Hotty Totty!

This is a delayed post, but how bout those Rebs?? I mean wow. I'm such a proud Rebel.

Woot!

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty proud of myself right now. I mowed the grass at my house all by myself this morning. And I know that this is not a great feat of excellence, but you should have seen the grass. It was like a jungle out there...it was literally up to my knees, or mid calf. Needless to say it needed to be cut. If I had been coherent when I woke up this morning I would have taken before and after shots, but most of my efforts were focused on getting the lawn mower started. But with a short call to my dad who talked me through it, it started and the grass was cut. So, yay!! I'm such grown up now. Cutting grass, paying bills, giving out advice to unsuspecting people, calling the cops on suspicious teenagers standing in the middle of the road. Where did my youth go? Crazy.

Sick

This is how I feel about me being sick. I'm not happy about it. It's possible I have allergies...a totally new thing for me. I always thought of myself as very fortunate for not having to deal with allergies every year, but I guess it all changes when you live in a different part of the country. I might just be sick though. Who knows. My voice is mostly gone...exciting for most, but somewhat painful for me. I like to talk. I'm trying to be as silent as possible so maybe it'll work when I actually need it too. I'm sure I'll be better soon. At least I hope this whole congestedness and headachey and lack of voice thing goes away soon. I'll make it.

Peaces.

Ultimate Banana

Over the past four years I have noticed the increasing popularity of Ultimate Frisbee. Many of my friends played in college and I attempted to participate on the Girls' team at Ole Miss, but decided they were way to dedicated to the game than I could ever be. And my lack of athletic ability...mainly running, blocking, catching and throwing, made it not as fun. I was good at showing up on time, that's about it. Through my constant facebook researching (or some might say stalking) I have found Ultimate to be among the top activities for guys and girls. Though I don't know how many actually partake in this feat of athleticism, I will agree that it is a pretty amazing sport and I commend their interest in it. Fun to play and fun to watch.

This weekend, however, OURUF took Ultimate to a new level. Eliminate the disc and substitute bananas. It has become somewhat of a tradition around here. I know what you are thinking, won't the bananas break? And won't that be messy? Can Ultimate be played legitimately with fruit? The answer my friends to all of the questions is a resounding yes! What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than through bananas are your closest friends? Needless to say, Ultimate Banana was a ton of fun. There were also games of Ultimate Squash, Ultimate, Cantalope, Ultimate Tomato, Ultimate Pineapple (slightly more painful to be hit with), and Ultimate Pumpkin (not a good idea, but still fun). I think after the word gets out and the teams form, Ultimate Banana will quickly rise to the competive sport level and eventually land itself as an Olympic sport. It's pretty exciting. I guess that's all I have to say.

Peaces.

Hymn Snob

Over the past four years of being involved with RUF, I have become a hymn snob. I admit it and am unashamed. I know that hymns were sung early in my life, but during the 7 years of middle school and high school, I feel like we sang songs that only had one line and was repeated 30 or 40 times throughout the song. To me, these songs do God an injustice. There is so much more to be said than to "sing of His love forever." I remember being introduced to RUF hymns and other types of music when I first came to college and thinking, "Whoa, these songs have a LOT of words." But after I learned them, the words began to mean something and they are beautiful. I love hymns. Today in church, I think I added a new favorite to my list. "Be Still, My Soul" It's been a while since I had heard it sung and I could argue that I had never actually thought about the lyrics and the poetry of what was being said about Christ and the grace that we are shown and the glory of God. It was exciting. Here are the lyrics, read them, sing them, listen to them.

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below

Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe they sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul: they Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He take away

Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
On earth, believing, to thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy works and ways,
So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

Good Week

The past week has been pretty great and definitely still busy. The cookout for Labor Day went very well and we had a bigger turn out than I expected. There were about 30 people that showed up with all sorts burger/hotdogesque stuff. It was fun! I met with about different girls throughout the week and it was so great to get to know some of the already existing RUFers as well as some of the new ones that are just starting out either as a freshman or just found out about RUF and came to check it out. I love listening to people's stories and how they have gotten to where they are so far in life, spiritually, geographically, mentally, all of it. Everyone is so different, but also so much alike. It's great!! I so looking forward to getting to know them better and understanding where they are coming from and where they are going.

This week was the second RUF. I think it went very well. I had to make an announcement about Girls' Movie Night we had on Friday...public speaking is not where I am gifted and I don't like it either.

Girls' Movie Night also went very well. 20 girls came to my house, where we made cookies and watched a movie. There were older students and new students and some students that had never even been to RUF. It was so exciting to have them all over to hang out. YAY!!!

To end the week, a couple of girls and I hit up the "art festival" on Saturday. It was not the best art festival I've ever been to, there were about 7 tables of random art. Mainly, not that cool looking of stuff. That's just my opinion though. There was also a porcupine, some kind of lizard, and a sugar glider. It was more or less on the lame side, but we had fun and we got a free print of native americanish style painting or colored pencils, which are all still sitting in the back of my car. All we had to do is right our email address down. I'm not sure why we did that, but we did get free stuff for it. I love free and apparently, we love the prints. It was a good week.

No need to read the previous post

Well, I no longer need a new TV. People here are awesome. That took like 3 minutes. woot.