Things I love

• Getting to decorate my own cupcake after Large Group on Friday night {and then a second}
• Eating dessert first
• Kickboxing class {more of a love-hate relationship though}
• Taking 5 minute showers because they make me feel accomplished
• Singing pretty songs at nursing homes...then taking time to talk to the elderly people and hear all their awesome stories
• The way sports stores smell {like NEW things, not sweat}
• Buying new fuzzy socks
• Finding out that those titanium necklaces really work
• Testing the limits of my wardrobe by not doing laundry for...about a month.
• The first snowfall and how giddy it makes me feel
• Sleeping in... and then not doing anything productive for the rest of the day
• Playing the guitar for however long I want to
• Listening to beautiful music in French class
• Wegman's frozen chicken pot pies {don't judge. they're delicious}
• Staying up late for a movie night with friends
• Snuggies with pockets
• Optional morning classes
• Long showers
• Staying in my bathrobe for almost an hour after showering because all my clothes are in the laundry
• Eating breakfast super late
• Pinterest expressing my feelings through the various "quotes" boards. Thanks all you wonderful people.

And Last but not least

• Being forced to wear my LARGE men's batman underwear that i bought for halloween, because all my other underwear is in the laundry. {and LOVING it...}

 

Dear World.

Dear Air Conditioner,
I might have not expressed this sentiment that often, but I love you so much.  I miss you dearly.

Dear Sunshine,

I'm waiting!!!!!!!!

Dear Deodorant,
People just use, and abuse you, you never get the thanks you deserve.  I would buy you flowers if I could!!!!

Dear TOMS shoe company,
KEEP GOIN' STRONG!!! YOU'RE AWESOME!!!!!

Dear Salisbury Center,
COULD you possibly be farther from civilization??

Dear kitchen workers this morning,
I wanted sausage and PEPPERS in my omelette, not tomatoes. I hate tomatoes.

Dear Bethany Internet,
I really wish you worked better.

Dear Church History paper,
I REALLY REALLY don't want to write you, but I know I have to, and I guess I'm just gonna have to get over it....

Dear Capitalism card game,
WHY are you so entertaining???? and WHY can't there be a limit on the number of players in the game?

Dear cell phone,
STOP TURNING OFF WOULDYA???

Dear floor rug in my dorm room,
you are so cute, and soft, and I'm so glad we picked you out!!!

Dear Family,
I actually miss you. I didn't think I would all that much, because I was so glad to finally get away, but I really do miss you.

Dear Stewarts Landing,
Are there really snakes in your water?? That girl really scared me when she told me that.....

Dear clouds suddenly looming overhead,
LEGIT?????? go away!!!!!!!!!

Dear World,
SEND ME LETTERS!!!!! I LOVE GETTING MAIL!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

Two Worlds, One Family

And so, armed with tissues, halls cough drops, cough syrup,and some more tissues, I leave today for Bible School.  Yes, that's right.  I'm sick.  But not just like I-have-a-little-cough-so-I'm-pretending-to-make-it-sound-worse-so-people-will-pity-me sick, but it's my-throat-kills-my-freakin'-nose-wont-stop-running-I-woke-up-a-gazillion-and-one-times-last-night-because-my-whole-body-aches sick.  It sucks.  


But instead of staying home, tucked up in my warm comforter, and eating the food that my mom makes for me, I'm leaving home.  I'm going off to school today, and I'm miserable.  


Yesterday when I was finishing packing, I was listening to Disney, (Disney makes everyone feel better, whether they admit it or not) and of course I have like... songs from EVERY single Disney movie, including Tarzan (which also happens to have some of my favorites) and the song "Two Worlds, One Family" came on. 
(For those of you that don't know, Tarzan grew up with a family of gorillas, but then met a beautiful English girl, and fell in love, therefore, the two worlds)


Here are some of the lyrics.  The unrelated parts are replaced by ellipses (...)

I like this picture a lot. It's kind of cool, the
ocean seems to never end, as if it goes on
forever.

Put your faith in what you most believe in
Two worlds, one family
Trust your heart
Let fate decide
To guide these lives we see
...
...
...
Raise your head up
Lift high the load
Take strength from those that need you
Build high the walls
Build strong the beams
A new life is waiting
But danger's no stranger here

No words describe a mother's tears
No words can heal a broken heart
A dream is gone, but where there's hope

Somewhere something is calling for you
Two worlds, one family
Trust your heart
Let fate decide
To guide these lives we see

I just thought that was interesting.  (But I would switch "fate" for God, because I don't believe in fate.... now that's a conversation for another time)

Here I go people.  It's all over now, and it's all beginning again!!!