back to Arkansas!!!

I am going back to Arkansas!!!

I asked for a weekend of in July in order to go tubing with Megan, Tori, and Amanda & Audie said I could take a whole week off!

So, from July 7th to 14th, I'm off!

The plan is to leave after church on Sunday (6th) and make it to at least the Dallas area (possibly stay with gma & gpa shearer?). Then leave early (like 7ish) Monday morning & drive the rest of the way to Arkansas and get there hopefully as the boys are waking up from naps!

Then hang with them for a few days, head back toward Round Rock on Thursday (& stay with my cousin & her new baby?). Then Friday evening, meet up with Megan, Tori, and Amanda and go tubing. Then have mom meet me in San Antonio Sunday afternoon & we can hang Sunday & Monday & get back Monday night.

I HAVE A VACATION! YAYZ!!!

I GOT A...

NEW CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am SO SO SO SO SO SO excited!!! :)

It's a 2008 Nissan Sentra (Black)
Mom got a 2008 Nissan Sentra (Dark Red)
Bill got a 2008 Nissan Versa (Bright Red).

YAY!!!!

All I've been able to say for the last 4 hours is EEEEEP!

We got good deals (obviously, since we got 3 brand spankin' new cars). AND, mom and I are getting XM RADIO!!!!

This is of me getting the keys!!!

These are the keys!!!

MY NEW CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!

I AM SO SO SO EXCITED!!!!

Jellyfish Larva...eewwww.

I went to the beach with Jenny and the boys today. Colby & I went into the water while Jenny was putting sunscreen on & getting Jacob ready. Before they even got in the water, Colby and I were running out, covered with little Jellyfish Larva. Kendi had told me about it being out at Port a from when she took her brother in law out there, but it was crazy. I had never heard of it. AND, people were still out there swimming.

If you try to go out there, be careful!

Hooks game.

Went to the Hooks game tonight with Jared, Kevin, Jeremy, Shawna, and Julie.
It was a blast. Then Jared, Kevin, Jeremy, Shawna, her sister, and I went to Coffee Waves & had gelato. I do so love gelato. :)

Beach to Bay Pictures

Well, my team ran it in 5 hours & 12 minutes! So exciting! We are talking about possibly running in more races together throughout the next year until the next Beach to Bay & trying to beat our times!

anyway, here are some pictures:

our Oso Creek Jersey's (on the back, it said "I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me") and our team number: 1362! (there were over 1700 teams!)
this one is of the timing chip that i had to attach to my shoe---at the finish, i ran over a sensor that marked my time. pretty cool...

this was me on the way to the race---when i realized it was actually happening.

Colleen & I after she ran her leg, but before I ran mine!
It was so much fun! Although I am VERY sore today.

I did it!

I ran in Beach to Bay!

My team finished in 5 hours 12 minutes, and something seconds.

I did my 4.4 miles in a little over an hour. (like an hour 5, i think).

I'm exhausted.

Pictures & more to come at a later date. :)

Excited, Nervous, Scared

Not sure which I'm more of right now...

BEACH TO BAY IS TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what to do...i'm too excited to sleep, but I'm exhausted from a long day.

All I know is that once this is over, I'm totally going SWIMMING! Yay!

Grades & Prayers needed

So, I got all my grades today. I passed everything! YAY! Although, Western Civ was a D...my first ever (boo.)

Government 2301-B
Intro to Theatre 1310-A
Western Civilization 2311-D
Beginning Swimming 1118-B
Principles of Teaching in the Church 4380-B

So, all in all: 1 A, 3Bs, and a D...not to shabby. Not the greatest either though, unfortunately.

I'm going through some tough times right now, so if you could please pray that God would give me the wisdom to make some tough choices & that He would also provide monetarily if I make certain choices.

Summer Plans

I am really looking forward to relaxing over the next few weeks before I start babysitting all the time again. I will hopefully get the chance to go up to Austin to see my cousin Missy and her (soon to born) baby boy, Lleyton. That'll be fun!

I would really like to make it up to Arkansas again. I'm going through some major Jacoby withdrawal.

I also want to continue running. I started running again yesterday & it's been fun, but I'm in lots of pain & Beach to Bay is next stinkin' week already.

I'd also like to go to some concerts & Hooks games & whatever else.

I hope this is a super fun summer. :)

done...almost...

Well, I took 3 out of my 4 finals at DMC today. The first two (government and theatre) weren't bad at all. In fact, Government was first. We started the test at like 803 & I was done & in the Harvin center getting breakfast at 820. Then I spent 2 hours studying for theatre and western civ and talking to my friend Matt. At 1055 I started my Theatre final, at 1115, I was calling my friend Kyrie & she came and picked me up & we did lunch at a Chinese Restaurant near DMC. (Thanks for buying me lunch, Kyrie!) Then at 135ish I started my western civ test. SO HARD! There was matching and there would be like 10 questions with 25 answers to choose from or a list of dates& you had to write what was significant about that date. Then there was a list of like 6 or 8 wars and you had to write who the war was fought between. And had to know who wrote what type of literature (philosophical, religous, historical, poetry...) and I'm totally sure I failed. That one took me quite a bit longer. I think it was 215 or 220 when I finally left. Just pray for me that I'll pass the class for the semester. I did get a 92 on the map test we took in their last week (Thanks, Tori and Amanda for helping me study the maps last week before my test).

Okay, well, i'm off..to do something. Something relaxing. What? who knows?

My Fortune!

Went to eat lunch with Kyrie today at the Chinese restaurant by Del Mar. Got a fortune that says, "A friend will soon reveal an exciting secret to you!" Does anyone have anything they want to tell me? haha.

Text Message

Just got a text message from Kasey Wojtek.

It totally made my day. I love you, Kasey!

Study, Study, Study...

I totally can't wait for this semester to be over and done with! I can't believe how stinkin' fast it went by. It seems like we just started the semester.

As I'm study for my Government, Theatre, and Western Civ finals tomorrow & write my Government paper, I just pray that God gives me the clarity of mind to remember these things.

If you are reading this before Monday, May 5th, please say a prayer that I'll do well & remember everything that I need to remember. Especially in Western Civ. If I can get a B on the final, I'll probably make a C. Otherwise, it may be a D, but at this point, I'll be happy with a C. (which is really sad...in highschool, I was an all A student & I never studied.)

Must go get brownies outta the oven now. :)

All nighter...almost

So, I had to teach a Bible study tonight in my Principles of Teaching in the Church class (which went very well, and Ruthie came and watched me!!! YAY!)
So, last night, of course, I was freaking out because I didn't have it prepared. So, I went and got a huge starbuck's vanilla frappuccino from circle k & went to Megan's house. I mean, i figure if I'm going to be up all night, I might as well let her sleep and keep baby boy, right (i'm such a good cousin by the way)? So, I stayed up & studied & about 4am, I was exhausted. So, I got into bed...and what do I hear? baaaaa. maaaa... baaaaa... (also known as baby boy's goat noises). So, at 415am, I was back up. He finally went to sleep at 5am, & I was up at about 630 or 645 when I heard Aunt Maggie come in the room. So...about an hour and a half of sleep. And let me tell you, I'm functioning pretty well for me.

BUT, I'm going to bed now.

Looking forward to a fun day tomorrow:
1) Babysitting the Lierman's :)
2) Possibly lunch with Juillet (maybe Olive Garden?)
3) Shopping! (gotta get khaki's and a blue shirt for pics)
4) Babysitting the McDermott's
5) Slumber Party @ Megan's

and somewhere in there, studying & i'm going to start running again since beach to bay is in like 2 weeks---crap.

ONLY 2 DAYS OF CLASSES LEFT (FINALS) ---MONDAY is Government, Theatre, and Western Civilization---WEDNESDAY is Swimming---and, technically THURSDAY is going out to eat with my class (we did the lesson as a final tonight!).