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Thanksgiving break was, in one word, wonderful. I love my future family and my present family and was blessed to spend time with both, even a couple I didn't think I'd get to see.
I'm all charged up for these next couple weeks for two reasons: 1) I want to do well on my finals, and 2) The sooner I finish, the sooner I get to go home and stay there.
Now I'm even more excited because I found out my spring break matches FC's spring break (and I'm sure you can guess what that means :)), and I also don't have to be back to school until January 12th. This was a pleasant surprise considering I assumed I'd be starting about a week sooner. It's fun to delay the inevitable sometimes. ;)
I wish I had more time, but...with two band concerts (one tonight, one tomorrow night), a lab report due Friday, a lab final on Thursday, and studying for 2 finals on Tuesday of next week, one on Thursday, one on Friday, and going to the USF/WVU game on Saturday (thus losing many valuable study hours), I'd say my two weeks are pretty booked.
Speaking of concerts, if any of you are big into college bands and/or would like to see the WVU band play live, go to wvuband.org and watch our Key Notes concert tonight or tomorrow night at 7:30PM EST on WebCast! :) We were told to "make sure not to pick your noses or something" because the cameras are everywhere and will see everything we do. It'll be convenient for those who can't be there :(, but I'm sure you all would enjoy it too. We do some pretty entertaining stuff even during a sit-down performance.
"Ready" to have no physical life,
Hannah
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Is it necessary that all my books cost close to $1,000 for next semester?
If this is any way indicative of next semester's difficulty...O_O
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I'M COMING HOME TODAY!
I'M GOING TO ILLINOIS NEXT WEEK!
Just thought I'd release some of my excitement. I've hardly been able to sleep the past couple nights because I cannot wait to just be home for more than a day or two. This is going to be great.
PLUS my wonderful fiance is going to be taking me to his house for Thanksgiving. Plans changed and I won't be getting to see some of my family, but I'm very excited to spend a couple days with my soon-to-be-family. :) God has blessed me beyond what I deserve in a lot of ways. He's given me so many families, by blood, by Christ's blood, and the so-close-we-might-as-well-be-family kind, too. All of them are so wonderful, so loving, and make me so happy.
Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!
Hannah |
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Mom told me she had a dream last night where she was standing directly in front of Barack Obama. She said he was very tall, stood with his arms crossed, and looked down at her. She backed up and said in a very casual, first-name-basis tone, "Now, Barack, I know you're the new president and all, but can you please be conservative, too? Please?"
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Well time crept up on me once again and screamed at me from around the corner, making me jump.
This weekend I'll be making a trip home already (just a blink ago I thought it would be so long until I could go again), then the following week my whole family will be trekking up to Wisconsin and eventually I'll be happily driving to Leland, Illinois in his company.
I think I've seen a post like this one on everyone's blogs at one time or another (I know I've had a post on this subject before), but I think it's good to have those reality checks every so often--it keeps us on our toes, if nothing else.
Watch how quickly time passes. Really you don't even need to watch; we are so wrapped up in its passing that all of us feel it from day to day. Sometimes the watching and the feeling can grow to be a burden; I know I get tired of the M-T-W-Th-F-S-Su-Repeat drill.
But what about when I lose track of time? Should that happen? I want to be aware of every day of my life on this earth. Why? Because I don't want to be here any longer than I have to. Heaven is the place wherein I want to lose track of time, to have no sense or feeling or direction of it, to just be. To not have to glance at a clock or check the date or employ countdowns for reunions with loved ones. To just be.
What if you had a countdown numbering your days to be in heaven with our Lord. What if you knew? The feeling of time passing slows down with a sudden jolt. Because suddenly "in the blink of an eye" is an eternity, not a mere human habit. And you start thinking, "Am I ready for this?" The answer should be, "Yes, I am." But oftentimes people remain contemplative, silent. Instead of a "Yes," their expression says, "Well, I don't know if in the blink of an eye, I'd be...well...ready..." That expression, that answer is unacceptable. We have to be ready for anything time throws at us, especially for what we know can happen in the blink of an eye.
So think about today. At any given moment during the course of the day, were you doing something or thinking something that you knew was unacceptable? Or even, did you lose track of your time here on this earth?
Wait until you get to Heaven to lose track of time. Until then, be sober and vigilant. Keep your eyes on the look-out for the one who wants us to forget.
Hannah |
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"Can you die of happiness?"
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