distractions on 1W

So I decided to change the look of my blog. Ya know.. get a little more crafty with it. But this became dangerous SO fast!

One second I was looking through all the preset backgrounds, wallpapaers ect. The next, I'm surfing the web for pre-made backgrounds! I never ever in my life would have guessed that there are so many to choose from!

I ended up with this one with the hearts which I LOVE and the Eiffel Tower which reminds me of Mrs. Blackner and Mary.. and my new passport cover!

But this decision literally took me days! I probably changed it a million and one times and played with even more headers... Which honestly I just chouldn't figure out one that I liked and how to make it work.. so i ended up with this lovely picture of me and Maddy which I think is so great and just reminds me of that great evening... ;) SO much fun! You too Shley!

Anyways, I worked on this almost all day until our floor PANTY PARTY! Which was SUCH a hit and I everyone seemed to love it!

Everyone but one certain stinker, participated, and brought undies for their secret recipient.

All the undies were so cute and so funny and I think that everyone is ready to have another exchange next quarter because it was just so great :)

I have yet to receive my pair but I'm just even more anxious to get them now and super excited!

But here are a couple examples of the gifts given to the lovely ladies of First West Ashton :)

   

 Kimberly's undies from KFunk. American Eagle

Katie K's undies from me and the matching ones I got myself. Victoria's Secret.  

Sefanit's undies from Kimberly. "GET READY FOR SOME FUN". Victoria's Secret.

                                    

All in all, a very grand day in the life of a 1W resident :) now just homework stress and the everyday stresses of a college student. This weekend promises greatness :)

lovelovelove :)

Emotions

This last 18 months of my life, has been an absolute whirlwind. I have had the highs and the lows of my life.
I have shared joy, spreading it like no one's business! And I have felt sorrow. Being strong isn't always an option. But when joy comes to me, I embrace it to its fullest potential! I love to be joyful and I hope greatly that the people who know me best, see me as a very happy person :)

Lately, I have been home a lot and I don't think that a single trip home, has been without the question, "So do you guys still talk?" it's mostly coming from my mom. But from my dad, my brother, my aunt, my cousins, my gramma, my sister too.... It's the worst. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong. Like I should have done things differently. I always talk poorly about him. That I don't like his haircut, or he hangs out with bad people, or that his friends are cuter than him. But honestly, none of that is true. And I hadn't come to realize that until recently. I have found that I make fun of him, the way best friends joke around, or the way that siblings give eachother a hard time about everything. I lost my best friend, and I realized that I just straight up miss him. I miss hanging out and talking. Having someone to go to meals with when you missed dinner with your floor and now you're at it alone. Having someone there to rejoice with you when things go great! And to be the helping hand when things aren't going your way. I miss listening. The togetherness of a best friend, hearing them out and being available to assist in whatever way that you can. When they know everything about you and you know everything about them. When they just seem to 'get it' and no one else does. My friends at school have been so amazing and so supportive. But no one knows all of who I am like he does. He knows my gifts and my flaws, my recycled stories, my likes and dislikes, my biggest regrets and mistakes and the things I am most proud of. He knows my secrets and as far as I know, has been able to keep them to himself.

I don't really know what happened. Why we broke up. Why we don't talk after being best friends for a year. All I know, is that I miss the person I was so close with. And I would give anything to have that friendship back. I guess what they say is true. You never know what you have until you've lost it.

WAY too long.. now we're playing catch up...

I do believe that it has been since Christmas break... maybe even prior to Christmas break that I last posted. I have been very busy since then. Every week is another adventure filled with a million and one things to do. But I really enjoy being busy.

A lot has happened but a quick run down...

CHRIS got to come visit here and stay with me for a whole week! It was fantastic but it went by WAY too fast!

Winter quarter is going just swimmingly. Classes are tough but I'm feeling much better than last quarter.

I've been home quite a few times more this quarter than last. I think I'm coming to terms with facing the reality of home. It's so very comforting to be with people with you know will always love you.

I'm volunteering and attending Bethany Community Church in Green Lake. I love this church; it reminds me a lot of my beloved UPPC.

I have just started baby sitting, once a week so far and hopefully more days are soon to come. She was one year old in January and her name is Parker. She is so precious :)

My whole floor went on a retreat to my house last weekend which was stressful and eventful but so much fun.

I think that my biggest news so far though, is my slowly but surely, summer plans that are beginning to develop. I applied for a mission trip through my school call Seattle Pacific Reachout International, or SPRINT, in November and early last month I found out that I had been accepted to the Guatemala trip. This was not my first choice but I know that God places me on this team for so many reasons and I already feel blessed by being with this wonderful group of ladies.

The trip will be August 1st-29th but there is a ton of prep work and bonding experience that we will get to go through together. I will definitely be posting pictures of our journey, from now until next year when all is finished.

SPRINT retreat at Warm Beach is next weekend and i'm really excited about going and getting to know my fellow SPRINTer's better.

I got to come home tonight so I'm blogging from my own bed and it's so great... I just love it! :)

I hope to get all... most of my hw done tomorrow before I get back to school. But I guess we'll see how that goes.

Now pictures to get a better visual of recent events in my life :)

lovelovelovealways :)