Saturday:

After I got back from hanging at JonTon's house my friends threw me a surprise graduation party! I thought I was just coming back to watch a movie with them, but they had planned a whole event. I was totally oblivious, despite some slip ups that they were sure I caught. :) It was great fun. See some pics below. :)


Let's get this party started! 


The girls attempting to beat me at Halo. :) 


Twister anyone? 


More exhausting twister pics 


My friends are so sweet. :) 


Awww, how cute. 

Oh my gosh, a week left!

So, it is merely a week away until I graduate! It is hard to believe. I finished up my papers on Thursday night (a lot earlier than expected!) and I felt a lot less stressed. I felt like I was done. Which at this point is not exactly true. I still have a couple of finals to live through. Although I am not really that worried about them...Which is sorta the problem. I know that I need to study for them. But I am having a very difficult time convincing myself to actually study for them. I woke up earlier today to attempt to work on them...but I didn't get very far. However, I still have Sunday and Monday. So there is still time. :)

Last night my friends and I went out to Olive Garden to celebrate the end of the year since the last day of classes was yesterday. :) It was great fun. We got their around 7 waited an hour or so for our seat and then didn't leave until 10:00! It was great fun. :) I have leftovers for today too! We stuffed ourselves last night it was pretty amazing. :)

Today I am off to JonTon's for Tonia's chick-flick day. It is sorta a continuation of her birthday celebration. It should be very relaxing and entertaining. :) Yay!

So...how 'bout that finals studying...heh.

The Rest of College Life....ugh.

I have so much to do and so little time as you can see below:

To DO:
-Finish 8 page paper by Friday
-Start/Finish 6 page paper by Friday
-Complete Group Project by Monday
-Study for Finals

Wednesday:
11:00-3:00 Classes
3:00-5:00 Group Project Meeting
5:00-6:00 Dinner
6:30-8:10 Class
8:15 - ? End of the Year Floor Party
? - ? Homework?

Thursday:
8:00-3:00 Last Day of Work
3:00-6:00 Homework
6:00-6:45 Dinner
7:00-8:00 Homework?
8:00-10:00 Bible Study
10:00-? Homework

Friday:
11:00-3:00 Last Day of Classes (turn in papers)
3:00-? Try and Relax or Study for Finals....hmmmm

Saturday:
8:00-12:00 Homework?
1:00-? Tonia's Chick-Flick Party
?-? Study for Finals?

Sunday:
8:00-4:30 Study for Finals or Relax....hmmmm
5:00-7:00 Hall Council End of The Year BBQ
9:00-? Hall Council Moyer Awards Ceremony

Monday:
9:00-? Study for Finals
6:00 Evening Class - Group Project Due

Tuesday:
10:00-12:30 Final #1
1:00-2:00 Final #2

Wendesday-Friday
Kick Back and Enjoy Life until Graduation on Saturday!

As you can see I have papers due on Friday and no time to complete them. It is a problem. However, I figure it really isn't a college career until one has had an all nighter...and well I haven't. However, I think it might happen Thursday night. Ugh.

Pray for me these last 2 weeks!

Something I should take to heart

Patient Trust
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability--
and that it may take a very long time.

And so I think it is with you.
your ideas mature gradually--let them grow,
let them shape themselves, without undue haste.
Don't try to force them on,
as though you could be today what time
(that is to say, grace and circumstances
acting on your own good will)
will make of you tomorrow.

Only God could say what this new spirit
gradually forming within you will be.
Give our Lord the benefit of believing
that God's hand is leading you,
And accept the anxiety of feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.

um...yeah.

Well it is Friday. And while I should be excited that the week is over and I am one day closer to it all being over I am pretty much annoyed at life. I think I have decided that I hate transitions. Transitional stages in life generally suck. I like my life to be settled...I don't like my life to be all up in the air.

I hate that I don't know what I want to do with my life. I hate that I feel the need to live up to some unknown society standard...that when choosing a job I think to myself, "will this be good enough?"...Good enough for who exactly? I just don't want to be that girl...you know the one that finishes college, moves back home to her parents and works at Sears or some other equally lame job.

At every transitional stage in my life I continually think to myself, "if only I could skip the next 5-10 years..." Is life really going to be any better in 5-10 years? Who knows.

I am just frustrated this week I guess. Tired of counting down the ever elongating days. Ready for it all to be over and for life to be once again settled....

25 more days

I am fairly annoyed that it has been over a week since I have blogged last. I guess that goes to show you that I am fairly busy. Granted I have time to goof off, but apparently blogging hasn't been a priority this last week....well maybe it was just that I don't feel like I have much to say...

I went home this last weekend. That was really nice. I really really didn't want to come back to Seattle. :( I am ready for school to be over. I am tired of it all. Bleh! heh....Anyway, the weekend was good. I spent most of it with my friends I guess. Mom was gone so I only saw her on Sunday, which worked out well since it was Mother's Day. :) I also spent a lot of Saturday with at Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Larry's since Gloria and Deborah were down. It was a very relaxing weekend. :)

This week is moving by pretty slowly. I don't have anything major...I have a quiz on Friday, but other than that it is pretty easy. However, this weekend I have to work on a paper or two. They aren't due for a while, but I don't really have any other time to work on them...Hopefully it will go well. :)

I have been working on my resume and finally got it the way I like it. I am hoping to be able to put it to use soon. :)

I guess that is all for now...

How I spent my weekend, etc.

I thought that this weekend would be all work and no play, but it seemed to work out alright. I had 3 papers due Monday so I had to work pretty hard this weekend to get them finished...but not as hard as I thought I would have to. :) I finished one on Friday which I had started the weekend before. Then since it was Cinco de Mayo we decided to celebrate it how it was meant to be celebrated: chips, salsa, and a chick flick. hee hee. (see picture). Then on Saturday I woke up at a reasonable time and worked on my 2nd paper. I had about half of it done before lunch and then finished it by about 2:30 or 3. I was then able to go shopping with JonTon and hang out with them for the rest of the day. I was able to buy a nice pants suit that will come in handy for interviews in the near future. :) Then we chilled and played Settlers of Catan a few times...Jonathan won both. :( Then on Sunday I finished up my last paper which was really more of a question and answer session. I was able to chill a little on Sunday too. I had a Hall Council training meeting thing (for the newbies) in the evening. All and all it was a pretty good weekend. I was pretty happy with its results. :) I am looking forward to this weekend when I am coming home for a short visit. I don't know if I will be able to see anyone really, but it will be nice to be home. I will be home for a longer visit on Memorial Day weekend. :) This week is pretty busy. I have Hall Council tonight. Then tomorrow I have a late night filled with secret fun (any guesses?). Thursday will be spent with work, homework, and sleep, and Friday is Hall Council Initiation for the newbies (5 a.m. wake up call!) ugh. It should be fun though. :) I will be tired come this weekend though...it will be nice to come home....only 32 more days!

More pics

Karen and I help set up :)


Hall Council Picture


Amber, me, and Emily watch the happenings


Emily and I


Amber and I

More Banquet pics will come..but until then entertain yourself with this...

I found this on a friends blog and decided to steal it. :) Here is what you do...Take your music player (like itunes) and put it on shuffle. Then ask yourself the questions below. Press "next song" after each question. Whatever the name of the song is your answer. Don't cheat. Enjoy! My comments in parenthesis...

How am I feeling today?
I'm Through (Pretty much applies)

Will I get far in life?
A Whole New World (I think that is good...)

How do my friends see me?
Come a Little bit Closer (k...)

When will I get married?
Speechless (Is that like "Try again later?")

What is my best friend's theme song?
You Must Have Been an Angel (Aaawww)

What is my theme song?
From Me to You (Beatles. hee hee)

What is the story of my life?
Kingdom Suite (That sounds good)

What was high school like?
Mister Big Time (Well, not quite...)

How can I get ahead in life?
Nobody I know (oh dear)

What is the best thing about me?
Something to believe In (k...)

What is today going to be like?
Don't Be Stupid (hmmm)

What is in store for this weekend?
E-mail My Heart (Whatever that means...)

What song describes my parents?
Gravity (That works...)

Describes my grandparents?
Just Around the Riverbend (Ha Ha!

Describes me?
Cell Block Tango (Oh my!)

How is my life going?
I try (It is so true...)

What song will be played at my funeral?
I don't know you Anymore (Interesting...)

How does the world see me?
Hippy Hippy Shake (Odd....)

Will I have a happy life?
Hound Dog (What!?)

Do people secretely lust after me?
A Lot More Action (the title may not work but the song does...I am kinda disturbed)

How can I make myself happy?
Your still the One (so...I need a guy?)

What should I do with my life?
Better Luck Next Time (Sad day)

Will I ever have children?
I've Got an Alley and a Bad Idea That says you should keep your Mouth Shut (I think that is a no...)

What will I name them?
Where I wanna Be (weird)

Who will you marry?
Can't Get Enough of you Baby (Smash Mouth?)

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Check Yes or No (This fits well...)

Banquet Pics...more to come

Part of a Hall Council Picture. :)

Bonnie and I - Roommate Love :)

Yep, it's me!

Emily, Amber, Me, and Susan

Some of the group with the view

Basically what I did all night. :)

Banquet!

So last night we had a successful banquet! :) Funny that I would use that term to describe it, but from a Hall Council viewpoint that is how I think about all of the events this year...were they successful or not?

We had about 80 people attend and everyone seemed to have a good time. :) The event was on the Skansonia Ferry. A docked/retired ferry boat that is located in the Fremont area. It has a wonderful view of the city skyline and is right on the water. :) Although it rained earlier in the evening the night was clear which allowed people to be outside as well. :)

Hall Council had to go early to help set up an then everyone arrived at about 6-6:30ish. Dinner was served at 6:30. It was a buffet style dinner with fruit, vegetables, cheese/crackers, pasta, and prime rib (cut thinly for us). It was very good. :) I am really not sure how the place makes any money though because they gave us more food than we paid for (especially since they lowered their price for us)...maybe they were just being nice. :)

After dinner the dancing began! :) As you may remember from last year's blog I am not really big on the dancing. Personally I blame my Christian school up-bringing. We didn't have 'dances' (if you can call them that) until my senior year...and by then it was too late. lol. So basically I spent 3 hours just hanging around watching people dance and taking pictures, etc. :) I had fun, but I could have left 2 hours earlier and had just as much fun. lol. I am lame...but okay with it.

Although I am well aware that I neither need a guy nor have time for a guy right now there are certain times when I think a guy would be nice. :) lol. Last night was one of those times. Pretty much everybody remained downstairs dancing so the upstairs was pretty empty. Plus there was a topside covered deck thing that went all the way around the ferry. Nobody really went out there because it was a little cold. However, I did escape the dancing madness out there for a while. It was really pretty and quite....The perfect place to hide with a guy if I had one. heh. jk....sorta.

Anyway, it was fun evening and everything went better than planned! What more can I say?...Pictures to come soon. I promise. :)

Random tid-bits

Don't have a whole lot to say but thought I would post these two random things that I have thought about a lot today.

First off the bank lady that does the drive-up window I always go to for work is retiring tomorrow. I am kinda sad about it just because she was really nice and I kinda got attached to her. I didn't think that I would or could get attached to a bank lady...but I did. lol. It isn't really a big deal, just something I have been thinking about. I would have thought that I would be leaving her since I only have like 10 more work days left. However, it is her that is saying goodbye. Good for her though, because she was past retirement age. :)


Second random thought that is completely unrelated. SPU made the local news tonight. It is kinda lame but boys are stupid. Apparently some one created a website to rank the hottest girls of SPU. And it has kinda gotten blown out of proportion. I can't say that I agree with the website, but it could have been a lot worse. And I don't know I just don't feel like it is that big of a deal. However, everyone is making a big deal out of it. There is going to be a 'rally' tomorrow in Martin's Square and we will probably be on the news again. It is sorta lame. I am basically choosing to keep my opinion to myself though because a lot of people are freaking out about it. I suppose they may have a point...but seriously people.


Also....on a happier note. I got to go out to dinner today. One of my friend's mom took me, Emily, and her daughter out to dinner. It was really nice. I was glad that I didn't have to eat in Gwinn. :) Yay for nice parents!! It did however cut down on my homework time. But do I care? NO! Maybe I won't even do my homework!....okay fine. I will do my homework....most of it.....I will at least skim over the material. hmph.


Okay, that is all the random thoughts from me for now. I will write more about this weekend later. It should be good! I am seeing a play tomorrow and on Saturday we have banquet! Woot Woot!

48...

Well my cold is progressing. It hasn't really amounted to much. But now I am bordering on laryngitis. It is funny to hear me talk and attempt to be my witty self. :) I talked to Kristen yesterday and we had to end the conversation becuase I was becoming increasing harder to listen to. lol. I feel fine, I just sound horrible. I thougth I might wake up with no voice today, but it was just more hoarse. :) I think I am getting better though.

In other news...
This weekend has been fairly relaxing. I have been able to enjoy several fun activities as well as get my homework done. I would have liked to have started on some of the upcoming papers that are due, but none of my professors have really given me any information on them...so that was a no go. Oh well, I didn't really want to work on them anyway. heh. I am becoming increasingly less stressed about them...which makes no sense because the due date is only coming closer. Oh well. I guess I will just deal with them when they are actually due. Joy.

I must say that being on the organizing side of hall events is not always the most fun. We are currently trying to get people excited about banquet (it's next saturday!) but for some reason it is difficult. Nobody really wants to spend $35 I guess...even though it is totally worth it. Today is the last day to buy tickets and we need about 40 more sold if it is going to happen! So...I am about to go out with Emily and try to sell some more. If people don't buy them we might have to cancel banquet!! :( I still have faith that people are just lazy and haven't bought them yet though....We shall see.

Anyway, only 48 days left.

Theology Classes

I must say that in my experience there is almost nothing duller than a theology class. I never knew that God could be so boring. It is sad really. I always expect the theology classes to be somewhat interesting since they have titles like Christianity in America (which could be interesting...but it's not)....or Christianity in Society....I feel that these classes have such potential. They could be really good. However, the professors are so dull and the content of the class is never exactly what I expected it to be. Not to mention that the professors love to hear themselves talk and use enormous words! What is with that? It is like they have to prove that even though they only got a degree in theology they are actually very intelligent. It is so annoying....And the books they have us read! Ugh! Whole books that go on and on about meaningless Christian baloney using as many big words as possible. It is ridiculous!...

...51 more days...

52 and counting....

So, I think I am getting sick. I am achey and have sinus pressure, etc. I have been trying to knock it out with pretty much every remedy possible. I have been eating yogurt, oranges, drinking liquids, and I am pretty sure I took 5 different types of pills this morning. lol. (not to worry nothing that conflicts with eachother...)

Anyway, I must muddle through. I have a test in an hour that I need to review my notes for. I studied quite a bit yesterday, but when it comes to tests I never know if I study enough. I end up with some kind of false confidence and then when I get to the test I am like, "I definitely should have studied more..." However it tends to all end well. lol.

I am excited about tonight though because I am rewarding myself with 3 hours of television. lol. Alias is back on tonight! It has been off the air forever and is finally returning for a final few episodes. It is a 2 hour event starting at 8:00 tonight. :) So I will watch that and then watch the other show my friends and I watch on Wednesdays. It should be a good and relaxing night. After the TV watching I will probably just go to bed...put off my homework until tomorrow. heh.

54 more slow agonizing days left....

Well it is back to the grindstone up here. It was so nice to be home for the weekend but now it is back to reality. I have so much stuff due coming up that I think I might just decide to crawl in a hole and never come out. Several papers are due on the same day and I am not quite sure how I will get it all done. However, I always end up getting it done somehow...no doubt you will hear me complain about this for the rest of the quarter...just fair warning. heh.

I am in between classes right now. I have an evening class later tonight that goes until 9 p.m. Ugh. It isn't so bad of a class but it is pretty long. Plus it cuts into my evening a lot more than my other evening class. It isn't as bad of a class as I thought it would be though. There is a group project, but I think it will turn out okay. :)

I have a lot I should be doing right now so I guess I will go, but I wanted to post and complain just a bit...hope you are enjoying yourselves...

Happy Birthday Mom! :)

I don't have a whole lot to say, but thought I would post anyway since I haven't in a couple of days. Today is my last day of classes this week because we have Good Friday off. I am leaving for home tomorrow after work. I am glad to be going home because this quarter is annoying me. So far I haven't really had anything due so I have no real reason to hate the quarter yet, however, the due dates are quickly approaching and the fact that some of the papers I have for different classes are due on the same day is really a drag. bleh. However, I am trying to put off thinking about any of that until next weekend. heh. Hope to see you all real soon! ttfn.

Scrounge

So, last night was the city-wide scavenger hunt put on by Moyer Hall Council. :) It turned out to be a really cool event. We had 93 people (24 teams) show up. This is double what we had last year so I guess my publicity really paid off. :) The event started at 8:45 p.m. with the teams gathering. They signed in and were told the rules and by 9:00 they were off! They then had 3 hours to collect as many of the 101 clues as they could. While they were off running around the city Hall Council made some last minute set ups and then spent the rest of the time playing Taboo. :) It was nice. At about 11:30 Hall Council prepared for the madness that was about to ensue. You see the teams had to return by 12:00 and sign in or their hard work would count for nothing. So the teams came back at midnight and then it took over an hour for Hall Council to get through all their answer sheets and tally up who the winner was. We had refreshments for the people to eat while they were waiting. Despite the long wait it was more organized and a shorter wait than last year. :) So there was a possibility of about 3780 points. The teams that participated scored in the range of 820 to 1500 points. Obviously we did a good job of making it impossible for them to get all of the clues/points. hee hee. We gave prizes to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Everyone seemed to have a good time and I would call the event a success! At this point though I am just glad it is over. lol. So everyone left at about 1:30 or 1:45 a.m. I was too wired to sleep so Bonnie and I stayed up and watched tv. I think we finally turned it off at 3:00 a.m. :) I slept til 11:30 this morning. heh. The rest of today has been spent relaxing and finishing up homework. It's back to the grindstone tomorrow....but it is only 62 more days and this week is only 4 days long so that is nice...See you all soon.

64...well 63

It's after midnight so I guess that means that there are 63 days left. Yep...63 days...

63 days before I must exit the "SPU bubble" as we affectionately call it...

63 days until I have to grow up...

63 days until I have a little thing called debt and no way to pay it....

63 days until I have to get a real job...

63 days until people start expecting things of me...
(i.e. boyfriend/fiance/marriage/kids--among other things)

63 days until I have to face the real world and all that entails...

63 days...

joy.

65....

So...Another post. I don't really have much to say. I have just been attending classes and going to work. Nothing to exciting. Life sure gets busy pretty fast up here. I don't have much to say, but thought I should let you all know I am alive. :)

Tomorrow I am going over to JonTon's. I haven't seen them since before I left for spring break. So that will be good. Tonia and I will be watching The Phantom of the Opera...and Jonathan might join us. It will be good to get off campus and spend some time with family.

Then Saturday will be full of homework and Scrounge stuff. Hopefully that event will go well. You can pray for that....

It looks like I will be able to come home next weekend for Easter. I don't have classes on Friday so I think I will leave for home after work on Thursday. That will be nice...make it a long weekend. :)

Hope everyone is doing well. ttfn.

67 Day's Until I Graduate!

This seems somewhat appropriate:

My Next Thirty Years
By Tim McGraw

I think I'll take a moment, celebrate my age
The ending of an era and the turning of a page
Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years

Hey my next thirty years I'm gonna have some fun
Try to forget about all the crazy things I've done
Maybe now I've conquered all my adolescent fears
And I'll do it better in my next thirty years

My next thirty years I'm gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I'm doing here
In my next thirty years

Oh my next thirty years, I'm gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I'll remember my next thirty years

My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
Raise a little family and hang out with my wife
Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Make up for lost time here, in my next thirty years

Yeah, I'm alive.

So...sorry I haven't blogged recently. Life up here gets pretty busy pretty fast. Unfortunately. Classes seem like they will go okay. My Business Ethics class will probably be a lot of work later in the quarter, but it is also tolerably interesting, so that helps. My Christianity in America class is exactly as I expected it would be. Boring. I do have a friend in that class though, so that helps. :) My Bible Study should be pretty good. It is formatted a little differently this quarter, but I still expect to get a lot out of it without having to put too much into it. lol. My final class I haven't had yet. It meets Monday night. I will let you know about it later I guess. I am hoping it isn't hard since it is only 3 credits. But you never know.

Yesterday I went over to JonTon's even though they were in Longview. I was checking up on the animals they were taking care of. However, the animals didn't really need any care from me since they had food and water that they apparently hadn't eaten. Oh well. I used the trip as an excuse to do homework and laundry and relax away from campus. :) It was nice.

Then yesterday evening Hall Council went out and did research for scrounge. Scrounge is a city-wide scavenger hunt that will be taking place this coming Saturday. We put the event on for the campus every year. So we had to make sure all the clues we made up had the correct answers and we needed a few more questions as well. So basically there was 4 of us trapped in a car for 4 hours! We were about ready to kill each other near the end....and we like each other. lol. It was fun, but no one should have to be in a car for that long driving around Seattle. However, we went to about every area of Seattle...downtown, west seattle, queen anne, u-district, ballard, etc. :)

Anyway, today I am just sorta taking it easy. I am finishing up my homework and catching up on a few things. There is talk of going out to eat tonight...Probably Chipotle! :) It's nice to be back.

Greetings!

Just a quick little note to say that I am home and I survived the oral surgery! :) I am at home recoving now. The first day was a little rough, but the second day has been much better. My mouth isn't too sore and I don't have to much swelling. Yay! Anyway, I don't have much to add, just taking it easy. Hope you are doing the same. ttfn.

I hate finals week

I am highly unmotivated to work on my papers and such tonight that are due Monday. I have over 14 pages of typed double-spaced information that needs to be completed. But am I working on it? No! The end of this quarter I have been procrastinating. Bleh. I do not necessarily think that it will be a problem writing these papers...but it is there looming. I am starting on it early tomorrow, which is good. I really just don't care anymore. heh.

2 tests and 2 papers to go! Is it Tuesday yet? :(

To do before I can come home on Tuesday:

Academic:

-Prepare for a group project presentation on Friday

-Write a 10 page paper for my Organizational Behavior on my group project

-Write a 4 page paper for my Math Class

-Take my last Math test

-Take my Film Final


Non-Academic:

-Go to a surprise birthday party Saturday

-Hall Council Banquet Reveal Sunday night


...I hate the end of the quarter...

EMP Pics

Here are more EMP pics..and one random Film Fest one at the end. I will likely have more pics to showcase over the next few days. Enjoy.

Look at all the people...over 400 came throughout the night! 

Teresa and I take a ride 

The outside of Moyer all dressed up for EMP 

Big Bertha all dressed up to look like the real EMP 

A moment of relaxation during EMP 

EMP - Emily and I with one of the giant guitars outside of Moyer 

Emily and I with the "Bouncer" 

Teresa and I - Look how cute we are. :) 

EMP - The stage in the 1.5 

EMP picture - Bonnie and I with Elvis and Marilyn Monroe 

Me and Emily at Emerson Film Fest...you can't tell, but I am wearing a dress. :) 

EMP pics

Here are the 2 picture I took on my camera. There were a bunch more pictures taken on other cameras that I hope to get soon. However, until then I thought I would post these. :) I hope to get the pictures from broomball, emerson filmfest, etc. soon too. Hope you had a good weekend!

~Laura

Not the best picture...but you get the idea.... 

Teresa and I 

new post

I don't really have much to say but am tired of seeing the same thing up on my site. :) (plus I am tired of other people's blogs being the same and I am hoping they will follow my example. hee hee)

So the end of the quarter is approaching and I am not really looking forward to the next 13 days. I have 2 papers and 2 tests and a presentation. Oh joy. I think it will be okay though. I am just unsure right now. I always get this way I guess.

This quarter sure had dragged on. I am ready for Spring quarter...which I am sure will go much faster. It is my last and therefore I must enjoy every moment. This quarter I have tried to do more things that I need to experience before I graduate such as making a waffle in Gwinn, and going to see a play in the theatre. Both were good. :) lol. Anyway, I should go...ttfn.

EMP

It is amazing how busy I have been, and yet I can't think of anything specific that I have really done since I last posted. :) It has just been a busy week I guess. My week days are pretty busy with all my little things.

Yesterday I ended up going to JonTon's to "study." We spent about an hour studying and about 2.5 hours hanging out. :) It was nice though. We had a wonderful homemade pizza dinner. And we watched some of the Olympics while continuing to discuss the superior/inferiority of the Canadian channel and NBC. :)

Friday night my friends and I went to Value Village to see if we could find clothes that would be in the 1950's era. We are looking for these clothes because next Saturday is the Experience Moyer Project (EMP). It is an event put on my Moyer that will be pretty cool. Each floor is a different theme and they have different activities etc. So, I ended up calling Tonia while at Value Village to see if she had anything I could borrow, because I thought she would be a pretty good resource. :) She said she could help me out, so I only ended up buying shoes at Value Village. Then yesterday when I went over to her house I found out that she had made me a poodle skirt! :) (It technically has a record on it instead of a poodle, but you get the idea...) So, that is what I will be wearing next Saturday! I might end up wearing it on Friday too, but I am unsure as of right now.

Only 2 more weeks of classes left and then I have a couple days of finals before I can come home. :) I am ready for the quarter to be over, but I am not sure I am ready for the next 2 weeks. lol. Oh well. Ready or not here they come...

I should have pictures to post soon of last weekend and also last night at Emerson Film Fest. :)

Quick post before class

Hey everybody! I don't have much time to post, but thought I should update you all since I am not sure when I will next get a chance (my weeks are pretty busy). This weekend was really great. Because we had Monday off I was able to fit in more stuff.

On Saturday Kristen, Vern, and Andrea came up to visit. Kristen was only there for about 5 hours or so, but it was still a great visit. We ate lunch at Chipotle and then walked around the UW campus and the Ave. It was fun. After Kristen left we took Andrea to Pike Place, and Kerry Park since she had never been to Seattle. It is nice to visit those places again, I don't go to them enough. :) We went to Dinner at spaghetti Factory and celebrated Megan and Andrea's birthdays early. It was nice.
Vern and Andrea spent the night and so we also went out to lunch on Sunday.

It was a very nice visit. I am glad that they came up, I haven't seen them in a while. After they left on Sunday, I did a little bit of homework and then just relaxed before evening church with JonTon.

On Monday I did homework in the morning and early afternoon and then left to spend the evening with JonTon. It was nice to get off campus and watch a movie with Tonia. I helped Tonia sign up for Netflix, so now we can have our movies all set up for the next few weeks. :) I heart Netflix.

So, that was my weekend....In other news I am finally registered for my classes next quarter. I attempted to register for them on Friday, but had some difficulty, but it all got worked out today. :) Yay! For the first time in 3-4 quarters I am only taking 15 (I have been taking 17). :) So that should be good. I guess I have told you all that already though. Scroll down to a couple of days ago if you want to see my schedule again for next quarter. :)

Anyway, I guess I should get ready for class. Hope everyone is doing well! :)

Could ya would ya, ain't ya gonna, if I asked you would you wanna, be my baby tonight!

This week has been going pretty well. I haven't had anything major due in any of my classes so I have just been trying to relax a little. On Monday night I went to JonTon's and watched the movie "Just Like Heaven." I would recommend this chick flick to everyone interested. :) It is very cute, Tonia and I enjoyed it a lot. After the movie, and once Jonathan was home from work we watched the Olympics. It was a very nice evening. :)

Yesterday was a very long day for me. I had my normal classes and then work, and then I had a group project. We threw a Valentine's Day Party for a sunday school group at the Salvation Army church in Ballard. We had a about 40 kids show up and all it went pretty well considering the large turn out. We did however expect that many kids, so it was all good. :) We had a cookie decorating station, a valentine making station, a coloring station, a heart bingo station, and we played a couple games as well. I would call it a success! :)....After that it was like 9:00 and I watched a little of the movie my floor was watching, but I had already seen it so I didn't stay very long. I hadn't had any dinner so Emily and I went to Taco Bell at 10:30ish. heh. Then I cam back to my room and watched more of the Olympics! Yay!

Today I have gone to class and done homework. I got a package from Aunt Linda today! I was slightly afraid that it would be the dreaded flamingo, however it was not. I was rewarded with Valentine things instead. She sent a really cool magnetic "Mr. Right." You can dress him up (or down) in different out fits. It is very fun. Bonnie likes it as well, although I think she is slightly disturbed by it. lol. It is now proudly displayed on the front of our fridge. hee hee. :) It makes me laugh. :) Thanks Aunt Linda!

Anyway, I better get to class. I just got done with dinner and have been killing time until class starts. Bah!

My friends are coming up this weekend so I am excited about that. Bonnie and I have to make sure the room is presentable though. I think we will end up doing this on Friday. However, it won't take too long cause it looks pretty good (at least my side. lol). Anyway, ttfn. ~Laura

I heart the Olympics!

So, I have been watching the Olympics as much as possible this weekend. I watched most of the opening ceremonies on Friday night, but left after the parade of nations to go watch a movie with the girls on the floor. Then today I got up and watched as much as I could. I ended up doing a lot of shopping today. I went to the Dollar Tree and Rite Aid for stuff for my group project and then my friends and I went to Fred Meyer and Safeway to stalk up on needed items. :) I managed to do a little homework, but have spent most of my day watching the Olympics. Since I have cable there are 4 channels that possibly show Olympic activities. Obviously NBC does (but mostly in the evening), then USA, and CNBC also showed some things in the morning and afternoon. Plus the Canadian broadcasting channel had Olympics on most of the day. This was interesting because you get the Canadian slant on things. I must say though that I think that America does a better job of presenting the Olympics than Canada. I feel there are more special interest stories with the U.S., plus our graphics and theme song are better. hee hee. I haven't decided how I am going to balance all my required responsibilities and still be able to get in as much Olympic watching as possible these next 2 weeks. lol. Oh well, priorities I guess....

After today's film class I will not have anything big due for a couple of weeks. This will be nice, maybe I can relax a little. Today though I have my midterm in my film class. I expect it to be pretty hard, and I hope I am prepared. I am not sure how I could have really studied more though so...we shall see. :)

Later tonight I am going to go to JonTon's. It will be nice to get off campus, do my laundry, and hang out with family. I am increasingly homesick and tired of all things related to school. So, hopefully tonight helps. :) I am sure it will....

so close, and yet....

Today I met with my advisor to plan for next quarter's classes. It was a nice visit since I like my advisor and since she likes me (she enjoys the fact that I plan ahead. hee hee). So, anyway for the first time in like 3-4 quarters I am only going to be taking 15 credits (as opposed to 17)! Hopefully this will make my last quarter somewhat easier...but maybe not since they are all upper division classes. heh. Also I will enjoy next quarter's schedule a lot more than this quarter's. I am back to having MWF classes which means I can work on Tuesday and Thursday and also use these days for homework. This will take the pressure off MWF and allow me to be not so stressed. I will have 2 evening classes however, which means that I will have something every evening except Friday...oh well. For all who care below is what my class schedule will look like (assuming I actually get my classes when I register...which hasn't been a problem so far). It is nice to see what the end will look like. lol

Monday:
11:00-12:20 Business Ethics (5 credits)
12:30-1:20 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Christianity in America (5 credits)
3:00-5:50 Free Time/Dinner
6:00-8:50 Management Non-Profit Sector (3 credits)

Tuesday:
8:30-2:00 Work?
2:30-? Homework
Evening Hall Council

Wednesday:
11:00-12:20 Business Ethics (5 credits)
12:30-1:20 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Christianity in America (5 credits)
3:00-6:20 Free Time/Dinner
6:30-8:10 Community Bible Study - The Sermon on the Mount (2 credits)

Thursday:
8:30-2:00 Work?
2:30-? Homework
Evening Bible Study w/ Friends

Friday:
11:00-12:20 Business Ethics (5 credits)
12:30-1:20 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Christianity in America (5 credits)
300- Weekend Begins!

Conversations of the day....

blah, blah, blah Seahawks

blah, blah, blah Superbowl

blah, blah, blah stupid refs

blah, blah, blah maybe next year....

Go Seahawks!

Another week has passed successfully. I sometimes wonder on Mondays if I will make it until Friday, but I always do somehow. :) The first part of this week was pretty stressful with the planning for tests and papers, but the second half wasn't so bad.

Today when I woke up the power was out. Apparently it went off about 5:15 a.m. and it didn't come back on until about 9:30 a.m. It was kinda exciting, but I was asleep for most of it, so that kinda sucks. lol. I don't think that power outages happen enough. lol.

I have spent today doing homework...and avoiding doing homework. However, I believe that I have now gotten enough done to forget about the rest. lol. This way I can spend all tomorrow relaxing. I am going to watch the superbowl with JonTon at Dan and Joy's. This should be good...hopefully the Seahawks will win! Woot! I told Jonathan I wanted a riot in the streets of Seattle if we win...after discussion we decided the riot should be more like mardi gras and less like WTO riots...hee hee. :)

Anyway, I don't really have much to say I guess, just thought I would update since I had the time finally. :) Hope you have a good weekend!

Singleness

As we approach Single Awareness Day (aka Valentine's Day) I thought I would use my blog for something other than my daily schedule: personal rhetoric. :)

Today in my Corinthians Bible Study we studied 1 Cor. 7, which is on marriage. In this chapter Paul discusses how he wishes that all could be unmarried like he is. Throughout the chapter we see that the mindset is quite opposite than today's American Protestant mindset. Today the church has become wedding factories; it is the business of the church to marry people. The Protestant view seems to have the idea that if you are not married than there is something wrong.

It used to be that in the Jewish tradition marriage made someone whole (as in Adam and Eve completing one another). However, Paul's view is that after Christ came the wholeness is found in the union with Christ not with another human being. Which I thought was an interesting point.

Paul says in 1 Cor. 7:32-33 "An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world--how he can please his wife--and his interests are divided." Singles can devote themselves more wholly to the things of the Lord without being distracted by family, etc. This is what the books I have read reiterate.

My time here at SPU has been spent in reflection on my singleness. My Bible Studies have focused on what Christian singleness looks like. Unlike what Paul appears to be saying here (i.e. singleness is the better way) the books I have read primarily state that " 'while you are waiting' you should live this way..." However, is there a way that Christians today are not thinking about? Churches today struggle with what to do with single adults. They have youth programs, college programs, married programs, but rarely do they have single adult programs (and if they do it is awkward because there is a wide age range). For the church to be ignoring these people is wrong. We need churches who champion these people.

I am saying this not to say that marriage is bad, for not even Paul is saying that. Paul is saying that neither marriage nor singleness is wrong but one allows more time/service for God. I believe that the Protestant outlook perhaps needs to be revamped. These people do not deserve our pity but our pride for they are serving the Lord in a way that others cannot. God has called them to singleness, whether it is for a short time or for their whole life. Singles should not be looked down upon but rather uplifted for they are doing something few are able to.

Perhaps I can state these things because I have had strong single adult role models in my life. People I look up to and want to be like. For that reason I know that if I don't get married it will not be the end of the world (despite what the world--or even the church--tells me.) However, it saddens me to see the American Protestant mindset to be so skewed.

I hope that this allows you to ponder singleness in a way perhaps you hadn't before. I also hope that the Christian community can change because they way it is now is not right.