Lunch with the girls!

I just got back from having lunch with some of my best friends.  All of these girls just happen to be girls I went to high school with.  I love that we still get together and keep up with each other.  I have great memories from high school and sometimes wish I could just re-live a Friday night or two with these lovely ladies!  We seriously had so much fun!  But it's so neat to see where we all are now and where we all are headed!  Many of us have moved off and came back, but through all of it we have always made the effort to keep in touch.  I have a feeling that we will still be doing lunch/dinner years from now!

On another note, I'm heading to the beach tomorrow.  Please pray that hurricane Gustav will die down, never to return!  The Generation (our college and singles service at church) is going to the beach.  So basically we will have 150-200 people averaging from ages 18-33 all together at the beach worshipping God and having lots of fun!  I'm so excited!  I flew home from Dallas last year and attended this same event, but I was at such a weird place in life, that I didn't really get to enjoy it.  

Eventually I'm going to do a post from this past weekend.  It was quite eventful........ several of us went Salsa dancing!  It was so hilariously funny!  

Basically I learned that as long as you move your hips and do it confidently, no one will really know if you can Salsa or not.  And just because you have rhythm and can dance, doesn't mean you can Salsa!  

Here is a sneak peak.... please notice the people in the background..... we were definitely the minorities (despite my friend Young in the front!).  I don't think I have ever experienced that much sweat in my life!   Sorry if that's T.M.I.

It's that time again......

ALABAMA FOOTBALL!!!!

I'm so excited!  It's been three years since I have been able to sit in the presence of other Alabama fans and watch the games.  I can't wait!  It's not quite the same watching the game by yourself. 

Trying to stay Optimistic.

This is what I'm doing right now..... trying to stay positive and not lose hope.

There are a few things pending as far as my job situation goes.  I am working at Student Life until the end of September.  After that, I really do not know.  I have very random things that I'm looking into.  However, there just isn't enough information to even start listing some of them. After I actually have a job though, I might go into more detail.  Please pray that the Lord provides (which I know in my heart He will) the right job for me and my life right now.

I'm trying to find a place to live.  Currently I'm with my parents.  As great as they are, it's time for this bird to leave the nest.  Hopefully I will have some exciting news in the next few days/weeks regarding this!  Please pray we find a great deal!  And that we find furniture and all those things you need to live on your own!  My mom's going to be sad to give up her dishes she has at our lake place.  They were mine from my apartment.  Sorry Madre!

Proverbs 16:9

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps."

One Word Survey...

I was tagged, so here goes....

The Rules: Answer the questions using only one word.

****Some of mine are more than one word.
1. Where is your cell phone? Desk beside me.
2. Your significant other? um.... Good Question!
3. Your hair? hat
4. Your mother? meetings
5. Your father? working
6. Your favorite thing? tough question!
7. Your dream last night? weird!
8 Your favorite drink? Coke (But it's a treat if it's not diet)
9. Your dream/goal? blurry
10. The room you’re in? office
11. Your hobby? lots
12. Your fear? Scary
13. What do you want to be in 6 years?  mom

14. What you’re not? perfect
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. One of your wish list items? job
17. Where you grew up? alabama
18. The last thing you did? work
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Favorite gadget? camera
21. Your pets? Brodie
22. Your computer? slow
23. Your mood? blahhh
24. Missing someone? several
25. Your car? explorer
26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
27. Favorite store? Banana Republic
28. Like someone? maybe....
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? lunch
31. Last time you cried? olympics (Watching)

I forgot...

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday is that my sister started the first day of her senior year of high school!  Seriously?!?!  That is crazy to me.  And it's a great thing around our house.... for the past year she has been counting down to this day!  I'm about tired of hearing about it.  The only other things left for this year to mark off of her countdown list are 1.) to have her Senior picture hung above the piano next to mine (this must represent something big to her because the count down has been on for several years now!) and 2.) to graduate.

She and I only went to the same school for one year.  She was in Kindergarten and I was in the 6th grade.  I was teasing her yesterday about that year.  Basically she cried everyday for the first half.  And not just crying and then getting over it.  She cried pretty much the entire day.  I would have to run if she ever saw me in the hall.  

It got to the point that I would cry because I was always late to class and it was just sad.  Her poor teacher would meet me at the door everyday and try to pry her loose from my legs.  My parents finally told her that she had to sit with her own class in the gym (before school started everyone would wait in the gym to go to their own classes).  It was so sad.... I couldn't look in her direction because she would be sitting there with tears coming down her cheeks.  Ahhh, break my heart!  (And she wonders why I'm "motherly" sometimes!)

We never found out why she cried like that but after Christmas (and me crying to my mom and telling her I couldn't ride the bus anymore and she would have to take Cassie to school and deal with it!), she just got over it!  She never cried again after Christmas break.  Praise the Lord!  My 12 year old heart just had all it could take!

So now she has one year left.  Be praying for her!  She has potential to do big things!!!  And I can't wait to see how God uses her!!!!!

Right Now....

Right now, my life is so confusing.  I have no idea what God is up to.  I don't feel like writing about it, because honestly, I just don't want to think about it.  I'm pretty numb at this point.  I just don't know what to pray for anymore.

Right now, I'm trusting God, but yet I'm doubting myself.  

Right now is the hardest and most exciting time of my life.

Right now I'm praying for contentment.  And learning what that really means.

Right now I'm learning that "It" isn't all about me.  I have to stop trying to figure out why things happen and how they are supposed to effect me.  I'm just a small part of a much bigger plan.

Right now there are a few people I want to just shake and ask them "What are you thinking!?!" (I'm pretty positive, it will not be anyone who actually reads this blog.  So the four or five of you guys are safe!)

Right now I want to be at the next step of my life, but I'm still stuck where I am. (And that is not me saying I wish I was married now!)

Right now, I don't know what that next step will be.  So I'm putting my entire life in God's hands, knowing that it will be worth it.

This is an amazing song by Rita Springer.  It's so where I am right now.  If you've never heard it, download it.  

"It's Gonna Be Worth It All"
I don't understand Your ways
Oh but I will give You my song
Give You all of my praise
You hold on to all my pain
With it You are pulling me closer
And pulling me into Your ways

Now around every corner
And up every mountain
I'm not looking for crowns
Or the water from fountains
I'm desperate in seeking, frantic believing
That the sight of Your face
Is all that I need
I will say to You

It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it all
I believe this
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it all
I believe this

You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it all
I believe this
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it all
I believe this