The begining of the end

The beginning of my last second week of class has arrived. For everyone else. I do not have class on Mondays. Cool, no? =) Never going to happen ever again so I aim to enjoy it. By doing homework. Sadness BUT I didn't do any during the weekend. And at least I'm going to do it in a nice warm place which would not be my house because warm and my house are like oil and water. But it's all good 'cause I have 6 blankets AND a comforter.

My classes are as follows:
Tue/Thur
Spanish 102
HD 300
SOC 332
SOC 351
break
HD 497

Wed/Fri
Spanish 102

PS- Human Development (HD)= major
Sociology (SOC)= minor
Spanish= random class I'm auditing for fun


My mom & dad are visiting this coming weekend! It twill be fun fo sho since they have yet to do just that this school year. =)

Life

So my VERY last fall semester of school is OVER! Thank the Lord! I've never been that stressed or busy at the same time before, seriously. I'm kind of worried about my grades, but since I can't really do anything to change them at this point I guess I'll keep on keeping on. *sigh* SO weird that one more semester of school's left and then NO MORE! I hate school, but I love my house & house mates... and other friends at school. I also love the blue blanket I Indian gave to Joel. It's warm and soft... perfect for freezing cold Sally in her ice like house.... =D

You know God is so amazing. It's crazy how he likes to surprise you... give you the desires of your heart and then laughs when you're astounded. At least that's what I picture him doing; laughing at me. He might as well join the fun, eh? It just will never fail to amaze and astound me to have God actually answer prayers & give me what I want. That's why I'm not currently worried about the future. Weird, huh? I don't know what I would do without him. Probably fall apart. I feel very content even in the midst of craziness and unknowing. I have only God to thank and praise, as usual. =)

Changes...interesting, funny & crazy. =D

Life has changed a lot in such a short amount of time....I swear, it's crazy.

I live in this awesome old house with no heat basically with 10 amazing Christian girls...it'll be 11 next semester. It's crazy & fun...never a dull moment for sure. =D I feel very lucky that God blessed me with this chance that'll never happen again.

I'm on leadership with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship with has been an awesome experience so far. I'm getting to know more of my fellow leaders a lot better which is so much fun... the guys are crazy...the meeting are so much fun if only because of all the crazy guys. =D
One of the new members of Intervarsity is a lot of fun and I'm so glad I get to spend the year getting to know her. =)

I find myself with a boyfriend. How crazy is that? Single for almost 22 year and then not; it seems sudden. He's pretty awesome, I think. The only sad thing is: he's graduating in December and blowing this popcicle stand...I am not....at least not until May.

I'm soooo tired of school! My classes are so boring! I feel as if I'm not learning anything of interest in any of my classes except my lab in the CDL- child development lab. I'm also pretty sure I'm earning a C in at least one class which depresses me especially since I'm freaking working my butt off. Grrr. In other news, school will get better next semester 'cause I only will have class on Tuesdays & Thursdays....all day long mind you, but I still get 4 day weekends every weekend and a nice day off in the middle of the week. I could totally get a job and/or take a Spanish class.... cool, huh?

Recently

I've been doing fun stuff. Last night a few of my house mates and I dropped 17 big garbage bags full of balloons in our brother house's living room, left and were chased home. It was great. We got some awesome pictures on facebook. =) Having a brother house is way better than a brother dorm for sure.
I went to my first and last cougar football game on Saturday. It was fun. We lost, but only be 3 points to ASU which is 18th in the nation, I believe and we're not even ranked so it's all good. And I actually have an understanding of football now, kind of. Now I wait for basketball season and go to a basketball game. That should be great fun too. =)
School's busy and stressful as usual. Three papers, a quiz, a project and two tests this week. But I turn in two of the papers today so really only one paper left....anyways, it would be really nice if it was Thanksgiving Break if only because the bulk of everything is due right before and right after....plus it's my birthday during break. =)
It's so beautiful here in Pullman. I love this time of year. The tress are so pretty. It makes me happy to walk around campus and town for the beautiful trees. I always become aware of how awesome God is during fall 'cause the creator of the earth did a fantastic job on the trees and if he does such great things for them, won't he do so much greater things for me?
Mom and Dad are coming to visit in 2 weeks! Daddy's never seen my home away from home....he's never taken any amount of time to hang out is this tiny town I love....or met the people I spend time with....

5th week

Isn't that crazy that I'm in my fifth week of class already? It sure does to me. Yeah, classes are time consuming & boring for the most part. My SOC class is about men oppressing women as of now...I got to watch a women get gang rapped on a tv show....I NEVER want to ever see anything remotely similar to that ever again. It was horrible. What else of note....I was told by a 4 year old that I had bad breath....I'm still laughing....it was funny. I have SO much to do & yet here I am blogging instead....bad me. It's really cold today.... Intervarsity's way fun except the guys on the event's committee with me aren't exactly the kind of guys I would hang out with, given the choice. The dinner & worship & whatever else is maga fun 'cause you get a chance to chat with folks...and of course we do ice breakers which are always entertaining..... =D Yep, what else? My house mates are great especially lately because they've become more involved in my personal life....seriously... =D Oh and recently I've been introduced to Ultimate Frisbee which is so much fun. If you've never played, I suggest you do.

And so it begins...

Senior year of college. Crazy. I'm living in The Rock. It's been fun. There are, at present, 11 of us girls.
Classes started day before yesterday & I already wrote a paper & was suppose to read this boring article about NEAYC, but haven't. And by the time I buy the last of my books, it'll be over $400 that I spent. So far I have like 13 books & I still need three. Suck.
My classes are going to be very time consuming & hard this semester. I'm taking two writing in the major classes... those are the ones that are the deciding point on if I graduate or not. Fun times...or not.
I'm on leadership for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. I'm on the Events Team with three guys & Mae, one of the Intervarsity leaders. It's been fun so far. We had a Spa Night in one of the all girl dorms last night... we got 10 girls which is pretty good. I think we'll be returning for another one sometime in the future 'cause the girls really liked it. =) Tomorrow we're handing out notebooks on The (Glenn Terrell) Mall (the main way to class) & having a BBQ for dinner. =)

One week

That's all I have left 'till I head back to Pullman for my LAST year of college. So crazy I'm on my out of my 16 years of school. For so long it seems never ending until it's right in your face that you're facing the end of the known and the unknown is rapidly approaching. Who wants to be an adult anyway? This year is about as not scary, but for lack of a better word it'll do as last year. This year I'm living in a house with 11 strangers. I never thought I'd be able to say that & be in my right mind, yet here I am. I'm not sure exactly what to expect, but I guess it could be a lot like growing up with a few added extras (people). The few girls I've met are really nice, so that's good. If nothing else it'll be a good experience right? Of course. =D
More and more I think on where God will lead me after graduation. This summer I surprised myself with REALLY enjoying working with school kids which was new, but where does that lead me in my plans? My plans were with the preschool age, but now I'm not so sure. Recently I've had a weird thought. Val wants to go back to school & get a teaching certificate; crazy huh? And get this, for kindergarten. (according to Mom). And I like kindergarten too. We could teach together! No so much, but that would be fun, I think. Plus I'm getting trained for preschool, a bit different than kinder. So I'm not sure where that leaves me. Somewhere special 'cause of Jeremiah 29:11. If only I knew....

Job opportunities

This has been a great summer! God has blessed me. I couldn't find a job, but he still provided many little jobs. Right now I'm subbing at a daycare center which I love & at their day camp for school age kids which was surprisingly fun. A little bit of every age, it's great! Today I also started babysitting for a 9 year old. Next week I'll be helping with VBS at my church...I can't stop thinking about how clear God has made to me Jeremiah 29:11- For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you & not to harm you. Plans to give you hope & a future." I've always struggle with my faith & still do especially pertaining to my epilepsy, but no matter what happens, it's for my good. I still pray for no seizures to come so I can keep my freedom, not to mention my sanity though. Now that I go to college 3.5 hours away from home, I want desperately to keep both of the above. I hate being fearful with a passion!

Independence Day

So I'm getting some good hours in at Carroll which is very exciting with the no job thing I have going on...I work tomorrow & Friday this week in addition to yesterday and next week I'm working for sure Monday & possibly Friday. I could get use to this earning money thing. =D
Which leads me to Barbie's bachelorette party in Couer d'Alene & Spokane. We're gonna ride a boat around for awhile in Couer d'Alene & then have dinner in Spokane.
And then up comes VBS.... I am a crew leader or whatever they're called this year. I get about 6 kids to love on for the week....I had fun the last time I was one. I got a whole bunch of Trailseekers. It was great. =)
Right now I'm contemplating where God will lead me after graduation. I have to do an internship which I could do anywhere....that's what I'm thinking through as of now. I could stay in Pullman over the summer & do it there or I could come home & do it here.... choices choices....where does God want me?

So

I'm home alone until Saturday night at 10PM when I go pick up Roo at the Yakima airport. It's BORING! If I had a job and was gone most of the day or something of the sort it might not be so, but, alas, it tis not true. Today was the first day & I'm already out of books and movies that look interesting enough to catch my attention....
In other news I'm getting over a cold/flu that I acquired while at Orcas this past week. Well, actually the flu started on Saturday, one of those 24 hour bugs. I can't even remember the last time I had the flu. Seriously. It's not even a I'm blocking it from memory, it's just been a really long time.
Today I received a call from Kathy at Carroll Children's Center saying she might use me as a sub next week. Apparently they're all taking time off for the holiday. So I'm keepin' my fingers crossed....and I thought I was going to babysit for one of the girls at church, but her mom and/or grandma never called me so I guess not.

On we go, into summer

So this past weekend myself & my 'rents went to Seattle to help my sista Barbie move her stuff & her fiance into their apartment along with another sista- Valerie & her live in boyfriend Tanner. It's on the second floor. It was HOT! My Gma said I got some sun-in other words, I got the beginnings of a tan. =D We also got to visit with my aunt & uncle, cousin & her boyfriend & his daughter....it's my uncle's birthday tomorrow so we celebrated on Saturday. =) In addition, we did other odd errands and such. It was, all in all, good. We finally went to Ben & Jerry's. =) Val, mom, dad, Tanner & I went for a walk near their house (Tanner & Val's) and we saw baby ducks, middle childhood ducks, frogs, turtles and the tall one legged birds. It was very fun, but quite warm as it was early that same day we helped move.

I didn't get the second job I interviewed for but only 'cause I have to leave for school before it's over.... dang WSU for startin' so freakin' early in the summer! That made me feel MUCH better after my previous interview with EPIC, needless to say....

I might have a job for next year while at school. My schedule being the suckiest it's ever been, might prevent that, but it's still nice to know that the Head Start likes me....seriously though, my classes are all over the place everyday. Now I know what Annie Bananie went through all this past year....

Orcas is in a week & a half. I'm goin' as a teacher this year which is a HUGE change. I'm gonna teach two lessons out of seven... the others will be taught by Terry & Audrey- my co-teachers.

Anyways, life goes on...just hopin' & prayin' for a job.....

Summer

So my summer break is 2 and a half weeks old. Crazy. I am jobless. It's horrible. The kicker is I had an interview at EPIC where I would LOVE to work & bombed it! How crappy is that?! I'm on my seventh job application as we speak so it's not lookin' to good. =( On the upside I'm working everyday at school with mom's kindergarteners. It's major fun. =) On Wednesday we're goin' on a field trip to the arboretum and the following Thursday? we're going to farm days put on by West Valley High School every spring. I'm excited for that 'cause I remember goin' when I was a weeun of 4. No lie.

Today was Barbie's first bridal shower. (Our family's to big to all go to one.) The next is in June on the 10th? Possibly. It's around that date. Anyways, for this one my cousins Anna & Molly and my Aunt Eileen & Uncle David acted out Dacing with the Stars for entertainment...it was hilarious! Oh my gosh. So great. Oh and the funny part was that my Aunt Eileen got a cake with strawberries in it. Barbie's allergic to them. (That fact was brought up before we ate the cake. Barbie didn't have to find out the hard way thank the Lord.) Anyways, fun times were had.
I got invited to the bachelorette party too. Her maid of honor-Ashley offically invited all the Graham girls today. Apparently we're gonna help plan it too. =) It's gonna be in Couer d' Alene & Spokane though so... well whatever.

I think that's it. Exciting, eh? ;D

Almost there!

Tomorrow marks the start of finals week. Crazy. I have two tomorrow, one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday and then I'm headin' out of this town! Daddy's comin' to pick me up right after my last final... which means I'm studying and packing which isn't the best combo. Oh and I've been going to BBQs. One yesterday that was WAY fun with Intervarsity. It was the last time I'll get to see friends that are graduating =( Then there was one today in my hall with our brother halls; Stimson & Duncan Dunn. I just found out that Tim lived in Stimson his freshman year when I saw him on Tuesday. I treated him & Val to lunch at Hillside; actually mom & dad treated him, but that's getting to particulars. =) On Thursday I saw Barbie & Jordan. We went to Cougar Country for ice cream after they bought a coffee table and storage stuff. Oh and I got my hair chopped way off on Friday! I donated 9 inches to Locks of Love and now have VERY short hair! It hasn't been this short since mom made me get a bull cut in 4th grade... and the kicker is I like it which gives mom plenty of room to gloat 'cause she's gonna love it. No doubt.

Gotta go study so I can offically become a senior in college and all that good stuff. =)

4th week & counting

Yesterday afternoon (5PM) an all out hail storm started just as I started walking home from volunteering. Have you ever walked for 15 minutes in hail? I never had until yesterday, and I really think once was enough. I was drenched clear through my sweatshirt & jeans (I knew I should've worn my coat...) It hailed quite nicely until about 8PMish. BUT with the hail was some really nice thunder... I love thunder! I didn't see any lightning, but I face two different buildings out my windows; not much sky.
Yep, that's all the news I have; you're free to carry on now. ;D

Another Wednesday =)

Today I took a test. I think I did well. It was for Dr. Lisonbee's class, they're usually pretty easy. As usual in Dr. Werner's class she took my completely right answer to a question and added onto it. Grr. I really just dislike her. I'm hoping I can get a good grade out of her class. We have quizzes all the freaking time and no matter if I read the text for the day or not, I still never get above a 3/5. It's frusterating! I do well on her online tests though, for the most part. I might have to take a C and I REALLY don't want to! The only thing left is a paper, online discussion (which I get 7/10 no matter what I do), and those stupid quizzes. Plus the final obviously.
In SOC 101 Lisa told us class is cancelled April 16th-yes! And next week all we're doing is watching a movie 'cause she's gonna be gone. =)

Oh, I had to go to the office of registration today 'cause mywsu said I couldn't register for classes next fall until the 13th; which is with the juniors. There was a very nice man who switched me to the 12th which is the tail end of the seniors. I know it's only a day, but a day could mean the difference between getting a class or not, as we all know and as it worked out for me for the past two semesters. And since it's gettin' down to the nubbin' I need some classes to graduate so I need to get into them. Anyways, it'll all work out. =)

I haven't done any homework yet, but I'm not gonna 'cause I don't have class 'til noon tomorrow and I get to write papers.... 4. I need to finish one for Friday (SOC 101), then I have one for SOC 320, HD 202, HD 341, and I'm pretty sure I have another SOC 101 paper due next Friday. They're not all due right away, but I don't want things to pile up here at the end. It's stressful enough without added extras.

Light the Fire

I stand to praise you
But I fall on my knees
My spirit is willing
But my flesh is so weak

1st 2nd
Light the fire Light the fire
In my soul In my weary soul
Fan the flame Fan the flame
Make me whole Make my spirit whole
Lord you know Lord you know
Where I've been Where I've been

So Light the fire in my heart again
Light the fire in my heart again

I feel your arms around me
As the power of Your healing begins
Your Spirit moves right through me
Like a mighty rushing wind

This is my new favorite song. I just thought I'd share it with ya'll. =)

In other news, I'm tired of school. I hate papers, group projects, online discussions, quizzes, taking notes, tests, pretty much the whole shabang. I don't mind volunteering. In fact, it's the bright spot in my week. I'm even starting to enjoy working with the 1st-5th graders. No need to say I love working with the 3-4 year olds. I'm gonna miss that volunteering once the semester's over. If they were thinking straight, they'd hire me on for next year, *sigh*. Oh well.
I'm gonna miss living in the dorms too. It's such fun. I'm NOT gonna miss this particular room though! I feel bad for the poor saps that'll be livin' here next year. Annie & I'll have to come by and warn them about their impending doom. It's only fair, after all. They'll get to listen to drunk, loud voices until the wee hours of the morning any weekend of their choosing, wake up to the lovely lovely trucks anywhere from 4-7:30AM each and every morning. (They don't come until 7 or a little after on weekends). Isn't that nice, they let you sleep in? ;D Most mornings it's not so bad. Oh and we have a wall and a window by the side entrance so we hear people come and go all hours of the day and night. We are the corner most room right next to the dumpsters in the alley. We face Wilmar-Davis~female dorm on one side and Duncan Dunn~male dorm on the other. It isn't all bad. We're right next to Hillside Cafe and close to other important stuff....

Just four more days....

I can do it. Four days 'til I get to go home for spring break. =)
There's a few things to do before then though. I have a test tomorrow, a paper to write and a test on webct to get done before going home because our computer is slow and I only have 15 minutes, plus since it is spring break my stupid prof would be as likely to reset the test if it gets messed up. The catch is that it becomes available to the smart people after class on Friday. So I have an hour break waiting for Margaret to get outta class and in that time period will pack, study and take a test. Anyways, moving on, I get to take homework home for break That's why semesters suck; the only real acual breaks you get at home are Christmas and summer. I have a test the Wednesday following spring break and for Lisa's class you can't study on that short of notice. Or you will fail. It's a shame I like her because I hate her tests.
In other news, spring break is gonna be busy! I'm gonna go job hunting, see 2 doctors~maybe they'll make life go back to normal-ha, that's a funny joke. They all say everything checks out fine and I'm experiencing this, that or the other just because, they have no idea. It's pretty cool. You know when I have to pay for all this insurance stuff pretty sure I'll just deal with stuff rather than go in and hear them tell me they have no idea what's wrong with me, but don't worry I have a degree in medicine so just rest easy at night knowing that. I also will make time for a certain friend in Eburg-yay! (Gotta have some good points, yes?) Oh and maybe Roo & I'll go see a movie for my birthday present... that'd be great! =)

One year + One day

That's how long it's been since I've had a seizure. I still haven't driven. I had a change this weekend since I was home and all, but I passed it up. I'm still a little creeped out. It scares me to drive after I have a seizure. What if I had one while driving? My old neurologist said the chances are the same as getting in an accident. I've been in those before- only once when I was driving, not my fault which means it could happen.... it's kind of an irrational fear since the grand mals I've had have not been while operating a motor vehicle. Nevertheless, I'm still freaked out! In a car I can do so much more damage than just falling over and slamming various parts of my extremities against whatever hard object is close at hand....

Also Barbie & Jordan's wedding has been moved to July 28 2007. I'm excited. :) I got to spend time with that Jordn Sand boy this weekend... it was great. He's a nice guy who makes my sister happy and just happens to love her. It's a great match. ;D He also got introduced to various aunts and uncles... poor guy, so many new faces....

Happenin' things

Today Annie & I tried out a new church in Moscow. Our friend Emily already goes there so we got a ride with her... actually she gets a ride from this older couple that live in Pullman... they're nice. :) This church was SO much like WPC without the HUGE problems we're experiencing, of course. It was like being home back before we had big staff issues.... Anyways, it was quite awesome. The pastor looks like an exact copy my old neurologist.... that was quite amusing. :D The Sunday school was good. The pastor's wife teaches it. We learned about John. Did you know he was the only disciple to die of old age? Crazy, huh? The songs were excellent, the sermon was good... all in all it was a good morning at church. Oh and the choir sang He Never Failed Me Yet. I can't even tell you how many times I've sung that song. It was like coming home....

This semester is CRAZY school wise! I volunteer Monday, Wednesday & Friday, observe kids for two different classes and have one paper and multiple tests each week. I'm really behind on reading, but I decided doing well on papers and tests is better than being up on the reading which is boring anyway. I also need to find a place to live next year.... I don't know when I'll find the time for that although I need to before spring break if not sooner..... I think I'm gonna sleep for a week when I get home for summer break. Seriously. There's way too much stuff to do!

I have a SOC 101 test tomorrow as well as a paper due (paper's done), two tests on Wednesday plus the volunteering tomorrow and I need to go observe some 0-3 year old and do a running record, then write a paper on it... and I need to read for a SOC 101 paper.... one day at a time.

Barbie's getting married on Labor Day Weekend. She was home Saturday and found two wedding dresses she liked. On President's Day Weekend she's coming home and bringing Jordan. I'm going home too, thank the Lord! I'm SO TIRED of school! I assume they'll be doing wedding stuff since it's going to be at WPC with a different pastor obviously....

I'm gonna go eat & then get back to studying until I know my stuff like the back of my hand....hopefully.

As a side note, my desk is TO SMALL! I swear they gave Community Hall the smallest desks on campus! It's very frusterating, especially when your books keep falling off your desk just because you have this weird idea that you might want to have an arm also on your desk as well as some notebooks... just the stuff you need to study for one class! (If you don't believe the smal desk thing, come visit, you'll agree!)

If it weren't Friday I think I'd get in my bed & pull the covers over my head!

I had a week of many downs. I was totally rude to the people at CCCC-a daycare in Pullman & the people at Head Start. I think the people at Head Start will give me a second chance. (I get to volunteer for two classes at a daycare/somewhere with adolescences so I was calling around.)
To follow that up, I thought I lost my wallet & therefore called to put a hold on my debit card & cancel my Macy card. I found my wallet in the one place I didn't look in the process of pulling my room apart! Grrrrrrrrr! So I called to get the hold taken off my debit card... I didn't even try to call Macys 'cause the women I talked to spoke English as a second language and was very hard to understand. Oh and today I went to the library to copy a journal article I "get" to read for SOC 320 and was totally rude to the guy trying to help me! I seriously don't know what is wrong with me this week! It's not my words. My tone & attitude have been seriously bad this week! (I went back and apologized.) Oh and I had to pay the mandatory fees for this semester, but I couldn't until today because I had to wait to get my stupid debit card off the list it goes on when it gets lost etc and guess what? The extra 3% late fee was added today. A perfect end to a perfect week. Thank God it's Friday. I don't think I could stand another day.