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Well, right now I’m at Marston with Shari and Deanna…and I just finished studying for my finance final which is going to get underway in less than two hours. It’s going to be in the Physics Building, my old nemesis…but I shall go and reclaim my lands as I dominate finance!! Or at least, I hope so. It seems I’m getting all my updating done in libraries lately…apparently that’s where I have the most free time? Hmm…that shouldn’t be the case…anyways, I’m going to start what I am calling “Final Exam Poetrifcation Week”…which is a rather brilliant name, if I say so myself. Or maybe not, but anyway, I have a bunch of random poems I have written down in my notebooks that aren’t on here, so I’m going to post one in here every night. And y’all are going to love it, I so decree! Here is the first one, written September 18th, 2008:

A word of gold
A word of grace
A word of truth
That perfect face!

Why do we turn
our face away?
Why do we cause
our God dismay?

Our hearts are dim
Our hearts are lost
Our hearts are dead
But look! The cross.

And now, off to get dinner…and then…

…it’s battle time.

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Well, right now I’m at Library West, just finished studying for my circuits quiz which starts in an hour. I’m hopefully ready..but we shall see!! All I can say is that I can’t wait for Wednesday night!!! These next three days are ridiculous…simulations project due today(which is DONE now and I am so exited…that project has cost me so many hours of sleep lately), circuits quiz today, supply chain exam tomorrow(which I start studying for tonight), myth exam Wednesday(which I start studying for tomorrow night) and then our simulations project presentation on Wednesday as well. SO MUCH TO DO! And so little time….

Of course, part of the reason for the little time is all the awesome things that I’ve been doing lately! Friday, a bunch of us(Amy, Deanna, Shari, Jamie, Galan, Cath, Rob, me) got to relax after our long week by going to Las Margaritas for dinner…most satisfactory food, I must say! Good times just chatting and enjoying the utter LACK of school! Saturday was busy…but awesome. I got up relatively early for a Saturday and made Christmas cookies! Classic chocolate mint cookies…which turned out not too shabby, if I say so myself! Then I went over to Katie’s place to watch the SEC title game vs. Alabama!! One of the most nerve-wracking games all year, but we pulled out a victory, 31-20 so we are SEC CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!

And even better…we are now going to another TITLE GAME!!!! We’re going to play Oklahoma in the BCS National Championship game in Miami. I’ll try to get tickets…that would be so incredibly sweet if a bunch of us ended up going!!!!!!! I have to say, this will be the fourth title game in four years…we are quite spoiled. Honestly.

Anyways, after the jumping up and down and celebrating, I left Katie’s and went over Dream’s place for her annual Christmas party…good times dancin’ and singin’ and eating’ and just having fun!!!! I’m so gonna miss these times when I move ever so far away next year!

Moving on, Sunday was sort of a crazy day, too. Trying to work on my simulations project…going early to church to do the camera-work for the service. Decorating wine-glasses for APM…and then the best part of the day, Shari’s Danza show!!!! It was incredibly super sweeeeet!!! I’m not a huge dance fan, I must admit…but when Shari’s on, I love it!!! She was in quite a few dances and even had some sweet solo parts!! Best part of the day, by far!! Afterwards we celebrated her rocking performance by partying at the Gelato Company! We also found out that she’d jammed her toe in the very beginning but still danced the whole time…and NONE of us could tell anything was wrong. Hardcore.

Well after that, I had to work on simulations project more and ended up staying awake until almost 3. Ugh. Woke up at 8 to study for my circuits quiz today, so I am still quite tired now. When I was on the bus, started getting dizzy and I realized I hadn’t eaten anything substantial since around 5 yesterday! So I got some Subway and ate it outside Anderson Hall…such BEAUTIFUL weather we’ve been having!!! And now I am cooped inside the library, but I am done studying for and will now dominate this circuits quiz.

Hope this update has filled y’all in on what I’ve been up to lately…I’ve been a bit stressed with all I have going on…but God has given me the strength to keep on keepin’ on. What a mighty God we serve!

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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!

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Glorious Saturday!!! This week has been sooo long(filled with exams and studying for exams…) and now it’s finally over!! I’m now relaxing with some peppermint tea and crunchy bacon! Nothing better on a Saturday morning! Earlier this morning, me and Andrew went to the Friends of the Library book sale…and we came out of there victoriously! He found a lot of sweet architecture books and I got a couple Civil War history books and the whole Wheel of Time series! I’ve been borrowing the books from George Lebo, but now I have all ten books(for the low price of $16..that’s right!) I just love being in a massive warehouse with tens of thousands of books!!! Anyway, that was an early morning…but now I can relax and just enjoy NOT having to do anything for the rest of the day!!! This past week has just been very stressful since I had one exam on Wednesday and two on Thursday. But it is over. Last night, we went over to Broward Hall on campus and had a fish bake! Laurie and Mary put it on, and it was most delicous…fish, potatoes, asparagus, cookies…mmmmm! But even better was the warm fellowship and just being with friends…such good conversations and good fun! God is indeed so good to me, giving me such sweet times!!

Well, now I am back to my reading…I am so thankful for this restful day ahead of me! May the God of peace be with you all!

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This weekend has been intensely awesome(and this is totally beside the fact that the Gators beat LSU 51-21…one of the best games I’ve seen in the Swamp!!). But seriously. This weekend. Yes. Three games of flag football in two days, sweet times at church this morning, and tonight…worshiping our Almighty God. He is awesome. Amen and Amen!

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Today is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day!!!!! Clear blue skies, crisp almost-fall weather, gentle breezes ruffling the palm trees…and I’m stuck inside. I’m currently at the Christian Study Center watching finance lectures. Ugh. Perfect disc-golf weather…and I’m being a good student. Sadly. Well, speaking of…back to work.