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Well, I’m now making my last bacon and coffee breakfast of the year here in Gainesville! Around 2 today, I’m off to Tampa!!! And again, I know I was supposed to post in here every night…but I forgot. And was sorta busy. So I thought I’d post now while I’m getting breakfast ready. I can already smell the bacon frying, mmm….

The last few days have been super sweet!! Not much better than chilling in Gainesville with no cares in the world!! Yesterday I slept in and had a nice relaxing morning before running some errands on campus…then last night consisted of awesome times at the Lebos’ house!! Much ping-pong was played and many good times were had by all!! Liz and Steven were there too and Becca is back from college(up at PCC), so it was so much fun just hanging out like old times! No better way to end the semester…I’m truly grateful for all the sweet times we’ve had there! And after that, me and Rob and Galan came back to our place…Rob still has to finish his paper(actually, he’s writing it right now while I write this), so while he wrote that last night, I kept him company by playing some classic Battle For Middle Earth…brought back old memories indeed!

And now the bacon is about done, but I still need to post the poem for today(or I guess it’s technically last night’s poem)…this is a very free-form one…one that I enjoyed writing a lot:

In the end
when there’s nothing left
but me and you
and the armies of darkness
I will fight
and throw myself down
for me and you
and for the banner of light
in the black
when there is no sight
just me and you
just our undying love.

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Ok well, I know I promised to write in here every night this week…but let’s just say last night was spent studying madly for my circuits exam which was 7:30 AM. Ugh. Terrible. And the exam was actually not that bad…because out of four questions, I know I got at least 2 right!!! (For circuits, for me…that’s very impressive. I may pull out a B after all!) Anyways, after that, Katie, Corey, Trisha, Rachel(all peeps from class) needed to just forget circuits…so we went to Einsteins and got breakfast and then ate it in the stadium in the beautiful early-morning Florida weather!! It was sooo fun…and also sorta sad because today was Katie’s last exam EVER!! She graduates on Saturday. I’m gonna miss her…

But off that subject, after that I picked up my voucher for my ticket to the BCS TITLE GAME IN MIAMI THIS JANUARY WHICH I AM GOING TO. And yes, that deserved all-caps. Florida vs. Oklahoma, winner take all! I CAN’T WAIT!!!!

Anyways, back to today…following my ticket pick-up, had a sweet disc-golfing adventure with Deanna, Shari and Jamie…such awesomeness!!! It was the perfect follow-up to terrible circuits…just walking around on the beautiful course at Northside Park. Yes. Incidentally, I also had one of my best rounds ever. Not that I’m bragging or anything….ok, maybe I am a little. But hey, I’m allowed to do it. On my own journal!

Again, coming back from off-topicness…once we got back from disc golf, Mr. Lebo and George came over for our epic Finals Week Risk Tournament Extravaganza. And yes, it was quite epic. We started the game around 2:30 and didn’t finish until 10. PM. Ridiculous. We did take a break for dinner(me and Rob made chicken parmesan, which was DELICIOUS…we made two whole pans and we still ate all of it). The game(LotR Risk) was awesome but as always, I ended up getting bored and just going on a rampage of which the end result was me being the first to be eliminated. Ah well. Rob got out next(serves him right for killing my best armies!) and Galan eventually ended up winning…

And now, I’m quite tired. But it is time for the next poem in this week’s series. Enjoy.

The lake, it beckons to me.
Darker than night,
devoid of light,
the lake, it whispers to me.
Unbroken glass,
forgotten past,
the lake, it croons to me.
Burning with fire,
lighting my pyre,
the lake it dances for me.
Oh, I want it!
Oh, I need it!
And I stare into the lake.
For all it wants is to take
my soul.
No!

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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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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!