Blissfully Good Mood

Hello friends :)

aren't you surprised to see i have blogged again so soon! i am in a very good mood today so i figured i'd take advantage of it and write to you all. I have a feeling all my blog posts are semi-gloomy with a glimpse of hope at the end. this one is filled with smiles and rainbows all the way through. (on my honor, i will try...)

So today started out boring because i have University 101 on Mondays, and i hate it. Lol they are teaching us to be good little freshman and telling us all the pressing information that we need to know to thrive at WVU. I don't think i have used one bit of that information yet... But anyway, today was our last class! No more getting up earlier than usual on Mondays just to run downstairs and be bored to death for an hour and be late to my biology lecture after. Woot.

My next happy thing was i managed to have time to watch a little Veronica Mars (it's a tv show and my new favorite obsession) and study for my history exam. My exam was at 5:00 and i'm pretty sure i aced it. i knew most of the stuff on there and i definitely got the bonus question right too haha. I walked over to the mountianlair after class to get dinner and i decided to wait out the line and jump on facebook to kill time. Then i got a call from my little sister.. who never calls so i was like what is this about? My dad found a new jeep for me and she called to tell me about it. I was totally surprised, since i'm pretty sure it's the first jeep my dad looked at. My mom told me that they might even drop it off to me next weekend.



I have named it Lucky :)

After dinner i stopped at the little store in the mountainlair. It's called JAC's. i got this lovely thing called monster. and the best part is it's zero calorie. Thank you Jesus for this wonderful invention.





More things that are adding to my fabulous mood: My best friend Melanie is coming to visit me this weekend. I cannot tell you how excited i am. I haven't been able to hang out with her very much (the whole 5 hour drive makes it hard to plan dates and all..). We used to live in the same neighborhood when i was a kid, we became friends around 1997. She's been with me through EVERYTHING. From my first boyfriend to my first semester in college. she's the best :) but we ended up moving to fabulous downtown newark, which i love by the way, but i do miss being down the street from my best friend. Since we moved me and Melanie haven't hung out as much, but our relationship is still as strong as it ever was. It's much harder now though. Knowing that i can't just drive over to her house when i want to makes me miss her so much more. But she's still my cookie lips. Can't wait to stay up all night talking about boys and school and life. gossip :) and to scratch each others backs until we get so tired we have to go to bed. We used to spell stuff out on each others back and at the end we'd try and guess what the other wrote. good times. Melanie & Jill reunion this weekend. i can't wait.







And the last thing is my playlist on youtube. it includes:

Mayday Parade- In my head (Cover)
Lee Dewyze- Sweet Serendipity
Taylor Swift- Dear John
Jason Aldean- Tattoos on This Town
Sparks the Rescue- Need You Now (Cover)
Artist Vs. Poet- Bad Romance (Cover)
Jason Aldean- Heartache That Won't Stop Hurting
Katy Perry- Firework
The Spill Canvas- Self Conclusion

Check them out, you'll like them if you have good taste :)


But the one that has put me in such a good mood would probably be Sweet Serendipity by Lee Dewyze. Take a listen.




Thanks for reading. Hope you're in a good mood too!

To Write Love on Her Arms

To Write Love on Her Arms day is November 12, 2010. I've known about the organization for awhile now and i've always thought it was a good idea.. but today i researched it a little more and found that i really like their vision.

VISION:

The vision is that we actually believe these things…

You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. You need to know that your story is important and that you're part of a bigger story. You need to know that your life matters.

We live in a difficult world, a broken world. My friend Byron is very smart - he says that life is hard for most people most of the time. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you're not alone in the places you feel stuck.

We all wake to the human condition. We wake to mystery and beauty but also to tragedy and loss. Millions of people live with problems of pain. Millions of homes are filled with questions – moments and seasons and cycles that come as thieves and aim to stay. We know that pain is very real. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real.

You need to know that rescue is possible, that freedom is possible, that God is still in the business of redemption. We're seeing it happen. We're seeing lives change as people get the help they need. People sitting across from a counselor for the first time. People stepping into treatment. In desperate moments, people calling a suicide hotline. We know that the first step to recovery is the hardest to take. We want to say here that it's worth it, that your life is worth fighting for, that it's possible to change.

Beyond treatment, we believe that community is essential, that people need other people, that we were never meant to do life alone.

The vision is that community and hope and help would replace secrets and silence.

The vision is people putting down guns and blades and bottles.

The vision is that we can reduce the suicide rate in America and around the world.

The vision is that we would learn what it means to love our friends, and that we would love ourselves enough to get the help we need.

The vision is better endings. The vision is the restoration of broken families and broken relationships. The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love. The vision is graduation, a Super Bowl, a wedding, a child, a sunrise. The vision is people becoming incredible parents, people breaking cycles, making change.

The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.

The vision is the possibility that we're more loved than we'll ever know.

The vision is hope, and hope is real.

You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.

Please visit the TWLOHA website and see for yourself how awesome it is. You can learn more about what they are doing and how it all started. I hope you will spread the word and help find a way to make love the movement.

um...

Hello to my three followers :)

i feel like i should blog but i don't have very much to say.. so i will tell just tell you about what's been going on recently.

I'm thinking about transferring to either Towson or University of Delaware. Anyone want to choose for me?

I got Taylor Swift's new cd. It's wonderful and you should all go get it.
my favorite song so far is Dear John. Unfortunately i can relate haha.




I have two weeks and two days until thanksgiving break, so i'm trying to be optimistic and just take it a day at a time and not get too stressed out.

I haven't found a church i like as much as Ogletown, but God has reminded me that even if i'm not exactly where i want to be, he can speak to me. I realized this when the pastor at Calvary started talking about gay marriage and how it's darkest before the dawn because me and my mom had been talking about that earlier and when he mentioned it we just gave each other this look like "seriously?"


lately i've been listening to the sermons of this awesome speaker, Andy Stanley. He's great. He's funny and practical and i can always relate to his messages. Here's a website for his current series: Taking Responsibility For Your Life. and he also has his own youtube channel that has all his series, which are pretty amazing too. i just finished the last series, your move.


i'm eating goldfish at the moment. they are delicious :)




did you know they have goldfish smores? (p.s- mom i want some haha)




good talking to you. i'm off to watch criminal minds!!