Nineteen Years Young

Today was not one of my best days.

I got into a huge fight with my mom and she's still pretty mad at me.

And yes, today is my birthday.

But I thank the Lord for my friends; I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

Thank you to everyone who called, texted, and commented me happy birthday wishes.

And thanks to those who checked up on me because they knew my day wasn't going very good.

In the evening, I was pretty upset for awhile. My mom told me to vacuum so I was doing that for a couple of hours. I checked my phone one time and I noticed that I had a voice mail. When I listened to it, it was Jeremy, Kurt, Nam, and Jamie singing "Happy Birthday" to me. =] That really made me smile.

Then a couple hours after that, Lester calls me. He tells me that he left something outside my house and that I should check it. I walked outside and I see glow sticks leading me to a stair that had a glowing cake on it. I was so surprised so I sat down next to it. A few seconds later, Arielle, Lester, and Luke scream "SURPRISE!" and come running up the stairs with confetti and silly string. I blew out my candles and I gave them a group hug. I kept saying, "I love you guys!" It was so awesome. They even had a card and flowers for me! And the cake was VEGAN! It TOTALLY made my whole day =]

I really do love my friends. They're the best. And I thank the Lord for bringing them into my life. Without them, I don't know what I'd be.

So yeah, my last teen year is now under way.

Ten

Ten things to Ten people. I'm not that discreet, so it'll probably be easy to guess which one is for you.

1. Next year, fasho, I'm going to jump on you when you turn twenty. We'll have adjoining bathrooms by then, so it'll be easy. Or if you're in the lobby, maybe I'll hit you with a pillow. It's all with love, my best non-friend.

2. We've been through a spiritual rollercoaster this past year. I have no idea what I'd do without you and your prayers and your advice. Thank you for everything. I'm so grateful that I can turn to you at any time with anything.

3. Without you, I probably wouldn't have made it to most of my classes this year. Thanks for being my human alarm clock. You're the best roomie ever. No doubt, I'll sing to you forever.

4. You're a Senior now! The years have just flown by. I remember those summer days when we would just stay at my house and do nothing. Or go online. Wow. How did we survive those days without MySpace? Hehe, I love you.

5. Daughter! STEP UP! Yeahhhup I'm going to go all coachie on you! How does it feel? Hahaha. Did you hear me during tryouts? "You're so pretty." I'll cheer for you fashoo.

6. I wish I had your superhuman strength dude. I wouldn't be able to handle your serves, so I'm glad I never had to play against you. You're always on my team, hehe. Love you, captain! Haha.

7. Thank you so much for always being there for me. Now, you'll only be a floor away. I'm so happy we're going to school together again! We've lasted so many years without any fights and I hope it'll stay that way forever.

8. Where in the world are you? It'd be easier to find you if you went to school with me too! Hehe. You're awesome. Love you lots!

9. My oh my, I wasn't expecting a friend like you this year. And I don't mean that in a bad way. I've said this many times before but thank you SO MUCH for always being there for me and always listening to me. You're the greatest. Thanks, big bro =]

10. And finally, to you. Really, I have no idea what this year would have been like without you. You were there for me when I was sick, when I was crying, when I needed a laugh, when I needed a sweater, and when I just needed someone. Without you, my biology days would have been no bueno. I would probably not have gotten in trouble with Perumal that one day when we were laughing though =P. You have helped me so much that I cannot find enough synonyms for "thanks" to tell you. Even at this moment, I cannot find the words to say just how much you mean to me.

Side by Side

The day Auntie Reby was intubated, Auntie Nancy and my mom told Tracy and I to sing to her. We had no idea what song to sing. But this song, "Side by Side" was stuck in my head today, and I'm sad that I didn't think of it back then. I wish we could have sang it for her...

Side by Side

Side by side we stand awaiting God's command,
Worshiping the saving King.
Living by His grace and moving on in faith;
Jesus Himself will see us through.

Chorus:
Meet me in heaven, we'll join hands together;
Meet by the Savior's side.
I'll meet you in heaven,
we'll sing songs together;
Brothers and sisters, I'll be there!

Soldiers all are we to go where Jesus leads,
We'll fight in faith and we will overcome.
Heaven is our goal, and saving every soul;
pray that we all will be there.

Chorus

Praise the Lord we all will be there!

Free at Last

I'm finally done with summer school!
I think I've been in school for more than 20 weeks straight!
My last break was Spring break...
And GCC started right after LSU ended.

No more studying, no more school for three weeks! YAY!

It's finally over.
[That's applicable to more than school..]

Fun Distraction

So today I got to hang out with the Jeremys, Mellanie, Eric, Jill, and Colin at the Jeremy Center.

It was pretty funn.

I got to swim! Yay, it's been awhile...ever since the girls' and my 007 plan failed LOL.

After, the Jeremys, Jill, and I went to eat at Noodle World (I've noticed that many times, I'm surrounded by J's) and I learned a new table trick! Prettyyy cool. We were gonna go to Pinkberry but we didn't.

But now I think we should have!

THey have carob chips! I'm sooo hungry right now LOL. I don't know why though cuz I ate a lot at Noodle World...

Early Morning Thoughts

So my mom (the ultimate critic) tasted some of my muffins and she said they were not good =[ because they didn't rise. It turns out my baking powder was not good. So, I'm going to go buy some new ones and try again maybe Friday.

Oh well, that's what baking is all about!

Also, I cannot understand my addiction to MySpace. I'm always on it! Grr. What's so good about other people anyways?! Hehe, I say that in the nicest way possible. (Remind me to ask Mike what he thinks the difference between being "open" and being "blunt" is.) I need to get off it, for reals.

Thirteen more days until I turn nineteen! My last teen year! Wow...it's all going by so quickly!

Parasite

Someone should give me a Ph.D or something because I have discovered (or maybe just announced it as one) a new parasite.

Parasite: MYSPACE.

No, seriously.

It sucks the life out of us homo sapiens.

AHHH. Only one cure is known: deleting it.

Baking in the Sun

...okay, maybe I wasn't the one necessarily baking in the sun, but it sure felt like it today!

I baked vegan blueberry muffins from scratch!

I had been meaning to do it for a long time, but now since we have an immense supply of blueberries at home, I decided to do it today! I pre-heated the oven for a long time, so my kitchen felt hotter than usual. Not to mention that I am thee messiest baker ever! But no big deal, it was pretty fun!

Well, I've eaten about four of my muffins so therefore:

Muffin Dx: (yeahhup I'm gonna be a nurse, gotta get used to it!)
Too many blueberries
Needs more oven time
Better baking powder

But other than that, I think it was pretty good!

Laugh of the Day

Thanks, Colbert Report. You have finally gotten to me.

I found this funny and I actually laughed. This was the last sentence from this article:

"A Republican had a good chance of winning the 2008 presidential election, he [Karl Rove] said, because Democrats would choose the 'fatally flawed' Hillary Clinton as their candidate."

Haha seriously, I laughed out loud.

"Fatally flawed"

Nice adjectives, hehe.

Until Then.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:3-4 KJV

I love you, Auntie Reby. I can't wait to see you again on this day:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV

Come soon please, Jesus.

(It's so fitting that the Daily Blessing on my iGoogle homepage is 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Listen to This

"The Greatest Miracle Never Performed" by Michael Tuazon at Audioverse

I listened to it today and I really liked it!

I haven't told Mike that yet, but oh well.

Anyways, I'm gonna try to not go online as much anymore. Grr, MySpace! I should delete it again, but no. I just need to learn to live life sans computer.

Oh, by the way, Earthlink: You make AOL look good.

Name This Song

...because I don't know what it's called:

Though the pathway before you uncertain may be
Trust the Lord, no good thing to withhold back from thee
He is perfect in wisdom and faithful to bless
Trust His word, in His time He will give you His best

Be not weary in waiting, for love suffers long
If you faint not, you'll reap when the harvest is come
Run with patience the race as you trust in His word
For your testing will teach you to wait on the Lord.

Dear Earthlink (Part 2)

I thought that you were getting better. I thought that maybe, just maybe, that you might be compatible with Rory.

But you're not. You have failed me once again.

I am very disappointed and I don't know what else I can do with you.

Even if I may not like you, at least Jesus loves you.


(HAPPY SABBATH ALL=] )

Quote of the Day

So I'm going to try to read the chapters of the Great Controversy that go along with my history class. I just read about the Waldenses in my history book, so I read the chapter about them.

I really really like this quote, so it's my quote of the day:

"The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit. The very first impulse of the renewed heart is to bring others also to the Saviour." GC 70

My Challenge

So when I told my mom my little dilemma, she told me that I should think of this as my challenge.

I haven't backed down from a challenge before. Chemistry and biology were my challenges this past year, and I didn't back away from them. Even though I may not have gotten a good grade a couple of times, at least I accepted the challenge and did my best.

Just another 3 weeks! Or we'll see after the first test...

Withdraw? Or Not to Withdraw -- That is the Question.

I've never dropped a class, except for web drops before the class even started.

I've always thought about it, especially when I wasn't doing well in chemistry and biology, but I just kept on going.

Now, not only am I thinking of dropping, it's going to be a withdraw.

I can't stand my history class! I don't know why I decided to take it. I liked history when I was taking it from Ms. Gross! I did pretty well in European history, so that's why I decided to take this class. But this class it not fun. I was so desperate to drop, I emailed GCC, LLU, and LSU asking questions about humanities courses!

But now that it's going to be a "W" on my transcript, I'm not so sure. I don't know whether to accept this challenge or just drop it, especially if I have enough humanities courses.

I don't know what to do.

Accidental Champion

So around 10:25 A.M. today, I started playing around with my Rubix Cube.

I did the steps Jay taught me twice, and after, I noticed that not only did I get the yellow face, I also got the blue face. I turned my cube and saw that I also got the red face! I thought, "That's weird, I've never gotten four faces at the same time before." Then as kept turning the cube, I noticed that I had gotten all the faces!

I finally solved the Rubix Cube by myself!

Except it was a total accident.

But yay! Tee hee. Pictures of my now-solved cube to come later.