Go Summer!

HOLY COW!!! It's like summer outside! But knowing Michigan, I'm sure we will be in the midst of a blizzard by the end of the week. But since it was so nice outside I took advantage of it...forget classes! I invested in some rollerblades and I managed to rollerblade for almost an hour without ANY near death experiences (shocked huh?) Then Me, Cory, Emily, and Kate had our little 'accountability' group at Cici's! Yum! And then we went to the park and played on the swings...yah cheap entertainment in Spring Arbor! ;)

Jess & Jess

Jessica Holeman wrote me this super cute poem!

I don't really remember the day,

I think it started at the fair, I would say.

We didn't really start off right,

 I was just the annoying girl, that called everynight. (haha...)

But suddenly I began to see,

How much you really meant to me.

Our friendship became very strong,

 We didn't even know it would last this long.

Now, I can't think of a day,

That I don't remember you in some little way.

Remembering the fun and the sad,

The good times and the bad.

And sometimes it's so hard for me,

 Because You, I never get to see.

But no matter how far apart,

 You will always be in my heart.

Your my Best Friend and always will be,

And I thank God everyday, for bringing you to me.

 

You are so cute Jess, thanks for the poem! I know it's hard, you being in Minnesota and all but don't worry, you aren't getting rid of me for a long time.

 

My Annie!

*sigh* I got to see Annie today! It was so weird, out of the blue she called to tell me she was on her way to Spring Arbor! We kept her visit a secret from Kate though. I serioulsy think she crapped her pants when Annie walked in the door! It was AMAZING! So we helped Annie pack up and made a visit to good ol McDonalds in Spring Arbor before she had to leave. Even though it was a super short visit it meant a lot! We love you Annie!!!!

I was listening to the radio last night and these two songs played back to back:
Mercy Me's "Homesick" and Michael W. Smith's "Friends". And all of a sudden I got really excited to die, not in a suicidal way but in a way that I was excited to see friends from the past and family members. I haven't seen one of my best friends from school, Annie, in a while and I was getting sad but then I realized...I'm going to be with her FOREVER eventually. So these next couple decades better go by fast! No but really, is it bad to get excited to die?

"Homesick"
In Christ, there are no goodbyes
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again


"Friends"
...Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends."

Very true! Now that I'm back at the Arbor, I'm wishing I would have not put off all of my assignments due this week! Argh! The last 2 weeks have been absolute boredom and I should have worked on my 2 HUGE papers due. But oh well, got to get back to work.

Spring Break

So my Spring Break was so intense I thought I would let all you guys know what I did:
Friday: Slept a lot!
Saturday: Babysat
Sunday: Church
Monday: worked
Tuesday: worked
Wednesday: youth group
Thursday: volleyball game
Friday: went to Lansing's Home & Garden Show
Pretty sad when the highlight of my spring break is a home show but hey I had fun and I got to go with my mom. Hopefully me and Kate will squeeze a roadtrip in soon!

I...

I...
I am: ready for SPRING BREAK!
I want: to find my “real” friends
I have: an awesome family
I wish: I was sleeping right now
I hate: school!!!
I fear: being alone forever and ever
I hear: crazy girls on the floor singing and “12 Stones”
I search: for the path for my life
I regret: caring what people thought about me in high school….missed out on lots of stuff I’m sure
I love: family, friends….and country music! lol
I always: want to sleep!
I dance: NEVER-It’s against the Spring Arbor Concept…(we do it all the time)
I sing: really loud in the car alone or with Kate in our room! :)
I cry: whenever I am frustrated or when I think about Annie
I stumble: well i trip all the time...but mostly when I think I can do everything myself
I surrender: my life, plans, everything to God
I admit: I can be just plain dumb sometimes
I anticipate: summer!
I recommend: moving out for at least one year
I remember: not a whole lot- too many concussions
I demand: that it stops snowing, c’mon its spring break
I forget: to do lots of things
I need: to go to bed
I plan: to come home tomorrow and get in my own bed!

2 more days

2 more days of school.....Okay so i'm really lame and have NO plans for Spring Break but hey...I'm gonna get lots of sleep hopefully! Everyone is getting really antsy to leave for break. And last night Kate and I were doing our daily venting session while writing songs and we got in trouble for playing the guitar too loud! My bad...who goes to bed at 12:30 in college?!?!?!
In psych we are learning about ESP and psychics and junk like that and in lab yesterday my prof interrogated me about being a twin and having that "special connection". Funny thing is, I've actually had lots of those "twin moments". Like a couple weeks ago I was thinking in my head that Amanda was going to fall and I turned around to see if she needed help walking and "BAM" she was on the ground! Weird but cool at the same time!

Funniest thing EVER!

I copied this from Kate's post because I'm too lazy to type it all out and I didn't wanna miss anything! So we were on our way to Taco Bell....a lovely past-midnight adventure like always!


The funniest thing EVER!!! So, picture this... Jess driving, Emily front seat, In the back seat Mark in a Cory and Kate sandwich. We're sitting there talking about the call (a worship service) and how awesome it was and how Cory cried and i felt like crying... and then the conversation went like this:
Mark: So when do you guys start?
Cory: Well actually i already had mine
Kate: Yea i'm actually really PMS right now... it's gonna start next week probably
Cory: Yea I'm glad mine's done
Kate: but tonight when i felt like crying it wasn't a PMS cry, it was a real cry... like i really just felt like crying
Mark: (sitting with astonished look on his face) What are you guys talking about????
Kate: our periods... you asked when we were gonna start
Mark: you didn't let me finish... I was asking when you were gonna start your bible study!

That was hilarious... we are such girls... hahaha

So ya, poor Mark! gotta love him. We had so much fun tonight Karilynn! Thanks for coming!