Just Another Day

Am I blogging too much? Probably. But since I went through major withdrawals from not blogging for nearly 8 months I think I'm past due for some more *boring posts.

But, I had a couple funny things happen today at work that cracked me up and I just had to share.

Only at the library will you see a **grown lady sitting on the computer for her allotted 30 minutes of internet use, on Facebook, playing Farmville, no less...I heard her swearing and immediately looked over because I thought it was one of the kids. I saw it was this grown lady, playing Farmville, on Facebook. Apparently things weren't going so well. :P Then, after a while, she swore again, and said, "I don't have time for this!" I nearly laughed out loud. :D

And then, she came back again and did the same thing! Sometimes I wonder if it was a smart idea to have them allow people other than college students on Facebook. :P

Then, this older man came in to read the paper. He comes in every Saturday and is usually there right when we open. Today he was late, and he walked back to the newspapers and then came back, wondering where today's papers were at. I told him they were back there, or should be, so he left to look again. He came back in a big huff, still unable to find them. So, I went back there to look. Sure enough, they weren't there. So, I told him someone else had likely moved them. He got all mad and said, "I want to read the paper." So, I looked around and someone else was reading them. I politely told him and waited to see what he was going to do. Sure enough, he stalked over to the other man to see why he was reading "his" paper. :P I walked away laughing to myself. Some people are so self-centered. :D



*If you think reading long, not so well-written blogs is boring.
**Grown meaning over 40 and looking like someone's mom and/or young grandma.

I'm trying out this phone blogging. Any thoughts on it? Have you ever tried it? Is it 2 much like FB? Does it even work? Ttfn!

Change

I was going through some of my posts on my old blog site and I see a big change in the way I write, what I write, and how I write. When did I get so calloused and cynical? What happened to my usually positive posts and encouraging words? I feel like this year was a big change, although nothing specifically caused that. I'm not looking to the Word like I was, not saturating myself with it like I was, not talking about it like I was. It's sad.

To remedy that, I'll just give a brief testimony of last night's service. It was amazing, totally amazing. I have felt so dry and out of sorts for the past few months. I come to church not expecting like I used to, not as prepared as I used to be. I am always blessed by what is said, but then after, I don't feel the same freedom and devotion like I used to have. I've been praying and asking God to break me out of that.

At camp this year, after one of the services, I was looking through my notes from church this year. We have had some powerful services and everything that was spoken is totally applicable to now. All the services were almost like a table of contents being spread out in front of us, telling us, "this is what you're going to go through this year." God totally prepared us for what has been going on lately, and I feel like we've missed it, at least myself anyways.

The whole atmosphere of the service last night was different. Normally I am tired and not always feeling like worshiping, but last night I was so excited to be at church and to be able to praise God. The service was amazing, exactly what we needed, and then the after service was totally wonderful. God knew we needed it, and He brought a victory for us last night. Prayers were going up, praise, love, adoration, surrender, etc. It was just amazing. God is restoring us back and I'm so thankful. I don't want any physical rain right now, but you know when the rain is pouring down and it just feels refreshing? Well, that's how it was last night. It was like God was raining down His presence and love on us and we just soaked it in, like dry, parched ground. I'm praying that we keep on watering and allow our fruit to start coming up.

We go through dry times as Christians, and it has been one for me, but God has brought refreshing rain down for us and I believe it's time to move on and have a time of revival and sprouting.

A quote Bro. John said last night that I loved: "God does a miracle to bring an understanding."

Last night was a miracle. :)

Day 2

I successfully finished Day 2 of Fall quarter without killing anyone, including myself. :P So far, my SO job has not started, which while I need the money asap, it's kind of nice not having to worry about it this week. Hopefully I can start next week. My PE class went by without any problems, mostly because we didn't do anything besides sign a waiver and read about the class. I felt so like a freshman because I was unfamiliar with the building and didn't know anyone. There are quite a few girls in the class so that will be nice, plus, the instructor is a girl! I'm so happy! Just about everyone looked at me when we talked about appropriate attire, but the only thing she said was no jean and to have proper shoes. :P So won't they all get a surprise on Tuesday AM.

Still no word back on switching my labs. I've emailed and talked to instructors and I'm still waiting on the official yes or no. Please continue to keep that in your prayers. Thank you!

I only have a few more hours left before I have 100 hours of volunteer at the hospital! I only started in August too. :)

Only 1 more day before the weekend. I think I'm gonna make it! Yay!

Back to School

I had my first day of school for Fall quarter today. Boy was it a crazy day. I'm taking my last (hopefully) quarter of Chem! Also, Anatomy & Physiology with lab, a somewhat lame, somewhat fun Internet class, and a weight lifting class. Funny, I know, but I needed 1 more credit to be considered full time. So, ask me in December if I'm buff. Haha....

I was running a couple minutes slow this morning but not bad considering I had to leave at 7 am. But, upon getting to my car, I had to get my shoes out of the trunk. I have a hatchback, so the trunk door is quite heavy. Normally it stays open if you push it up all the way and hold it for a second. I did that, but today it decided to close on me, as I was leaning all the way in, so it got a lot of momentum going down and promptly slammed me in the back of the head.

That wasn't the most pleasant thing in the morning and it caused much frustration. Then, slow drivers...Don't even get me started. So, I made it to the bus with my head slightly damaged. I barely made it to class on time because some brilliant planners decided to have construction on the road going up to campus and had closed down 1 lane, leaving only 1 lane for 2 lane traffic. It's not the smartest thing they've ever done, let me tell you.

So, my class was ok. Then, I had to try to find my PE classroom for tomorrow. I went into the office there thinking that the office staff would surely know where things were in there. I waited 5 minutes while they laughed and talked while I politely stood there waiting for someone to help me. Finally, one of the ladies asked me, "Are you here for the entertainment or do you need something?" I thought she was quite rude. I had walked in while they were in conversation so I politely waited. They saw me and ignored me until then. Anyways, they couldn't even help me in the end. I tell you...what's up with staff @ WWU?

Then a 3 hour break...It'll be appreciated next week but was kind of long today. My phone died so I went back to my car via the bus to charge it while eating. The only reason I mention this is because the construction was indeed still going on, but this time, most of the workers had put on T-shirts and stood at either end of the blocked-off part holding signs, protesting something. So they stopped traffic for about 10 for no reason. Same thing happened going back up to campus. Sure was annoying.

Then, A&P and my CS class. My CS prof is originally French and is quite entertaining and so far has not sworn! I'm so impressed! There were plenty of opportunities for him to do so and he refrained. He even mentioned God twice in a sentence without taking His name in vain. I'm floored. :P

Overall, not a bad first day. A little crazy with so many kids on campus, though that'll die down after next week. But, getting smacked in the back of the head caused me to get this weird pain, and I felt dizzy & kind of funny. Probably not a concussion, but it sure was a hard hit.

As for tomorrow, I have my PE class and while I'm excited for it, I'm a little nervous about finding things in that building. Plus, I realized today that I'm the first believer to ever go to WWU and more than likely the first girl there to ever wear a skirt while doing any type of physical activity, with the exception of the cheerleaders. So, pray for me if you think of it. I'll sure need it. Oh, also, I need to switch 2 lab times so pray for some kind people to trade with me.

Sorry this is so long, but I'm sure you know me well enough by now to know I write lots. Hope you're not too bored. Thanks for reading! :)

Starting Anew

I love blogging but I've rarely found the time. I was on Xanga but no one uses it anymore so I decided to move on over here. So, we'll see how it all works out. :)

Hm...good inspiration for a first post is hard to find at this time of the day. I had a lovely weekend. A friend got married and then I spent the rest of the weekend with a good friend. :)

If any of you more experienced Bloggers have any suggestions or tips or nice comments to make, please do. :)

I think that's about all for now. I know, I know, not the most exciting post but at least it breaks the ice. :) TTFN!