So I told myself that I would lock myself in my room this week to study....but when you have 3 other roomates I guess that doesn't happen.

Wednesday MC has a "deck the halls" competition. And naturally, Solly 3rd won! Every part of the hall was decorated, one part was a candy making place, one was a reindeer pin (where we had someone dressed up as a reindeer), there was a post office, a toy factory. in the kitched we made sugar cookies and icing for people to decorate cookies. This is also where my friend Jamie, I mean Santa, sat in her office haha. shes so funny. She was like 'why do i always get stuck being the guy in everything we do!'

Last night, Thursday, Bre Julianne Keena and I went to the wrestling match. It was fun going again because I used to be the manager of Bennetts wrestling team and it had been a long time since i saw a match! Bre Julianne and I painted M C on our cheeks and we won t-shirts! At the match there was this one man that had on a sparkly purple mask, a blue bow tie, ot pink shirt, and tie dye pants...... he was an oldman and no one knew who he was.... he won a sweatshirt for school spirit though haha. One of the wrestlers said that he was going to find us singlets to wear over our clothes for next time so that we will win a better prize........ we will see about that. hahahah

So i was invited to go to a Relient K concert tonight for only 15 bucks....... I know I shouldnt go...... but 15 BUCKS! I don't know when I will ever study!!!!

I hope that everyone who was fortunate enough to see the midnight showing last night had an awesome time! I'm jealous but I'll see it when i come home.....by the way thats 6 flipping days! w00t w00t! My dad is picking me up in his new truck! I'm excited, i think it will be fun driving back with him.

Oh and by the way..... the snow cancelled by first 2 classes today....all i have to say is... it was amazing getting 3 extra hours of sleep and not having to go to an 8 o clock class :) haha

Well i figured that this would be my last weekend of fun here this semester since next weekend I will most likely be studying the whole time. :( Oh well its almost over!

Friday my friends and I decided to go to Lancaster! So many of us fit into this little station wagon! it was fun. one of the pics is 7 of us smashed into the car. My friend Katie got the front seat to herself and so did the driver. haha Everyone decided they wanted to get another part of their ear peirced or something. One of my friends wanted to get one of those TINY TINY nose peircings and shes from lancaster so she knew a place there that was definately clean. I thought about getting a second hole or something but I am poor and it was so spur of the moment I didnt know if i actually wanted another peircing or if I was just going to get one because my friends were getting it done. Ya know? So i figured it would be better to wait. We went shopping though and the mall was amazing. Then we went to some little diner. it was cute. I have been to more diners here then my whole life. We then went to visit Nicki ( not Kicki) house. It was so nice to be in a home again! Her dad was embarrassing her with stories and it reminded me of the many times my father has done that to me and it made me miss him a lot. i have only seen him twice since I've been at college and ive been home 4 times.

Saturday I went with Kathleen Katie and Julianne to York College. Kathleens boyfriend picked us up. My friend Jon Nolan goes there so i got to see him which was fun! Anyway seeing that college made me VERY thankful that I go to Messiah. I am very spoiled here. I never realized that other schools might not have carpeted dorms and hallways and i have never been thankful that our ceiling tiles arent moldy or falling apart. Messiah rocks :) Anyway it was fun going there. At night it started snowing there a lot! Like really really hard. We all ran outside and caught snowflakes on our tongues! It was beautiful. I was very scared however that we were going to get stranded there hahaha but we made it back safely.

Today, Sunday, after church my friends and I watched the movie "Elf" and boy do i LOVE that movie. Will Farrell is adorable and cracks me up. We all attempted to do our homework but it didnt happen. I have a 5 page paper to write and I still have not started...oops. I have to compare my life to this book I read and the book is about wizardry...... or something like that.... wish me luck haha.

Here is a quote from my weekend that I thought was very funny. It actually reminded me of Linnea and I when we would always try to get "the brothers" to play with us: While we were in the car Friday night and deciding what we were doing afterwards Nicki yells in her high pitched voice, "Where are we going where are we going??????? (no answer, everyone is silent) I feel like an annoying two year old kid that everyone just ignores and pretend that I never said anything" i guess it was funnier in person but it made me laugh a lot :)

These next two weeks are going to be insane!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh

Two Weeks Left

Now that Messiah Soccer is over ... it's basketball time! And our basketball team is really good too! Last night we played E-town and won. We are playing Salisbury next Tuesday! That will be an interesting game haha. I'm still mad that we never got to play them in soccer :(

Last night a band called "Lovedrug" played at the Union. They were pretty good. Some guy came up to my friends and I and asked if he could get a picture of all the Solly 3rd girls.......it was really weird. None of us even knew the guy. I'm sure it was harmless but never the less, being the skeptical girl I am, I told him that we charged for photos and weren't interested. After they played Bre, one of my roomates, made me go with her to ask the bass player if she could get a picture with him hahaha shes a funny girl.

At night my roomates and I always turn on Christmas music to calm us down from stressful days. It really does work! And Christmas music just puts me in a good mood haha.

"Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. When Christ, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. "

Colossians 3: 2&4

The semester is quickly coming to an end and that means exam time. I'm nervous to take my first college final exams...I'm sure they are a lot different from highschool ones. But anyway so I just wanted to encourage everyone else who is preparing for exams, or who are just really busy right now to remember who it is that we are glorifying through our work. He will carry us through :) and it will be over soon!

Love you guys! 15 days til the semester is over and I'm back for Christmas!

Off to school I go....

Well as you all know this past weekend I was at Home Sweet Home. I love Holidays at home! I had a lot of fun...maybe too much because now I am a sick puppy. I got to see so many people that I hadn't gotten to hang out with in a while! I have to admit, it is weird coming back. I felt as though I had to fit as many activities as possible in during my break. I'll make sure to not make this mistake again haha. Well here was my vacation

Tuesday: After getting a 100% on my Biology for El. Ed. majors final project I was more than ready to go home! (she also said that I was a natural teacher:) it's always nice to hear that!) I got home and said hello to my parents and the kitties and then ran to try to catch the last bit of one of Greg's games. I made it for 10 minutes! I did love seeing him play though, its been a while. We hung out for a little while then I went to meet up with some of my friends I went to highschool with. We played some shout out game??? I dont know but it was fun!

Wednesday: I woke up and baked with my mom :) She is a great teacher to learn from. Being away from home sometimes I forget how cute my mom is and how fun she is to be around! Then I went down to the Taylors and hung out there for the day. Ben came home that night and so I got to see him and Linnea too!

Thursday: IT WAS THANKSGIVING. And I watched way too much of the Lost show than any normal person should. It was addicting. From now on I am banning them from our Thanksgiving festivites!

Friday: I watched a movie with my parents! Then I went to Elizabeths new apartment! She bought a new kitten. She had a bunch of girls over that I used to hang out with in highschool and hadn't seen in a while so it was a lot of fun!

Saturday: I went to Salsaritas with Greg and went to the mall for a little bit. Then the Townsends had an awesome Bonfire! I liked when we did that word game (ex. Captain Crunch, cheddar cheese and so on).

Sunday: I got to go to church!!!!!! Oh how i missed it.

Anyway sorry for the long post. It's fun re-living my break haha I had so much fun and I can't wait til Christmas break. It is nice being back to school though. I have so much work to do before break but it will be ok haha. I hope all of your Thanksgiving breaks were good too! Love you guys


OH AND BY THE WAY.... MESSIAH WON IN GREENSBORO AND THEREFORE IS UNDEFEATED AND THAT MEANS WE ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!! THAT GOES FOR OUR MENS AND WOMENS SOCCER!!! GOOO MESSIAH!!!!

Wow. This has been, by far, the best weekend I have had here at Messiah College. I love it here!!!! There is no way I can even begin to write down everything that happened this weekend. But God sure has blessed me with amazing friends here at college and I'm so glad I met them! I included a few pictures but I'll have to tell you the stories in person, they are always better that way. Messiah did win its game on Saturday as well though so our boys are going to the Final Four!!!!! It's amazing! But anyway this weekend's events ranged from going to the soccer games, haunted houses, to being brought back to Messiah College in a cop car........ hahahah yea like I said I will explain when I get home but this weekend was so fun. (And mom I heard you are reading blogs now too, don't worry I will explain when I get home :))

I come home tomorrow! How exciting. I did so much work so that I wouldn't have too much to do over break. And I am so excited to teach my class tomorrow! Woo Hoo! Life is great!

So today I scheduled my classes and I got all but one of the classes I wanted... so thats not too bad! Then I went to the soccer game against Maryville and of course we won :):):) 5-1! It was a lot of fun. I put a couple pics of the girls and I at the game. (on the top row from left to right is kicki, katie and kelly, then the bottom row is keena, julianne, me, and bre-just thought it might be helpful to put names with the faces)It was so freezing though!!! There was some guy from the other team that dressed up in a kilt and was running around without a shirt on.... it was weird haha but at least he wasn't rude or anything.

The weather is so cold right now, I almost feel Fall weather was skipped! And I don't like that because fall is by far my favorite season. Last year I went to a football thing that Mr Franklin set up for the youth group and I had soooo much fun. I think that we should play football this year! Not like real hard core football but just for fun!

Anyway..... 2 days of classes and 4 days til im home! almost 3! I'm about to go watch a movie so I will see you all soon!

I'm sorry that I have no updated in forever..... so much has been going on! I finally finished a group project so I have that burden off my shoulders. Friday I have to register for my classes and it seems that everything I want is filling up and it is very stressful :(. Plus on Tuesday before I come home I have to teach a science experiment in my Bio Lab ( for El. Ed. majors). It may sound simple but it's not. In fact I find my major to be a lot more time comsuming than I had ever imagined. I also have to prepare a persuasive speech for monday and I still don't know what topic to choose!!! So right now I am a little stressed out haha

This weekend should be fun though. NCAA sectionals are being held here at Messiah. What does that mean you ask? that means you should all come up here for some pretty awesome games. There is a game at 5 on Friday then we play at 730 and the winners of those two games ( us of course!) play on Saturday at 6. Then from there the winner goes to Final Four in Greensboro NC next weekend. ANyway they are going to be good games!!!

I just keep thinking that when I get through all the next couple days I can then go home:) by the way i had a great time last weekend seeing everyone who wasnt busy :) It was so fun. I can't wait for our annual Thanksgiving night party!!!! It seems that the number of people is growing each year haha but thats fine. I can't wait !!!!

Anyway so I just ask for your prayers because I tend to overstress myself over things that I have no control over (such as my classes i want to take filling up) God is in control!

Until then.....6 days and 4 days of class left until I'm home sweet home!

Here is a question for you all. The last night in our wonderful cafeteria that we call Lottie, Veal Parmesean was one of the dinner selections. Some of my friends got it not knowing what it was and we spent most of or dinner trying to figure it out. After asking random people in Lottie what exactly it was that they were eating, the majority said it was a baby cow that is kept in a little box, not allowed to move, and fed til the day it is slaughtered. I really didn't want to hear that while i was eating, but oh well. Anyway my roomate is still convinced that it is a baby lamb. I dont' really know but I think its a cow. But if it is a baby cow, then what is a baby lamb? Think about it and post me your thoughts :)

Happy Halloween!!! Soooo tonight was another amazingly fun night! I had just gotten back from a group project when my friend Kelly ran in my room and told me to put on all black. Apparently there was a costume party at the North Complex and some of the Solly 3rd girls decided to dress up as dominos! When we got to the contest we made a grand entrance and did the famous 'domino fall' and everyone was taking pictures. We did end up winning best costumes and we won 25$ to Papa Johns!!!! We are going to use it this weekend. It really helps out when you are a poor college student :) I <3>