first of all. it snowed last night. this is a BIG DEAL! i have seen snow a total of four times in my life. two of which, don't really count as snow. since this is such a small number, i can tell you about them all, because each snow-sighting is attached to a dear sweet memory.
the first time is probably the most special to me. everyone remembers their first snow (unless you grew up in a place that gets snow dozens of times a year) but when you live in texas, you're first snow is a huge deal. I was ten years old ( i think..) and it was valentines day. it was a saturday, which meant i had to wake up bright and early for ballet company rehearsal. my mom woke me up that morning and asked me if i would like to skip rehearsal that day. i said yes, but i didnt know why she had asked me that. She told me that it had snowed about two hours north of where we lived, and
they wanted to drive me up there- just so i could say i'd seen snow :) how incredible are my parents!!!?? they are such a beautiful precious b
lessing to me. so that valentines day, i saw my first sno
w. i through a snowball at my mom and made a baby snowman with my father (there realllly wasnt that much snow-- but more than i had ever seen!)
my second snow was the only really serious snow i've ever seen. my beautiful aunt nancy and her family have a house in the mountains of new mexico- so we went one spring break. we went skiing, built a snowman, made snow angels- all the cliche fun things to do in snow. but the best part was my best friend sarah got to come with me :)
the third snow was last december. december 10 to be exact. i had just gotten home from school and was watching gilmore girls in the living room, when i
started getting the text messages. EVERYONE started texting me "ITS
SNOWING!!!!" this NEVER happens in houston. NEVER. so i ran outside, and it was true! there were little white puffs falling from the s
ky. it didnt last long, but later that night, the beautiful white mist returned. it was absolutely wonderful and perfect. now, it wasnt that much.. barely enough to stick to the ground. but i managed to scrape ALL of the snow off of my car and my fathers car to make a snowball, which still sits in our freezer to this day. :)
and then there was last night. we knew that snow had been expected all evening, and it never showed. and i was bummed because i was REALLY looking forward to seeing snow. but i finally gave up and got ready for bed at about 11:30. i was already all snuggled up in my bed when sweet tori bursts through my door and yells "ITS SNOWING!!" so of course i rush out of the room, looking a MESS, and run outside to see more tiny little white puffies falling from the sky, along with some rain. we took a few pictures, then had to go back inside because of our wonderful curfew.. but still.. its snowed! :)
but i didnt mean for this whole post to be about snow.. so switching gears..
i was on facebook the other day (december 1 to be exact), when i saw someone's status. it said "well its officially the final month of the decade, how has your life changed in the past ten years"
WOAH. the final month of the DECADE. thats crazy! i remember exactly where i was when we said goodbye to 1999 and hello t0 2000.. there was the silly y2k scare, and i had enjoyed a dinner at Outback and had gone to see Bicentenial Man with my parents earlier that evening, a tradition we do every new years. its crazy to think an entire decade has gone by since then.. and its given me alot to think about! way to much to put into one blog-- but i'm sure closer to the new years i'll blog about how much my life has changed in the past ten years-- so be looking forward to that :)
new subject.
today in mike copes class he showed us a video about how his sister-in-law saw an article in the NY Times about these slave children in africa- and she went and saved them. like she just flew to africa and bought them out of slavery. it was so moving and i was balling by the time class was over. i really hope i can do something like that one day. his sister wrote a book about it and i really want to read it. thats just so powerful and moving. I've always felt a strong calling to Honduras.. maybe one day i can save some children there.. :) just a thought..
and switching gears once again...
ive realized that i stress WAY to much and WAY to easily. like its NOT good. I'm getting over a cold, that i KNOW was brought on because i stress way to much! seriously. i have a cycle i go through- and it needs to end. i start out by taking on too much work, or just adding to my already heavy work load. then i stress an
d stress and stretch out all the work even more.. which causes me to stay up way late finishing projects and papers.. which causes me to get sick, which causes me to miss a day of school sleeping/recuperating, which causes even more work to make up on... you see the pattern? and i stress about all these little details that really DONT matter in the bigger scheme of things. I really need to just take a step back and re-evaluate what's important and whats not.. especially with finals right around the corner.. my to-do list is way to long...
so thats what i'm currently working on. shortening my to-do list, and NOT stressing about the little things! i keep Matthew 6:34 (do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself- each day has enough trouble of its own!) posted all over my room to try and help me remember.. but it doesnt always work out so well!
on a lighter note..
jess and i decorated our mess of a room for christmas.. this is helping me to be in a better mood.. i LOVE christmas.. i'm not even going to go into detail right now on how much i love it because that would be WAY to much to read.. heres a pic of our tree/door :) we have lights all around the window, sink, and our bed also :)
i think thats about all thats floating around in my head right now, besides all of the piles of biology i've been studying.. hope everyone is having a beautiful day :)
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