My Daily Reminder

You're gonna fly, with every dream you chase
You're gonna cry, but know that, that's ok
Sometimes life's not fair, but if you just hang in there
You're gonna see, that sometimes bad is good
We just have to believe, things work out like they should
Life has no guarantees, but always loved you'll be...

Lucky Number 7

Here we are folks...end of week 7. It was exciting for me because a lot of people had midterms and I don't have a midterm until right before Spring Break. So here's my weekly update.

Sunday...I went to Vanguard University to attend church at Newport Mesa. I went to visit my old youth pastor and then we went to Huntington Beach for lunch. It was really nice to see him again, the last time I saw him was in June. Then that night I went to Chain Reaction to see Richard...Goodbye Luna...play and let me tell you, he was absolutely AMAZING! Last Crusade is definitely my favorite song of his.

Monday...I went to class as normal, nothing too special there. Then at night I went to Dorm Revival, that was fun, as usual. I really like going to Dorm Revival. Then afterwards the boys had a football game so we all went to cheer them on. I was so excited because they said I could be their coach!!! It's so exciting! I love being the coach!!!

Tuesday...I didn't have to go to work because they had testing so the schedule was all off and stuff. So I stayed home and did about 6 hours of psychology notes. It was horrible, I never want to have to do that again. Then I moved some stuff around in our apartment to make room for my desk.

Wednesday...Class as usual, but in one of them we started talking about voids in our lives and it got me thinking and I ended up texting Ryan to talk to him about it. Then in Acting class I got the scene I have to work on and I am SO excited!!! It's so much fun! Then I left my Costume class early so that I could talk with Ryan in person, I think it helped some, and if it didn't it's really nice to know he's there for me to talk to. I think he's going to become my new "go to" person when I need to talk. Then I got another nametag! I was so excited. I also made a coffee date with Eleanor, except we're not going for coffee so I'm not sure how that will work out. I was so sad though because the boys want to play football against the girls and I was told that if I played for the girls I can't be the coach for the boys anymore, but then Brett said if I drive him to San Diego for Nat's show then I can stay the coach.

Thursday...I went to work and there was a substitute so the kids we out of control. 1st and 2nd period I could handle...even though I did have to give a kind of sex talk which I'm not sure I was allowed to. 7th period was rough though. I left my other school early so I could get the groups in order, but it was just ridiculous. I put them in groups and they just take their papers and join any group they want. I actually yelled at the kids and I never yell, I hate to even raise my voice. On a plus side though, our cable works now!! More sad news though was that I had to take my roomie to the train station. This has been my first time staying at our new apartment without her.

Friday...I went to class, then I spotted Ryan on his skateboard (it's easy to spot the tall red headed kids) and he came over to my old apartment to help me move. While we were there Richard called and said he and Nat would come over. So while Ryan and I waited we had another heart to heart, except this time I was the listener. Then we moved over my desk, dresser, and books. I'm really excited to have the rest of my stuff over. Now I'm waiting for the girls to come over because the Bible Study has been moved to my place for the night. And then hopefully people will stay and more will come for a movie night.

Saturday...I'm going over to my old apartment to clean and then I'm meeting up with Eleanor for our date and then we're heading over to the school to meet for the carpool up to Pasadena to the LA Metro Night of Worship. AJ is leading it so I'm quite excited.

Sunday...I'm headed down to San Diego with Brett to go to Nat's show. I'm stopping on the way to my brother's apartment to give him Richard and Nat's demos. Then it's off to the show!!


And somewhere in between all that I will do the crap load of homework I have. Whooo!!!


Future Posts:
*Apartments
*Jobs
*Randomness of me
*Traffic
*Growing Up
*Crying
*Blast from the Past
(I know there's a lot to write about but I'll get to them all, I promise.)


Quote:
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on."
~Robert Frost

Men of God

Last night I came up with this topic and I really wanted to write and just now had time...dang psychology class!

ANYWAYS...

At Dorm Revival I was looking around our group and I noticed that there was a lot more guys there than girls. For some reason I thought that was kind of odd. I'm not sure why. In my high school youth group there seemed to be more girls but in my college group there are more guys, not a lot more though. I just really like seeing that there are a lot of men of God out there. Whenever I went with my youth group down to Mexico the guys would form a soccer team and would then go to a field and start playing and find others to play with. The point of this was that a lot of the men down there think it is not "manly" to be a Christian. So our guys get rough and rowdy and dirty and smelly and show them that Christian guys are just as manly as non-believers...if not more in some instances. I guess I just think of that so much whenever I think of the guys at my church or at Campus Crusade. In most of my other groups or classes, it is usually female driven, but I do like the fact that there are so many guys that are believers. Now don't get me wrong, there are a lot of girls to, but I don't know, I'm just fond of guys, what can I say, and I like knowing there are a lot of good guys in the world.
Although, it seems nowadays there are 10 not so good guys for every good guy.

Future Posts:
*Apartments
*Jobs
*Randomness of me
*Traffic
*Guarding the heart/ defining moment
*Growing Up
*Crying
*Blast from the Past
(I know there's a lot to write about but I'll get to them all, I promise.)


Quote:
"When you dwell on the past, you let go of the future"

And the Rockets Red Glare..

This morning at 9:00 I stood in a line along with Ryan and a whole bunch of other people all hoping to be picked. You see, today was the National Anthem Auditions for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. I got there right on time but there were already tons of people anxiously waiting their turn. There were a lot of talented people and also a lot of untalented people. It was very windy and the wait was long. I was getting very anxious and nervous the longer I waited but I just kept reminding myself that I could do it and that I am a good singer. When it was almost my turn I was more concerned about what city I would say I am from. San Diego? Temecula? Fullerton? I finally decided on Fullerton since that is what it says on my registration form. When it came time for me to go up, I walked to the judges with a smile on my face, walked up the stairs to the stage, grabbed the microphone, and sang my heart out. I think I did well, it's hard to judge when you are up there singing. I don't think I sang it in the key that I practiced but that's ok, I did hit the "free" note so that was nice. I felt really confident on the stage, like I felt comfortable, but then again I always feel comfortable on stages. My voice didn't quiver at all so that was a relief. Ryan gave me an 8 out of 10 and said he thinks I could get picked. I hope so. They pick about 70 people, so I hope I'm one of them. I won't know until March 30th so it's going to be a long wait, but I'll manage. If I don't get it though, I'll just keep trying, I've decided that one audition won't keep me down.


oh yea, the mascot After Shock gave me a shoulder massage, and I'm not going to lie...it was nice.

6 down 17 to go

Another week of school down. It's actually going pretty fast but I am just so tired of school. Let's recap this week. On Monday I had to attend all my classes but they weren't so bad, except for my acting class. I had to do an autobiography and I decided I'd sing for them since singing is a big part of me (I also talked about my faith) but when it came time to actually singing I was way nervous and my voice quivered the whole time. But oh well it didn't ruin my day. Then I had Dorm Revival and that was fun as always, we talked about rest and I realize how much I need that. Then afterwards Nat, Ryan, Richard and I sat around talking about my auditions and I got lectured for being too nervous, but it's ok because Nat and Ryan think I am good enough to make it and so if they believe in me I think I'll be ok. As we were leaving though Nat, Ryan, and myself got into my car I started it up went to move it from Park to Reverse and it wouldn't move. It was completely stuck. So we had to call my best friend AAA and they came out, couldn't fix it or tow it since they couldn't move it to neutral and then they left. So Nat called his roommate to come take us home and yea, it kind of sucked. Then on Tuesday I had my roommate drive me to my car and I called AAA and they came and manually moved the shifter and so I drove it to the mechanic across the street and dropped my car off. The guy told me it would take like 2-3 hours to fix so I walked around for a bit before walking to school where I met up with Cassie my roommate, saw some ducks, and then later had lunch with some crusade people. 4 hours later I finally got the call that my baby was fixed. It was a long day and I missed a day of work but oh well. On Wednesday I decided to treat myself to some sleep and so I skipped my first two classes and slept in. Then I went to my acting class. Afterwards I walked around trying to find something to do, I called my mom and while on the phone I saw Richard so we talked for awhile and he played me part of a new song, it's really good. Then he went to class so I went to talk to Jen until Campus Crusade started. I had decideded to skip costume class so I could go to the meeting because Kyle the emcee from Winter Conference was speaking. I was really excited to get a nametag for once. Then I went to the old apartments to try and pack but we ran out of boxes. On Thursday I had work and after killing an hour at the mall I went to AJ's apartment so that he could help me with my audition, both he and Mike seem to think I have what it takes, so that has given me more encouragement as well, I just need to remember to sing it in the key of G not F. Then after work I went to the old apartments to finish packing and I tried to vacuum but it started to smell like it was burning so I stopped and came home. Then today, I went to class, went to the grocery store to buy more stuff for my throat then came home. After a nice lunch I took a nap for 2 1/2 hours before Ryan woke me up. Then I tried to drink water while laying down and I ended up spilling water all over my face and up my nose, it was horrible. So that's been my week. Nothing too special. This weekend though is going to be intense. Tomorrow morning I have my National Anthem auditions, I'm very nervous but I think it should be fine. Then right after that I'm heading up to San Bernadino to watch my other friend Ryan at his race. I'm kind of scared to do that though, because if he crashes or gets hurt again I'll be very sad. Then that night I am going to go see Richard III with Amy Grace and AJ. On Sunday I am going down to Costa Mesa to attend my old youth pastor's church and hang out with him and his family. And then that night I am going to Chain Reaction to see Richard, I mean Goodbye Luna play! I'm very excited, Richard is quite the talented guy and I really want to see the other Crusaders backing him up. So that is what is going on. Thanks for reading!


Future Posts:
*Apartments
*Jobs
*Randomness of me
*Traffic
*Guarding the heart/ defining moment
*Growing Up
*Crying
*Blast from the Past
(I know there's a lot to write about but I'll get to them all, I promise.)


Quote:
"It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives"