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Name: Emily
Gender: Female
Interests: Missionwork, scrapbooking, shopping, soccer...and various "other"
Expertise: Functioning nearly consistently on very little sleep...
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
10/4/2006
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| slowly but surely my crazy schedule is being taken over by good things and to-do items are being accomplished. I only have one exam left. friday night. Only about $1000 to raise for DR, by Saturday. Which is also the last DR meeting. I have my "boy" to thank for the money I've raised so far. He is amazing. I am getting another doc appointment tomorrow and immunizations for the trip hopefully wednesday. My wisdom teeths are being pulled on Tuesday. Guess I got to find another place to store that wealth of wisdom now. it's gonna be hard finding another such safe and convenient place right next to my brain, but I'm sure I'll manage. BUT in there I get to go out with friends, spend the weekend with the girls, spend time with my best friend gregory, go Christmas shopping (the nerve-wracking 'what-in-the-sam-hill-do-i-get-HIM?' shopping...yeah), talk on the phone (so I should be getting of this thing soon), and attend lots and lots of family functions (I may have the big family, but greg's the one with all the family parties!) which means I'm gonna have fun fun fun coming up! woooooot! ok, going, before greg thinks I'VE died. | | |
| One last breath before I dive into essay writing. 6 essays in the next three and a 1/2 weeks. That's a lot. For the next 2 weeks I have 2 essays due on the same day each week. I have 2 presentations this week. I also have to raise somewhere in the vicinity of $1500-2000 dollars for the Faithworks trip to the Dominican Republic in January. I've got $110. At least I already have a passport. I also have to get my applications for teachers' college in. Before Dec. 1. I think I might also have to apply for graduation sometimes before then. And as soon as essays are done, I have 3 exams in 2 days, and 3 more after that. And as soon as exams are done I have to get all my wisdom teeth out. Thankfully somewhere in there is post-camp, and the Buikema family Christmas party, which will be fun, but will also be taking up precious essay-writing time. Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?? Worrying isn't fun. Sometimes it's hard to live up the the title of my blog: "...I live for today / Certain of finding at sunrise / Guidance and strength for the way." I just can't wait until it's all over. | | |
| So I never thought I'd be one to say that I went to a class where everyone went to the bar to discuss political analysis. But I did. And I guess it could make sense. I didn't have a drink, but I probably could have used one for this material. The thing was, we went with the prof. Who is now supposed to teach us a 2-hour, 7-9 pm lecture on mathy stuff. Sucks to be the other seminars. This is NOT going to help my mark in the class. But I figure I'll do my best, and apparently teacher's college only looks at your top ten grades anyway, so I figure I'm safe to actually get only a 65 % on something for once in my life. That's a satisfying feeling. (the not caring, I mean.) In other news...apparently the new popular fashion is to show off the top two inches of whatever your underpants SHOULD be covering (in the case of girls. Guys have long been showing us at least the top two inches of their underwear. but thankfully not what's beneath it.) It is quite disturbing to try and concentrate on something, only to do the blissfully-off-in-academia ceiling-stare and be met along the way by somebody's bum hanging out of their pants. It's a new form of mooning, I suppose. Perhaps the fashion industry is to blame. They're the ones promoting low-low rise pants and too-short tops. Anyways. Off to class. This should be interesting. Thankfully they only had 2 (3?) beers each at most. Ugh, I hate math. | | |
| I got my new camera. A nice canon powershot a640, with 10 megapixels and 4x optical zoom. It takes gorgeous pics. Take a look at my facebook for some of my faves. I also love looking at the world through a new perspective. Like through people you meet. Or through my little nieces. They find the beauty in things you don't see anymore. or even look at. It's so true about looking at the world through a child's eyes. I'm so happy nowadays. I may be the craziest busy person I know - a good thing, I'd send my friends for therapy if I saw them doing what I'm doing... Yet, praying, reading my Bible, discussing God with others, listening without judging - it's so true how if you put God first in your life, it becomes so much better. Anyways, school is over, and I'm going home to grab the phone and then head for bed...tty'all later! | | |
| Ok, as I've been driving for work (either me actually driving,or me sitting in the passenger seat. But mostly me driving.) I've been realising that those views in the rear-view, or even in the side mirrors, are really worth looking at. You can see some really beautiful views there that you never seem to see when you're looking at them forwards. It can even make old views seem new and different somehow...in a good way of course. This defineily makes those 5 am mornings worth getting up for. In other news,those 5 am mornings are slowly developing a morning-Emily. Shocking, I know, and I can already hear some people saying "impossible." But it's actually true! (don't ask John, because he still insists that I look awful in the mornings...nice of him, I know.) But all the despite looking awful, I don't feel all that awful. I enjoy going to work. I enjoy working outside and developing muscles (well, sort-of muscles, anyways) and I really enjoy the paycheck :) I don't enjoy the awkward tan lines, or the bugs, or John blaming for tossing cultivators over the side of the escarpment, when it was actually completely and totally all him that let go of the thing and let it disappear into the great unknown. (ya, that's today's semi-rant. I'm not really upset. I'm more upset about him nearly tossing himself over the side a few minutes later. *shudder.* the least he could ahve done was wait forme to turn around so I didn't have to see that :P) But all in all, landscaping work is fun. And profitable, as long as I stay away from the mall. Or any place where I can spend money. And now it's 8:38 and this crazy girl is going to bed, so she can get up at 4:30 in the morning...woohoo. | | |
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