Wowwee Zowwee!

I cannot believe how quickly time has passed! I've been quite awful at keeping this updated, I'm sorry!

Well, since my last post my Papa has passed away. It is very sad not having him here and Thanksgiving and Christmas were very weird without him. Not to mention all the times I have when something cool happens or reminds me of him and I want to call him and hear his voice, but then I remember he isn't here.

School last semester was hard because I missed quite a few days of studying and classes to visit with my Papa before he passed away and then for the funeral. This semester is going well so far, I like all of my classes and one of my professors who is retireing this spring reminds me of Papa... kinda weird.

It is miserably cold and blustery today and we couldn't even see the cars going by on the road from inside the front door of church today because of the white out (the church is only about 25-30ftMAX off the road!) There was a praise/worship service last night that Mt. Olive participated in, it was with a whole bunch of different denominations and we met at the Tower Church (Presbyterian). The church was ENORMOUS!!! I have never in my life been in a church that big. It was like sitting in a cavern. The coolest part though was being with all the people of different denominations just worshipping, so cool. Like Pastor Armstead said, "What if they don't play your song in heaven? Would you still want to go?" I think that really drives home that it isn't necessarily how we worship but that we worship the same God.

Friday night was the Extravaganza, the funnest dance of the year! :):):) A whole bunch of us went it is literally half of the student body smushed into one of the rec rooms with lots of music and lights and it is just a hoot with lots of free food....the whole thing is free! :)

Indoor Intermural soccer starts this week....we are doing a team and it should be a blast...we aren't very good but it is still wicked fun! :) O! O! O! I've been practicing shooting basketball left handed and it is getting really good! :) I can't wait for IM basketball!

On a closing note, I dyed part of my hair last week...a really fun purplish pink color. it is on the underside so you can't see it unless I have my hair up. (so it can still be normal if I need it to be! :))

Have a great week! E.

Fall is here!!!

~my roomie and I!


Yesterday was the first day of fall! It doesn't feel like it though, it is 72* and it is only 11am!!!!! aaaaahhhh! oh well.

Life is hectic but good. I'm doing well in my classes even though I have a couple that are wicked hard. My jobs are good but I missed a lot of work last week because I was wicked sick....I was sick for 6 whole days!!!! And no voice for 3 days.....icky. I'm playing IM flagfootball this year....so far we are 0-2. I tackled a girl in the first game...kinda on accident. haha Turf burns on both knees...good memories.

I am doing "adopt a grandparent" for my service thing for my Foundations of Education class. I adopted a lady named Eva. I haven't met her yet, I'm going to see her this afternoon. She is in an assisted living place. Later tonight is our first home nighttime foorball game! yay! We are doing a "white out" and they were selling glow in the dark tshirts in the sac this weekend.....should be a blast and there are fireworks afterwards too!

I have to go find some lunch and do a bit of work before I go see Eva, hugs, miss you, e.

First real weekend back!

I took this pic the morning Tyler and I left Maine, the sun was coming up just as we drove into Bangor. It is so beautiful!

So far school is going well. My classes all seem like they will be manageable with the exception of my ecology class which could be wicked hard. My Professor wants all of our lab reports to be in the style of a scientific journal article! AAAAHHH!

Between studying and work I haven't really had tons of time to catch up with friends and some I really haven't seen at all. I got my Sunday shift changed! Yay! Now I can still go to Mt. Olive!

This weekend I went for a walk on Saturday morning, I went to the post office, the Salvation Army, and the farmer's stand at the American Legion. It was nice and cool and very relaxing to be doing something besides work/study. Saturday night I went to the street dance with a bunch of friends :) it was wicked fun and there were alot of people there! At the beginning it was all upperclassmen and the Orientation Board people but eventually freshmen came.

Sunday, after church, April, my friend Arielle's older sister, invited me to join them for lunch in her apartment. It was wicked nice and a welcome change from teh cafeteria!

Wow, the new cafeteria is amazing! I can't even explain it other than it is blue with industrial style ceilings and lots of different stations so there are hardly any lines! It is wicked wicked nice!

Well, today I am homeworking and then going with my entomology class tonight to go nighttime bug catching! :) should be fun!

Hugs, Love and miss you all! e.

I'm Back!!!

Hi all! I'm finally back at school...though i really liked being home and didn't really want to come back and start school again. I really missed my friends here though!

Tyler and I drove down on Saturday, we left my house at 4:30am....ick! But, that meant we arrived earlier which was nice! I got my room stuff out of storage on Sunday evening, so much of it is only temporarily unpacked and there is a lot more to go.

Church on Sunday was really cool because Pastor Armstead really covered all of the things that I had been praying about and struggling with this summer...kinda cool confirmation from God that Mt. Olive is where I'm supposed to be right now.

Please pray about my schedule, I'm currently working 2 jobs on campus but one of my shifts interferes with church. I emailed my RD so hopefully it can get switched, but we'll see!

Well, I have some precalc homework to finish up, love you all! e.