End of the year update? fine by me!

Well, seeing as I didn't do much blog updating this semester its about time to catch my faithful readers (thanks mom) reader up! :)

Lets see where I left off! I moved into a house! Thats pretty exciting stuff!

Here are some pictures of our humble commode abode.

It has been so different living in a house but so much fun! I love the fact that I am able to cook and bake whenever I want! The house has also been a great place for me to escape this semester with the business of life I am able to just retreat to my room and have some alone time!

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School this semester was good! I made a 4.0, so that is always a relief! I stayed busy with club and friends and work! Academically I made quite a few decsions which included declaring 3 minors - psychology, communications and gerontology and I decided that I want to graduate early (I know... what was I thinking?!?!).

So this spring semester is going to be a doooosseeyyyy! I am enrolled in 21 hours (again... what was I thinking?), doing sing song (at least 10 hrs a week), and working (20 hours a week). So to say I will have my hands full this semester!

I am graduating December 14, 2012 people. mark this down and plan to be there :) (got it mom?)

After this spring I am getting an awesome oppertunity to study abroad in Oxford England! I am planning to be there from July 9th to August 9th (yes that is when the olympics are going to be in London)! I feel pretty lucky to have such an incredible opportunity!

In the fall I have pretty much secured an internship with The House that Kerry Built in Abilene, which is a day care, health facility for children who are deemed "medically fragile". So to say that I am excited is an understatement :). For those who don't know what I want to do when I graduate, my dream is to become a child-life specialist and work at a children's hospital, such as cooks children's or Medical City Dallas (maybe eventually one day... St. Jude).

Other than that, there is no new news to report with school just chugging along!

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Lastly I will just share some pictures of some sweet friends over this year, these people are a tramendous blessing in my life and I thank God every day for people like them!

Thankful.Thankful.Thankful.

The Lord has blessed me beyond measure this year. I am so thankful for the life I have been given and I know that He is always watching out for me. Here is the thing. I want to tell you some things I am thankful for and lets get real, if I was to write everyone and everything I was thankful for this post could be like 200 pages long. The people I mention in this have impacted my life SO SO SO much during this semester.

This verse is applicable to every single person I love dearly:

"I thank God every time I remember you"

Phillipians 1:3

I am Thankful for:

Family: My family supports me through tick an thin, they support me in WHATEVER I do. They are seriously the most wonderful people in the whole wide world. I am blessed.

Emily Phillips: My Best friend in the entire world. She is an incredible roommate, friend, encourager and sister. I cannot even consider Emily only a friend anymore… I consider her a sister. She has always meant so much to me, but within the last 2 years she has meant more to me then she will probably ever know. I love love love love love love her.

Whitney Moutray: It hard to imagine I have only known Whitney for only a year. She is literally one of my very best friends and there are no words to tell you what an incredible influence she has been on my life. I am so excited to see her every day of my life next semester and for the next two years.

Amanda McAdams- This friendship is the biggest blessing from God. Have literally prayed for a friendship like this for years. We are pretty much soul mates. If you hang out with us for like 2 minutes you will see we are the same person. J She has been such an incredible mentor to me this semester and there is literally no way I could have made it thought this semester without her loving words and kind heart. She is such a wonderful influence in my life and she has impacted my life. Forever.

Sarah Boleslawski- I have been blessed to have a class with this semester and she has been such a great blessing on my life. She spoke for me at second vote and she encourages me to do my best all the time. I am so so so excited to continue getting to know her better!

Heather Lowery & Kenli Viertel - LOVE LOVE LOVE them. They seriously have been such a HUGE blessing on my life. During pledging they watched my back all the time and they are always there for me if I need them. God knew exactly who would be the perfect bigs for me, they challenged me, pushed me and encouraged me no matter what the task at hand was!

LAST but NOT LEAST- All The girls on my Hall- They have been there with me thorugh thick and thin and they are some of my best friends. I am so excited that God blessed me with such a solid group of girls that I can rely on!

Blessings in Disguise.

OH goodness. Since my last post my life has been a roller coaster of emotion. I am usually not this "emotional" but pledging has done some crazy stuff to me. Let me start from the beginning

1. ANATOMY. One simple word that can suck the fun out of any conversation. I am failing that class. big time HA. So I was talking to my advisor about dropping it and seeing how it affects my major all together and trying it next semester. She told me I have to be passing to drop it. Well... not sure how that is going to happen (but keep reading). Dropping this one lousy class will also put me behind a semester in school, which will add a whole year onto my college. (kinda sucky, kinda okay? I don't really wanna grow up anyways).

2. MY PLAN. I soon realized that my "college" plan is NOT my plan. It is GODS, and EVERYTHING I am doing is for the glory of HIM. Since Freshman year I have been pushing myself so hard to get these prerequisites done in 2 year. This has literally meant taking at least 17 or 18 hours a semester. For most of you who know me. School is not my strong suit anyways. So I am proud I have made it this far. HERE's the kicker. If I am waiting an extra semester before going to nursing school it means that I am only going to be taking 12 or 13 hours for the next 2 semesters (that will be fun) hahah ;) It also means that I can get a minor, which I am pretty passionate about. I am not sure in what yet, but I think it will be in bible or psychology! :)

3. GODS PLAN. God went ahead of me in everything. EVERYTHING. I went to talk to my anatomy teacher today, (remember I am failing it. quite badly) I tell her "I am struggling" and tell her I am probably going to have to drop the class (depending on if I can get into the one next semester). I tell her the only way I can drop it is if I am passing because the whole point is I don't want it to affect my GPA that I have worked so hard to keep high. She looks at me and tells me. "thank you for telling me this, I want you to know, If you end up having to drop I will drop you passing" .. OMG did she REALLY just say that? She did. BLESSING. AMEN HALLELUJAH, PRAISE JESUS! She will also let me sit through the rest of the semester and let me hear all of the lectures so that I can learn all of the information. Have I mentioned that GOD is in CONTROL and I am NOT.

4. HERE IS HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT- IF I can get into my anatomy class next semester I will drop this one (unless God wants to let me get a B in it) :) Take it again next semester with organic chemistry (that will be a challenge as well). HAVE NO CLASSES THIS SUMMER (that sounds better then the 13 I took last summer.) Next fall I take 2 more prerequisite classes. get in nursing school in the spring. Going to nursing school in the spring will also spread out my classes more for the next 2 years and I will be another HUGE blessing. IF all of this works out, and I stay on campus next fall I want to try to be a officer in club. That is something I am passionate about and I feel like this is God giving me a chance to do it.

5. WHAT TO PRAY FOR- Pray for God's will. Whatever he wants to happen over the next 2 years let me see it clearly, let him open doors for me and close others. Pray that I ALWAYS remember that GOD is in control. Pray for pledging to end well (and quickly) so I can shift my focus a little more to school. Pray for a boy I went to High School with named Steven England, he has cancer and the treatments are not effective and his family is having to go through a really rough time right now. Pray.

THANK YOU for reading this. It has been heavy on my heart lately, and I really just want people to know that prayer does WORK.

Remaining Humbled by Him,

Christine