My Weekend

God is good, all the time - All the time, God is good.

So... pretty much, this has been an extremely interesting weekend...

FRIDAY: Friday started out horribly. I woke up and my mom told me I was an embarrassment and a disappointment. umm wow...okay? It was all because I wore the same long sleeve shirt to bed two nights in a row. I went to a youth convention this weekend, so all my sweatshirts and long sleeve shirts were washed and packed. I got cold in the middle of the night, so I just grabbed that shirt. So my mom told me I was an embarrassment and a disappointment. School stunk too. It drug on and on. I came home to get my stuff to go to church, and my mom came home like 5 min before I left. Still wasn't talking to me. So I left for the weekend without my mom saying goodbye or I love you to me. It literally broke my heart. I cried the whole way to church.

Things started getting better when I finally got to retreat. Had an AMAZING service Friday night. It was a great opener, and it was about struggles, and everything he said hit right on target with the way I was feeling, but that was just the beginning :)

SATURDAY: Day two of retreat. We had two great services! the first morning one was about how God knows us and what's really on the inside, and how people that we should really be praying for are not ourselves, but the people who don't know him. Then we had a kick-ass volleyball tournament. Our team only made it to the second round but oh well! haha it was fun! Then I took a nap, did stuff around the room and went to the night service. That one was about the "lost coins" or the people who don't know Jesus, and how God is calling us all to look for those "lost coins". It was a GREAT services!

And after everything that far, I really felt something working in me. I am going to a christian college (VFCC), and was originally going for digital media communications, but after this weekend, I'm considering switching my major to youth ministries (working with teenagers and stuff). Its hard to explain, and probably anyone who has ever been to a retreat or convention can tell you its tough to express what is going through your mind and you. It was a very spiritual time!

TODAY (SUNDAY): Last day of retreat :( I wasn't ready to come home. One last great session on being strong and courageous, which is exactly what I needed before I came home. Made a lot of new friends, and met a lot of great people! it was an amazing experience, as always! Then I had to come home...

Got back to church around 3, came home and showered and stuff. My mom called and told me she was still mad at me. But I prayed about it and I told myself it was in God's hands. About half an hour later, mom called and told me they were going out, they'd be home soon to get me, then she told me she loved me. We ended up talking and everything. She's still bring rough on me, but not as bad. She threatened to not let me go to Germany or college.

Needless to say - its been an interesting weekend :)

P.S. - GO STEELERSSSS!!

and life is...

still sooooo good :)

okay, that's not 100% true. i had a somewhat of a breakdown yesterday (ask ian), mainly because things were going good, then bad, then good again, then bad. but things finally ended up being good in the end.

i booked my plane ticket today :) i will be flying out of JFK on June 15th at 7:35 pm!! i can't waitttttt! ahh im so stoked! i'll be there until july 27th!

just sooooo excited! :)

the world at peace.

he's my life :)

ahhh i love my boyfriend so much :) so things have been pretty freakin fantastic for me lately. yeah, i know, now that i've said it, something sucky is going to happen. but whatever, its how i feel! haha thing between me and ian are great, couldn't be better. he comes home in about 3.5 months and i CANNOT waitttt! :) its been sooo long, too long! i can't wait to have him back in my arms! and with him coming home soon - that means that my birthday, graduation, and trip to germany are all coming up within in the next 5 months!!! ahhhh i'm freakin stokeddd!

oh and i'm booking my plane ticket tomorrow. thanks to the help of my lovely erika, i found a plane ticket (round trip) to germany, for $672 - AFTER taxes! *grin* i'm so excited! i thought it felt official when i got my passport. imagine how i feel now! there is so much coming up, and coming up quick! its all soooo exciting!

far too long.

plain and simple: i miss my boyfriend :(

today has been so weird for me. lol i didn't sleep much last night. i usually don't when i don't sleep in my own bed (i slept over at my best friends house). then i had to get up early this morning to get my sister from her friends house to take her to basketball practice. went home, then drove back out to school to pick her UP from basketball. then we decided we were going shopping - no big deal. well my best friend and my neighbor were going too. so we went to the mall, and everyone else ended up getting stuff, except me. lol so i turned out to be more of a chauffeur than anything. ughh. whatever.

so then ian called me when i was leaving the mall, and i felt really bad, but i had to ask him to call me back because i don't like driving on the highway and talking at the same time. so i asked him to call me back in about 30 minutes. well i got home, and time came and went. so i got really upset because i wanted to talked to him. i was just feeling really down for some reason. i was like totally bummed out for no reasons.

but then luckily, he called about 4-5 hours AFTER he called me before. so i did get to talk to him, and he wasn't feeling that well, so he kept telling me how much he wished i could be there to take care of him and everything - which, of course, made me miss him even more.

i hate being away from him...

hello 2009 ♥

HELLOOOOOOOOOOO 2009 :)

well everyone, it is officially 2009! we made it another year! i have to admit, i am sooooo looking forward to this year. there are so many things coming. i will be graduating high school, something i have been looking forward to for the last 13 years. ian will finally be coming home after (by then) a 17 month separation. i am so beyond looking forward to that! i will be leaving the country for the first time in my life. and i will be starting college! holy crap!!! haha

i really hope everyone had a great new years. i spent the night playing wii with my family! haha :) it was a nice night in, but i still wish i could have gotten my new years kiss! haha

dogsitting and shopping =)

well this has been one interesting weekend i guess. i have been house sitting/dog sitting for my in-laws since friday. which means, i haven't been home to my house since then for more than 15 minutes. haha i can't necessarily say i'm too unhappy about it. it was a nice little vacation from my house. haha luckily, pat kept me occupied most of the time i was here. he took me shopping and up to the pagoda and then to his house to watch a movie. overall it was a fairly good weekend. but i must say, i can't wait to get back to my own bed! haha :)

so now i'm just chilling at their house until they come home. i have to babysit tonight (yay so much fun..NOT). but i have the rest of break off, which makes me happy. no plans for new years eve BUT i am going to hummels on thursday! yay!

on a side note: ian is officially back in germany. he was able to spend christmas there instead of in qatar. and now i get to talk to him more :) only 4.5 more months until he comes home! i'm so excited! haha and i think it will go faster, especially after break. everything for graduation and all of my class president obligations will def begin to kick in, so i'm sure that will make the time go a lot faster.

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YAY!

so...two things:

first) IAN'S DEPLOYMENT ENDS TOMORROW! =) he leaves from qatar early tomorrow morning! i'm so excited. and i'm proud of myself and the fact that I have made it through our first deployment! he's going back to germany - and its only like 4 months and 3 weeks until he comes home! *big smile*

and second...

I LOVE TWILIGHT :D hahahahaha

and i love mandii guest as well! hahah

alright, back to study hall! =)