Ah! I have a wisdom tooth coming in! Does this signify
that I am a full adult? As one of the girls I baby-sit used to ask, "Are
you a kid adult?" "Yes." I replied at 21 years old. This meant I
could still jump on the trampoline with them. A kid adult seemed to be a
fantastic name for the 18-21 age group. Legally adults, but really just big
kids with freedom and their own money (if they work). Anyways, tomorrow I go
for x-rays to see if they'll need to take them out. :-( NERVOUS! Also, there
goes my recent baby-sitting money!
I'm super excited for the young adults’ retreat I'm going
on Oct 21-23 because we're going to a cabin in the mountains by a lake with a
hot tub. 12 of us are going. We'll play games, watch movies, go hiking, go to
stores where we don't really buy anything, and hopefully I will get mint
chocolate fudge. Because I LOVE LOVE LOVE mint chocolate fudge and can only
find it in touristy places or order it online. Some of my great friends are
going on this weekend retreat also which makes it even more enjoyable. It's a
weekend that there is always so much laughter that you can't breathe, your
stomach hurts, and tears roll down your cheeks. Also we have singing,
devotions, quiet times. It's probably one of my favorite things each year, even
with different people going each year.
There’s a new facebook layout coming out on Sunday called
Facebook Timeline. Long story short, you’re able to view all your past things
EVER posted with a much easier click of the button. You can click on any year
and scroll to find certain pictures or events. I found a way to get it early
and in this I began tagging where pictures were taken and it shows little pins
on a map. It was fun to see where I’d been. This DID take hours upon hours and
I doubt anyone is as ocd as me to go through all their thousands of pictures to
do the same. However, this trip down memory lane was interesting. I thought how
young some people looked! And how there were so many good memories, along with
so many I wish to forget.
After I get married, I want to go on a cruise. Why after
I marry? Because nobody my age has money or time to go now. Or they just don’t
go. I don’t know. I want to go to the beach, and Savannah Georgia, and a
cruise, and I’m willing to save up money to go, but others don’t. And I admit I
get really frustrated with that. But I guess I’d rather do that with somebody
I’m married to anyways right? And beyond that I want to travel to other
countries. I wouldn’t mind living in a really small house if that meant we
could go cool places. Oh, and this for sure includes Disney World and Islands
of Adventure again. :-) And Hawaii. And New York. I mean it’s only like $200
for a plane ticket to NY! That’s not too bad! $450 or so to Washington state! Those
numbers seem so low to me because the plane ticket to Kenya costs around $2,500
though. Anything below that just sounds WAY cheaper.
Random side note – this one youtube video I did where I
sang, “Someone Like You” by Adele 3 months ago, started getting around 1,000
hits a day in the past month, so it’s up to 32,000 views! Wow! I mean think
about 1,000 people viewing it every day – that’s a lot! I always delete the
mean comments because DANG some people are mean! What possesses people to say
such things about the way people look or sing? Geez. Anyways, it’s been
interesting to see the views shoot up when generally my few other videos that
got the most hits maybe got 1,000 total.
I would like to take a moment to say that I am SO
ridiculously thankful for the people who are in my life right now. For 4 years
in college I had a few friends here and there during my classes, but only IN
class, rarely outside of class. I went to an amazing girls’ bible study my
freshman and sophomore year of college, but when we stopped and went into
different majors the only way I kept in touch was through facebook. I only had
a few close friends, and often they were too busy, or I was busy as well and
our schedules didn’t match up. I prayed so hard for true and deep friends. I
prayed for 4 years and was angry that God just gave me a bunch of surface level
friends. I kept praying. Last summer God finally answered my prayers. When I
began at a new bible study through Northstar, although a lot of people have
come and gone over the past year, there are several who I treasure so much and
seeing them every week means to much to me. In my last year of college, this
time last year I had 4 classes and all 4 with the same women, all of us about
to become certified teachers. They were awesome. When student teaching started,
I worked with great teachers who were there for me. I knew that they were there
for me. With a few people at my home church that went to Kenya I’ve made a
point to keep in touch with them better, and also some at my current church.
Some awesome people have made a point to get together with me on a regular
basis. The young adults’ group at my church has slowly grown and those new
friends over the past year have also encouraged me and filled my empty days
with laughter. As I now step back and look at who is around me, I am SO
blessed. I don’t know why I went 4 years with little to no friends, but He has
now given me amazing people of all ages. I pray and thank God for them often.
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