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I'm engaged. :)
Jesse proposed tonight a few minutes before midnight. He took me to the place we had our first kiss.
I'm so overwhelmingly happy, I can't even begin to describe what this is like. I love him so much.
I'll post pictures of the ring and more details sometime really soon.
There is no one happier on earth than me right now, lol. Except maybe Jesse.
UPDATE: here's the picture!
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I hadn't realized how long it's been since I updated. Wow.
Life is still good. I took a massive Astronomy test today. I can't tell if I did really well on it or if I totally bombed...we shall see.
Jesse and I passed the "dating for six months" mark and are slowly coming up on the 7th. He's picking me up from my dorm soon for some scary movie action and pizza. Yay! It's great spending so much time with him. It's very cool that we still haven't had an argument yet. I get mad at him sometimes and he gets frustrated with me, but he's the most mellow guy ever. He doesn't let it turn into a fight, and I appreciate that. We're supposed to be going to a bonfire/hayride tomorrow, at the place we met each other. Hopefully this icky rain junk will go away, since bonfires and rain aren't the best combination.
It's starting to get really cold here in BG. Well, really cold to me. I know later in the year it's going to be down to 30 degrees with freezing wind, and I'll get to walk to class in it. Not looking forward to that. But it could be so much worse.
Bob Buchanon did a gospel meeting at Broadmoor this week. I was there on Sunday and his Bible class lesson took my breath away. He told us about the Christians in Zimbabwe. Just a few random facts:
-There are people in Zimbabwe who haven't bathed in 3 years. There has been a 4 year drought and water is too precious of a commodity to waste on bathing.
-The unemployment rate is somewhere around 85%.
-The "president" (dictator) Mugabe, is listed by Forbes as the 6th wealthiest man in the world, while thousands of his citizens die from starvation.
-America sent something like 17 tractor trailors to Zimbabwe, filled to the rafters with corn. Mugabe turned on the electricity for just long enough to tell the citizens that the corn from the US was genetically altered and that it would give the people AIDS if they ate it. His soldiers took the corn when (surprise!) no one would eat it.
-Mugabe hasn't even paid his military in 6 months.
-Some mothers have admitted to Mr. Buchanon that they have mixed sand into their children's food, just to fill up their bellies so they won't cry so much.
-Zimbabwe has the highest inflation in the world. They refuse to use anything but American dollars, because with Zimbabwe's money, it can sometimes cost twelve million (thats 12,000,000) dollars for a single loaf of bread. The people that have jobs are only allowed to withdraw about a dollar a day from their government mandated bank accounts, and are charged a fee for doing so. They can't even afford food.
There are SO many more things that I could list... but it just really made me realize how BLESSED I am. I complain because I have to get up early in the morning to get a shower before classes, but thank God there isn't a water crisis here that prevents me from doing so. I have a warm bed, a structurally sound dorm to live in, and far more than enough food. I am very blessed. My life is incredible and I'm nowhere near thankful enough.
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm interested to see how many people actually read this. So if you even read a tiny bit, comment and let me know. Love you guys. :) |
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I have sailed the world, beheld its wonders...but there's no place like London...
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09-16-08 11:12am CST
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Five bajillion bonus points to whoever can tell me what movie my title is from. (No cheating and using Google or Yahoo or Dogpile or anything, either.)
SO! Life. It rocks. But then again, it usually does. College is kinda bleh... I wish I could just live on campus and earn credits without having to actually go to classes. But that would be against the point, I guess. So, I get up every morning and drag myself up the hill to English or Pol Sci or Astronomy or Religions of Asia... and so far I'm making decent grades. So far.
I went home this past weekend, for the first time since I got up here. (I went home once for a doctor's appointment, but that doesn't count.) I got to see my little Lilli, who is not so little anymore, compared to a few weeks ago. Here's an updated picture... still the cutest baby ever.
Yeah, I adore her. A lot. On the subject of adoration...
I LOVE being up here with Jesse. To all my girl friends...I hope you all find someone like him because he is every girl's Mr. Darcy or Edward Cullen or Will Turner, or whoever your dream guy is. Sometimes I think I got the last good one that was left, lol. It's so crazy to think that some guy I met at a random Bible study has become my best friend and the love of my life. Even my mom loves him, haha. And she's kinda picky. He seems pretty fond of me too, so I think I'll keep him. Tomorrow will make it five months we've been dating, but it feels like so much more than that. I guess it's because we've crammed so much into those five months. Road trips, family reunions (both of ours), etc. We've put a lot of miles on my VW, lol. So worth it though. He's a great guy and I hope some of you guys get to meet him eventually. (Especially you, G.) So here's another pic...last one for this post, I promise.
Have a great week, peoples! Love y'all, leave me some comments. |
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I'm back at WKU! FINALLY! I feel like this summer lasted an extremely long time. I was so bored...thankfully, I was able to get a job and make a little bit of money, which isn't going to last very long at all.
I like my new roommate, Kassandra. She's pretty laid back and we get along really well. It's going to be a fun year, I think. It's kind of odd being an "upperclassmen" this year. The dorm was an all-freshmen dorm last year so it's odd having a mixed group this time. The new girls are really sweet and funny though, I like everyone I've met so far.
Mom came up today and brought up a little bit of stuff that I didn't have room for in the bug. She brought my little Lilli so it was fun getting to see her. She's up to 6 lbs now, she's grown so much since she was born. I still love her to pieces. We made a Wal-Mart run and got me some food and awesome drinks...these fruit things that are almost the consistency of a slush. Very tasty.
I LOVE being back here with Jesse. I'm very thankful that I've been able to see him a huge amount over the summer, but there's nothing like him coming and picking me up from the dorm after he gets off work and us hanging out at his house. He has a new roommate this year, and the guy is really nice. (I can't remember his name at the moment but he's really good at guitar.)
Classes start Monday and I'm really not that excited about it... It's not the classes that I mind so much as the heat. I don't really like knowing that I'll be soaked in sweat by the time I get to my first class, since it's at the top of the hill. I may just ride the bus, haha.
I'm not going to post pictures, but for some people who might be interested, I got a tattoo. If you're my friend on facebook you can see pictures and video. (Just for the record, if you have something negative to say about me getting it, feel free to keep your comments to yourself because I really don't care lol.) It's a ladybug on the top of my foot, about the size of an oblong dime. My sister and I wanted to get matching tattoos so that's what we picked.
I get the feeling that this year is going to be absolutely incredible.:D
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I have a new niece!!!
Lillian Elizabeth was born on Thursday, at 10:54 pm. Her mommy (my sister) did really well. They said the delivery went perfectly. She is so tiny, only 4lbs 10oz, but she is absolutely precious. I cried when I held her for the first time, and I can't believe how much I love this tiny little girl. I can only imagine what it will be like to have my own. (That'll have to wait a while though, lol.)
Enjoy the pic. I edited it a little bit, not that it needed it because she's beautiful.:) I love her "funny ear" lol. I'll update more soon, and I'll try to post the public link to my Facebook album that has more pictures of her in it.
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