it's been a while

...so 23 days without blogging. Not normal.

Let me fill you in on my life.

-Classes are great, I have class 3 days a week with a wonderful classroom of first graders from 7:45 AM to noon.. learning how to be a morning person. && I finished my application for student teaching.. feelin old!
-I work 5 days a week with 20 first graders. they keep me on my toes, for sure. The past week was crazy because so many teachers and kiddos were out sick.. my class had the flu, strep, ear infections, stomach viruses, and LICE.. my first encounter with the nastiness of lice. Needless to say, I got lice shampoo that night and washed my hair with it.. better safe than sorry, right? prayers for my immune system, please :)
-Crusader Knights is coming up, faster than I'd like.. but it's been a BLAST watching the guys practice, and watchin the whole thing come together. I love it, so much!
-My roommates are simply wonderful. we've had lots of bonding time, and i love it. never a dull moment in the 5102 :)
-Our first CAB event was this week.. It rocked, literally. So proud of my CABbers for planning it two days before it happened!
-College YL retreat was amazing. We really bonded as a team and i love my YL family. Our first club is this week... tomorrow, in fact. I'm stoked. :) it's such a blessing.
-I'm now a co-director for the junior class's piece for Stunt Night '11.. just another thing to add to the list, busy busy busy.
-I've made new friends, and hung out with tons of people, going bowling, dancing, to movies, birthdays, etc. havin' the time of my life.
-I'm home for the weekend because of a wedding I went to tonight. I love weddings, SO SO fun and SO happy. I just love them. I love home, I love my family. Went shopping allll day today with mom for teacher clothes/shoes.. scary that it's legit my wardrobe now.. i'm really getting old.

so basically, I'm just lovin' life, and staying way in over my head with busyness. :)

Belton!

And I'm back. unloaded, unpacked, and settled in. I got a new roommate!--- Jill! She's one of my closest friends here, so needless to say, I'm excited! :) It sure is great to be back! And the best part? God's already teaching me more than I could imagine. It's looking like it's going to be an incredible semester!

Today is my "catch up" day. Pay for classes, get books, groceries, etc. I hate these days, but they're productive, so they're worth it. It's going to be 72 degrees today too! Just perfect weather.

Missin my family and besties, but i'll see them soon.

Spring'11 here we come.

two more days

So, I just got home from a wonderful night with my high school friends :) It was just like old times, almost. Still not quite the same. Love them, but I'm missin the crud outta Belton. There's just an atmosphere of love there. I feel like I belong.. it's home. and I'm dying to go back. I'll be back Thursday, finally, and I know as soon as I get there, I'll be missing Allen. I guess that's part of life, I'll make it through.

Anyways, just wanted to lay that out there.. :)

TwoOhDoubleOne.

Today, a friend asked me to "describe 2010 in less than 10 words." Well, that was easy for me, as I only needed one word: Change. My 2010 can be completely described by the word change. Granted most of this change started in May, but it was all nonetheless life changing. I broke up with Matt, lost friends, met tons of people, made new friends, added a minor, changed classes at work, went to camp as a counselor for a week, became a leader of CAB, became a CollegeLife (YL) leader, helped out with pageant, and tried SO many other new things! Looking at my life a year ago, I can't believe how different I am. 2010 was a year of heartbreak, success, laughter, pain, joy, failure, mistakes, growth, fun and most importantly, finding myself and my faith. 2010 might have been the most up and down year of my life, but it sure has been one of the best.

My friend later asked me "If I asked you the same question in a year, how would you want to answer." That was a little tougher for me. I replied that I'd like to answer that it was a year of growth...in a lot of different ways. Obviously, I'd like to grow spiritually, falling deeper in love with my Savior, but I'd also like it to be a year of personal growth and continuing to find myself. I'd like to see myself have motivation for things I've never had motivation for and to pursue those wholeheartedly, I'd like to see myself focus more on strengthening relationships that I already have created, instead of having a large number of "acquaintances," I'd like to see myself, in a sense, stop trying to please everybody, or be accepted by those that don't want to accept me. God has a reason for everything, and I'm so absolutely excited to see what kinds of opportunities He puts in front of me in 2011.

So there's my cliche "new year" post! :) I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday! :)