I'm Yours.

God is good!

I was so worried about my iPhone being completely broken, so i looked online and found an article that said to put it in a bag of rice for at least two days. I followed the directions and it actually worked! my phone works now, flawlessly. I am amazed that after being dropped into a huge tub of water over 100 degrees, it still works. Craziness.

Well. all of that to say, i thank God for everything. :)

I am His.

{We Never Change}

Well. It's official. I am an idiot.
I dropped my iPhone in the hot tub two nights ago.

It is very sad. :( and it sucks. but. hey. it's life.
i just have to realize that even though i have messed up many times in my life, it is never going to end. I'm only human. Sometimes i forget that. I am incredibly imperfect and i have no way of changing that. I just have to learn to accept and be thankful for the times where things just work out. Anyways. Enough about that.

For my Family Science class with professor Ruth Abbey, we are all required to go to a counselor for at least 6 sessions, before thanksgiving. I think i have gone either 3 or 4 times now, and i do not like it one bit. partly because it is with a student who doesn't really know what she is doing, but also because i feel like its just bringing out all of my negative problems in life. We cant focus on the positive when I'm with her, just the stress of life and school and work. She told me last week this story about a girl who sent letters and she would always write, NPH if there was "No Problem Here" to show that no one had died or anything bad, just a letter to say hello. She said that she wrote on my folder, NPH. and that took about half an hour for her to tell me, which meant our session was half over. which was fine with me.

I'm at home right now, getting ready to eat dinner with people. last night was the Ireland reunion meeting here and it was great. SO MANY people came and it was crazzzy. after that i went to fay with Evan, Noah, Sarah, Matt and Maddison, and we saw "Quarantine". which freakkked me out.

anyways. so tonight I'm just hanging out. i may go get coffee with Sarah later, but idk. i really want to relax this weekend. last week was insanity. constantly. so i thank God for this day... and next week is Fall Break! woo hoo!


xoxo

heather

"Bret You Got It Goin' On" Part II

Yesterday in chapel our campus pastor, Rod Reed,spoke. He said one thing that really made sense to me, i mean. it wasn't the only thing. But it was the one thing that i really thought about hard after leaving.

he said that

most people have the wizard of oz Christianity.
either they are the scarecrow, who doesn't have a brain,
or the tin man, who doesn't have a heart.

He said that we need to be in between the two. We should have knowledge of the past of Christianity and how it began and know about the Bible and all that good stuff, but at the same time, we have to have a relationship with God as well. We have to view Him as our Father and as someone who loves us unconditionally, not just as someone who has authority over us.

I feel like sometimes i have too much of one side then not enough of the other,then sometimes its the other way around. I dont know. I am still learning and growing.

xoxo

Bret You Got It Goin' On...

Well. I am in Western Civilization I. Bored to death. So, i shall blog.

I have been so busy lately. It seems like once i finish one paper, i start another. Once i take one test, i have to study for another. Once one group project is completed, we begin an entire new one.

I want a break.

This is when i feel like the life i have in Northern Ireland is for me. Permanently. I mean, when i am there, i am not employed, i am not a student, i go shopping all day and enjoy the luxuries of the city--Sidewalk cafes, House of Frasier, Urban Outfitters, amazing restaurants, the Odyssey, Coach, Prada, D&G, The Northern Whig, Bar Se7en, Villa Italia, and the list just goes on and on...

I am not meant for the life of a student. I need sleep, i need healthy food, i need alone time. Here at jbu, i get almost none of those. I don't get any sleep because either i am out with friends or i am doing homework/studying. I dont do well getting healthy food because of the caf. However, i am still learning how to succeed with that, because i do believe it is possible. you just have to work to find it. I have been on a straight fruit and granola diet for the past few days, which has been great. i feel like i am just more energized and ready for the day after having yogurt, granola, and blueberries. and then for lunch i have a banana and peanut butter. mmm. :) and then the last one, alone time. goodness. that is an unknown phrase in mayfield. haha. its great, im so glad i live there, but it is a little overwhelming at times.

I have completely missed this entire lecture on Legal Codes and Consequences of Expansion in the Greek Culture. Im sorry, but i have no interest in learning about the Control of Provinces or the major sources of slaves in that time. ick. Leave the past in the past. learn what you can, but then just let it go.

Well. The title of this post is "Bret you got it goin' on". It is a song by Flight of the Conchords. It is hilarious. I feel like it is sort of like Sarah and me. haha. oh roommates. They're the best. :) Listen to it on a rainy day...

rockstar?

today was great. :)
it began with a very sleepy start, but i eventually got back into the whole being awake thing...went to the caf this morning for breakfast and studied for my western civ test. after my test, my 11 oclock was canceled and i went to lunch with drew and sarah and my parents. which was entertaining. haha.

after lunch, i went to walker and did some workstudy stuff then i worked for blue for a bit, and then, i went home to get some puppies. dad and i brought them up for a little play time which was great for them. they loved it. :)
then i went home and got a hair cut and stuff, then returned to campus to get ready for the 90's party. which was amazzzzing. :) we played games, did the snake, had a 7 minutes in heaven room - haha, sang, danced, did the macarena (sp?), etc... it was awesome... after that, i came back to mayfield and then stopped by Suz's room. they were having a little party so i hung out with them for a bit, (suz, noah, tyler, hans, and some other people) and then they left when open dorm ended. At around 12 or 1, we decided to go skating in the skate park. which i was a bit unsure about, but it ended up being so much fun! me and suz learned some hot tricks. :) and we all just hung out and stuff there. it was awesome...

now its 4 in the morning and im not tired cause i drank a rockstar energy drink tonight and it has lasted forever! well. im putting up some pix now. and gonna try and get some sleep.

xoxo

heather