to work this morning
frown: i took a 2.5 hour nap today and i'm still feeling tired... blah (julie these are for you as well)
3.07.2008
this one's for julie!
10 Years Ago:
i was in 7th grade... we'd be done with basketball season by now so i was just going to school and i don't remember what else
Things on my to do list today:
just relaxing for the rest of tonight... tomorrow we are going to stephenville to see my brother and take him some things he needs for his L.A. mission trip over spring break.
If I suddenly became a billionaire:
i'd pay for my grad school, my brother's school, parents' house... give a lot to carolina creek, fca, and ecf, and i'm sure i'd think of others... move to colorado after grad school is done, buy my 4wd suv, and spend my weekends in the mountains... travel all over the world and the US... be able to visit my friends who live all over whenever i want... not gonna lie it would be nice to have money to do that sort of stuff, but i make it fine.
Three of my bad habits:
1. wasting too much time on the computer, especially facebook
2. procrastinating in general
3. getting ADD when people are talking to me and not totally paying attention to them
Five jobs I have had:
lifeguard at the waco ymca
a little bit of everything at carolina creek
biology lab ta at umhb
sales associate at lifeway
umhb library
Five things people don't know about me:
1. although i played it in college, golf was my least favorite sport... i like playing basketball and softball (especially if it's competitive) a lot more
2. i'm a pyro :)
3. i like doing artsy type stuff- painting, drawing, photography, crafts, etc- but i'm not that great at it
4. i want to learn spanish well enough to be at least semi-fluent... probably won't happen until after grad school, cause i won't have extra time to take classes any time soon
5. i have a list of adventurous outdoor activities i want to accomplish in my lifetime... it includes skydiving, whitewater rafting, real rock climbing, hiking the grand canyon, and ice climbing
i was in 7th grade... we'd be done with basketball season by now so i was just going to school and i don't remember what else
Things on my to do list today:
just relaxing for the rest of tonight... tomorrow we are going to stephenville to see my brother and take him some things he needs for his L.A. mission trip over spring break.
If I suddenly became a billionaire:
i'd pay for my grad school, my brother's school, parents' house... give a lot to carolina creek, fca, and ecf, and i'm sure i'd think of others... move to colorado after grad school is done, buy my 4wd suv, and spend my weekends in the mountains... travel all over the world and the US... be able to visit my friends who live all over whenever i want... not gonna lie it would be nice to have money to do that sort of stuff, but i make it fine.
Three of my bad habits:
1. wasting too much time on the computer, especially facebook
2. procrastinating in general
3. getting ADD when people are talking to me and not totally paying attention to them
Five jobs I have had:
lifeguard at the waco ymca
a little bit of everything at carolina creek
biology lab ta at umhb
sales associate at lifeway
umhb library
Five things people don't know about me:
1. although i played it in college, golf was my least favorite sport... i like playing basketball and softball (especially if it's competitive) a lot more
2. i'm a pyro :)
3. i like doing artsy type stuff- painting, drawing, photography, crafts, etc- but i'm not that great at it
4. i want to learn spanish well enough to be at least semi-fluent... probably won't happen until after grad school, cause i won't have extra time to take classes any time soon
5. i have a list of adventurous outdoor activities i want to accomplish in my lifetime... it includes skydiving, whitewater rafting, real rock climbing, hiking the grand canyon, and ice climbing
2.06.2008
today is a fabulous day
yesterday my mom got on my case about needing to get a job and help pay bills. mind you, not because my parents are struggling to make ends meet and need my help for us to continue eating and having running water, but just because she doesn't like me not working and being at home a lot. it was an awesome conversation. ::rolling my eyes::
so today, i called the ymca to see if they had any lifeguarding positions open, hoping they did but also dreading the possibility of losing my free weekends that allow me to actually see friends. they did, so i went to waco to fill out an app and talk with the super. it's going to work out perfectly... they need guards for the mornings, specifically mwf- all days that i don't have class, and mornings are great cause i still have the rest of the day to do whatever. she also said i probably wouldn't have to work any weekends unless i just wanted the hours. the only slightly unfortunate part is that mornings = 5am. holy night of american glory that is early, but oh well.
today i also booked plane tickets to fly to chattanooga on my spring break and see bethany. so that, plus i am going to colorado in just over two weeks to visit denae and go snowboarding, equals a great 3-4 week span of seeing amazing friends that i miss so much!
in other recent news, i am leading worship on friday mornings for the mcgregor jr high fca. they just got it started this semester and the coach who sponsors it got my mom to ask me if i could do their music. they're jr high kids and shy about singing in front of their friends, but it's still fun to be a part of. i also interviewed with asu last weekend and really liked their school... they're supposed to let us know within the next couple of weeks. and tech called me yesterday to schedule an interview for next friday, so now i have an even longer, more boring car ride to go on by myself. anyways i can't think of anything else to write, but hopefully the next time i post i will be lifeguarding and know where i am going to grad school :)
so today, i called the ymca to see if they had any lifeguarding positions open, hoping they did but also dreading the possibility of losing my free weekends that allow me to actually see friends. they did, so i went to waco to fill out an app and talk with the super. it's going to work out perfectly... they need guards for the mornings, specifically mwf- all days that i don't have class, and mornings are great cause i still have the rest of the day to do whatever. she also said i probably wouldn't have to work any weekends unless i just wanted the hours. the only slightly unfortunate part is that mornings = 5am. holy night of american glory that is early, but oh well.
today i also booked plane tickets to fly to chattanooga on my spring break and see bethany. so that, plus i am going to colorado in just over two weeks to visit denae and go snowboarding, equals a great 3-4 week span of seeing amazing friends that i miss so much!
in other recent news, i am leading worship on friday mornings for the mcgregor jr high fca. they just got it started this semester and the coach who sponsors it got my mom to ask me if i could do their music. they're jr high kids and shy about singing in front of their friends, but it's still fun to be a part of. i also interviewed with asu last weekend and really liked their school... they're supposed to let us know within the next couple of weeks. and tech called me yesterday to schedule an interview for next friday, so now i have an even longer, more boring car ride to go on by myself. anyways i can't think of anything else to write, but hopefully the next time i post i will be lifeguarding and know where i am going to grad school :)
12.15.2007
thinking about greece
i love greece. i really hope that one day the Lord lets me go back there again.
there were so many beautiful places there. but my favorite place was out on the roof of the church. there's an
apartment above the sanctuary (which is where we stayed), and it opens out onto the roof... if you look real close you can see a couple people up there on the right, above the church's name.
anyways, you can't see it in the picture, but around the other side of the tower on the left, there was a little concrete landing where you could go and sit, and it looked over the whole square (the church was on this square called the platilla terpsithea). i went out there every morning for my q.t. before we'd leave for whatever was going on that day. it was just a real peaceful place for me.
the night we left greece, i went out there at like 2am and just sat and watched the cars and
people below, for probably close to an hour. the funny thing was, i'd been sick the majority of the past 48 hours and had some different frustrations before that, and honestly was ready to be back in the states. but at 2am, i suddenly wanted to just stay on that roof forever.
there's a part of my heart still on that roof... still with those people... still 8 time zones away...
there were so many beautiful places there. but my favorite place was out on the roof of the church. there's an
apartment above the sanctuary (which is where we stayed), and it opens out onto the roof... if you look real close you can see a couple people up there on the right, above the church's name.anyways, you can't see it in the picture, but around the other side of the tower on the left, there was a little concrete landing where you could go and sit, and it looked over the whole square (the church was on this square called the platilla terpsithea). i went out there every morning for my q.t. before we'd leave for whatever was going on that day. it was just a real peaceful place for me.
the night we left greece, i went out there at like 2am and just sat and watched the cars and
people below, for probably close to an hour. the funny thing was, i'd been sick the majority of the past 48 hours and had some different frustrations before that, and honestly was ready to be back in the states. but at 2am, i suddenly wanted to just stay on that roof forever.there's a part of my heart still on that roof... still with those people... still 8 time zones away...
12.02.2007
a worthless saying
whoever came up with the whole "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" didn't have a clue. or maybe they were just extremely naive.
it's been four months. some days i'm fine. other days it still stings, and i struggle to make sense of it without getting anywhere.
i guess it's a process. i just try my best to cling to the truth that sets me free.
it's been four months. some days i'm fine. other days it still stings, and i struggle to make sense of it without getting anywhere.
i guess it's a process. i just try my best to cling to the truth that sets me free.
11.18.2007
thoughts from joyce
i went to a joyce meyer conference this weekend with the santuary of praise women's group (bea's church) and was super blessed by what she taught, and oh my goodness worship with darlene zschech & the hillsong band = amazing. anyways, just some notes of things that really struck me (joyce in italics, my extra comments plain)...
-it takes a lot of nerve to tell someone they're not hearing from God... if you have a feeling about what you're supposed to do and have prayed and tested it all you know how to, and there's no one who can show you it is directly against the word of God, you better follow what your heart is saying! that second part isn't word perfect, cause she said too much for me to remember exactly what she said and get it down... but this whole line of thought was the most impactful word from the weekend for me. the whole saturday message dealing with disapproval from people was so affirming to me and confirmed that i was following the Lord in the things that happened in august.
-statistic: 10% of people will not like you no matter what you do. enough said. no point in trying to please people before God.
-we tell in the light what we learned in the dark (matt 10:27)... the goal is not for me to understand what's happening to me right now, but to be able to understand what other people are going through later, because i've been there. goes back to the next top model chick... you can't have a testimony without a test.
-with opportunity comes opposition.
-we are not full of the Holy Spirit so we can just do easy stuff!
-john 5... Jesus didn't feel bad for the man who had laid beside the pool for 38 years waiting for a miracle, he told him to GET UP and clean up his mess (take your mat). be determined!
-it takes a lot of nerve to tell someone they're not hearing from God... if you have a feeling about what you're supposed to do and have prayed and tested it all you know how to, and there's no one who can show you it is directly against the word of God, you better follow what your heart is saying! that second part isn't word perfect, cause she said too much for me to remember exactly what she said and get it down... but this whole line of thought was the most impactful word from the weekend for me. the whole saturday message dealing with disapproval from people was so affirming to me and confirmed that i was following the Lord in the things that happened in august.
-statistic: 10% of people will not like you no matter what you do. enough said. no point in trying to please people before God.
-we tell in the light what we learned in the dark (matt 10:27)... the goal is not for me to understand what's happening to me right now, but to be able to understand what other people are going through later, because i've been there. goes back to the next top model chick... you can't have a testimony without a test.
-with opportunity comes opposition.
-we are not full of the Holy Spirit so we can just do easy stuff!
-john 5... Jesus didn't feel bad for the man who had laid beside the pool for 38 years waiting for a miracle, he told him to GET UP and clean up his mess (take your mat). be determined!
11.03.2007
truth everywhere
i was watching america's next top model this afternoon when i should have been doing homework, and one of the girls on there said at some point "you can't have a testimony without a test." the truth behind that statement just really struck me, cause that's definitely been true in my life. to look at it from a christian standpoint, Jesus says straight up that we are going to have trials, and all through the bible it talks about how when you follow God, you are going to deal with suffering. but i think part of the reason for us going through stuff is that we get the chance to see how God keeps working in our lives in spite of our circumstances, and then it becomes a part of our testimony to talk about what has happened to us and what he's done. as joseph says to his brothers in genesis 50:20, "you intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." God will use the hard times we go through to bring himself glory and minister to others through our testimony about what he's done. it was just cool to me to see yet another example of how there is his truth everywhere, even in shows on mtv, if you just look for it.
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