It was so nice to get away for the weekend. It was so needed!

I saw Four Christmases... it's hilarious.
We decorated our tree tonight and are watching White Christmas... so christmas can officially come now.

This time next week i'll be done school! ah ;alkfdsh

I was on a freakin' roll yesterday! I can't even tell you how many hours I spent on my project. I was a machine! --I got so much done. Ah, I'm still a little stressed, but not at the level I was. I feel so much better. I'll actually be able to go away for the weekend, enjoy it and not be a spazz about all the stuff waiting for me when I come home. :) WOO!

^^ You guessed it. That's me. I can't even think about anything besides school right now since I'm under a deadline. 

You guys won' be reading anything interesting for the next 10 days. sorry.  ;afdsh

I want to see more of this country.
And I want to start taking photographs again.
I'm gonna save up and buy a nice camera.

I haven't seen Relient K in concert in forever. I'm craving them lately. I wonder if they're going to be near Philly anytime soon...

It's been hard to update this lately. It'll get better again once I'm done school. It's just so crazy working on my project, and getting ready for christmas, and doing random other things that need to be done.

Saturday I went to Zoup's with Matt for dinner. I love it there; it's like Panera Bread but for soup! Afterward I got to hang out with Brenda for a little bit. :)
Went to sleep to get up early to held with audio resources on Sunday. After church, errands were run, Matt and I stopped over his mom's to set up her xmas tree, and then came back to my house for dinner. For dessert, we made red velvet cake! Oh my goodness it was delicious!! The cake is already gone. Once it was brought to my house it was like vultures were waiting for our arrival. haha o my. They had the right idea tho... it was so good!

p.s.
Jumper is a really good movie.

I'm finishing up school in just over 2 weeks! I seriously can't believe it. I remember starting at the Art Institute two summers ago, and being like "wow, this is going to be challenging... but it'll be worth it when it's done."
I'm definitely feeling the pressure. I feel overwhelmed with school work but I'm actually handling it just fine. :)

I'm anxious to see what God has in store for me. I know that I can do something great through him. I don't know what He has planned, I guess I'm just afraid I'll miss it somehow. Like all of the sudden it'll be 20- some years down the road and I'm just another American living a mediocre life. I don't want that. I've never been like everyone else... why should I start now?
I want adventure, I want to fulfill my life's purpose. I want to go out there and see more of the world, touch peoples lives and have them touch mine. There's so much to see and learn and experience... I don't want to miss out on any of it.
Funny isn't it? I talk about my life's purpose, but I don't know what the purpose is specifically. I know it might sound crazy to some, but I know others of you completely understand. I just have faith that God will move and when the time is right, he'll move me.

Lots of changes are going on, mostly positive changes and I'm so excited to see what the future brings.

"There is a time when every person who encounters Jesus, who believes Jesus is the Son of God, decides that they will spend their life following Him. Some people, like the Apostle Paul, make this decision the minute they meet Him, the minute they become a Christian. Others, like the Apostle Peter, endure years of half-hearted commitment and spiritual confusion before leaping in with all their passion. Still others may enjoy some benefits of God's love and grace without entering into the true joy of a marriage with their maker."

-excerpt from Blue Like Jazz

It was an interesting weekend, there were definite good parts and definite bad parts. That's life I guess. I'm so thankful I have Matt. He makes me so happy, and is always wonderful.

Watching the Gat Bowl was fun, family dinner was not, time with Matty was great, and it was really nice to see Nate at his show. I haven't seen him in forever.

I still don't know details of what happened exactly, but there was this massive man-hunt in my town Saturday night. There were helicopters buzzin around with the spot light and cops running around State Street and Baltimore Pike with really big rifles. We were listening to the police scanner and were totally freaked out. ';alkjfd

Anyway Sunday was a better day.. after church Matt and I went to AE to spend his birthday gift card. I helped him pick out clothes- it was so much fun! We stopped at Best Buy because his computer died, and tried to see if Geek Squad could help which they couldn't. So we browsed the store for fun and then went home and popped in a movie and I basically fell asleep.