*sigh* I'm rather tired at the moment, so please forgive me. I don't know if anyone actually still reads my blog anymore....I never post. I will work on that this year!
So, since my last post...which was...a long time ago. I don't remember, actually, when I posted last, what I posted about, and what I've done since. But, I'll fill you in on what I do remember, and guess at the rest.
We started school three weeks ago. This year I'm doing Tapestry of Grace (which includes World History, American History, Church History, Literature, Timeline, Philosophy and such), Algebra I, Astronomy, Logic, Spanish, Piano, Violin, Orchestra, Basketball, and I can't remember what all else at the moment. If it occurs to me, I'll let you know. :)
So, in a week, every other Monday I have piano lessons, Tuesdays I have Spanish (and YCME here in a couple of weeks), Wednesdays I have church, Thursdays I may be going over to an elderly lady in our church's house, Friday, nothing yet, but something, prolly, and then weekends. Oh, and then add basketball practices in there, regular schoolwork, writing the Hobbs Record every month, doing both my blogs, and everything else...and, well, I'm busy. So, that's school.
We had FAN THE FLAME ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! If you weren't there, it was amazing. Man...it was really different. I've been to every Fan the Flame that there's been, and this one was definitely different than any other one I remember. We only had one decision made that day, but...let me tell you it was worth it all. The months of writing, revising, deadlines, brainstorming, talking about it by the hours....and I was informed this morning in Spanish that it's less than a year till the next one. ;P Give me just one week, please! :) I like having a life again...I think. :) No, I didn't really do that much. Most of the time, I just followed people around, and looked busy. But, I was told on Saturday that I looked like I was utterly exhausted....Thank you. I feel it. By Saturday night, I just wanted to go home, sleep, and cry for a while. :P I went home, read for a while, and then watched ping-pong for a while. Random? Not really. It was the Olympics. I think I fell asleep while watching it...not sure. I did play Agnus Dei with the band on Saturday, though. It was pretty fun. I actually didn't get nervous...or very little. I realized that God could use my mistakes...and really, it wasn't about me and how I messed up anyways...if people cared, that was their problem. My job was just to worship. :) Okay, sorry to vent. Moving on, I suppose....
The days before that....Wednesday night the service was really good. God showed me some...rather disturbing things about myself....and I got to take care of that before Fan the Flame. Thursday night we had outreach....Mykka and I had a really deep conversation in the van about darkness and light. It might not make sense to anyone now...but, it was really profound, actually. We were talking about whether or not there would be darkness in Heaven. :) Friday we had the "dress rehearsal" or "run-through" or whatever you want to call it, for Fan the Flame. I had Mountain Dew. :) It made me happy. Very happy, in fact. And, Rachel came!!!!! :P For clarification, this is my cousin Rachel, not the other one. I was much lots happy that she got to come and spend some time with me before FTF. The prayer time that night...wow. Tara and I got to pray together for a while...it was powerful. God was really working in our group, and it was way exciting. Anyways, we talked through some stuff that we were going through, and just prayed together....it was very cool. Saturday morning, my stomach decided to crawl up my spine...I almost threw up, I was so nervous. :) But, I got over it, and then PEOPLE got there! I mean, like, people! Like, people actually came to Fan the Flame! If you fail to see the significance, it's prolly cause I didn't tell you I had a dream that no one came to Fan the Flame. Yeah. ;)
Since then...Sunday was cool....Daddy told my rice pudding story in church. I was embarassed, but...it was funny, so I laughed...I think. I don't remember all of Sunday morning. It's kinda blurry. Sunday afternoon, I read...yes, all afternoon. Sunday night, we had an abbreviated service (really, it was!!) and then a fellowship where we ate the food left over from Fan the Flame. It was pretty cool...I think I was running a fever from exhaustion though....Tara commented that you could cook eggs on my forehead...and then CalebM asked if we could try it. We didn't, actually, for your information. I had some taco soup...it was pretty good...after that, we talked for a little while, and then went outside to do stuff...a lot of people played volleyball, but me and Emma and Mel went and played basketball for a minute...after a minute or two, though, I quit, and decided that I didn't feel well enough to play basketball at that specific moment. So, I went and talked to HannahElizabeth for awhile....and we listened to classical music for a little while. :) Long story. Mykka said it made her feel peaceful.
Yesterday was Monday, I guess....it was good. We had school, and then Caleb and I had piano lessons. So we went...and then we took Matthew M home with us for a while...we got out in the pool for a while...Caleb and Daniel had basketball camp, so they weren't home till after 7, and Daddy had a deacon's meeting, so he wasn't home till later. I think I read yesterday afternoon....or maybe I was on the compy. I don't remember. I think I read a Hardy Boys book of Caleb's. :P I have such a life.
Okay, now that I've bored you to death, and exhausted my memory...here's a quote from a movie I've never seen (so I can't recommend it)...I read this quote somewhere, and I loved it.
"So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that, because I want you. I want all of you, everyday. You and me...everyday." -The Notebook.
Interesting, no???? I thought so. Not sure if it's dumb or sweet yet. We'll see. |
