Do I hear a SIX???

So we are down to single digits!!!! Only six more days until GRADUATION DAY!!!!

I know its so cliche but college really did go by really fast. I remember how I wanted to hurry because I thought it would never end. And here I am only days away...

On a positive, I got offered a job at a winery that I had applied to a few months ago. I am starting as a wine sales girl on the floor but the manager wants me to start working on future events. Aka I get my dream job of planning parties, events and weddings:) How great is that!!!!

This summer I will be working two jobs! I am planning on saving all the money I make so that I can eventually make my way into buying my own place. I am getting into that stage of life where I need to spread my wings and fly.

My life is changing so much lately I can barely keep it all together... with my mind and heart going in all directions at the same time leaves me scatterbrained (more than usual for those of you who know me already). Every negative always has a positive... and I don't just have one!!!

1) I won tickets to game 4 Kings vs. Canucks

2) Our tickets were upgraded from nose bleed to two rows away from the ice

3) My job :)

4) I am down 15 lbs.

5) Graduation!!!

Trying to hold onto the positives:)

Can I get a TOP TEN!?!?!

Its been quite awhile since my last blog!!!! And that just means I am ever more closer to graduating!!! I am at the 12 days left mark and counting... I am a big Office fan and because of that I am easily influenced by what they do on the show.... From putting staplers in jello to simply yelling out "Thats what she said" but I am going to go above and beyond using Office as an influence... On graduation I decided that it would be appropriate to do as JIM AND PAM did at there wedding taking snap shots of important moments that they put in their own album. Of course, I am actually going to use a camera and then put it together with all the other memories I have racked up my college career...

Highlights from this year:

- Kayaking and witnessing Stephanie get attacked by a wave

- U of R visits ( enough said)

- LA Fair: baby goats, fried feast, t-shirt adventure and photo booth nightmare

- Baseball games

- Witnessing an engagement

- Getting attacked by killer wave while trying to pick up sea shells

-Yule adventure

- Iron Fence meet Jr

- Speeding ticket to a Speech and Debate Tourney

- The times shared laughing at each other over BWW!

There are so many more ... but those are a few of the little moments that either make me laugh hysterically or make me say "oooohhhh". Either way I have enjoyed every minute of this school year. I wonder what everyone else would say if they were given 10 minutes to list there TOP TEN favorite moments of their senior year...

Here, Here to options!!!!

You know what is so great about life... the options!

Options are endless!

You can have your steak medium or well done...

You can have your gas 87 grade or Premium...

You can chose between degree or no degree...

You even have the option of Verizon or At&t...

But most importantly you have the option to follow the crowd or follow the cross.

Now, I know I went from talking about steak to talking about faith but in a world that is so secular you can't help but wonder how many are forgoing the cross. I recently had epiphany about myself... I have been so interested in what others think of me that I have lost sight of what is important. I have followed the crowd and in doing so I have lost myself...

I am on a quest to find myself now! I feel like a adventurer about to embark on a journey and I am oh so excited to see where it leads me...

"Vaarwel! Mag mijn reis wordt met nieuwe bevindingen gezegend!"

My Oma taught me that today... it means "Farewell! May my journey be blessed with new findings"

A experiment...

So since I have been having sleepless nights and the big black bags under my eyes seem to be growing far bigger and far more permanent... I am going to experiment. My mother bought me some melatonin which is an aid for stress relief and sound sleeping. So tonight is the night I will give it a whirl. I am hoping for the best but worst case scenario would just be that I will find my self googling or reading my Bible.

Last night, while I was late night googling I came across this... I thought it was hilarious and I defiantly tried a few:)

I officially only have 29 days till I graduate! Funny thing is is that I just keep thinking about what if I just quit now?!?! Now, why would I have that idea? I really don't know to be honest. Maybe, its because I don't want to grow up or maybe its because I secretly want to be a failure! All I know is I am so close to graduating.... and the whole idea of being a grown up is too much for a girl to handle. I never want to grow up!!!!

I am reading the book of John now which so perfectly ties into Easter... But this morning during my morning devotions I took a look through Philippians and found this amazing verse...

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me....Philippians 3:10-12

I am so blessed with what Christ has done for me and I am eternally grateful. I hope that with every day I strive to be more like him and although I may stumble and fall I know that in his eyes I am forgiven.

When 3:30 becomes 4:30

I think this is called sleep insomnia but I could be mistaken. For the past two nights I have had the luxury of waking up at 3:30... I hope this isn't a pattern. What do people do at this time? So I googled it... nothing exciting really came up. But when I typed in why do I keep waking up at this time... It got a little more interesting. This is one of the interesting ones...

There is no such thing as "the devil's hour". It is only considered this because either;

1) This is when the least amount of light exists on the planet.

2) 3pm is supposedly the hour Jesus died on the cross, so the opposite 3am is apparently the devil's hour.

3) Between the hours of 3-5am the most deaths occur than any other hour. But studies revealed that your body and your immune system is actually more vulnerable between 3-5 am. If a very sick patient had terminal illness, they would usually pass away early in the morning when their body is at the weakest point.

I hope this pattern goes away! If not then I always like watching this:)

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear ... "
1 John 4:18

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear ; do not be frightened."
Take Courage
1 Peter 3:14