"Lightning comes and lightning goes and it's all the same to me"

Yes, I love Third Eye Blind. Probably more than I really should....

Anyway, it's been a while since I posted so this is probably going to be long. Go ahead and skip to the end if you'd like.

So, I just ready Teh Emsters blog and it made me happy!

1.) Apples and Starbucks are amazing

2.) Grizzly Bear is awesome. I'm so proud of myself for finding them before Micah and Emily. That's a once in a life time thing so I'm going to enjoy it.

3.) The art exhibit today is going to be wonderful and I really wish I could go. Ugh.

Anyway, the last couple of weeks have been pretty good. Incredibly stressful but pretty good. Last weekend I went on a youth retreat with Covenant Presbyterian. It was awesome! I love everyone in that youth group (at least those I got to know) so much! The retreat was very much needed and it came at the perfect time. God knew I needed something to get me away from everyday life and to focus more on him.

The retreat lasted Friday-Sunday and as soon as I got back into town Sunday I headed straight to play a concert that involved music that I hadn't even seen till we were performing it. Oh well.

Monday rolls around anddddd *drum roll* I GOT A CALL FROM COVENANT COLLEGE! Yup, I was accepted! :) I was sooo excited! The big issue is money though. I won't know about that till next semester.

Oh, and I've decided something. I haven't really told anyone this and I don't plan to, but because Emily is the only one who reads this I might as well cause I'll tell her anyway. haha I think I'm going to apply to one crazy hard university. One that I most likely won't get into.... but I want to try. That university will be BU (Boston University). I know it's huge, non Christian, super liberal, and far away, but I want to see if I can get in. They have the best photojournalism program in the country. We'll see what happens with that.... More than likely I'll be rejected, but that's okay!

Ah. Also, I'm sick. Not horrible, but I'm still sick. It's to the point where you really want to just stay in bed all day but you know you're actually well enough to go out and about to school and such. Gr.

Tonight I work which will probably be insanely busy... but that's good cause I need the money desperately.

Choir retreat this weekend. I'm actually not sure how I feel about that. A lot of stuff has been going on at school and it's making me just dislike high school completely. The problem isn't just within my high school though---- it's outside too. It's in God's hands though.

OH! And, Emily shared a little about her dream the other night so I think I shall share mine from two nights ago cause I can't quit thinking about it. I never have dreams (at least that I remember) and the last two nights I've had full out nightmares. The first one I'll share on here cause it's almost comical, but the second one I won't share cause it's pretty upsetting and if anyone else but Emily reads this, I don't want them to know.

So, here's my dream:

I was sitting at the end of the road I live on (about 3 miles from my house) next to the railroad tracks. Somehow, my neighbor's trampoline ended up there so me and my sisters and my neighbors were jumping around pretending to be in a rodeo like we used to do. Well, my grandmother calls and was like "tell your parents that there are horrible tornados heading straight toward you." I had every intention (in my dream) of telling my mom.... but I forgot. Well, then my grandmother calls again to say her goodbyes (which is actually really morbid sounding). Then I look up and there are like 3 tornadoes of my road back where my house is and they're heading straight toward me. I notice they're still far enough off that I can make it home and to our basement before they hit. So, I yell "OH CRAP!" really loudly and everybody starts running..... except for me. They all hop into this green suburban and race home. I'm left there sitting on the trampoline with the storm getting visibly closer then I was like "Wait. I'm a bird. I can fly!" So right then and there I turn from a girl to hawk and fly home. I made it there faster than my family cause I learned that I could cut corners cause I could fly. It was pretty amazing. But honestly, that dream was terrifying. Seriously. I woke up yelling again.

I'm not sure why I just shared that..... except for the fact the flying was awesome. ahah

Anyway, enjoy the pictures from the youth retreat! :)