Sadie Hawkins Dance, In My Khaki Pants...

I listened to Relient K last night.
It's like I have a love/hate relationship with them.
I love them, but sometimes I go for a long time without listening to them...then I do, and it's like I fall in love with them again.

Last night was like that.

I listened to "Sadie Hawkins Dance" and it reminded me of when we made the music video at Christina's party.

Colony is having a Sadie Hawkins Dance. I'm jealous. I wish we had had one. Although...I don't know if I would have asked anyone anyway. Well, we did ask Cody and Chris to prom...but that wasn't like a DATE...at all.

I don't think I would have asked anyone, but I think I would have regretted not asking anyone.

Too bad we don't dance at OBU - we FUNCTION.

Wow, this is my 301st post.

This Is...

This is my friend. I've known her since 2nd grade. We played with Barbies and American Girl Dolls and mini-Cabbage Patch Dolls. Then we talked about boys and really important stuff. She knows a lot about more. More than most people.

This is another friend. I've known her since...middle school. But I don't actually remember meeting her. Somehow we just WERE. She likes music and we went to concerts together in high school. Our houses are a lot alike.

This is another friend. She likes to boogey and dance like a Gangster. She's a lot more outdoorsy than me but we like to kayak sled together. I don't remember meeting her either. We just were. We did a science project together in like 7th grade.

This is another friend. He eats hair sometimes, but we like him anyway. He knows about 80s and 90s TV shows. And he likes to cheat at Clue, too. The V-Ho is our "special place" and he likes my cool trapper hat.

And this is my boyfriend. I love him. We met at lunch one day. He came and sat by me. Then he turned me down when I asked him out on a TWIRP date. Last night we looked at the stars before we prayed. There was a deer in the woods and it scared me. He's meeting my family this Christmas, and I'm scared for him.

Themes.

I have themes in my life right now.

What are they?

Forgiveness.
Dealing with bitterness.
Hurt.

There has never been anything this prevalent in my life before.

I've talked to a lot of girls in the last four of five days that have been hurt and don't want to forgive or can't forgive. It's interesting.

Funny how you never know what someone's gone through in their life until you take the time to talk to them, to ask, to get to know what's REALLY behind their face.

All Is Well...Well, Kind Of.

I'm excited about the way things are going.

My time at home was fantastic. Exactly what I needed to get through the rest of the semester. I saw my brothers in Seattle, which was a huge blessing too.

And now, one more week of classes, then finals.
I can't beleive how fast this semester has gone.
I can't believe how fast this whole YEAR has gone.

It's the first day of the last month of 2007.
It's Rochelle's birthday.
It's expensive sandwich day with Kim at Benedict Street.
It's Hanging of the Green and the CAB/ARA banquet.

I have a lot to do - lots of reading - but it's okay. I'm excited to read Milton's "Paradise Lost". I think it'll be good.

I finally found jeans that are long enough, so I bought (well, Mom bought) me three pairs from AMerican Eagle. They're fantastic.

Cora was at Mission Center last night, and she LOVED her Christmas present and card, which was good. We talked for a while, and I gave her a hug and told her I love her and that I'll miss her. Because I do and I will. Mom didn't understand why I wanted to give her a present even though she hurt me so much, but...I still love her. She's still my friend.

How many times do we hurt God and He always blesses us and loves us anyway?

Also, I love curly hair. A lot.