thanksgiving, dead week, and the boy.

okay, so i will start with thanksgiving.

my thanksgiving break was so good. on wednesday my mom came up, and we cooked at my aunt's house and got ready for thursday. i also got to go on a cousin date with katie, and we saw new moon! i defintely liked it better than twilight for several reasons, but i will spare you the details. on thursday, my dad and brothers came up, and we all had thanksgiving at my aunt and uncle's house in los osos. there were about 30 of us, which was crazy, but it was so nice to see all my extended family who i haven't seen in a while. on friday, paul and i went shopping, which is our way of bonding [yes, it's probably weird that my brother likes shopping as much as i do, but hey, he's family so i have to like him]. it was nice to catch up with him, and he bought me lunch at the oh-so-classy jack in the box. on friday night, we went to my aunt's house and played mexican train and apples to apples, which resulted in a lot of laughter, and me feeling more bonded to my extended family than i have in a while, which was really cool. on saturday, my family left, so i just decorated the apartment for christmas with stephanie and hung out, which was nice.

which brings me to dead week.

i don't have anything really due this week, but i have a lot of things due finals week that i should probably get started on. stephanie and i are definitely feeling the stress, but i am determined to not let it get to me. so this week will definitely include studying, but more importantly, i will be taking time out to spend with jesus. he's really the only one who can get me through my four papers and three finals.

now for the boy.

or, more specifically, the boyfriend. i have one. and his name is james and he is amazing. everyone who reads this already knows about him, but i just figured he was worth mentioning again. he has really been showing me what a man of God looks like, and i am very blessed by him. he is just one of the many people in my life i am thankful for this thanksgiving.

well, it is time for me to stop procrastinating and actually get some work done tonight!

it makes me happy.

that i got 2 really cute dresses, a pair of tights, and some cute bobby pins at forever 21 yesterday for $18.25.

that i can now play the song "vanilla twilight" by owl city on the guitar.

that i only have one class til the weekend.

that i am going line dancing tonight.

that i can wear my new dresses this weekend.

that i talked to caitlin and bailey on skype today.

that life is good and God is blessing me.

this is a good week.

why?

because we don't have school on wednesday.
because my mom gave me a ton of chocolate.
because God is awesome.
because i found a new song to be obsessed with (the bird and the worm by owl city).
because good things are happening.
because i am wearing purple pants.
because i have groceries.
because i decided it would be.

<3

insignificant ramblings.

my mom is coming this weekend and i am so excited!!! we are hiking bishop's peak with my aunt and cousin... which should be interesting to say the least. i will probably be the one dying while my aunt forges ahead. my family can be a little intense sometimes. but it is going to be so great to just have a girls weekend with my mom to do some shopping and just have one on one time with her!

tomorrow my bible study is coming over to bake cookies and hang out, which will be fun, but now requires me to do an intense deep cleansing of our apartment tonight. it is really scary right now... so i might be up a little late!

also, last night i was sitting at my computer when something fell on my desk really loudly, and i screamed [are you really surprised?]. turns out it was just the fire sprinkler on my ceiling that came undone, but it scared the crap out of me.

okay, time to begin operation make the apartment semi presentable. wish me luck!!

frazzled.

this week fooled me. i thought it would be easy and relaxing, but it quickly took a downward spiral into crazy and stressful. but that's the way it is sometimes. here are the things that got me through this week:

1. 2 pumpkin spice lattes from starbucks.
2. a good talk with emily on wednesday.
3. getting my tuesday class cancelled and going to crusade!
4. seeing hannah at crusade and getting entirely too shrill and excited about her engagement!
5. girl talk in the kitchen at my 3rd year bstud.
6. going to farmer's market with my freshman girls' bstud.
7. getting to carve pumpkins yesterday.
8. going to target with stephanie today, and then hanging out with her grandparents.
9. hearing that the jonas brothers are actually NOT breaking up.

tonight i am going to my bstud leader's halloween party, and dressing up as a traffic light. i only spent one dollar on my costume too! happy halloween!

i don't want to do my math hw.

so i will write first.

i am leading a freshmen girls' bible study with megan irene in north mountain this year. it is absolutely like nothing i imagined it was going to be. but it is soo good. we now have three girls, which we are super excited about, and they are all amazing, and i have been so enjoying getting to know them.

last night, we went to farmer's with the guys' north mountain bible study, and it was great. since it's right before halloween, there a bunch of kids running around in costumes. melt my heart. and there were a bunch of people who dressed up creepy with a bunch of fake blood, and the girls in my study decided i would protect them (though they are wayy taller than me), and clung to me as the bloody people passed us on either side. it was so cute, i felt special! it was really nice to get to just hang out with them outside of study. add to it a dozen of little hot donut things for 3 dollars (we all shared, i did not eat them all. though i easily could have), running into a friend, and the crisp fall air, and you have perfection.

it really got me in the fall mood, right until megan dropped me off at my 8pm class. oh well. life goes on. this weekend is going to be great, involving a target run, catching up on hw, a halloween party (where i am dressing up as a stoplight), church, and family dinner at my aunts'. happy fall!

out of the box.

just when i think i've figured God out, He surprises me.