i'm back!!

so i definitely forgot about this until Saturday when Nicole was working on a blog and i was like "hey i have one of those!" so here i am.

this semester has actually been the best yet. I like my classes, love my professors, and except for a few certain assignments the HW hasn't been so bad. Last week was entirely too stressful and was probably the lowest of the semester i will let myself get. I did my psyc annotated bibliography in like 2 days (not a wise move). But, besides some tests this week is not so bad. And, this year is flying by. usually i am counting down to thanksgiving break passionately but not this time. It shall be here soon enough. I already registered for next semester & it should not be too difficult either. (As long as I focus and don't procrastinate. hah.) No more 7:40s but, i'll have MWF classes again. :( i loved my long weekends. I'm scared about the classes i'm putting off for next Fall though. But, I won't "fret" about that now. And no i have no clue what i am going to do post-graduation. any ideas? job openings? didn't think so. anyways,
i have not been getting on Facebook or playing Solitaire on Mondays for the last several weeks. I just need to be more productive and focused on Mondays. (can't you see how well that is working as i'm writing on here pretty much about nothing?)

Nicole (roomie) took pictures of Raymond and I yesterday at the park. :) i thought it was fun even though i'm definitely never going to have a career in modeling. oh well...haha. can you believe we've been dating for over 2 and 1/2 years? sheesh. i think that has been the hardest part of this semester: adjusting to ray being here. not that its bad don't get me wrong i LOVE having him here and now can't imagine it without him. but, definitely different. especially because practically everyone else we know has broken up. We've had a lot to work through and improve on. I'm excited to start going through a book with him. (Choosing God's Best - Rauniker.) We saw Fireproof last night. love it. I just think it deals with so many relationship issues in the proper/appropriate/God-intended way.

I've been growing so much lately. I've been through "The Secret of the Lord" (Gresh) and I'm finishing "Captivating" (Eldridge) today. Powerful books. God is amazing and I'm learning how willing He is to share with me when I simply seek Him and give Him time. This has been my verse for the semester:

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3

I love how it shows that when we search for answers and things without him we will not find them. Only through the Lord who created the earth (vs.2) can we discover joy and what we are truly looking for. Amazing. I will not go into the specific ways He has done this for me lately but, I hope I never again return to a place where I stop "calling" to him to teach me things.

I must go study for my Crisis test tomorrow and then go to my "Psychology of Relationships" class (amazing material!) this afternoon. :) it shall not be so long before i write again.....