Mondays don't have to be bad

Right now it is so beautiful outside. It is so beautiful. It mystifies me why I am sitting here writing this blog entry, and not being outside. I'm going running with Grace in like 40 minutes though, so that will be glorious. Thank the Lord. It is fall.

I spent this past weekend at home with my family. My first birthday present was a rather large lesson in humility, in the form of an equally large speeding ticket......swell....there goes my perfect record. This in all seriousness was the very first time I'd ever been pulled over since getting my license almost five years ago. ANYWAY. I'm so over that! It was bad luck...the guy in front of me was going at least that fast.

Anyhow despite that opening, and the fact that it rained most of the weekend, I had a good time. I always love seeing my little brothers, who are up to their usual...tearing around the house and taking up the whole futon room with their legos. It was great to see mom and dad as well. Also saw my cousin and aunt, who came up on Saturday. Mycousin got me a cute little bag of gifts, amonst which was a 3 disc set of the first Die Hard movies!

And when I got back to school the surprises didn't stop. Seriously...

So thanks everybody, it was really wonderful. Now I've got to organize my life and start getting some stuff done. It's an academic jungle safari coming up this week!

Lillywhite

This post is titled in honor of Cat Stevens. 

Sometimes, life comes at you fast. You are forced into sitting up straight and asking yourself honestly, just what am I doing with my life...why am I wasting my time selfishly, idly...why aren't I  really, really listening for the voice of God, and why am I hesitant to hand over my plans, my dreams, in exchange for His? And why does it take something beyond my control, like physical suffering, to bring me back to the ultimate question (that I should already be answering, every day)..."What is my place in your plan, Lord?" 

My joy is in pursuit of this. 

Pray for me!

Today, I am not a fan of refrigerators so cold that they freeze your salad. Many things are delicious frozen.....ice cream, granita, freezie-pops... mushrooms and spinach are not.

Yesterday, our flag football team, the Super Sweet Show Ponies, won our season opener against The Abusement Park. It was my first game ever, and I did enjoy it, even though my position (O-line) entails mostly running into people and getting a lot of bruises... I have a riDIculously nasty shin bruise, but as long as it's not like a fracture or anything I don't care that much.

Right now, I'm watching my fish Marvin and Merlin swim little circles in their fishbowl and studying a little Med/Surg nursing...ah, I love my life.