Boots

I woke up this morning to...



And from there it was official.

Today is the day I will debut my boots to the world.

(I'm trying to be epic. but really I'm just nervous so my coping mechanism is to make humor of it and embrace the fun in wearing boots not the self-conscious feelings I have in my stomach.)

"Even Jesus Wept"

I don't know the rules about posting things. But I like this article so I'm putting it here too even though I put it on my status like 2 minutes ago.

I think the title is a little cheese, cause the "Jesus wept" verse is not the only place you find God showing us His emotions in scripture, but I feel like its the only one that ever gets attention.

To real you in, here is a take away I like about it...
"Giving into and being consumed by strong emotion is unhealthy, yes, even sinful; but having emotion in its proper context is good, even holy." 

Now, read it.

My room better not become a scrapbook room.

Depending where I decide to live after graduation, this could have been the longest time i'll be home for a good while... that kinda scares me. I really love my home town and the people that live here. North Carolina is pretty great, I won't lie. I've grown up in the best state. I'll probably have my kids here, at least. That's kinda what I want... I mean my mom would hate to be a distance grandma.... ok... too much...

Let's not think about it. I get to thinking and I never stop.

So I'm packing and getting ready for my last semester of college. I have to be there by 5:00pm tomorrow, meaning I'll be leaving my house around 6:30am. LAST SEMESTER!? who am i?
This is real weird.

Lord be with me.

ps- I wrestled an alligator today.

Evaluation

Aight, I blogged these about a year ago... lets see how I did........ 


2011 Goals
1. Eat more fruit. --Not so good. But I know raised my average! I realized this year I feel attractive eating apples. I can't explain it. It's just how I feel. 
2. Write more letters. --Still could use some improvement, but I'm think getting better at sharing my thoughts. which I know that was the partial intention with this one. 
3. Be more organized. --Yeah I'd say so. At least "more" than before. 
4. Learn to take intentional alone time. --Sure.
5. Don't waste money. --Getting there. I did save enough money to buy a new computer and plan a trip to CA. But I still need to learn how to set my limits and stick to them.
6. Be consistent with working out. --No. Not in the "3 days a week" type thing I was going for. 7. Spend more time outside. --I did a pretty good job of this over the summer. I know I went on pointless bike rides more. And I played soccer with church friends most Sundays. 
8. Learn to live 1 Peter 4. --I know a big theme I've been learning this year has been about loving others pure and selflessly like Christ loves us. I've been learning about being a good steward of the things God has given me. Learning how to use my gifts... And learning that its God's strength not mine. I don't know. I know I've learn a lot about the themes in these verses, but there's still room for growth. Always. 
9. Clean out my material goods. --I feel like my earthly possessions are still the same. I tried to clean things out this summer but it was hard. I'm too sentimental; My closet still holds little trinkets from my childhood I just can't part with yet. Like my Hornets hat I wore everyday when I was 10 or my woody woodpecker jacket... I'll get there.  
10. Grab life by the throat 6 days a week and learn to sabbath when its time (aka don't waste a good story on laziness). --practicing the sabbath is hard stuff. I feel like I Sabbath until about 4:00pm. Then I get back to work. I want to do better at this one. 


I'd say I did ok over all. I need to make new ones for this year. soon.