Kayaking

Went kayaking today through the Naples canals with friends Emma and Tiffany. It finally got sunny for us to go and the weather was perfect. We had one surf board and we rented 2 kayaks so we just kind of cruised around slowly because the surf board was slower. And of course we took turns tipping each other in the kayaks, no one could escape that one. Even though it was warm outside the water was still pretty cold so we went for In-n-out after we had been kayaking for about 2 hours to warm up with some yummy food. It was pretty tiring since we were tugging others around and so when I got home I took a nice long nap.

ZOOM!

I just got back from getting my teeth whitened with the newest technology called ZOOM! I won the certificate to go get them whitened a few weeks ago at grad night and then did it today! Since my teeth were already kind of white from using crest white strips a few years ago though they didn't go THAT much whiter, but I can at least tell the difference. Anyway pretty cool, only downside is right now I'm having random shooting pains in my mouth which last for like a day and I can't drink coffee, or soda, or eat ketchup or mustard, or anything with color for at least 3 days. What food doesn't have color? Well I guess I will just have to figure that one out!... or lose some weight from lack of eating for the next few days...

5' 3.25"

That's how tall the doctor said I was! Last time I was only 5' 2.25" tall! Meaning I have actually grown taller! See I haven't grown upwards since like middle school, yes outwards but not up. I am still the shortest person in my family though, my mom's barely taller but my little sister is 5' 9.25" tall apparently, which is also an inch taller than last time, and my dad's 6'. Anyway... woohoo! I was excited.

Early for summer

I got up at about 7:15 this morning which has to be the earliest I've woken up all summer. I'm going to go get vaccinated for meningitis, which apparently I have to do before I can dorm at SDSU, yah, fun stuff. I don't even know what meningitis is.

Sunday fellowship... with some work too :)

Started out the day going to the Gourmet Pie restaurant for some breakfast with the Smith family, Teddy, and Corrie. I've never been there before so of course I had to have the famous boysenberry cream cheese pancakes. Oh my goodness, they were so delicious, wow. Sunday was my enjoyment day for eating right this week, minus saturday. When I weighed myself I saw that I'd lost 3 pounds! Sweet! So now after eating yummy food today I'm going to get right back on track tomorrow, and I think I'm going to try to up my exercising a bit.
Then I went over to Corrie's and we cleaned out and organized her room all day! It was fun though, of course we had fun in the process. Especially when we were both getting tired at the end and couldn't stop laughing at stupid things like when Corrie said the smoke smelled burned. Hmm... the smoke smells burned, I wonder why that one is? And I'm sure Corrie felt good to have her room finally in order since she moved in a couple of months ago and hadn't had the time to go through stuff yet.
Then we went for some much needed Starbucks (at least for me) thanks to Jeannie's grad present to me (a starbucks card), on our way to church. I have to say the church experience was awesome tonight. It was really beneficial for me getting the chance to talk about the real meaning of worship, something I never really understood, and am even still somewhat confused by, but learning. Discussing ways that we could worship God in every day tasks, doing everything for God, even such simple things as driving or cleaning or exercising, everything for God. It was a good service and I think the thing I love about this church, about Satellite, is the discussion that was going on, hearing everyone's spin on things, or what they are going through in their lives. That we have the chance to hang out outside of church such as with breakfast and organizing Corrie's room, and the fellowship never ends. Getting to talk about things with Christian friends, the community, and having the chance to hear their guidance or opinions from a Christian perspective or God's point of view. I think these people are the reason that I've had the chance to learn so much and grow in Christ, even though there is still much more learning and growing, I don't think I'd be in the same place right now if it wasn't for this church and these people. Tonight we also talked about even when we couldn't see God or feel his presence that we have to keep worshipping Him, and I think when we have such an open church community that even when we don't see God in our own lives at the moment, we can see Him working in others.
Anyway today was an awesome day, an awesome time to spend in fellowship with other Christians, learning and discovering things that I need to take with me all of the time. Life is good right now.

Full day... fun day

I went to Emma's graduation party today... had fun hanging with friends, playing frisbee, ping pong, jumping in the bounce house, and throwing water balloons at everyone. (I didn't actually dry off til like 10:00 tonight, thanks guys).
Then I went to babysit 2 boys who live down the street from me. You know a lot of people I know like to babysit to get money, which of course is always nice, but I really love spending time with these kids. It's been 4 years now since I started watching them when they were 3 (Max) and 5 (Eric), now 7 and 9 (for those who found the math difficult). They just have so much life and energy. I went over there at about 5:00 straight from Emma's party and their mom warned me they hadn't had too much of a chance to release energy yet, and believe me these boys have ALOT of energy. But since I had energy too it was ok! It was nice that they didn't just sit in front of the TV all night. We made forts, played soccer and some other random games outside, made our dinner into a picnic, and some other random activities. Anyway I love those kids, they're a handful sometimes but that makes babysitting way less boring! ... and yes I did make some money too :)

friends and bonfire or motherdaughter night out?

I am choosing the mother daughter night out. I think my mom's been kind of more sad than upset lately since she feels I haven't been spending enough time at home. So tonight I asked her if we could go shopping together and to dinner, maybe get some golden spoon afterwards. I think she was happy that I asked considering it's a Friday night and all and normally I would spend Friday's out with friends. I am a little bummed that I won't be going to a bonfire at the beach though, but it's okay I should have a good time with my mom instead. Plus there will probably be plenty more bonfires throughout the summer, but if I don't try to heal this thing with my mom soon, things could get worse.

Can it really handle all of the "Elements"

I don't know. What I do know is that I really don't like the new Honda Elements. All of a sudden they seem to be becoming extremely popular too. I must have seen 5 or 6 of them today and I was only out driving for about 30 minutes. Sorry if any of you like these cars. They just seem so awkward and impractical with the boxy shape. Whoever made them I don't know what they were thinking. Here's a picture of them Element .

Gotta love summer

Again more randomness... Yesterday I went shopping and then attempted to tan at the beach... I think I think I got a faint tan line from that. Today was swimming all day in my friend Dani's pool... that was fun and now I really actually do have a line, although it is a pink one, not exactly the golden brown I hoped for, but hopefully it will get there. Then home for just long enough for my mom to tell me I'm not home enough and then off to church! Good times, I'm loving this summer stuff.
Oh yeah, I still have to buy a graduation present for Emma... she got me a really nice cross necklace and I need to get her something too! Her parties on Saturday, soon. So anyone have any ideas?? (Yes I know I'm a procrastinator, no need to point it out)

nothing much

Well summer's basically just starting for me which means life has slowed way down! So I don't have too much to write about... Let's see I took my little sister to see shrek 2 today, that was a funny movie, but I wouldn't say as funny as everyone made it out to be. I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I was going to start eating healthy and exercising... haha. Well that didn't happen then, but it is happening now! I was partly inspired by Tim and Jamie Smith and their Body for Life success... and it helps to have someone helping me(corrie):) I started eating better yesterday, mainly cutting out junk food and not eating as much and not snacking all the time. So day 2 is ok of that, we'll see how it goes. Oh yes and I actually exercised on my own yesterday, not something I do too often, and then I have an indoor soccer game tonight which is A LOT of exercise... so that's good. Anyway tomorrow I'm going to hang out with my friend Dana during the day who I haven't seen in like a year. We were really good friends in middle school but then went to different high schools... kind of a bummer but whenever we get together we have a blast... so I'm looking forward to that! Anyway I figured even if I didn't really have anything to say I should keep blogging... so everyone gets to read about the randomness of my life right now. :)

Oreo

The name of my little sister's new hamster. We already have 3 cats... and a fish. I'm pretty curious how long this hamster is going to last... I'm giving it about a month before the cats get to it. We shall see...

thebensonator

Some of you may be wondering why in the world I chose to call this blog "thebensonator". No I did not make up a nickname for myself, becuase that would be lame. I just remembered that someone called me that. But for the longest time I couldn't remember who had called me bensonator or where I had heard it before until yesterday... when my friend Kelly and I were talking and she called me bensonator! Anyway mystery solved... now we all know! It was Kelly :)

Graduation Party

Thank you to all who came to my graduation party today. I was expecting about twice as many people until I found out early this morning that most of my relatives weren't coming... so there's SO MUCH extra food! That's okay though. I really enjoyed spending time with friends. It was nice to just hang out and enjoy each other's company. Thanks for all of the cards and gifts and just for coming for all who did!

AOL

I hate AOL. I just spent an entire hour trying to log on and it wouldn't work, and then I had to reinstall it like twice... The only thing I like is the im (instant messenger) feature. I know that you can have any service and have still have the instant messenger but it just hasn't been done yet. Anyway I'm disgusted with AOL.

Camping!!

Well I can't even say how awesome the camping trip was. It had to be one of the best ways to start out the summer. I'm thinking that it will be difficult for the rest of this summer to compare to the camping experience. Let's see... Saturday we got there fairly quickly and spent the day just setting up and playing games and stuff. Sunday we went to the beach in Santa Cruz where we had some issues with the locals... apparently people in "nor cal" have issues with people from "so cal"... which we all thought was pretty funny because we don't treat people like that here (maybe some "so calians" do, but I don't know any). Monday we drove up to San Francisco and had a blast there. Tuesday we went on a 3 mile hike to a river and spent the day splashing around and laying out in the sun, and then went up to the observatory at night and layed around gazing at the stars. Also on tuesday and Wednesday night we went to this amazingly delicious icecream place called Marianne's and rocked out outside of the store to Queen and ACDC having a whole dance party, getting some of the locals to join in, it was SO MUCH fun. Wednesday the girls went shopping in downtown Santa Cruz where there was a huge Urban Outfitters, and a bunch of other expensive similar stores. And this morning we packed up and headed home after stopping to eat lunch at Bubba Gump's in Monteray!
All in all the trip was so nice because it was so relaxing, no time schedules, lots of sleeping in and hanging out late at night around the campfire. 5 days with 15 people you would think there would be some people getting on each others nerves, but nothing like that happened, it was awesome.
One of the best parts was last night where we all sat around the fire and each took a turn answering questions like "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" and "What's 1 thing you want to do before you die?" and "What's something you are proud of yourself for?". And at the end of it all some were moved to tears and we all sat in silence for a few minutes just thinking about the trip and eachother and life, it was so amazing. The whole trip is one of those I don't think I will ever forget, it couldn't have gone any better.
Hmm I was trying to make it a short post but I think I failed at that one... oh well!

Going Camping!

Alright I'm leaving in about 10 minutes to go to a friend's house and then leave tomorrow to go camping up in Santa Cruz!
See you all sometime after Thursday! I'd love to see you at my graduation party on Saturday June 19 at 3:00. If you need the address or directions just leave me a comment and I'll email it to you. :)

Graduation and Everything

Right now it feels really really late, and I am beginning to get really really tired, but I wanted to leave an update on the whole graduation experience before crashing in bed and sleeping all day.
Graduation:
The ceremony itself went well, nothing exciting, it just felt like another graduation (not like I'd know, but that's what it felt like). Although one very cool thing... my friend Emma Yearick was chosen as one of the Hall of Famers for the 2004 year because of academics, sports, clubs, volunteer, and lots of other stuff. Only 3 people out of almost 900 recieved this honor and their picture will be on the wall in the cafeteria FOREVER. Pretty awesome! WAY TO GO EMMA!! Then I went home afterwards and the excitement slowly began to build. My family had desert with my aunt and great aunt and uncle before Emma and I headed to grad night around 10:45 PM.
Getting to Grad Night:
So Emma's boyfriend Michael drops us off in the front of the school so we could go to grad night (which was at the school). We walk in and realize there are fences everywhere and no way to get in... so we try walking around to the right only to walk halfway around the school to encounter MORE FENCES. Hmm so we decide to try going around to the left and again MORE FENCES. This has taken about 10 minutes so far and we are starting to get slightly irritated. So we're like allright we'll just go out the front gate and walk halfway around the school where the entrance should be. When we come to the front the gate has been locked! Oh no! We're locked in the school!! We were completely trapped. Luckily previous times during the school year Emma and I discovered a place at the bottom of the gate just high enough to crawl under (for days like when we didn't feel like going to Econ or Calculus). However this is on the other side of the school. Needless to say it took us a good 30 minutes before we finally made it to the entrance.
Grad Night:
The ticket for grad night is like $80... but EVERYTHING is free, tons of food, lots of games, casino type stuff, music video making. Emma and I had a blast going through the moon bounce type obstacle course and racing/tumbling down the gigantic slide, and doing the bungy cord thing where you try to run as far as possible and beat the other person. We played the games a bazillion times and won tickets to put in raffles for drawings at the end. Then we met up with many other friends and played all types of casino games which I lost extremely badly at and discovered that I should probably never gamble. Still fun though. Lets see... we got a caricature drawing of the 2 of us shopping, fun stuff. Then there was a hypnotist around 3:30am from New Zealand. A couple of my friends were hypnotized including Emma. It was HILARIOUS. Emma was rocking out and dancing to Brittany Spears, I got pictures which I will have to share, but they really don't do justice to how funny it all was. At the very end around 4:30 am they did the raffle drawings. I had put all of my like 500 tickets into the health and beauty can, hoping to win one of like six 3 and 2 month passes to bally total fitness and some other gym. Bummer that I didn't win those but I DID win a free bleach teeth whitening session at the dentists. It's the newest technology called Zoom and is worth about $500. So that was pretty awesome. Oh yeah and Emma won 2 wild rivers tickets and my friend ashley won $150... and that's all I can remember :)
Anyway now it is about 630 in the morning and my awakeness is slipping... Very long post but I had so much to write about! I'm leaving for camping in less than a day! Yah!!! So goodnight

AHHH!!

I graduate today!!! Ahh!!! I can't believe it, it seems like it took forever for this day to get here and then at the same time no time at all (very cliche, sorry, but it's true!). At 7:00 tonight I will finally graduate. It still hasn't even quite hit me yet, although it's beginning to. Then I have grad night afterwards at the school which should be alot of fun... and ends at 5:00am tomorrow morning! Then hopefully I'll find some time to sleep in there because I haven't even started getting ready for camping and I have to be ready by tomorrow night when we all spend the night at one person's house before heading out at 4:00am! So I'll try to post before I leave to let you all know how graduation and grad night went... And then you won't get any more lovely posts until I get back from camping late next Thursday! I know you will all miss me so much, lol, just kidding.

Dorm room

I'm taking a bit of a cleaning break and I was looking up the dorm rooms at San Diego State. There's this cool virtual thing you can do to view the whole room. I'll be in the cheapest double room. Check it out, it's pretty small SDSU dorm room

1 day left

This was the last day before graduation and we had a senior picnic. Pretty much it was just a massive yearbook signing session for 3 hours since the school ran out of food in about the first half hour. It was the first time I have actually started to become sentimental because I am never going to see alot of these people again. Anyway but that was fun, just sitting on blankets hanging out in a massness of friends.
When I came home I got to clean ALL DAY... and I'm still not really close to being finished. Let's see I've cleaned my room (probably a days project in itself), done the dishes, and straightened up the desk around the computer... finding papers that went back to my freshman year, this family never throws anything away. I still have to mop, vacuum, do laundry so I have clothes for camping, wash my comforter and sheets, and dust... YUCK. I have to do this now so that we can have a couple of family people over tomorrow night after my graduation... and also for my graduation party next Saturday, June 19, (since I won't be here all next week because I'll be camping!) which everyone is invited to even if you didn't get an invitation because I ran out or goofed. But seriously I'd love for anyone to come, it's at 3:00 til whenever so come whenever you can!
Anyway I graduate tomorrow!!!!! I can't believe it came so fast! I'm so excited!

Can you help me? I'm shaking...

Awww. Tonight was Emily's 8th grade graduation and before she left she came to me and said "Laura can you help me put the back on my earring, I can't do it because I'm shaking". And she really was, how cute. The whole ceremony was extremely nice and I thought went very well. Emily just had her hair cut and done and she looked about 5 years older it was crazy. The girl at the hair salon who does my hair asked which one of us was the older sister!! What?!?! Excuse me, just because she may be a little taller I am definitely older!! Hmmm.
The part I thought was the best about the whole ceremony was a parent of younger children at Nazarene who spoke to them about their future. He said that in order for these young men and women to make it in the future they needed to rely on God, placing their trust solely in Him. They could do this by praying to God every day. There life would be well spent if they did His will for the rest of their lives. He said that God has a plan for every one of us and that through prayer we could find out what this plan was and live our lives for God. The speech was very well put and thought out and something that struck me as a soon to be graduate as well. I am constantly wondering what God has in mind for my life because I don't know but wish that I did. However this man helped to explain something that I have been hearing alot lately, that our purpose in life is to serve God, that is what we are meant for. And we can do this by praying to Him every day. It was a good thing for not only the graduates to hear but I believe audience members as well.
Anyway now I think Emily is officially a high school student, meaning we can be high schoolers together for 2 days until I graduate... In 36 hours.

Weight

Ok so after bathing suit shopping yesterday I have decided that I am ready to lose some weight. I'm writing this so everyone can help to hold me accountable. For instance things like "Laura are you sure you really want to eat that 10th slice of pizza?"... or "Hmm, I'm not sure that venti starbucks or king size candy bar are such a good idea"... you know, stuff like that. As for the whole exercise thing I've gotta start working on that one as well. Summer's a nice time to lose some weight. Corrie if you ever need an exercise partner I'm there... and anyone else who wants to do something active call me up... and hold me accountable to this decision!

Emily

Oops, I forgot to add one thing to my last post, but it's kind of a whole new category so I thought I'd just make another post... I keep mentioning my own graduation, but I believe I have failed to mention the fact that my little sister is graduating as well. She's graduating from 8th grade tomorrow. Wow! Growing up so fast, I remember what I was like in 8th grade and it's so crazy for me to think of Emily as this old, what she must already know but does not necessarily share, and how much more mature she is then I necessarily think of her since she's just my little sister (even though she's a good half foot taller than me now, but that doesn't change the fact). She's about to enter this huge world of high school, it's so crazy that she is going from her 200 person elementary/ middle school to this huge almost 4,000 person high school. I pray that she can handle it. Oh yeah and I get some bragging rights since I am her sister and all... Emily made valedictorian for her class. I didn't know that there was such a thing as valedictorians in 8th grade but apparently at lb naz there is! Anyway because of this she gets to present a speech tomorrow, that should be a big hurdle for her since she doesn't always do too well in front of a large group of people, but she is definitely in my prayers again for this large step! So good luck bud, for tomorrow and high school, and all in the future.

Senior Week - Day 1

Today was the first day of "senior week"... all of the seniors are done with their finals so the school just has activities planned for them through Wednesday, and then graduation is on Thursday!! So for today we had an assembly where there was supposed to be a talent show and a slideshow and then a hypnotist. Our school is pretty lame and did not prepare very well and therefore the senior students ended up sitting around for about 30 minutes while people tried to figure out why the music wouldn't work, which ended in our only watching the hypnotist instead of the rest of the stuff. That was pretty cool though, I don't think I could ever be hypnotized, but some of the people up there I think may really have been. It was pretty sweet.

The next part of the senior day was the Senior Awards Night tonight. I got to go because I got the "President's Education Award"... meaning I was in the top 5% of Millikan seniors, which really isn't saying that much. It was pretty funny though because out of all of the awards this was probably the lowest one, with about 45 people getting the award, whereas most of the other ones were more prestigious with only 2 or 3 people getting them. But oh well, haha.

Anyway sorry to bore you, this was just a list of what I did for today! Oh yeah and I also went bathing suit shopping and ended up having to go to 3 stores before I found 2 that I liked at Macy's! It was kind of nice though because I went shopping by myself... Normally I prefer to be out with friends but it was nice to have some alone time.

Parents letting go

Lately my parents (mainly my mom actually) have started to become very clingy, not wanting me to go out, or spend time with other people besides them. Most of you who read this blog probably already know about this problem I am having. I know the reason they are becoming this way is because I am finally graduating and only have 3 more months at home before I go off to SDSU, and I don't think they are ready to let go. They have known for over a year now that I had plans to move away when I went to college, but now that the time is getting closer they are less willing to let me, their oldest, go. It's so hard because I understand that they are feeling this way, but at the same time I want to be out on the weekends, enjoying my time with friends, especially since I am now done with school work and want to have fun and take advantage of my last free summer. I am at the point where I don't care if they don't want me to go out so that I can be home spending time with them. In fact I am home often with them they just don't see it as enough. The hardest part is that in this time right before I leave I do not want to alienate myself from my parents, yet that's what I find myself doing. I want to have a good relationship with them so that when I finally do leave I won't leave on bad terms and want to completely be on my own without them. This is the time when I need to learn to become more independent, I feel like I am ready to be on my own, and yet my parents are holding on even tighter. I don't want to be on bad terms with them all summer while I fight with them when I want to go out. However I am not going to stay at home all of the time either because that is what they want. (Sigh) I just need some patience to understand that this is how they are going to be for now. But I hope that soon things will get better, and they realize that they are simply alienating me.

Friends

So I'm sitting at home Friday night calling some people to see what's going on for the night... Call my friend Shelby and she reminds me her and some of our other friends are going to a concert... then I call another friend ashley and turns out she and other couples are going out tonight... talking to my friend Matt online I learn the guy friends are having guys poker night. So since I didn't have a concert ticket, don't have a boyfriend, and am not a guy I was stuck, and I really didn't feel like sitting at home on a Friday night. Then as I was sulking surfing the internet I was instant messaging Corrie Jette and complaining to her about not doing anything so she asked if I wanted to hang out with her! Yah! So we walked on the beach at night then watched "The Count of Monte Cristo" (very good movie, I'd never seen it before) although Corrie fell asleep :). Then after spending the night we jogged/walked to Starbucks the next morning (it's like 3 miles away, Corrie's crazy)... but it felt really good to get some exercise in. After showering off our sweaty stink we went with her room mate Vanessa to South Coast Plaza and looked in envy at all the nice and expensive clothes. Normally I'm okay with not being rich, but I'll tell ya at a place like that it sure would be nice, but oh well. Anyway fun times, I didn't have to be a loner Friday night I got to hang out with Cool Corrie (teehee) and my Saturday was fun too!

It's over

Well not quite... but technically all of the "work" part is FINALLY done with. I will never have another high school project... never have another high school class... never have another high school final... I can't believe it it's so crazy. I still have a few more days til graduation (coming up thursday), but everything else is done. It's so weird I can't quite get over it. While I was sitting in my last class today listening to people's final projects I kept spacing out and thinking about going to NJ for a week this summer... Emma and I finally bought plane tickets so we could visit Melissa and David Macomber for a week in July... I'm so excited!
Let's see then after school my friends and I had a camping "meeting" to figure out who was bringing what and to get all of the money together and how we were getting there and when we were leaving (4am next saturday... so early!!) Anyway so now I have another thing to look forward to. Should be a blast. It's so great not to have to think about school anymore... I mean there's still graduation to think about but besides that I am done. So in like 6 days can I officially be considered a college student? Because that would be so awesome.

Thanks mom

I got up nice and early this morning to finish some last minute stuff. I guess my mom could tell I was really tired because she made me some coffee and helped me to finish up some of my last minute stuff... even though I know she had a lot to do herself. My mother and I don't always get along (especially the past few days), but I know she still loves me and I love her. So this was very cool of her... thanks mom.

Update: 2:00... So my mom did something else nice for me this morning... When I got to school I realized I forgot to bring my anatomy book which was due today or it was a $60 book fine, and you can't have bookfines if you want to graduate. So I called my mom and she brought my book to my car and left it in their for me before going to work... very cool

SO TIRED

It's only 9:30 and I am dragging... I have been since about 4:00 this afternoon. I'm almost done with everything though. Thank goodness. Tomorrow is the last official day of school. Yup about 4 more hours of high school work and then Senior Week of fun and then graduation a week from today. For now this will be my last late night of homework... until college that is. Can't wait. Hmmm maybe I'll go get a Starbucks to perk up a little... I need to last just a little longer...

EWWWW!

Eww Ewww Ewww... I walked in the house, took off my shoes, and boom, stepped in cat barf. Ew Gross, it was all slimy and disgusting... YUCK, and then I had to clean it up, Ewwwwww

Sooo Late...

Well almost finished my anatomy project... I just have to cut and glue stuff which is a no brainer so not too bad. Anyway it's so late and I shouldn't have stayed up so long! but too late now! Off to bed

Ophitoxaemia...?

"Venomous snake bite". So I have this anatomy project, actually it's not only a project it's my 200 point final, where I am supposed to show how a venomous snake bite affects 7 systems of the body in some kind of flow chart type poster. Yup, another poster. Fun Stuff. I thought for sure this really wouldn't be that much work. However now that it's almost 7:00 and I have just finished getting almost all of my information organized I am realizing that this is going to take much longer than originally planned. My goal is to finish this project tonight (probably won't happen, but you know) and then finish my other final project for English tomorrow. They're both due Friday... So this is looking like another late night ahead of me. Yah.

"Seniors Stop Asking Questions"

Yep, that's what it said in big bold letters across our Millikan bulletin today. You'd think the administration would be glad that the senior students were taking an interest in their future and caring about what they were supposed to get done before they graduated. But nope, apparently not. I don't think there are too many other high schools where the administration really doesn't want to help the students out, since it is their job and all. But you know that is just my opinion, I guess I may have a slight bias since I am one of those students who would like to be able to get everything cleared up and dealt with so that I can graduate, but that's just me. Maybe if the school would inform us in a better way of what we need to do than we wouldn't have to ask so many questions!

Isaiah 6

I woke up this morning with about 10 minutes to get ready and leave (something I have been doing alot lately) and grabbed the first shirt and pants I could find without paying too much attention. After I left I realized I had put on my old jr. high youth group shirt which says Isaiah 6 on it. Besides once about a month ago I'm pretty sure I haven't worn this shirt since 8th grade. So when I got to school my friend Kelly asked me what my shirt meant. I told her it was from my old middle school youth group and that it meant something about spreading the news about God to everyone. At this point I realized I didn't really remember what the shirt meant, or more correctly what Isaiah 6 said. Therefore when I got home I reread the chapter and these verses stuck out at me...
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
This was God's call to Isaiah to become a prophet, to spread his word to all, even those who did not want to listen or hear about the glory of God. I need to be out there spreading God's word... by taking the opportunities that are given to me, and behaving in a way that glorifies God all of the time so that I am not a hypocrite.
There's much more to this chapter than just that, but that is what I have taken out of it for now.
So later when I went to the CSULB library a guy asked me what my shirt meant and I explained to him something to the effect of what I took out of it above, and he was like "That's cool, I'll have to read that myself".
I have come to the conclusion that pulling on this shirt of all shirts this morning was probably not an accident, rather it was a nice reminder from God of what my purpose in life right now is. Although I don't yet know what He wants for my life, I do know that I can always be glorifying Him through the way I respond to situations and take the opportunity to share God with those who need to hear about Him.