Today is my birthday! It's been a blast so far (and it's only 4:30 in the afternoon) It is my 21st and it does feel weird to have passed this big milestone. I know this one of the last birthdays for a while that have cards with the age actually on them. I have about 10 cards on my wall that have the number 21 on the front.
I woke up this morning to tripping over a few balloons my roommates had put in our bathroom hallway. The walls had posters on them with random pictures of me that said some form of 'happy birthday'. So I got ready and headed out to class...when I walked outside my door and the hallway walls had posters everywhere. All the way out of my dorm were pictures of me and signs saying happy birthday. I love my friends :) Then got a chance to open cards from my family and friends that I received in the mail. (gotta love mail as a college student) People said happy birthday to me as I was walking around campus. My one friend came up to me loudly singing happy birthday! It's cool but weird getting all the attention for a day.
My friend Jarid called me at lunch and it was so great to hear from him! (since he lives in california I don't see him much) Then a calls from my grandma and great aunt and uncle. Then a call from a random number saying someone sent me an edible arrangements bouquet! I have never gotten one before!! And I am waiting now for him to drop it off...the best part is I have no clue who sent it. I'm trying to think of people but I think it is more fun not knowing.
Which that mind set it kinda ironic with what I have been going through lately. Being a senior in college people have stopped just asking what your major is and asking what I am going to do with it next year. I know God wants me to work with teenagers in some form of ministry. But not knowing where I will be or who I will be with in a year is, yes exciting, but at the same time kinda scary. Not knowing is scary and learning to trust God when you have no clue what is going to happen in your life is...hard. I do not know what to expect and as much as I love surprises I would like to know some things.
Trusting God has been popping up a lot in my life lately. Through devos, chapel and one of my friends this week through an email. I feel like He is maybe trying to tell me something. Now all I need to do is just listen.
From one of my cd's I got today for my birthday: by Lecrae Background
"I could play the background
I could play the background
Cause I know sometimes I get in the way
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
And I could play the background, background
And you could take the lead"
So I think I will try to let God do the driving and I'll just be the passenger in the background...cause I know I get in the way.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
I'm gunna drive...
Ever have just a completely crazy idea that is so crazy it just might work?? Well I have one of those and it makes no sense and so much sense all at the same time! So I'm going to write it out so 1) I don't forget and 2) that is actually makes somewhat some type of sense.
So one of my friends from FLI is getting married this October and invited the whole institute to come to her wedding. I am so excited for her! She is such a sweet person and she was a part of my life group so we spent a bunch of time together. Her wedding happens to fall on October 21 of this year. Which happens to be during my fall break. I was looking to go somewhere during fall break too, to see some of my friends and this was perfect!
So then started my small predicament. See she lives in Oklahoma and I go to school in Pennsylvania. Not the closest of states. So my first thought was to look up flights. Now flights to Oklahoma are so expensive! I don't understand it really. I got a flight out to Colorado this summer and it was cheaper than Oklahoma. And the flight would be taking me to Denver or Dallas then a transfer flight to OK. So that didn't really make sense either.
So next thought....road trip!! I have a friend out here at school that went to FLI with me and asked him if he wanted to road trip it out there. He said he'd think about it but wasn't sure yet. So I started planning different routes. So this is what I came up with...
I have family in Virginia so I could start out drive 4 hrs or so to VA and hang out for a lil and have a nice driving break. Then start out on my 10 hr drive to TN to possibly pick up another friend. So I could drive 5 hours then take a good rest then drive the last 5 hours. So that would be the first day. Stay with her that night. Next day! I (or we) would leave TN and make our way up to Springfield, Missouri where my other friend lives (who wants to go to the wedding) That would be around a 7 hr drive. But not too bad if we switch on and off. Then stay with her that night then the next day would be the wedding. So from Missouri we would drive the easy 3 hours to the wedding and our friend (who is getting married) has somewhere for us to stay :) So it all works out! Plus I might even get to see my one friend (I mentioned him in a previous post) and possibly surprise him. :)
So it all kinda works out! And the same thing on the way back except maybe stopping at my cousins school in TN to stay with her a night.
I am ready to go! Now I just have to wait over a month for it to happen! It seems to all be falling into place and it's getting me excited to see some of my old friends again and come one...who doesn't love a good road trip!
And I will post how is goes after the trip...hopefully I won't break down somewhere...that reminds me I should get my car checked before I go...OH and make a rockin' playlist :)
So one of my friends from FLI is getting married this October and invited the whole institute to come to her wedding. I am so excited for her! She is such a sweet person and she was a part of my life group so we spent a bunch of time together. Her wedding happens to fall on October 21 of this year. Which happens to be during my fall break. I was looking to go somewhere during fall break too, to see some of my friends and this was perfect!
So then started my small predicament. See she lives in Oklahoma and I go to school in Pennsylvania. Not the closest of states. So my first thought was to look up flights. Now flights to Oklahoma are so expensive! I don't understand it really. I got a flight out to Colorado this summer and it was cheaper than Oklahoma. And the flight would be taking me to Denver or Dallas then a transfer flight to OK. So that didn't really make sense either.
So next thought....road trip!! I have a friend out here at school that went to FLI with me and asked him if he wanted to road trip it out there. He said he'd think about it but wasn't sure yet. So I started planning different routes. So this is what I came up with...
I have family in Virginia so I could start out drive 4 hrs or so to VA and hang out for a lil and have a nice driving break. Then start out on my 10 hr drive to TN to possibly pick up another friend. So I could drive 5 hours then take a good rest then drive the last 5 hours. So that would be the first day. Stay with her that night. Next day! I (or we) would leave TN and make our way up to Springfield, Missouri where my other friend lives (who wants to go to the wedding) That would be around a 7 hr drive. But not too bad if we switch on and off. Then stay with her that night then the next day would be the wedding. So from Missouri we would drive the easy 3 hours to the wedding and our friend (who is getting married) has somewhere for us to stay :) So it all works out! Plus I might even get to see my one friend (I mentioned him in a previous post) and possibly surprise him. :)
So it all kinda works out! And the same thing on the way back except maybe stopping at my cousins school in TN to stay with her a night.
I am ready to go! Now I just have to wait over a month for it to happen! It seems to all be falling into place and it's getting me excited to see some of my old friends again and come one...who doesn't love a good road trip!
And I will post how is goes after the trip...hopefully I won't break down somewhere...that reminds me I should get my car checked before I go...OH and make a rockin' playlist :)
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