blah...

I feel like my life is one giant wait...in everything: schedule, friendships, everything...

Roughly 15 days until I leave for my mission's trip (AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) but until then I'm just waiting.  I still really need a lot of money for the trip, and I'm running out of people to contact and things to do to get it (be praying about that btw...).  I wake up...sit in my bed...sometimes do things in the evenings.  blah blah blah

But really all this is teaching me is intense trust in God and patience.  So in the end I can't complain.  :)

Proverbs 3:5-6

I know this is random...but it's after 1 am and I'm not tired 'cause I took a nap this afternoon (when I was sitting around doing nothing).

anyway...I don't even know.

g'night I guess.  :)

-erika

ooh Charleston

I think there's something magic in the air in Charleston.  Or at least something that makes you never want to leave when you go there.

I just got back from a weekend trip to Charleston about thirty minutes ago.  I had one of the most relaxing and fun weekends of my life.  For me, it was the perfect time to get away from home for a bit and be with people I love.  The time had this weird feel of not feeling like a visit, but rather like normal life...like I belong.  I don't get that very often anymore.

Laying on the beach will give you time to think...while you stare out at the never ending ocean and watch the waves that keep coming in.

• I discovered that I haven't really changed as much as I thought I had.  Deep down inside I'm still the same optimistic cheerful girl...it just takes a little longer to get there.  You have to dig a little deeper and peel away a lot more layers to find it.
  
• I discovered that some of the most cynical people about the romantic part of life really can find it.  *precious*
  
• I discovered that I have a really hard time opening up to people (even people that I trust) and telling them what's on my mind...until it's too late.  Now I'm just left with things that I wish I had said, but was too scared to actually let my thoughts become words.
• I discovered that country music is actually a good companion for a drive home that you don't want to be taking.  Don't hold it against me...I'm still not a country music fan.  :)

I really could keep going on...but I'm tired and need sleep badly.  *sigh*  Yay for good weekends.  Hopefully it won't be too long before it can happen again.  

Charleston, you're a magical place...don't ever change.

-Erika

h.o.m.e.

So I've been home since Saturday.  That's been good.  :)  I'm still adjusting to life at home, mostly a new sleep schedule.  I don't have to stay up 'til 2 am anymore.  haha!

I desperately need some way of making more money while I'm home.  I'm not nearly close enough to having enough for my mission's trip which is in ONE MONTH!!!  On top of that I need money to basically function (especially for gas $$).  I hate how much of life depends on money...but it's kinda reality.  Alas...

I still haven't hung out with any of my friends yet.  I have plans for Friday, and maybe meeting for coffee tonight.  That's sad...I love my friends and really want to see them.  I'm most excited about my trip to Charleston in *counts* 10ish days.  :)  

Okay...I'm gonna make my little brothers take pictures of me with my harp for publicity purposes.  That should be fun.

K bye!

-Erika

P.S. results from the harp photo shoot.  more on facebook.

Ever feel like you are viewing the world through a different spectrum then everyone else?  

Ever feel like you don't really fit in to your surroundings?  

Ever feel so different and unique that you really stand out yet still kinda belong?

Maybe it's just a matter of making different okay.

Bonus:

this video is amazing.  Love Story meets Viva la Vida via piano and cello.  This is one of those songs that it's good to just surround yourself in the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

1 paper (for Ethics, Issues, and Trends in Mass Communication)

1 final test (for Pentateuch)

1 take-home test (for New Testament Literature)

all that stands between me and summertime.

now i need to be looking ahead to the job search and mission's trip prep. 

:)