Almost 18....?! Finally!

So in just a little under a month, I'll be 18. It's about time. Seems like I've been waiting for it for about forever. Soooooo. Why did I think it was such a big deal again?!

I could go buy a pack of cigarettes- oh boy, that's it, I'll be 18, I can buy bad breath! I can register to vote- wow, filling out a form that doesn't let me do anything for 2 years, that's exciting! I can.... officially be considered an adult?! (and what does that get me? less discounts and tougher punishment when I carry out that bank robbery I've been planning?! haha... I think not.)

Hmmm.... this isn't exactly what I thought it would be like. Or where I thought I would be at 18 either. Not that this is a bad place.... God just had a completely different plan than I did (which seems to be how it always goes, doesn't it?). In some areas I'm way farther than I expected to be at 18, and in other areas, I feel like I'm miserably behind schedule.

And will turning 18 really change me that much? Probably not. It just sounds nice. Yet... I can't really figure out why. Am I that ready to completely cut myself off from my parents? Probably not (especially considering the lack of funding I have)

I'm completely content being the youngest one of my friends, but at the same time, I'm more than ready to get rid of the "minor" title.

Almost 18. I can get a credit card! Hmm... that could be dangerous ;) But knowing me, I'd be too paranoid to actually use it. I could get a tattoo. (Speaking of which- my mom told me today that said she'd be completely okay if I got one- my dad would just have a coronary. And to top it off- she said she'd get one if my dad didn't have a problem with them! Yeah, how random is that?!)

18. Hmmm.... thoughts? Comments? Ways to celebrate on that Sunday? Tattoo ideas?! ;)

L-a-m-e

Hahaha... how lame am I? I just figured out that I turned on comment moderation, which means that everyone's comments go to my inbox so I can approve them. (so I don't get spam comments) So I was just going through my spam folder in my email and found comments that needed to be approved! ... and all this time I just thought I wasn't loved ;) Haha

Monotone professors + boring subjects = One long semester

So I survived the first week back. I don't think that's something that's supposed to be said about the first week of school. But statistics, government, intro to the arts, developmental psychology, and foundations of christian life are not exactly thrilling courses. Well, actually, the last two are probably my favorites, but I still have all the rest of them to sit through. My laptop and the wireless connection are a gift from God in those classrooms. I already had a quiz in stats, I have a test in intro to the arts, and a paper due in foundations. Ummm.... so much for easy semesters and slacking off. College has lost that charm it once had. That exitement. It's still great, but not quite as great. Maybe this is the beginnings of senoritis?! Wow, this is going to be a long semester......

Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to thy cross I cling. - Augustus Toplady

Yet, how often are we guilty of trying to hang on to everything and anything else, and then finally realizing Jesus is the only thing we need to cling to?

Okay, so maybe it's just me. But it takes a while to get it through my thick head that I can't fix all of my needs. After trying so hard to do things myself, I finally come to the conclusion that no matter how hard I try, I will always come up short.

In order for us to accept our Savior, we have to first realize that we have a need. A need that causes us to deny our own righteousness, and accept His.

Mmmhmm....thank the Lord for that.

(because we all know how well things work when a control freak tries to take over ;))

Kierkegaard Rocks My World

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that
they hurry past it.

How true is that? I know I'm all too guilty of it lately.

Testing 1, 2, 3....

So I now have a Xanga, Myspace, and this? Hmmm.... I really am not that interesting. I don't have that much to say. And usually it's just some random thing that I've been thinking about or doing. But feel free to read and comment on whatever happens to pop into this crazy mind of mine and land on the pages of this blog. :)