Just a little update

School's started. I guess it's been awhile since I've written here, hasn't it? Oh well. Here's a nice little post that will most likely end up fairly long!

I'm currently summarizing a chapter for my AP European History class. Isn't that fun? Heh, actually it is. Well, interesting at least. I don't really appreciate the 27 pages that must be read through, highlighted, and outlined on the computer...

I'm considering taking up either some form of martial arts, track, or fencing. Something to pull me away from the constant sit-in-front-of-the-computer-doing-homework-itis. It's time I get really involved in both my school and the community. The former is fairly easy, actually. I'm on homecoming and prom committee, sit with different people in different classes... This year is certainly looking up. Last year, I was...
(ta-da!)
NERD GIRL!
Not a bad thing, really, if you don't include the low self esteem. But things are really changing; God's doing so many things in my life right now. It's really exciting! :]

Other news, other news...
This evening the family watched "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". It's a movie I remember watching when I was really little. There are a few scenes of bad language and suggestive content, but besides that, it's a hilarious movie. A classic.

Hmm, so I guess it didn't turn out as long as I had anticipated. I'll try to get something besides my usual drawling soon. Perhaps a past English paper... those are always fun.

And to the readers of my little blog,
Swallow in good health!

Weekend Purity Conference

I spent a weekend at a Girls of Purity conference with some friends. The content was fairly basic, but the speaker was phenomenal. I'm not ready to spill everything that happened that weekend, but God really revealed some things to me through a girl we were travelling with. It was simply amazing, and I was left in tears of... well, I'm not sure what kind of tears they were. The best explaination is it was simply all the emotions involved in hearing such words in God's presence. I want what she has. God is pulling me closer to Him, and I often find myself thinking how he's sitting right beside me. Or standing right above me, hand on my shoulder. I find myself just talking to him about my day or asking for help. My youth pastor said something that really got me thinking:

"Your parents want the best for you and would go to great lengths for it," she said, "So just imagine how much further God would go."

It really impacted how I view my relationship with Him and prayer in general. I am God's daughter. He truly can do anything! Only He has the strength to get me through whatever problems the day holds. The very idea is amazing. Even when I mess up, He's right there saying He forgives me. I've been feeling so happy lately and I find I hardly care how I look anymore. Who cares about makeup, the perfect outfit, or how thin you are? God sure doesn't! And I certainly shouldn't feel I need any of it to be beautiful in God's eyes.

Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

School retreat!

I'm going to a retreat this weekend from Friday (that's tomorrow!) to Sunday. I'm so excited! First is the bus ride, a nice, long 3-hour one. Plenty of time to goof off and get re-aquainted. The retreat is for incoming juniors of my school. It's a Christian school, so it's almost like an ultra-tiny church retreat!

From the information letter, there's lots of fun things to do, including even bikes you can check out. I'm so excited! If I'm correct, we'll be going north, so it's going to be a little cooler (I hope).

I'm off to go packing... lots of things to do before tomorrow!

A Nonsensical Poem

I'm sitting here with Jamie.
The world is on my head,
And I pray I can forget it
Before I go to bed.
The air is very cold in here
Or is it very hot?
My siblings are humming, yes,
The gingerbread's been bought.
My head is all awhirling, yes,
Or is it all just still?
The cards are all around, a mess,
I have to pay the bill.
My foot sits on a hockey,
My backside on a green.
Oh where on earth am I?
Shall I ever be seen?
I wanted to write a nonsense poem.
This I hope I have accomplished.
A glass twists in a blue bubble.
...Jamie, what rhymes with accomplished? ^^;