Life

Finally, here is an update on my life for all of my friends that I don't keep in touch with enough. Life has taken some crazy twists and turns in the last couple of months and I am taking some time to sit down and actually write about it. :-)

I will pick up where I last posted. I went to work on staff at the DMC for six weeks during EXCEL 33. Working on staff was not like anything I expected, but I learned a lot and enjoyed the fun moments. It was very hard work but it was worth it to be able to see my friends every day, to meet new friends, and to see my sister every day. EXCEL 33 was a great class (yes, I'm slightly biased because my sister was a part of this class) and was given the name Carpe Diem which means Seize The Day.

Unfortunately, I was not able to stay for six weeks because their was a breakout of the H1N1 flu among the EXCEL girls and Mr. Bell felt that it would be wise if I went home until the outbreak was over. I tried to come back with a friend for the last week of EXCEL but life has a funny way of changing your plans.

I had to go to the ER again for the third time this year due to my prior medical issues but, thankfully, was not admitted into the hospital. Because of this I was not able to go back to the DMC to work on staff for one more week.

I did go back for graduation and it was great to see all the EXCEL girls again and, of course, my sister who looked gorgeous in her navy/white and tapestry vest! ;-)
A lot of memories were brought back and it was so hard to believe that it had only been one year since I was lined up outside the door of the meeting room in my navy/white and tapestry vest. How time flies!

Me and Bethany stayed the night at the DMC and I shared a room with Lydia Holt who had come to visit one of her girls who had been asked back as a leader. We had an absolute blast staying at the DMC as a guest. We ate candy in bed (!!!) and stayed up ridiculously late talking about life and reliving memories.

The next day was a sad day because the rest of the EXCEL class was leaving and every thirty minutes we were saying good-bye to the next group of girls who were going to the airport. Bethany ended up being the very last EXCEL girl to leave because I was having a friend take my Senior portraits for me before we left to go to Rachel Starks' house that weekend.

I had so much fun getting Senior portraits done and I would highly recommend Leah Cross to anyone who wants pictures done. I wasn't able to go up to the roof but I did take Leah to the lime green wall where we had our AE pictures done and she got some great pictures there. Plus she was super excited to know about that awesome place for taking pictures within a five minute walk from the DMC. :-)

When we got home... life quickly got back to normal for everyone except me because I didn't have anything I was doing at home. My parents promptly remedied that and gave me three options:

Get a job in town (we decided on Hobby Lobby)
Go work with the ALERT Cadet office in Big Sandy
Go to college

I actually filled out an employment application for Hobby Lobby before I decided that I would probably like working at Big Sandy better. Again, life has a way of changing plans and, before I knew it, my parents were on The Great College Search and I now have in front of me an application for Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City.

I am trying to enroll for the next semester so I have to work fast but it seems like everything is moving along great and that this will actually happen. Of course, life could change everything in a moment and I may not be going this semester. You just never know.

Life changes constantly… but God never does. He’s in complete control of my life and yours.