Month: November 2008

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Last night in Tampa…ah, I’m gonna miss my family.

But tomorrow, the grand expedition to Tallahassee will begin!!! Going to be at the Gators/Noles game with Dream and Chris and it will be domination time!!

But I need to be up at 7am tomorrow(nothing like starting a journey…early. Ugh.) and so I am now off to bed after a fun night of watching Sergeant York with the fam and eating delicious Laura-made cake. G’night!!

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I am ever so thankful!

I’m back in Tampa right now and have had an absolutely lovely couple of days with the family, relaxing and enjoying being with the parents and sisters…such good times!!! I’ve had to do a little work on the side(oh, finance lectures!), but mostly I’ve just been resting here at home!! And today was ever so fun, waking up late(hey, 9am is pretty late for me now..) and then going over to Steve and Vickie’s for our Thanksgiving dinner!! We all miss Katharyn a lot(but at least we got to talk to her on the phone for a while!), but being with the parents and Steve and Vickie and Maryanne and Laura…joyous times indeed! From eating(turkey, potatoes, stuffing, olives, asparagus, cranberries, cherry pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie….mmm) to talking about important matters while enjoying yummy coffee with dessert to playing games(Maryanne and Laura’s and mine homemade Star Wars game…YES) to singing the Hallelujah chorus in their driveway…God is so good to us!! And after we came home, did we go to bed? Nah, me and mom and Laura and Maryanne sang the Hallelujah chorus some more while Esther stood around and stared at us in amazement. Yeah, you had to be there.

I am ever so blessed!!

And then as I think about all that God has done for me the past four years and all that He provides me with now…my family AND all the amazing friends He’s given me…what would I do without Him?? So I am so thankful to Him and also to all of you that stick beside me no matter what and encourage me constantly…y’all are awesome. And that is truth.

And now as I need to go and get some good sleep(well, I may read a little of my Wheel of Time book first…hehehe)…I say farewell. Goodbye and goodnight!!

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I am so exceedingly blessed!!!

I’ve had such a long week(filled with three exams…two of which didn’t go so well)…but yet, I’m feeling so happy right now!! I am finally winding down from this busy week and ready for the rockin’ weekend to start!! Dan and Betsy came over for dinner tonight(I made pork chops – YES) and it was ever so wonderful!! Having good times talking about random stuff, watching Firefly…just being together…I love them! Even though it is now really late. And I should go to bed..but nah. I want to write a little more at least!!

Another awesome time this week was Tuesday….since it was Veteran’s Day, we didn’t have any school, and while I did lots of homework in the morning, in the afternoon I got to relax…chilled out by the pond with Shari and Rob and then had good times at Chili’s with Galan, Deanna, Shari, and Amy….I have to say, probably my favorite time at Chili’s ever. That’s right, ever. Just enjoying life with my best friends….God is soooo good to me!!! This semester has just been plain awesome thus far. Life doesn’t get much better than this.

And I think I really shall go to bed now. We have a Dunkin Donuts run planned for 9:15ish tomorrow….and I really really really need sleeeeeeep. So, farewell, all!