Here you go, Court!

As requested, here are some pictures!!


This is me at the beach...illegally sitting in the lifeguard stand!














Me and Amber our last night of SuperWOW.

Back-to-School Blues

So long sweet summer...

Even though school doesn't start until the 28th, it feels like summer is already over. I just got an email from a professor. This semester is going to be rough...

There is so much I have to do and I'm sure not enough time to do it!

finish my independent study...be at volleyball practices and games...study for and take the GRE...finish my proficiencies...find out about and apply to grad schools...go to a million weddings...

whew! It makes me tired just typing it all. Even though I have so much to do, I have to keep a few things in mind...

1. God is God and I am not. Meaning, that I am not all-powerful, wise, perfect, and true.
I MUST remember that.

2. He has a purpose and a plan for my life...Jeremiah 29:11

3. It is ok to not understand and I don't always have to have all the answers...Isaiah 555:8-9

4. RELAX

5. Don't procrastinate!

As much as I'm dreading the start of a new semester, I know that it is the beginning of the end- my last year of college! What I do this year will dictate where I go and what happens next year...there are important decisions to be made...and as scary as that is, it makes me a little excited!

So here is good bye to a great summer and hello to a new beginnings!



"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15:58

Update

As I cannot sleep again, I will do a brief recap of the week:

• preseason volleyball = 2 practices aday...we'll just say I'm logging in lots of clinical hours before the semester even starts...(but my CI and the girls are great; so far so good!)
• photo shoot...I bet you guys didn't know I was a model! SHOCKER! (don't really believe that because I'm not one, but I will be appearing in a brochure for UNF)
• CPR and first aid recerticication...can't wait to get my new card!
• doctor's appointment concerning my knee = it's healing great! I can even start jogging! WOO HOO!
• my brake lights are not working...boo...but I am getting to practice my hand signals
• I start back to work at Borders on Monday...actually looking forward to that!
• I FINALLY ordered tickets to see Jacks Mannequin and Copeland...so pumped about that!
• bought new shoes! faux Vans from Target...black with white starts...LOVE them!

That's all the exciting (and by exciting I mean mundane) things I did this week...

There is more I'd like to talk about, but I'm starting to get sleepy! YAY!

Just a little verse to express my happieness at being released to run...

"I RUN in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free." Psalm 119:32

Halleluia!

JUST A liddle LIST

Things I currently L-O-V-E:

1. people reading and COMMENTING on my blog! wooo (Hooty) hoo!
2. being back at school?! (sorta...)
3. my big girl bed
4. getting flowers from people that mean a lot to me
5. red jumpsuit apparatus
6. pretzel crisps! YUM!
7. my tattoo
8. the X games (I wish they last longer then just a weekend...what a bummer....)
9. HANK! (the moose and Court's new puppy!)
10. Manford the Manatee and the cute old man, Joe, who wrote the book!



"This is the day the Lord has made; let us REJOICE and be glad in it." Psalm 119: 24

ZzzzZzzzZzzz

do you ever just lie in bed, wishing you could go to sleep?

thoughts running through your brain, one after the other after the other...

why? why? why?

this is new for me. i usually have no trouble sleeping...

and i don't like this at all.

i can now sympathize with those people on the sleep medicine commercials...

not being able to fall asleep = no fun!

and it seems that these bouts of insomnia come at the most inopportune times!

here is my current thought...thanks to my dear friend cindy...
"I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me." Psalm 3:5

good night to you...

...and hopefully soon for me...

It's been a while...

Summer has come and is almost gone since my last post.

Here is a brief synopsis of where I've been and what I've done:
Impact = INCREDIBLE!
SuperWOW, amazing!
Ft. Walton: fun, sun, Skit Guys, and quality time with the Couch's!
Softball camps- always a good time!
Redecorated my room (big girl bed- YAY! and freshly painted walls)!
Knee surgery, not so fun...

I've lived, learned, loved, and laughed my way through the past few months. I'm looking forward to what the new school year brings- anxiously anticipating the Lord to move in mighty ways!

I will do my best to post more regularly! :)


(PS- I LOVE Shark Week on the Discovery Channel!)






"I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free." Psalm 119:32

silly crayon box

I am sitting here, not at my usual computer, but at my mechanic's computer...
why? you may ask...

Well, my lovely little Jetta, affectionately referred to as the "crayon box", needs some work...
$500.00 worth of work!!

AHHHH!

But I guess that's life...and one of the joys of having a car...

Good news is that I won't have to worry about breaking down on one of my (many) future trips to Georgia!

Thank you, Jason, my wonderful mechanic! The crayon box and I thank you!

Oh and one more thing...Miss Jami Willis, I hope you're happy! Look how many new posts I've written!! haha!! I freakin love you, you silly Clay-mate!

Induction

Tonight, I was inducted into a new club...that's right...a club....

SINGLE FOR LIFE! (for life = right now...not forever)

WOO WOO!

Jami, Meagan, Nate, and I are all proud members....

Secret handshake, password, and club shirts are still in the making...suggestions are welcome....

Cafe Ole!

Most of the time, I really like my job....most of the time....

I mean really, what is not to like? steaming milk, pouring shots (of espresso!), baking cookies, making smoothies (drinking the leftovers!!)!

I love talking to the customers and making friends with the regulars...

...what I don't love is RUDE people and PICKY people!

Seriously, I apologize for not being able to steam your milk to exactly 185 degrees because my steamer automatically cuts off at 161 degrees! For goodness sake! Does it really make that much of a difference?!

Whew! I needed to get that out...what also helps (besides venting) is that my favorite future lawyer came in to get his usual large decaf and bottle of water and then the nice lady from Petsmart for her medium latte- not to mention the great people I work with...Korey rescuing me from long lines, Danielle's lemon concoction, and Jason holding down the fort as I sprinted to the potty!

I just have to remember, daily, sometimes minute by minute, that soon I'll be at camp...yay for camp...and that it's not about me...IT'S NOT ABOUT ME! why is that so hard to remember?!?

Just a thought...

Ok, so I haven't done this in a while and don't know really where to start.

A lot has happened, and one thing I have learned...

Not much in life is constant...one thing is...JESUS!

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18

Yay for a God who is sovereign and eternal...

I don't want to talk about it...

you know that "thing" that everyone knows is going on but no one wants to talk about?

well, I don't really like that "thing", never have... why? because sometimes that "thing" makes me emotional- mad, sad, happy/sad, vulnerable...ugh vulnerable...

lately, there have been lots of "things"- none, of course, that I currently would like to discuss, but of course I'll mention...

• senior night
• spring athletic banquet
• finals week
• my friends graduating
• knowing my brief stint as a collegiate softball player is quickly coming to an end
• pretty much knowing that life is changing faster then I am and that things aren't going to stay the same forever
• thinking that maybe I should decide what I want to do in the next couple of years/the rest of my life

scary stuff...growing up...

am I ready for this? right now, no....tomorrow, maybe...soon, I hope!

but for this moment, this very second, I just want to go on not thinking about it...

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

more then eggs and bunnies...

sometimes I think people forget what Easter is all about...

This year it hit me how much Easter is about family and love...

God sent His ONLY son to die for OUR sins...to show how much He LOVES us!

AMAZING...

A love so great that He would sacrifice is son...it blows my mind...

Humps

We lost to a bunch of CAMELS! First of all, who wants to grow up and play for the Camels? Second of all, who loses to Camels?!?

Ok, I know I sound bitter, but I am tired of losing....and not just to the Camels. Just plain sick and tired of it! What is even worse is that I'm not sure why we're losing. We're a good team with good players. Player for player we're better then the teams we face! DANG IT!

On a more positive note, I get to be roomates with Kelli Rutenbar. She a good person to have to spend a weekend with. I also get to go home for Easter! Which means fun times with mom and dad, Amber, and Cooper...

...I guess life isn't so bad...but LOSING still is. Kelli and I have decided to be positive-- no more negativity. We're going to go inning by inning, play by play, at bat by at bat...

Gardner-Webb better watch out...the Ospreys are swooping their way and we're not going home 0-4!

long time....no post

Ok, so I admit, I'm not the best at keeping up with this....but I promise I'll try to do better. A lot has happened since my last post....

• spring break came and went
• we played our first conference games
• Amy broke her arm...now I'm a left fielder...
• we lost to Kennesaw...grrrrrrr!
• I did my first observation at the elementary school
• we finally won some games!

All in all, I've been a busy girl! And, it's only going to get busier! YIPPEEEEE!

Things that STINK...

...riding in buses for LONG periods of time...

...losing two games...two games that shouldn't have been lost at all!

...losing 4-15...

...striking out and grounding out, in one of my few opportunities to prove I should be on the team...

something that doesn't stink...

...playing division I softball with a great group of girls...that I wouldn't change for anything!
(the winning will come....I know it will!!)


James 1:2-4
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

What an Adventure!!

Tonight, Jami and Rob took me to Adventure Landing! We played putt-putt, hit in the batting cage, played air hockey, and shot dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park game! It was a blast!! I had 2, yes 2, hole in ones...amazing!

Numero Uno

Today is the first of many things in my life:

1. first day of spring break!
2. first day of spring!!
3. my first post on my first blog!

Ever since I was introduced to this addicting form of communication, I have wanted my own. I would like to personally thank AnnE for showing me Stephanie's blog and Stephanie for her ever amusing posts!

I don't promise that mine will be funny, witty, or even interesting....but I think it'll be fun to do! So enjoy!! :)