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Quirky09
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Name: Andrea
Birthday: 9/6/1986
Interests: Kids, sports, and heart-to-hearts with friends (especially the ones that are eye-opening and challenging in your walk with God)
...oh, ya--I like my family, too. I'm sorry I stole the best family, guys, but ya'll were just too slow...ya snooze ya lose, you know? :)
Expertise: umm...thinking, yeah, that's definitely my expertise...people tell me I think to much, but I can't imagine living any other way!
Occupation: Retired
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message meEmail: email me
AIM:  ninertango86
Member Since:
1/17/2005
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| So I seem to think that since I don't work tomorrow I can stay up late...problem=I'm not planning on sleeping in that long tomorrow to make up for it. But you know me; when do I ever think about sleep?
This summer has been interesting to say the least...basically each day is very similar to the last, no major happenings around here...yet there are little things that keep me from going psycho from monotony.
* I get to eat pb&j every day for lunch :)
* I got to see Jena, Kristen, Anni, Tracy, both sets of grandparents, some cousins, my aunt and uncle from Bogota
* Anthony visited for a weekend 
* I get to hang out with freshman girls two or three times a week
* I talked to Rebekah twice and am awaiting a third time
* I got to reconnect with two fifth grade friends, Emily and Diana!
On a deeper level, thinking about how this summer is going presents a mixture of emotions:
On the one hand, I have learned many things; relationally, spiritually, etc. and experienced many joys and small victories...and I am mostly content to be just where God has me right now.
On the other hand, I need to pick up the pace on several of my summer goals that I have been neglecting...there is so much more I'm sure God is waiting to teach me, but I am too stubborn and distracted to learn...yet I KNOW that at the end of the summer I will be filled with regrets if I do not pick up the pace now.
Some moments I'm happy to be at home, but other moments I just can't wait to return to school...at first I only wanted the summer to be over so I could go back to life at school, but now--now I'm not so sure.
There are many things (and people) I can't wait to get back to at CU...but many times when I think of school the excitement gives way to fear:
I am afraid that I will fall back into the weaknesses I struggled with last year; I am afraid that I will start the year with noble goals and intentions that will quickly fade just like they did last year; I am afraid that I will not be able to balance my harder load of classes, softball, new girls in my dorm, a deeper relationship with God, and my friendships.
I am mostly scared about my friendships. I have an array of friends running in several different circles, each one of them calling for me to join their circle...but once I fall into step with one circle, the other circles wonder why I seem to have stepped out of theirs. When I try to run in all the circles at once I quickly become dizzy and fall down frustrated, realizing that none of the circles are happy with my performance, but I don't know how to improve.
It would be one thing if I could choose just one or two circles to run in...but I love all the circles and truly want to pour my all into each of them. But, alas, I am human--and a weak one at that; so I cannot pour my all into every circle around me. What am I to do?
Well, that is my dramatic presentation of what scares me about this coming year. I may have presented it more dramatically than what it is, but either way you can feel free to pray for me, especially as this school year draws near. :)
Alrighty, it's really bed time now!
Goodnight, my friends! | | |
| So, since I've been home I have wanted to write a little something in my xanga a couple of times (since I have more free time now that school's out)...but my family's computer blocks xanga. So I submitted a request for the system to unblock it and they just did...yay!
But now, I really don't have much to say...go figure.
Today's Mother's Day...my family drove around and around looking for this one restaurant and when we finally got there we decided it was too expensive and not worth the 30 minute wait, so we drove another place and that had an even longer wait...we ended up at a "Romano" place sometime after 2pm...
You could color on the paper tablecloth so my brother and I played hangman and tic-tac-toe and the dot/line game (I won). That was pretty fun.
Hmm...I also wrestled with my brother today; he's got some new moves which is bad news for me (don't tell him I said that). I accidentally hurt his elbow and that eventually brought about an end to the fight as I ran and locked myself in my room after he said he was going to kill me (jokingly of course!).
He had a key and eventually got in and tried to give me a dead leg...I didn't let him. He kept hitting me saying the last hit wasn't hard enough...so I tried to fake pain so he'd stop before he got a good hit, but of course he saw right through it.
Then he left and came back with a Russian sword/knife I gave him a couple years ago (probably about a foot long or so) and sawed at my leg a little bit...
And that's what I consider a fun afternoon at the Walker family house :o) Wouldn't you?  | | |
| Well, I'm headed to bed here soon, so this is going to have to be short (that said more for myself than for you, the reader  )...but I wanted to write out some thoughts.
Random, deep, and/or spiritual thoughts from Gourmet Popcorn:
Good...God is SOOO good.
Obey...Just do it! When you know what is right, do it and you won't regret it.
Ultimate frisbee...it's pretty much one of the best pick-up sports around!
Running...can I even tell you how many spiritual lessons I've learned from running? Running and I have a love-hate relationship.
Muffins...I think I'm going to eat my blueberry muffin for breakfast tomorrow--yum!
Eternal...if we really lived with an eternal perspective, what would that look like??
Teachable...be teachable. You will benefit yourself as well as those around you. You don't know it all, so be willing to admit you're wrong and learn.
People...love them, be patient with them, impact them, show them Jesus--they need it.
Outstanding...whatever you do, do an outstanding job. It will speak volumes and open people up to hear the gospel.
Preach...preach the gospel wherever you go; use actions first, but don't forget to use words as well. Don't let people walk away thinking you're just a moral, nice person. Make sure they know the Reason.
Crying...it's such an, um, interesting thing. It's another thing I have a love-hate relationship with. I'm glad God has allowed us to cry, but I'm equally glad there will be no more tears in heaven.
Overlook...seriously, there are some times when you just need to overlook things and not make such a big deal out of it. Overlook an offense and it will go a long way to keepin' the peace.
Rest...something I don't do a whole lot. But rest is definitely something we all need; spiritually, physically and emotionally.
Never-never-land...ohh what fun that would be! Growing up is good and an adventure, but sometimes it's just too much for me  .
Goodnight! | | |
| Note to self:
Don't wipe off your hands on a wet rag that smells like some sort of cleaner.
My hands are now diseased! I think I'm gonna die!
...just kidding. They just have big red splotches on the backs of them and they sorta itch. | | |
| The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...
who strives valiantly, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in worthy causes.
Who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
~Theodore Roosevelt | | |
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