Jess

not settling.....yes PICKY!

2008-02-27T19:20:00.000-08:00

so i just ran into an old "friend" the other day. he asked me what i was going to be doing in the summer of 2010. well i have NO CLUE! but then the convo changed to marriage...he said "you'll probably be married" and i immediately said "probably not". he came to the conclusion and repeated several times that i am TOO picky when he found out i didn't have a boyfriend. seriously? seriously? i just responded and said "i'm just not settling" ugh that made me so mad, but skipping class did make me feel much better after that =)

maggs just found this quote. i like it.

Ive made mistakes in my life
Ive let people take advantage of me and I accepted way less than I deserve
but Ive learned from my bad choices and even though there are some things I can never get back and PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER BE SORRY
I'll know better next time and I wont settle for anything less than I deserve!

some prayer por favor

2007-11-07T20:06:00.000-08:00

I have been blessed with an amazing job. I have been so thankful for mentors that have really strived to see me succeed. But this week I have run across a little trial. I feel like God completely dropped this in my lap because now I can use this situation to really show my faith. But right now i'm really struggling to find the thin line between "over-reacting" and standing up for myself. I am meeting with some people tomorrow and hopefully this will all get cleared up. I hate meeting and I hate confrontation and this is going to be a meeting FULL of confrontation! urgh. But if ya think about it pray for me tomorrow! Anways, I ran across these verses tonight which really encouraged me.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

James 1:2-5

wow....

2007-10-10T11:46:00.000-07:00

so this is my vain attempt (mostly because of pure boredom) to draw what i seriously just saw happen on crazy MSU campus.

Amanda and i were pulling out of the union and this girl (I'm going to assume she is stuck up at this point) HITS this very nice bike rider with her dark green convertible mustang. she seriously just hits him. he stops obviously and it is looking down at his leg but then she has the nerve to get out of her car and make sure there were no scratches on it....then sees if the poor hit guy is ok!

seriously....

Spartan at last.....

2007-09-05T17:44:00.000-07:00

so classes started up at MSU last week. I've avoided going to MSU for a long time, going to 4 different schools over the course of 4 years. I've done my fare share of school shopping. The weird thing is...I love MSU. Seriously, the classes are interesting and walking around on campus I realized how beautiful is it. I actually saw Beaumont Tower yesterday. I've lived in Lansing my whole entire life and I dont think I really ever saw the tower or the "beautiful" grand river rushing over the rocks behind the international center. It was pretty cool. And living with my bro rocks. Except the other day he told me he couldnt find any butter. He needed 6 cups of butter for macaroni and cheese....

....yeah we have to work on the cooking skills department

its been awhile...

2007-08-12T18:34:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged on this thing in forever but i'm bored and theres tons of stuff goin on in my life....

I just got back from Mexico missions trip from Riverview. One of the most amazing experiences of my life. I was absolutely shocked by the poverty in Tijuana. I've never been to or seen anything like it. Although the conditions were rough people there were geniunely happy. Makes me feel selfish and very guilty for having everything I do. It was also a blast to get to know the 52 amazing people on the trip.

Another new experienced happened to me lately. I had a lady threaten me and our intern Molly at work last Friday. She threatened to "shoot us up"....which were her exact words. I wasn't scared at first because I was honestly laughing inside. But then after the second time she threatened us I got a little worried. She saw the evil glare I gave her and completely called me out on it. After she was taken to her vehicle the cops questioned us. I would have to say I didn't think working in the automotive business was that life-threatening. Apparenlty doing an oil-change is now a risky job. Yikes, what is this world coming to. The scary thing is that I close every night pretty much and I'm always by myself. So the cop gave me some great advice, "If she comes back and you see a gun make sure you take cover." Thank you. Thank you very much.

And this week my brother is moving in with me.....yeah! I have to admit I really really really miss living with my family. As annoying as they seem, living out on your own is very boring. Any of you who know my family knows that my house is a never ending constant circus. People in-people out! it's crazy. Also, Brent and I are pretty close so its going to be great having him around. Seriously, theres nobody in this world who makes me laugh more than him and I can't wait for him to be my roomie.

Thats it. Its' probably going to be another year before I write in this thing but I'll try to be better! Wish me luck at my job...no more dangerous crazy customers

2007-01-29T08:48:00.000-08:00

unfortunatly i dont know much about this war thing, but all i know is i want everyone to come home. on new years day one of my friends from high school got shot 8 times while he was in his bunk. thank the lord he is home now. but we just heard that another one of my friends from high school is missing in action in iraq. many of my friends are getting ready to head over there too. some of those boys are like brothers to me. i know it sounds like a beauty pageant but come on lets just have "world peace"

doctors = stupid

2007-01-24T20:46:00.000-08:00

so i have had a sore throat the last oh, month. the doctor asked me if it hurts worse at night or morning. i told her at night. then she replies very professionally "maybe it hurts because of all the talking that you do"

oh i'm so glad i just wasted 2 hrs of my day off and $15 dollar co-pay just to get a conclusion that i talk too much.

Are you for real...

2006-10-12T12:45:00.000-07:00

...this morning i went to get in the shower and i saw some white outside the window. Well, I didn't have on my contacts so I ran to my room to get my glasses to make sure my eyes just weren't going crazy. But oh no, there was for real some snow! Yikes!

I'm getting ready to take a Chemistry exam and i Just got done taking a nutrition exam. I am a little bored obviously considering I haven't wrote on this thing in forever. Alrighty, peace out! I'm sure it will be another month til I remember that I have this thing

what do you say......

2006-08-05T20:31:00.000-07:00

so three of my friends from high school are going to Iraq this fall. i really don't know how to react. i guess this is the first time that i've really come to reality that there is a war going on. i'm so used to reading about wars in textbooks but now it's real life with my real friends going to the frontlines. i've experienced wierd emotions that i've never felt before. when i said goodbye to one of them yesterday i got teary eyed and said "good luck". is that what you're supposed to say? do you say "hope to see you soon" or "have fun" or what?

2006-06-07T11:19:00.000-07:00

Just got back from the lovely state of Minnesota. My dearest Jessica finally graduated and is heading back to Michigan. Finally she's back home! :)

2006-04-10T10:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah I'm still alive! Working two jobs, going to school, and having an apartment has pretty much taken the computer away from me but anways...Jessica came to visit me over spring break! this is us on the quad at Nates house! I've never had more fun in my life! seriously!

drumroll....

2006-02-01T11:27:00.000-08:00

here's our apartment!

the lovely living room (we have a lack of furniture but it's cool with us)

the bedroom (yeah we unintentionally have the same color comforters and yes we know it looks childish)

the bathroom - this pic won't turn so turn your head i guess

the kitchen - yup that's dirty dishes in there. big suprise

wierd people

2006-01-19T19:23:00.000-08:00

Okay so tonight at work we had the most random goofball people in. I know my stories with never top my uncle's wierd work stories but these people were crazy!

First this lady asked me if we had an airless painter. I have no clue what it is but she's very persistent on the fact that it's airless. Well I keep asking her to explain it so I can point her in the right direction. While she's explaining it she says you hook it up to an air compressor..........thus making it NOT AIRLESS LADY!

Then, this women asked if we had any thing to use as a preservative. I have no clue what she's talking about so my manager asks what she's using it for. She told us, "I want to preserve my dead cat." mmmm...yum! we gave her some "barn-dri" and sent her packin

Me Sweet PePaw

2006-01-15T19:16:00.000-08:00

This is my cute grandpa, we call him "PePaw" though! He's a very very special man if you ask me. He had his famous sayings but my favorite was every time he would see us he would say "How's my precious girls?" or "Where did all these pretty girls come from?" What a sweety. This is one of the last times I really saw him in good health. I'm so glad I got a chance to see him the night before he died though. It was sad but it was good closure. The wierd thing is, I haven't cried yet. I think it's because i'm so excited that he's with MeMaw in heaven. Oh man, I would love to see what they are doing right now, probably goofing around! :)

look who came to see me!

2005-12-30T17:21:00.000-08:00

2005-12-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

Holy cow, i forgot my password to this thing it's been so long!

Lots of things have happened since October. Lets see....got a new job at Family Farm and Home. Fun place. Some guy had a heart attack the other day at work. Pretty intense. I got to call 911. I felt like i was in a movie or something.

I'm helping coaching a freshman volleyball team. Pretty fun, except its a bunch of giggly high school girls. Urgh!

And....i'm done with finals! I survived my first quarter at Baker. Not really surviving since its real easy.

that's it. i'll update next month maybe!

Happy Halloween!

2005-10-31T18:03:00.000-08:00

b-o-r-e-d!

2005-10-25T08:37:00.000-07:00

I hate computer classes that teach you how to change the font size and the color. I hope I don't flunk it, this is tough stuff!

So my lovely parents left the house to us this past week. They are in Florida, yup where the hurricane is. Oh well, the have been getting a suntan and we are getting frostbite so I'm not feeling bad about it. We've had so many people over though. Me and Abby even got by with only really making dinner once. Brad made us dinner and Kim did too! Heck yeah for friends!...well and for Pizza Hut, Arby's, and all the other places that fed us this week.

I started a new job yesterday at Family, Farm, & Home. Don't know what it will be like though yet!

oh...I MISS ALL YOU SAU people! come visit me!

grumpy

2005-10-03T06:18:00.000-07:00

I HATE WAKING UP!!!!

@ the arbor

2005-09-22T20:23:00.000-07:00

Me and Karilynn

Me and Amanda

Birthday

2005-09-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

Yup, I'm finally bored enough to post on this thing. This was my excitement for the week. Monday was my birthday (and Amandas too!) Anways, I had so much fun. The whole weekend was full of parties with different people. Thanks for all the phone calls and people who sang to me.

Brent made me breakfast in bed! How cute is that?

Kim and Kyle took me out for dinner and a movie!

And this is just Brent, Me and Kim being stupid

I'm Alive!

2005-08-27T20:06:00.000-07:00

Hey guys (niki, kate, seana), sorry it's been a whole 3 months since i posted last. but i am alive and kickin'.

basically since my last post my world has been picked up, twirled around, kicked, and then set back again into this crazy world.

i'll try and start posting again. i'm not going back to the arbor. sorry kate! :( you know i'll be there all the time though!

beach bums!

2005-05-23T18:43:00.000-07:00

Manda, Brittney, and Me

Saturday was FINALLY warm. Jimmy and Missy took us out on the boat. We got to go tubing too. I had a few nice rides and two nice (and painful) spills but I'm alive and it was a blast!

2005-05-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

I'm babysitting my cousins right now and Ethan just informed me that the only thing girls are good at is making a mess...wow he knows me well! ;) right kate?

2005-05-17T18:52:00.000-07:00

This one's for Niki...

So this is what i've been doing. Today was my first day of work. I forgot how much I like to mow. I also forgot how much I hate waking up at 5:45am!

Not exciting...sorry!

Venting

2005-05-14T19:58:00.000-07:00

I HATE UNPACKING....I am shoving all my clothes into my closet, cramming them into drawers, and stuffing junk under the bed. I hate "STUFF"!

George #2

2005-05-12T23:46:00.000-07:00

NOT EVEN LYING...another kid ran into a tree tonight while playing frisbee football and he went to the hospital! Oh man, this is good stuff! ....only at Spring Arbor

LAST!

2005-05-11T23:51:00.000-07:00

I HATE THE WORD "LAST"! Tuesday was the last day of classes, monday was our last chapel, tomorrow is our last full day to be at school! But the word got SO overused at dinner. This kid, Dave, was like "This is my LAST time that I'm going to sit down after getting ice cream" and "this is the last time I'm going to take my dishes up." For real, we all know it's our LAST time for lots of stuff here....but STOP saying it!

George of the Jungle...NOT!

2005-05-09T23:18:00.000-07:00

Ultimate frisbee is a huge deal on campus right now amongst the boys. Well today the guys were playing and my friend Brandon went to catch the frisbee and he ran straight a tree instead. I admit I laughed SUPER hard when I heard about it but an ambulance came and took him to the hospital and everything. We'll be prayin for ya Brandon!

Big kid

2005-05-08T23:34:00.000-07:00

Suburns, scraped knees, dirty feet, and grass stains...those are the good ol' days! Well today I accomplished all of those. Today could have been one of the funnest days I've had in a LONG time. I felt like a big kid again. I woke up from my nap and played tennis for almost 2 hours. Then we played volleyball forever. The best part was the Parlor and the park. Josh, Hogan, Niki, and I drove in the convertible :) to get some ice cream and then we went to Cascades Park. First we played on the slides and then we rolled down the HUGE hill and I nearly wet my pants laughing so hard. Fun times! I'm gonna miss this place. :(

Happy Mother's Day!

2005-05-08T11:44:00.000-07:00

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all" -Oliver Willard Holmes

Happy Mother's Day mom!

So there is mothers day and fathers day...but what about the kids. Where's the kid day?

I'm Stuffed

2005-05-08T02:07:00.000-07:00

Oh man, I just got back from Denny's. Brandon, Hogan, Niki, and I went for another midnight breakfast run. Pancakes and ice cream! YUM! We actually got a good game of tennis going today. That was fun. What else....last night I watched "National Treasure". Pretty good movie.

Last night at open mic night, Kate and I informed the singer guy that we think that short guys have extra special personalities to make up for there height. He was about 6-5 so he was like, "So does that make me a JERK?" Okay, that didn't sound as funny as it was in person. I'm going to bed!

15 Ways

2005-05-03T18:34:00.000-07:00

Today in Psych Lab our professor showed us these 15 Biblical ways to get a wife. They made me laugh, enjoy!

Sunday

2005-05-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

So I think I have finally recovered from our trip. No the "Window City" is not an inside joke and thanks to all you SAU people who read it and never said anything until my dear uncle pointed it out. This weekend went so fast. Karilynn and Emily suprised me and came down Thursday, Friday Kate came home with me and we went to the races, and Saturday we played some four on four with my brothers friends. It wasn't just normal basketball, we dressed 80s...I think thats the look we were going for anyways. Well I'm back at the Arbor. 12 days...

The Windy City!

2005-04-25T19:29:00.000-07:00

So at 11:30 Sunday night, 5 of us ventured out to a truck stop to get some dinner. Well our "dinner" turned into a roadtrip to Chicago! We all skipped classes and chapel on Monday, but who cares!? It was so random and one of the funnest things I have ever done!

Here's how the night went down...

We walked around the streets of Chicago at 3am in the morning. There was nobody out on the streets! We had the town to ourselves.

We watched the sun rise over Lake Michigan! It was SOOO...pretty

We walked down Navy Pier at 6am as soon as it opened. Once again, nobody was there! It was so fun and really pretty!

Me and Kate found our favorites boys' house! Ben & Jerry's is our "thing"

The whole gang at Navy Pier! -Niki, Dave, Kate, Hogan, and Me

Taking a cat nap in the HUMUNGO McDonalds. We were pooped so we all fell asleep

And the trip wouldn't have been complete without Hogan's ticket. He was doing a little speeding. Dave told Hogan "Technically you don't have to pay that ticket. You just won't be able to go to Indiana because there will be a warrant out for your arrest."

I'm pretty sure that I have never laughed so hard in my life. There was so many funny things that happend but I'm so tired. I have gotten 4 hours of sleep since Friday night so I'm hitting the hay...gnite

Saturday

2005-04-23T23:55:00.000-07:00

Is that SNOW out there??? Oh yes...it sure is! ARGH!

Well tonite I got the privelege of going to the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. I just happened to leave at intermission. (Shh..don't tell my prof)

What are the odds that out of the hundreds of seats in the concert hall, tonite my seat just happened to be right behind my high school band teacher. Strange! But I got to sit right between 2 extremely old people, couldn't be younger than 80 I'm guessing and they were using binoculars to watch. But I learned tonite that you can buy season tickets for the orchestra! I'm sorry but if I was rich enough to get season tickets to anything, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra would probably be my last choice.

Well the ochestra made me tired....Goodnight

2005-04-22T23:41:00.000-07:00

...just when I thought this school couldn't get any worse!

21 days left

2005-04-20T11:10:00.000-07:00

A word to the wise...never go running and try a "new route" without actually knowing where you are going. With my wonderful sense of direction and all these farm roads out here in Spring Arbor I ended up running quite a few more miles than I intended. So I hurt! Okay that's all I have to say-Adios!

26 days...

2005-04-18T20:03:00.000-07:00

Only 26 days left of school! It was going by so fast but now time has completely stopped. I've never been so stressed or tired in my life. Profs think it's fun to just pile it all on at the end! NOT FUNNY! And I've been a total procrastinator. The weather is so nice, we've been playing beach volleyball for 2-3 hours every night. Oh well, papers can wait i'm sure

Weekend

2005-04-17T18:33:00.000-07:00

Ah man the weekend is almost over. It was a good, good weekend though I'll break it down for ya!
Friday: Date night with Seana- made goofy t-shirts, ate pizza, and watched movies!
Saturday: slept, played fun songs on my guitar with kate, ran, played in the park, talent show, and Denny's!! :)
Sunday: Church, nap, Nascar Race (where my fav. driver got 2nd--YAH!), 2 hour vball game (the girls KILLED the guys) and I think I'm heading over to Seanas to sleep in a real house! yeah

have a good week! :)

Wednesday

2005-04-13T22:35:00.000-07:00

Anybody with me, this is the slowest week EVER! Tonight I had to get out of this place so Amanda, Seana, and I went to my aunt's coffee shop. It was so nice to get away, people are getting CRAZY here. There are SO many things to get done in the next few weeks of school and everyone is a little edgy, well not a little...I'd say A LOT EDGY! So, I left the drama and left the arbor. Seana is sooo...funny! She thinks "us farmers" are superior to her! HAHA! She thinks cow and tractors are funny. Wow!
Tomorrow NO CLASSES! I'm not even going to set my alarm clock! can't tell you that last time that's happened.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRICIA!!! (I would put ur age in here to embarrass you but I don't know it, I still consider you to be 20!) :)

adios

2005-04-11T20:43:00.000-07:00

I'm sad and happy to announce that I'm not coming back to Spring Arbor next year. God has been giving me an AMAZING peace about leaving this place, it's awesome and I'm so thankful for it. I love the people I've met the last few months but I know there's so much more in store for me. I have to move back home, which will be very interesting, but I can do it! I will miss you like crazy Kate, but we are family and u can't get rid of me! :)

BOREDOM!

2005-04-08T07:32:00.000-07:00

If you can die from boredom I think all of you guys would have been at a funeral today. Being a lovely "liberal arts" school we have to take Fine Arts as a requirement. Well we had our lovely visit the the Toledo Art Museum for a few huors. No offense to all you people who like art, but I wasn't really in the mood at the time. And it's not like we just got to walk around and look at the art....NO of course not. We had to listen and take notes from our prof would was making comments on probably a quarter of them. Which is a lot.
Anywho...Taylor came again last night which was a blast. She got to experience the "DC" food -hope she's still alive this morning!
...off to rollerblade

Thirsty Thursday

2005-04-01T08:22:00.000-08:00

So every thursday is "Thirsty Thursday" at Spring Arbor...which means you get tons of pop for super cheap. So these crazy girls like to get Moutain Dew...it pretty much goes downhill from there. Whatever we do...its never normal!

Me and Seana....arrrr!

Being friendly!

HIIIIIII---YAHHHH!!!!

Falling over! - Seana, Lisa, Me, Emily, Cory, and Kate

Go Summer!

2005-03-30T19:56:00.000-08:00

HOLY COW!!! It's like summer outside! But knowing Michigan, I'm sure we will be in the midst of a blizzard by the end of the week. But since it was so nice outside I took advantage of it...forget classes! I invested in some rollerblades and I managed to rollerblade for almost an hour without ANY near death experiences (shocked huh?) Then Me, Cory, Emily, and Kate had our little 'accountability' group at Cici's! Yum! And then we went to the park and played on the swings...yah cheap entertainment in Spring Arbor! ;)

Jess & Jess

2005-03-29T10:38:00.000-08:00

Jessica Holeman wrote me this super cute poem!

I don't really remember the day,

I think it started at the fair, I would say.

We didn't really start off right,

I was just the annoying girl, that called everynight. (haha...)

But suddenly I began to see,

How much you really meant to me.

Our friendship became very strong,

We didn't even know it would last this long.

Now, I can't think of a day,

That I don't remember you in some little way.

Remembering the fun and the sad,

The good times and the bad.

And sometimes it's so hard for me,

Because You, I never get to see.

But no matter how far apart,

You will always be in my heart.

Your my Best Friend and always will be,

And I thank God everyday, for bringing you to me.

You are so cute Jess, thanks for the poem! I know it's hard, you being in Minnesota and all but don't worry, you aren't getting rid of me for a long time.

My Annie!

2005-03-28T21:37:00.000-08:00

*sigh* I got to see Annie today! It was so weird, out of the blue she called to tell me she was on her way to Spring Arbor! We kept her visit a secret from Kate though. I serioulsy think she crapped her pants when Annie walked in the door! It was AMAZING! So we helped Annie pack up and made a visit to good ol McDonalds in Spring Arbor before she had to leave. Even though it was a super short visit it meant a lot! We love you Annie!!!!

2005-03-25T23:00:00.000-08:00

I was listening to the radio last night and these two songs played back to back:
Mercy Me's "Homesick" and Michael W. Smith's "Friends". And all of a sudden I got really excited to die, not in a suicidal way but in a way that I was excited to see friends from the past and family members. I haven't seen one of my best friends from school, Annie, in a while and I was getting sad but then I realized...I'm going to be with her FOREVER eventually. So these next couple decades better go by fast! No but really, is it bad to get excited to die?

"Homesick"
In Christ, there are no goodbyes
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again

"Friends"
...Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends."

2005-03-21T16:19:00.000-08:00

Very true! Now that I'm back at the Arbor, I'm wishing I would have not put off all of my assignments due this week! Argh! The last 2 weeks have been absolute boredom and I should have worked on my 2 HUGE papers due. But oh well, got to get back to work.

Spring Break

2005-03-19T22:51:00.000-08:00

So my Spring Break was so intense I thought I would let all you guys know what I did:
Friday: Slept a lot!
Saturday: Babysat
Sunday: Church
Monday: worked
Tuesday: worked
Wednesday: youth group
Thursday: volleyball game
Friday: went to Lansing's Home & Garden Show
Pretty sad when the highlight of my spring break is a home show but hey I had fun and I got to go with my mom. Hopefully me and Kate will squeeze a roadtrip in soon!

I...

2005-03-10T23:28:00.000-08:00

I...
I am: ready for SPRING BREAK!
I want: to find my “real” friends
I have: an awesome family
I wish: I was sleeping right now
I hate: school!!!
I fear: being alone forever and ever
I hear: crazy girls on the floor singing and “12 Stones”
I search: for the path for my life
I regret: caring what people thought about me in high school….missed out on lots of stuff I’m sure
I love: family, friends….and country music! lol
I always: want to sleep!
I dance: NEVER-It’s against the Spring Arbor Concept…(we do it all the time)
I sing: really loud in the car alone or with Kate in our room! :)
I cry: whenever I am frustrated or when I think about Annie
I stumble: well i trip all the time...but mostly when I think I can do everything myself
I surrender: my life, plans, everything to God
I admit: I can be just plain dumb sometimes
I anticipate: summer!
I recommend: moving out for at least one year
I remember: not a whole lot- too many concussions
I demand: that it stops snowing, c’mon its spring break
I forget: to do lots of things
I need: to go to bed
I plan: to come home tomorrow and get in my own bed!

2 more days

2005-03-09T11:09:00.000-08:00

2 more days of school.....Okay so i'm really lame and have NO plans for Spring Break but hey...I'm gonna get lots of sleep hopefully! Everyone is getting really antsy to leave for break. And last night Kate and I were doing our daily venting session while writing songs and we got in trouble for playing the guitar too loud! My bad...who goes to bed at 12:30 in college?!?!?!
In psych we are learning about ESP and psychics and junk like that and in lab yesterday my prof interrogated me about being a twin and having that "special connection". Funny thing is, I've actually had lots of those "twin moments". Like a couple weeks ago I was thinking in my head that Amanda was going to fall and I turned around to see if she needed help walking and "BAM" she was on the ground! Weird but cool at the same time!

Funniest thing EVER!

2005-03-03T23:57:00.000-08:00

I copied this from Kate's post because I'm too lazy to type it all out and I didn't wanna miss anything! So we were on our way to Taco Bell....a lovely past-midnight adventure like always!

The funniest thing EVER!!! So, picture this... Jess driving, Emily front seat, In the back seat Mark in a Cory and Kate sandwich. We're sitting there talking about the call (a worship service) and how awesome it was and how Cory cried and i felt like crying... and then the conversation went like this:
Mark: So when do you guys start?
Cory: Well actually i already had mine
Kate: Yea i'm actually really PMS right now... it's gonna start next week probably
Cory: Yea I'm glad mine's done
Kate: but tonight when i felt like crying it wasn't a PMS cry, it was a real cry... like i really just felt like crying
Mark: (sitting with astonished look on his face) What are you guys talking about????
Kate: our periods... you asked when we were gonna start
Mark: you didn't let me finish... I was asking when you were gonna start your bible study!

That was hilarious... we are such girls... hahaha

So ya, poor Mark! gotta love him. We had so much fun tonight Karilynn! Thanks for coming!

My AMAZING friends

2005-02-28T13:45:00.000-08:00

Emily, Me, Kate, and Cory at a Cougar basketball game!

I miss school

2005-02-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

I never EVER in a million years would have ever admitted to anybody that I miss school...but now I do! I've been home since Wednesday cuz I've been sick (I loved my momma taken care of me) but I'm ready to get back.
I got to see Jessica Holeman for a couple of days! That was fun, as always. We went to the volleyball game to see Dansville win Districts! GO AGGIES! A year too late...but oh well!
Last night Amanda and Matt dragged me bowling and I consistently lost every game with the mega-high scores of 49 and 52. Oh yah, watch out pro-bowlers! Here I come! Oh yah, and Bethany, Dez, Matt, me and amanda had a FUN night Saturday driving around tryin' to find trouble.

2005-02-22T23:15:00.000-08:00

'Tis the season to be SICK! So we are all pretty much sick at school. The futon is covered in blankets, yummy tissues, cough drops, and homework that should be getting finished. Tonight Kate said, "I have a headache so bad that I am having labor...in my head!" Oh, she's so funny! I love my roomie! :)
Tonight Matt came to visit Amanda at school, that was pretty fun. We even busted out a jam session for him in the prayer chapel. We are in the process of perfecting "Broken" by Seether and Amy Lee. It's for our Annie who is gone :( We miss you!!!
Gotta study....

Ahah!

2005-02-16T13:10:00.000-08:00

In my Psych class we've been talking about stress and ways to cope with it and all that garbage. Today our professor told us that accident-proneness is a side effect of stress. I think I've been under severe stress since about the age of 5. ...so that's what's wrong with me!

Valentines Day

2005-02-14T20:41:00.000-08:00

Me and Annie

Singles-Awareness Day, Proud to be Single day...call it whatever you want it still sucks. Annie called us tonight to tell us that she's going home to southern Ohio for ten days and that she might not be coming back at all this semester. That sure put a damper on our lovely cookie making session. Annie is my best friend at Spring Arbor. I don't know what I'm going to do withouth you Annette! We love you Annie and we are praying for you like mad! Hope to see you soon

2005-02-13T16:13:00.000-08:00

So this weekend was actually really fun. Saturday we slept until 1ish and then we went to Olive Garden. Emily spilled her drink all over Cory and we were laughing so hard. A waiter came over and we thought he was going to kick us out for being so loud. Good times!
Today we went to church at Westwinds. It was pretty good this time. Vince talked about Judas and betraying Jesus with a kiss. Then people washed their hands in wine. I was just watching doing a lot of thinking about how much it would stink to get up in the morning and not have someone who forgives us.
Well I need to stop procrastinating and get my Modern Social Problems homework done. Bye!

Friday

2005-02-11T22:30:00.000-08:00

It's the weekend FINALLY!!! It's been a busy week. I think profs like to load it on in the beginning of the semester in hopes that you will drop out of their class. Mission complete!
I'm not going home this weekend but as much as my parents hate to admit it I think they miss me! Haha. Maybe not, but they keep calling me and Dad made sure I knew I was welcome at home anytime.
Tonight we went to Fiddler on the Roof. It was SOO...good! It was fun because I knew a lot of people in it. After the musical I went to Steak & Shake with Crazy Kate, Cory, Lydia, Emily, and Lisa. So thats my boring Friday evening. Goodnight!

Napolean

2005-02-07T20:59:00.000-08:00

Heres a pic of Spring Arbor's wannabe Napolean Dynamite team at Bombastic Bowling!

Weekends

2005-02-06T20:21:00.000-08:00

So... weekends at the Arbor are pretty boring. I watched way too many movies and played tons of games. Last night we had some boys and Annie and Cory in our room watching "Ghosts and the Darkness". Dumb movie... and we played Uno and Catch Phrase. And tonight we watched the big game of course and played Catch Phrase again in the boys village because Cory is obsessed. Looks like I'm never staying on the weekends again. Oh, I tried Westwinds Church this morning. It was interesting. I didn't like the music because it was like a concert. They were songs nobody knew and they didn't put words up so it was kinda weird. I didn't like how the worship leader looked like she enjoyed all the attention too, kinda annoying.

Lesson learned...

2005-02-05T21:21:00.000-08:00

Today I found out some crazy things about this school;

1. Apparently at Spring Arbor students can get fined for getting caught dancing in their rooms!

2. When boys are in the room a shoe has to be put in the door lengthwise or else you get fined! Me and Kate had it sideways....ooops!

3. Spring Arbor "security guards" can give away speeding tickets...nice!

Me and the Cutest girl in the world

2005-02-04T17:12:00.000-08:00

Ghetto Fabulous

2005-02-03T20:38:00.000-08:00

I just tore it up on the bowling lanes with a high score of 68! Go me! We had to dress "Ghetto Fabulous". Me and Annie were definenltly looking ghetto with the boxer shorts, puffy jackets, and bandanas. That was an adventure but we had fun. My favorite group though was the Napolean Dynamite team. Amanda's core group showed up in fashionable thrift clothing. So to find Amanda clothes we had to go to St. Vincents, a thrift store in downtown Jackson. While we were shopping around I felt like I was on a missions trip in my own town. There were homeless people wandering the aisles looking for clothes to keep warm and a lady was talking about how her kindergartener had just got kicked out of school! Just minutes from Spring Arbor their was people in need. It made me realize how I don't have to go around the world to be a missionary, there are people right in front of us everyday who need the Lord.

My new profession

2005-02-02T20:18:00.000-08:00

So I don't really know what you people want to know but today I dyed two people's hair. When we get bored at college we dye hair! While I was dying my roomate Kate's hair we tore down the shower curtain and got dye all over so we just got done cleaning a public dorm bathroom....ew!

Here I come...

2005-02-01T16:08:00.000-08:00

So yes I have joined the lovely blogging world. According to a certain pastor, everyone should have one of these. So, since in college I have nothing better to do I figured I would start one of these so all you people at home will know what's up on my end. Have fun reading but don't blame me for how boring this is!