Kiss Me Goodbye, I'm Defying Gravity... And You Can't Bring Me Down!

Well, here we are.  This week has been highly interesting to say the least but none the less, it has been incredible.

Monday.  It started out with a drive back to school which is always pleasant in the morning hours.  It's a nice time to just reflect and think.  Once I got back, I taught my first voice lesson (in which I gained a whole new respect for music/voice teachers across the board. Wow.)  It was a ton of fun though!  Then I really didn't have anything to do for the first time in ages and it was incredible.

Tuesday, ohhhhhh Tuesday.  You were interesting but quite enjoyable at the same time.  Not really busy, wooot.

Wednesday was a great day because I got to start my musical theatre pieces in voice lesson!!!!  Then vocal ped was canceled because Mrs. Francis was sick so all that was left was theory and recital.  In between those two things, I went to buy ingredients for our cooking experience (more on that in a moment).  After recital, we went to housing sign ups. I will be in Stringer C with some amazing ladies!  It is going to be incredible!  I am going to miss my best friend and roommate and the rest of the pick six, but I will be a frequent visiter to their house!  (Bethany and I must record our cd and I must continue to have frequent discussions with BAS.  There is NOBODY in this world like her and fortunately for me, she is my best friend!)  Then, the cooking adventure started for our choir party.  Kayla, Caleb, Mikey, and myself made an oreo dessert and puppy chow.  Yummmmy.  It was quite comical.  After that, it was a trip to Rita's with Miss. Bates and the Census meeting.  The Blind Side was after that for Twirp week!  What a great day!

Thursday.  Thursday I was barefoot all day for One Day Without Shoes.  I honestly did not realize how important and essential shoes are.  When I started the day, it wasn't so bad.  About lunch time, my feet were starting to hurt... a lot.  I would walk on the grass when possible.  I had to cheat at some points, like in some buildings and when I played basketball but other than that, barefoot I was.  It rained on Thursday so at least my flip flops were not soaked all day.  The Pink Ladies became defeated on Thursday night.  That's ok.  We played hard. Ohhh and we had some great fans!  Mommy, Daddy and Bobby drove up!  Then it was BCM and Dennys!

Friday.  Didn't have anything to do until 1:30.  Oh yes.  I watched Survivor because I missed it the night before.  Theory was pretty funny.  Then Caleb, Jeanette, and myself went to Clemson to the botanical gardens and to Grouchos.  Yuuuum!!!  Then, we went to the Electric City Big Band Concert!  Afterwards Mike accompanied Jeanette and myself to the Sadie Hawkins Dance.  Fun times!

Saturday: Drove home because Keisha got married!!!!!!! Keisha coached me in middle school, then helped when I cheered varsity some!  The wedding was beautiful and I was so honored to be able to see her say "I do!"  Tonight, Dad had a thing to do at church so Mom, Bob and I went to get my TOMS!  Then we went to dinner and Rita's!  We closed the night out with several games of UNO where my mother managed to cheat her way through the last game by hiding cards even though she says "she didn't know how they got there..." Likely story.... :)

Some thoughts:

-I'm working on another blog entitled "Things That Should be Left Up To Men." No this isn't one of those stupid things like the facebook groups "play with the chicks hair, give her your sweatshirt" kind of deal.  No, no, no.  Devin helped me come up with this idea on the way back from Denny's.  For example: Men should play football. Men should fix the car.  If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know via whatever way you know to get in touch with me.

-Respect.  A little bit goes a loooooooooooong way.  Especially when you have it for other people and yourself.  It's a huge, essential component of good character.

-My heart breaks for the DuRant family.  As many of you know, their son, Patrick, passed away Thursday night from cancer.  They lost their other son about eight years ago in a car accident.  This is an incredibly tough time for their family, their friends, and even people who have just stood by and supported them throughout this season in their life.  Fortunately, our God is sovereign and has a plan. Sometimes we do not understand, but we must trust Him and not our knowledge.

-Poland.  Poor Poland.  I woke up thismorning to a message from Mom telling me about the plane crash.  I quickly saw a link Spiffy posted on Nathan's wall about what was going on.  This is another example of Christ's authority.  Our God will not be moved, Our God will never be shaken!  Even in the midst of tragedy.

-There were some awesome awkward moments this week and I was perfectly ok with that.

-Two more weeks of class then exams and it's summmmmmer time! 34 days until I leave for FUGE.  Oh yes!

Busy week coming up but I'm ready!
-kar