not your typical friday night.

i literally cannot remember the last time that i did absolutely nothing on a friday night. i've been so consumed with upcoming finals, projects, and a lovely little 8 page paper for a certain history class, that what was happening this friday night was the last thing on my mind. tonight ive sat in my bedroom by myself and i have had quite a lovely time, if i do say so myself. sometimes i forget how necessary it is for me to have a little alone time every once in a while. tonight ive been able to collect my thoughts and in a way, regroup. my mind had finally caught up to the place my heart has been trying to take me these past couple weeks. now that my heart and my head are on the same page i am ready to take on the last couple weeks of 2009.

ive even had a few unexpected surprises this evening

tonight i

-finished quite a bit of homework, can you say childrens theatre reading reviews, i can, but id rather not

-finally wrote out my finals schedule for next week, yikes

-nearly starved to death, but then after my only hope, also know as my mother, informed me she was just leaving a long day at work and was exhausted, for good reason, i made some toast, which id forgotten could be so tasty

-had three visitors at my bedroom window

the first i was somewhat convinced was the 'up burglar' right outside my window, goodness gracious aaron scott

the second and third were my parents!! surprising me with presents in the form of dinner, and treats from starbucks =]] seriously what parents take the time to do that, freaking great ones, to be more specific, mine.

-laughed at my dad when he managed to step in two fairly deep puddles, in his slippers mind you, on the short walk out to the car

-listened to the giggling and loud music from the lovely ladies at the bachelorette party in the apartment above mine, who later so generously presented me with a delightfully shaped gender specific cupcake. tasty.

-found an online luganda phrase book, my heart did a little dance. gotta keep all the things i learned this summer fresh, im convinced my minimal knowledge of the language of uganda will come in handy someday

-got accquainted with carrie underwood and justin bieber, thank you kayla

also...

someday in the future i'll be able to sing this song to my mom, and i love that.

mama's song

these are a few of my favorite things

well for now at least

1. mars hill podacsts Luke's Gospel: Investigating the Man Who is God
2. ESV journaling bible (can you say christmas)
3. over the knee boots
4. textured tights
5. blazers
6. martha stewart living crafts and recipes
7. keeping up with ugandan news, thank you cnn

also...

i went to YULE

this is my prayer

Galatians 6:9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

what IS good exactly? all i know is that good is absolutely not; accidentally sleeping through my alarm, waiting until the last minute to do homework, letting myself become overwhelmed, and focusing my prayer time mainly on 'i need' rather than 'Lord, your will be done'. lately i have been tired. coming back from this amazing, refreshing, challenging, and encouraging trip to Seattle, (which i will blog about soon) and diving back into my life that unfortunately i couldn't just hit the pause button on while i was gone. my first semester of my junior year is over in two weeks, which means final and projects galore. christmas is coming, the decorations and cheery music in every store is a constant reminder. i am so thankful for the promises in the word of God.

Phillipians 4:13 "I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength."

how can i get tired of doing what is good, when i have strength in Christ. and on top of that i have the promise of a 'harvest of blessing'. shoot, that sounds pretty nice to me. all i have to do is continue in diligence and wait for 'just the right time' and honestly, i dont want anything but Gods perfect timing.

also...

sleepovers, hiking hollywood, christmas lights, trips to the mall, YULE, and some time to be quiet and wait on God. thank you weekend. it has been such a huge blessing.