MID-TERMS!!!! And oh, the possibilities!

MID-TERMS ARE HERE!!!!!

And my first one is in just over fifteen hours!!!

Also, I made up my mind about Costa Rica.  My transfer is more important right now.  Getting to GCSU is what will benefit me in the long run, but when I do start to travel, I will DEFINITELY travel.

Speaking of, there is a possibility of an actual vacation for me this summer (and after four years of being stuck in the South, I'll be set free!  So I'm keeping my fingers crossed).  The idea is to do Northern New Mexico and Northern Arizona, as well as Phoenix so I can see some of the family.  I am praying this works out.  I have not been back home in such a long time and I miss it dearly.

-Jenn

Cloudland Canyon and the Costa Rica Conundrum

Hello! Hello!

It's getting warmer!

So I went on a camping trip to Cloudland Canyon this weekend, and it was great!  It was kind of cold, but not unbearable, and it was also incredibly pretty.  God makes his world beautiful regardless of the season, as I could clearly see as I gaped in awe at all the icicles and the waterfalls and the amazing views from the top and bottom of the canyon.  The photos posted here are my favorites, but you can see the others on my facebook profile.

Now, the conundrum I encountered during the weekend was that I heard about Nature Bound's trip to Costa Rica this June.  It's an awesome deal, but could I do both Costa Rica and transfer to GCSU?  It's hard because I really really really want to leave the country and start seeing the world, but at the same time I have to go to school and I don't know how much longer I can take living at home.  I need to get to GCSU and start a new phase of my life.  It's confusing!

Regardless of what I decide to do, I have decided to join Nature Bound.  Even though I am leaving to go to GCSU, I should still try to break the ice and do something at Kennesaw while I am still here.  Besides, this makes the wait for GCSU seem a little shorter.  I am just ready to be there, but at least I can have some fun while I wait.

In other news, I will be 20 years old in just two weeks!  I cannot believe it, although at same time I'm thinking that they set the drinking age at 21 just to torture us when we turn 20, the true milestone birthday.  It's crazy to think that I won't be a teenager anymore, but at the same time I am crazy excited because this is the decade in which I will truly grow up and become who I want to be.  It's going to be really tough, but I know that I can get through all of this.

-Jenn

Le week-end

So I'm a little nervous for the weekend.  I'm going backpacking/camping and it's going to be cold.

Cold and me are not too chummy with each other.

On another note, tomorrow is Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, which means one more day before I make my sacrifice for lent, and what am I giving up this year?

My scale.  I am going to try to trust God with my weight-loss endeavors.  Here's to a much lower number on Easter morning, if that's what God allows!

Greetings from Snowy Georgia!!!

Other than a bit of driving I had to do yesterday, it could have been a fairy tale.

We probably got at least three inches of snow outside here, although I missed a good deal of the festivities due to my own exhaustion.

Let me just say, fourteen hours of sleep does not seem healthy, but it made me feel a lot better.

My Greatest Challenge Yet...

I had to know of course, that my six-month break to work on my relationship with God was not going to be easy...

Especially when I'm working and I'm a full-time student.

This past month has been physically and mentally exhausting, and I did not want to admit it to anyone.  My parents thought I was just staying up out of habit.  What they did not know was that I was genuinely doing schoolwork (and yet I've fallen behind due to several depressing weekends)

Well, this particular weekend marks a well-needed change, because I have something to be happy about.  My HOPE money is coming, so now I don't owe my Dad $2,000, and GCSU is still within my reach (oh, what am I saying?  I'm going there in August!!!)

God certainly has shown me how He can bless me this past week, so even losing hours at work could not bring me down (I'll shape up to earn more hours and for now I need the break anyway.)

So, two things are coming up in my life: one for next weekend and another for the weekend after that.  First, I've started exploring an outreach group at my school called Alpha Omega.  I checked out their church on Wednesday and I liked what I saw so I am going there again tomorrow.  God really did guide me straight to this group.  As far as Christian groups go, these guys and girls are some of the nicest folks I've ever met and had I not decided to go to the Haiti vigil a couple of weeks ago, they might not have found me.  The church is participating in a fellowship festival next weekend in Athens and I'm definitely in.

Second, while it is certainly not a vacation (but I am working on that because I need one after the semester's over) I am going backpacking in Cloudland Canyon the weekend after that with the Nature Bound Club at my school.  I don't know too many details on this one yet, but I managed to get a spot on the trip (there were only 9 spots) and I am very excited to get out of Metro Atlanta for the weekend.  There will be pictures!!!