I Like Mike!!

Today was the Waco rally for Mike Huckabee, and I totally skipped half of a class to see it!!
Mike Huckabee is an amazing person and an extremely eloquent speaker. I can't wait to go vote for him on March 4th, and if there's anything that I can do to answer questions about Mike that you have, please, please, please let me know!

What a weekend...

And I don't mean that in the super excited kind of way, I mean that in the it was fun at points, drama-filled at others, and I am still confused over some of it...I'll give the play-by-play by days (some details are going to be left out because they are the ones that I'm still confused by and I am still praying about them, so I don't want to say anything about them just yet...)

This is going to be a long one!! But there are pictures to look at :)

Friday:
I got up early so that I could go workout and take a shower and start my homework before my roommates got back from class. Well, after I finished with one part of my workout I got a call from my professor telling me that the class conflict that I have for next semester--two of my required classes overlap by 20 minutes--is unavoidable and I need to see what I can come up with and meet with him to talk over and brainstorm what to do with my remaining semester(s) here at Baylor. Originally I had planned to do a Child Life Internship my last semester at Baylor, meaning that I would not actually be in Waco, but that I would be somewhere else, preferably a northern state. Well, with this new conflict it is beginning to look more and more like me staying in Waco for that spring semester while I take one of the classes that overlaps along with 9 other hours for a total of 12 hours so that I can still be considered a full time student. I had been planning that last semester internship since I switched from pre-med to Child and Family studies after freshman year, so this changes everything! And I'm still praying that God reveals His plan to me, because obviously my plan was not what he had in mind.
watch a great show that is put on every year in which many of the sororities and fraternities perform musical acts. It was great! There were sixteen acts this year, and I knew people in half of them!! It took four hours and two intermissions before the shAfter that upsetting and year-altering phone call I couldn't workout anymore, so I walked back to my apartment to take a shower, and unfortunately one of my roommates was back early, so I didn't get the apartment to myself. After my shower I did some homework, but not much since it was particularly hard to focus. After about 3 hours of reading I decided it was time to quit the homework and watch a movie, so my roommate and I did. Then at 6:00 we went to campus toow was over, but it was a lot of fun. Here are some of the best photos (out of the 250 that Ashley/I took!)

So, that was Friday...

Saturday:
I slept in, and that was great! When I woke up I was told by one of my roommates that here dad and step mom were in Hillsboro on their way here to see her and take her out to lunch before we went bowling and then to the Baylor vs. Purdue baseball game. I quickly dressed before her parents arrived. When they did I was invited to go to lunch with them, so I did. We ended up at James Avery so that my roommate could pick out a cross necklace as a present for her baptism--which is why the parents were there--that was happening on Sunday. After James Avery we met up on campus with another friend to go bowling. It was fun, as usual! Then my roommate and I headed to the baseball game at 3:00 to see the bears take on Purdue while her parents went to their hotel to rest and our friend did her errands. The game was amazing, and it was a lot of fun, it was just what I needed to take my mind off of my class crisis...

We won the game in the 11th inning with a score of 11-10...There was a grand slam in the 4th, and that was really neat; then in the 10th Purdue's catcher attempted to throw the ball to first to get our runner out, but instead he pelted the guy in the back of the head (luckily he had a helmet on!!) and unfortunately the umps counted him out!! But we won in the end, so it was all good :)
We ended up beating Purdue again on Sunday, so it was a sweep for the Bears to start off the season!
Later that night we watched--and fell asleep during--a movie...so we called it a night.

Sunday:
Sunday morning my roommate finally got baptized. She has been a believer for years, but she was baptized as an infant, and she used to believe that that was enough, but God revealed to her that she needed a believers baptism, so she did it. That meant more family--since her dad and step mom were already here for it--as in her mom and four younger siblings, and the man that used to be her step dad but he and her mom are now divorced, so I'm not really sure what to call him. I had to play hostess/referee between the two because there is lingering animosity over the first divorce between the biological parents, but that is a whole other topic. After church it was finally time to sit down and do homework, which I did. I got one of the three things done that I needed to, and then I decided to play guitar hero on the Wii--it was at and after church that the confusing stuff happened (don't worry, you'll know the details when I have them figured out...just be praying that I do, and that I follow whatever God has planned for me, even if it is what I think I don't want, because what He can do is better than anything that I can imagine!)

Today:
Rather uneventful, just worked out twice and went to class twice. Tomorrow I am going on a mandatory trip for one of my classes to Austin to visit the capital, and I am not looking forward to it because I am going to have to miss 5 classes, and therefore makeup 5 classes worth of work! But its a required thing and there is no make up for it, maybe I'll get lots of homework done on the bus ride to Austin...doubt it...Then tomorrow night is Bible study, Wednesday is studying for Thursday's Chem test and working on make up work and working at the fundraiser for my honor society in the afternoon, then working at church in the evening. Thursday is class, including chem test. Friday is...who knows, it is only Monday and I can't look that far in advance just yet, it would get me too worked up and I would not be able to focus.

Ok, I know that was long, and I'm sorry--there are bound to be some more long ones in the future--believe me, it took me all day to write it, so I know it took you a while to read it, but I appreciate how much you care about me by doing so.

Just an FYI...

Check back here on Monday (Sunday at the earliest) for what should be some fun pictures :D
I have an excitingly busy weekend ahead of me!

Fun Photos

Theses are some truly random photos from this semester, but I like them :D

From the BU vs UT game Saturday


From the womens confrence


My RyLeigh K ;D

Craziness

Its been a while, I know, and I'm sorry for those of you who are like me and you have been checking to see what's been new in my life and there has been nothing here for you to read...but there really is nothing new that has been going on in my life over the past couple weeks, just busy craziness and school work.
Last week was full of meetings and papers, so that wasn't much fun, but I got through it...
Saturday I helped "gold-out" the Ferrell Center for the mens basketball game against UT, and that was an awesome yet disappointing game. At one point we were down by almost twenty, then in a huge rally in the last two minutes of the game we pulled within two points of the longhorns, only to loose it during our last possession when our star senior attempted to call a timeout that we didn't have so we were forced to give the ball back to UT. It was a good game, with an amazing rally, but it was disappointing that we couldn't pull it out in the end.
Sunday after church I did tons of homework and studying before meeting up with friends at the SUB to go bowling, only to find out that the bowling alley is closed on Sunday (freaky though, because we just went bowling there last Sunday and it obviously wasn't closed, we're still trying to figure that one out...). Then it was back to the apartment for dinner and TV watching--Big Brother 9 and Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
This morning I reluctantly woke up and went and worked out, then went to Chem lab and my stupid two and a half hour Planning and Administration of Preschool Programs class. Then it was back home to study more for my two tests and quiz that I have tomorrow, along with three passages to read for American Lit and Dying and Death Education. Actually, I'm not finished with that last thing, so I better get off here and get to it!

This is the most tired I've been in a while...and I have to get up at 7:00am, stupid education.

Philippians 4:6-7
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
--Please pray that I remember this always; that I am living this life for His glory and not my own--

Super Tuesday

I hate the media.
They say that they are unbiased, but throughout the day I have been watching Super Tuesday unfold on CNN and I can say without a doubt that each and every single one of them is biased--against the best candidate out there, Mike Huckabee. I believe in Mike and the things he stands for. I do not believe in how the media has slanted the information that is getting to the majority of the people. It is horrendous how CNN projects winners in states that have only reported 3% of their returns. It is awful how they have already begun to count Huckabee out when it is still so early in the race. It is a true injustice that they are only talking about McCain (an ok guy, but I do not believe that he is prepared to run this country, plus he is older and kinda fragile...) and Romney (a crazy mormon guy who has more experience running things than McCain, but I don't think he is conservative enough).
It makes me so angry that we live in a country that is so great, with some good candidates out there that are not being seen or heard. It is all about Obama--only a senator, crazy, stands for a lot of things that I disagree with, not ready to run this great nation--or Clinton--please not another!!!! she definitely does not have enough experience to be president, I mean, just because her husband was (and he did an awful job) doesn't mean that she can do it.

I am continuing to pray and campaign for the best candidate out there (if you didn't get that from above, its Mike Huckabee). I am a Ranger for Huckabee, and I truly believe in what he stands for. If you want to learn more about him, since the media is shutting him out, go here.

Voting is truly a privilege and a right, and you need to be informed to do it.

God is amazing...

As posted previously I attended a women's conference through my church, and just as last year it was amazing.
It truly is awesome how God is able to work through people to help and teach others. My college pastor is truly an instrument of God and he does a great job of listening to God and telling us what it is that has been impressed upon his heart. Kyle has a way of saying so many important and difficult truths in such simple ways. He knows what we need to hear, and he knows how to make us hear it.

It was also great to go and fellowship with other women that are also striving to have a stronger relationship with God.

I don't know that I can say much more because everything that was said is still sinking in. It is mellowing in my mind and I know that I will have to spend more time talking with God before I can really understand and know what I learned this weekend. But it was amazing and fun, and I am truly blessed to be a member of such a great church.

God Bless you all.

Happy February...or is it?

I wish that I had just stayed at church this morning...because after I left my day was not so great. I got back to my apartment and ate lunch, that was good. Then I played a few songs on Guitar Hero, that was okay considering I am now trying the hard level and I am a solid three stars on hard. Then the Mavericks game came on, and that was a huge disappointment, a 23 point loss to the Pistons. Then I attempted to finish my homework for Tuesday, which didn't happen because I got sucked into a Lifetime movie called Griffin and Phoenix--and it made me cry!--then it was time for the Super Bowl. And it was not super for me. Now, I love Eli (and Peyton for that matter) and I wanted him to play well, but he wasn't supposed to be there, and he definitely wasn't supposed to beat Tom Brady. It was a total fluke that the Giants were able to beat Tony Romo and the Cowboys, a total fluke. Now Tony has to take a lot of responsibility for that mistake because of his lack of focus and his trip with that crazy and evil distraction to Mexico, but it was supposed to be Tony and the Cowboys that derailed the Patriots amazing season--Not Eli and the wild card Giants, not them. This third day of February did not have a good middle...it had a great morning, and I hope a great end (especially since I decided to put the rest of Tuesday's homework off until tomorrow and watch Gilmore Girls and movies :D).

Hope that the rest of February is much better...especially Super Tuesday--GO MIKE HUCKABEE!!
By the way if you don't know much about Mike I invite you to find out at www.mikehuckabee.com, and if you like what you see, please consider helping his campaign through prayer, voting, talking about Mike to your co-workers, and especially by contributing financially to his efforts. Use my ranger code when contributing to help me reach my goals of support, just click here to give.