06. summer before freshman year

The next time I write, I will be 5 hours from here... in my new room, in my new home - a college student. The van is packed. Full. No more room for anything. I mean, this thing is FULL! Yeah, there's nothing left... well there is... but it doesn't feel like it. Stereo, gone…

It's finally hitting me. My stereo is packed up, every CD except for my Avril Lavigne/Watermark one is packed, soap, shampoo, books, diaries, dictionaries, posters, sheets, the world is packed and in my living room.I had to say goodbye to six more people today: Heather, Matt, Ashish, Steve, Jay, ...

I wrote an entry last night. Perhaps it's better that it didn't save. Perhaps it wasn't supposed to. It was entitled "gray" and it was honest. Very very honest. I'm going to just tell you one thing from what I wrote - and that is not everything is black and white. You can't be neutral,…

We never took any surveys for roommates. We're not sure how everyone ended up with the people they're rooming with. In fact, there's no way that the school would know whether or not we drink, smoke, etc.That's not even the point, though, Ron. You "preach" (and I mean that in the least Christian-c...

I feel so incredibly blessed right now. I don't even know what to do with myself... I am so in love with the Lord for what he's been giving me for the past few days. I'm wondering where Kristen has been for the past 18 years of my life, because she has just given me…

I'm too happy to just sit here talking. I have to write... I have to. You have to know how awesome God is. There is no way so much joy could possibly be in my heart without His work. I've had some awesome weeks this summer. I've had some awesome weeks throughout the past 4…

Liz, you made me cry! Sloan told me to go read, that it would make me smile - and it made me cry! :) I can't tell you how much that means to me... thank you so much for that!I feel like such a moron sometimes for not figuring out these types of things sooner.…

From the kitchen "Erin - by the way - guess who I saw at the grocery store." From the living room sitting at the piano Who? "That guy that's always hanging around your youth group." Oh, Rob? Was he stacking? She didn't hear me. "He was working." -nods- That's what I just said. "He tried…

It’s finally over. I was so thrilled I half contemplated not playing piano for a week… until I remembered that I have to play for church on Sunday and have another recital on Monday to play for. Yikes.I have to say the turnout was rather nice. I was so glad that Sloan, Liz, Kim, Heather,…

Staying at Meg's party so much today definitely clarified some things for me. It made me realize that I still thoroughly enjoy some people... made me realize that I had forgotten about awesome people like Steve who really do care somewhere behind all that teasing. I forgot about some people when ...