friends:
i want you to know that i care, even though i don't get to see you as often as i'd like to.
that i think about you daily.
i pray for you by name.
i ask that God will reveal himself to you in a new way daily,
that your eyes will see moments that stick out as though they were created solely for your enjoyment in that very instant.
my hope is that you find affirmation, validity, strength, conviction, grace, love, comfort, and protection that is provided through faith in Christ.
i pray that you are fulfilled, renewed, guided, and confident.
i am thankful that you have been a blessing in my life,
whether you know it or not.
i am thankful for your compassion, love, laughter and perseverance
i am blessed beyond belief, because of you.

I went to Mt. Baker today and snowboarded. I forget that its nice to just do things alone sometimes... I'm really bad at being alone. Today was good though. I needed it, it was sort of a vindicating experience. Plus it was gorgeous outside and what better way to spend the day then on the mountain? I'm a little sunburned I think, which is fine with me. Anyways... this weekend has been crazy busy, as always. I got some of my research done and feel really good about it. I got a 82 on my biomechanics test that I took on Thursday so that feels AMAZING. My roommate Molly had to go to the ER on Friday, and then again yesterday. They figured out that she has tonsilitis -- eek. We were worried she had mono because that has been going around like crazy in our friend group, so its kind of a relief that its not mono but still stinks that she is miserably sick! Her mom came up and took her home for the week to recuperate. Well here are some pictures from my day... the quality isn't that great because they are just from my cell phone, but you get the idea.

its not even 9PM and I'm exhausted. I'm going to put my sweats on and crawl in bed and read. Oh college life!

study study study

we just got back from Rudy's for Amanda's birthday. There have been too many birthdays to keep track of lately...! I'm going to head up to the library (woo!) and spend at least an hour going over my biomechanics for my test tomorrow. I think I get all of the main concepts, I just have to brush up on the little zingers that I think she'll throw on there.

I can't WAIT for this quarter to be over! That means not only will I get at least 10 uninterrupted days of no studying, but I also get to see my Annie and my family and everyone back home! I have small group tomorrow night, and no plans as of right now for the weekend. I'm sure that will change soon enough though... seems like I've managed to jam pack everything else this quarter so I'd assume I'll come up with something. Well goodnight for now!

Phew!

Life has been so busy! I can't stress that enough. Seriously, I feel like once I create time to do something besides school, I don't have enough energy to do anything except go to sleep! Things are going well though, I'm getting good grades (so far) so my hard work is paying off! I'm glad I have things to look forward to. I'm not so sure about going to Sun Valley now, it seems like everyone else can miss school on Tuesday and I can't, plus if I don't go they can just take one car. Maybe I'll go down to Seattle and hang out with Schooley and K-Ho or my old floormates or something instead. I feel like I've prepared myself and kept on top of my assignments that I should do something fun besides hang out in the lab or library all weekend!

Tomorrow is Kyle's birthday and Markus is coming up to go out to dinner. (Ali was supposed to be coming along, but now she has too much homework... plus we'll just be going down to Seattle on Friday anyways so I'll get to see her then) I'm pretty excited to have a night of minimal studying, but I do have a test on Friday so I can't not study at all. I feel pretty much prepared for the test already though, I've read the chapters and gone over the notes and study guide so I just need to keep it fresh in my mind I suppose.

My compartment syndrome research is proving to be quite a challenge... I have lots of sources, but I'm not sure if they are good sources or not and I'm not quite sure how I'm going to put them into a paper just yet. Good news is I still have like 4 weeks to get it all together. Considering most of the people I know in the class are just not settling in on a topic, I'd say I have a pretty good start. Hmmm... not too much else is new around here! Its dark and dreary lately, rainy and windy. But I am going to shower and start reading some of the articles I've accumulated.

Oh and mom, I think I've been patient for long enough now... what do ya say? :)