::Monday, October 30, 2006::
there are days people...there are days. there are days when there is virtually no one at this school or in this town it seems. there are days when a nasty virus sweeps the school and people are quarentined. there are days when the northern lights are gorgeous and bright, while sharing the sky with quite lightening. there are days where i shiver outside til my jaw shakes and my teeth chatter. there are days where your singing group sings in chapel and does a horrible job. hopefully we wont have too many more of
those days. there are days when you want it to rain and just dance around outside without freezing your hair off or slipping on the ice that the rain would instantly cause and looking like an idiot. i miss rain. i miss nights that were warm enough to walk in just a long sleeved shirt, where it took no effort to walk the 8 kms to the dalmeny turnoff and back again. its no longer the beginning of the year folks. things have cooled off which is relaxing in some aspects and, in other aspects, is sooooo boring i want to bite thru several tongue depressors just thinking about it. there is always joy though. whether it be going to sabines for a spontaneous pinkgrapefruit/pear italian soda, or holing up in my room playing free cell with my roomie, or fighting over the funnies on the couches with the other freshman. *sidenote: im starting a revolution against "for better or for worse" and "doonsebury." face it - you dont belong in the funnies enless youre funny!
okay, brief anger over...for now. fatigue setting in. i sorta feel bad writing this cuz i dont want ot send the message that im not having fun. i genuinely am, and i can honestly say i dont even have like hgeaps of homework or anything. i guess i just figure this is my blog and im being honest about how reality sets in. now that i know im a poor college student with no more money to go out for spontaneous pierciong runs , what is there to look forward to? just jokes. i guess as i sit in the main building...the deserted main building...i have to expresss, that today is just
one of those days.
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:: 1:09 PM::
::Wednesday, October 25, 2006::
I mean my title in a literal sense today. When I woke up with morning, I did what I do every morning, which isn't always the best thing. I set my alarm for early, then hit snooze a few times
in my sleep and when I finally woke up, rushed to class. First class was fine, but as I usually am in first class, I was slightly chilly due to the lack of sleep I've been experiencing since my graduation. Unfortuantely, next class was Bible Survey. Now, just to clarify, I have no hard feelings against Gil Dueck, or Bible Survey in general for that matter. Anyone who has ever attendewd this college can relate to the fact that B161 is always cold...without fail...daily. We secretively crank the thermostat in the back of the room to a high 30, but to no avail. I was chilled. Then we had chapel, but there was only one song, and nothing to jump around to or anything of the sorts. Coming for the chapel I headed stright to lunch in anticipation of a big salad and a big dollop of cottage cheese - my new love. Yum. After lunch was Psychology, which was in the same room as first class Spiritual Formation which isn't too bad of a temperature, but up to this point, I was chilled. After class, I went for a walk with Greg. I went to grab a coat but he convinced me that I didn't need one. Now, when someone from the island says you don't need a coat, you listen. He wasn't kidding. It was true. The weather was fabulous. The sun was shining. My nose wasn't running. The ground was muddy because there wasn't ice so cover it, and best of all, there was no wind. It was a beautiful day! This is definitely one of my shorter posts, but at least I'm posting hey? I love you all.
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:: 7:54 PM::
::Friday, October 06, 2006::
I suppose my last post summed up the fantastic summer I had. It was beyond words amazing. When I talk about it with people, I always specify that, although no weeks were overly hard, no weeks were easy. I met God this summer...in a new way every week. I was sad to go home, wondering if Bethany would keep me excited or be a dissapointement after my earth-shattering summer.
Bethany has proven itself to be more than I expected. I am taking way too many classes it seems, yet I couldn't be happier. I ma so blessed to be here.
Besides the classes that I have to take, I'm taking psychology and practical worship leadership. Although I like some classes more than others, I am beyond excited to just be here and learn. I'm in the choir that performs over Christmas so that will be good. Everyone should come watch! Plus, I miraculously made it onto Point of Impact, a group of about fifteen of us who sing together and then, after our graduation in the spring, we go on a tour and sing all along the way. Our group is so awesome, vocally and just community-wise. It's such a blast to be onvolved and know it is where God wants you. I was sick all summer and still had no voice when I got to school. My audition was crap and my call-back was even worse, but where God wants me He will have me, so here I am.
That was the acedemic side of things, but there is so much more! I have a group of friends that beat the band. They came with me when I
finally got my conch pierced. They go stargazing all the time, and believe it or not, they go for like eight kilometer walks with me all the time. They are a strong spiritual support group as well and I am so blessed to be their friend. We always find things to do, and we always have fun. My journal is filling up faster than I can ever remember it filling up. From spontaneous burger runs to Martensville to going for a walk in Waldheim just because its so pretty there in the fall to just going to my house for a fire and cinnamon rolls to driving to Saskatoon to walk across the train bridge to jst standing a ways out into the country and watching the northern lights. There are countless things we've done just for kicks and I wouldn't trade them for the world. I need to share the awesome story of yesterday night.
Me, Jerilee, and our friend Greg went out walking yesterday evening. Right at the beginning of the year we started out own trend of walking out to the turnoff about three kims out of town down the gravel road. Needless to say, Jerilee and I were super hyper and needed to run off some steam. We started getting really spooked my things and my eyes started to play tricks on me, which made me feel as though I was five years old. greg kept making us walk closer to scary places and stuff and he was basically having the time of his life I guess, but it was all in fun. We walked even further than the turnoff out to the next farm. Anyways, walking back a huge truck was coming down the road and so we just stood off to the side since the stupid thing wasn't moving over at all. Now, Jerilee has this thing with loud noisees so when it was pretty close to us, she said "stop yelling" and just after she said it, the stupid truck honked its horn like eightteen times no joke. Jerilee and I both shrieked and grabbed Greg as tight as humanly possible, and he just stood there and laughed at us. It was so scary, I held on for dear life most of the way home. By the end of the walk, I was exhausted, not for the fact that I had been walking for the past like hour and a half at least, but because I had been laughing and screaming for the past like hour and a half at least. Woah...dejavu. Anyways, that about sums itup for now. I'm so happy and blessed and I couldn't ask for more. Life is good. I am officially a yellow ten! Does anyone understand that anymore?
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:: 2:33 PM::
::Hailey Jeanne::
girl| OXOXOXOXOXOX | femme | loves | piano | guitar | long romantic walks on the beach |
writing| singing | pineapple | the color orange | white chocolate | family | my roomie | laughing out loud | blowing bubbles | smiling | Softsoap Milk & Honey body wash | making up my own words |
