I love this picture.

On another note...
My mouth is still a little sensitive from getting my wisdom teeth out and it's sort of making my left ear feel achy. Bleh. I'm a little bummed that there was such beautiful weather this weekend and I had to spend a couple days lying inside on the couch.
Friday was surgery. This was me...

Hahaha eyes glazed over and such.

Connor and Tati came over to visit me and brought Starbucks coffee ice cream and superhero ice pops. Much appreciated :) Saturday night Lauren came over and then Michael picked us up and took us to Whole Foods to get some vegi general tso and this pumpkin dessert thing that was called "whoopie ass" (no clue...) I was still pretty swollen but I didn't really care because I wanted to get out of the house hehe. Then we went back to my house and watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Sunday...chilled. Monday...chilled during the day then got the seniors to come hang at Brusters then had a few adventures with Kelly. It went like this: "Deer!!" "Those were fake Elsbeth..." "Noo! They had the deer in the headlights look!" *turns car around* ...*deer running across the road* pretty sure those are real Kelly ;)

Challenged by Oswald

I was reading My Utmost for His Highest last night and I came across something that really challenged me, but I liked it. Here's an excerpt:
"Many of us are faithful to our ideas about Jesus Christ, but how many of us are faithful to Jesus Himself? Faithfulness to Jesus means that I must step out even when and where I can't see anything (see Matthew 14:29). But faithfulness to my own ideas means that I first clear the way mentally. Faith, however, is not intellectual understanding; faith is a deliberate commitment to the Person of Jesus Christ, even when I can't see the way ahead."

I really do believe that we're called to step out where the path is dark and live by faith rather than by sight. It's challenging because as humans, we're worry warts and control freaks. That being said...we're also a New Creation. It all depends on which life you want to identify with I suppose.

Anyhoo, anyone who saw the Ember Days and enjoyed them should go to www.comeandlive.com and download their new EP for free! It's so good! There's a lot of instrumental but they also do a cover of "It is Well." Janell has such a pretty voice.

I have no words for this video

hahaha just watch

A song for your listening pleasure

I know I posted this on my facebook a little bit back but I wanted to put it on my blog as well. This is a song by Adele called "Hometown Glory." She has SUCH a beautiful, powerful voice [a little jazzy]. I've only heard a couple of her songs other than this one but I really enjoy it :)

Wow Richmond...bringin' in the good ones!

Matt & Kim...Oct. 21
Sufjan Stevens...Nov. 9
STOKED

Thank God for days with gorgeous weather like today! It doesn't even feel like August at all. The temperature is chaaaanging here comes Autumn!

Eeee!

I had my first day of class at John Tyler yesterday. It went well, I like my teacher. It's great to get back into the swing of things. I spent a couple hours doing homework at Cafe Cattura on Grove today with an iced honey spice coffee, twas relaxing. I'll start classes at WA on the 9th and that'll be a breeze this year. I really am loving anthropology and I'm excited to keep studying it! There are some quirky kids in my class.
Anyways, I had been stressing out a lot about colleges lately because I reeeally wanted to go to McGill in Montreal but I had a discussion with my parents about it and unless I can get a bunch of scholarships...it's not happening. Buuuut my family is still on board for the trip there next summer. So even though I probably wont end up going to school there, my parents informed me of a ton of possibilities for next year and really made me feel better. I told them how stressed I was about finding a school that I genuinely liked, getting my SAT's done, getting a job, making choices for my major, etc. and my mom basically told that I'm so stressed out because I'm looking at a ton of things at once, when I need to focus on one goal at a time. Right now, that's getting caught up on math and taking the SAT in the Spring. I've been working for Joni taking care of her kids every week for a while and planned on getting another job once the kids go back to school and my commitment was over (which it now is). But my parents said that if focusing 100% on school this year [specifically, math] meant not having a job for now, then they would support me with gas and stuff. I'm glad I have parents like that.
Moving on...besides doing organization work in Africa, I really would love to be a baker (but don't want to go to culinary school). So one of the options my parents suggested was going somewhere after I graduate next year and apprenticing under a baker (literally anywhere...even Montreal if I wanted!) I'm for sure not going to a university next year because of all my SAT crap and not having it done in time, but my parents really did make me feel better about taking a year off of school and all the neat things I could do. I feel really relieved after that talk with them.

Life is good. I'm happy :) And I'll go wherever the wind takes me

I know I pretty much just wrote a book...and if you read this whole thing, then...bless you :p

ps. listen to this song it'll get you stoked on life.