"I Hate Needles!"

I really do hate needles. Even though I have two tattoos and give blood often I hate needles. I mainly just hate vaccinations and when they prick your finger. Other than that, I'm normally fine. I am talking about this since I just got a Hepatitis A vaccine earlier for my mission trip to Haiti. Right now, all I've got left to do is raise funds and get the malaria medication

But, in other news, it's almost summer! Yay for working nearly 40 hours a week and not having a life! But in retrospect, I work nearly 30-35 hours a week anyway so it's not a really big issue to be working that much considering I did it all of this semester

Song of the day: "New Dork"-Pantless Knights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exmwSxv7XJI

(it's a spoof of "New York" by Jay Z, highlighting the "new dorks" who are now millionaires)

"Summer Breeze..."

Ah, I cannot wait till summer officially starts for me! I am done coming to USC till next fall after Friday when I go just to listen to three speeches for my SPCH 140 "final exam." But hey, you can't complain too much. It's at 2pm, and we only have to listen and review speeches and eat brownies. I believe that's a fair deal to me!

But, alas, all good feelings will come that day, and not before it. As I have two monster exams on Thursday. Bright and early at 9am is my Stat 110 exam. Then, at 2pm, is my Econ 224 exam. I plan to bust my butt studying for those finals. I plan to make the best grade I can in them and also make all A's in my other classes (SPCH, TSTM, and EDTE) so that things will balance out

After all of that, bring on the lake with lots of tubing, working 40 hours a week at RT, and Haiti! Did I mention I'm going to Haiti people? Oh ya, I am!

Song of the day: "In Too Deep"-Sum 41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emGri7i8Y2Y

It's a pretty hilarious music video. One where the guys have said they got inspiration from Blink 182 to do it

"Oh I Wish That It Would Rain..."

Ok, don't think I'm in a bad mood by the title of the blog. I was just listening to some Temptations and that's what I put as the title of the blog since I was listening to it

Anyways, today has been a kind of crazy day so far. Waking up late, driving to class, and having only a vitamin water and a south beach bar for breakfast is not quite the greatest breakfast one should have. But hey, it's food so who's really complaining?

Right now I'm really just more excited to just get some stuff done before I go to Haiti. I am caught up on vaccinations, sent in passport application, and now just have to nail down funds and the malaria medication. But, I got faith that things will be taken care of

Song of the day: "I wish that it would rain"-Temptations

Some "fruit for thought"

"No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to Heaven"

Philippians 3:13-14

A really great friend sent that to me today. I'm changing, and for the better. I spent many nights in prayer recently and found that all of the partying, drinking, and other bad habits I had gotten into last semester (and part of this one) had done nothing good for me. I think that this "change" is something has been forthcoming. Something that has been planned for a long time

The coolest part? Wanna know how much God loves me, you, and everyone who has struggles?

THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH

Ok, crazy marquee aside....God does love us. Even with all my struggles I still felt God calling me to stop and to call to Him. I have finally had enough of the life not listening to God. I want to break myself...ok, not physically people!.....but break everything that I had considered part of my lifestyle that does not appease Him. This is part of my preparation for Haiti but also a way for me to get my life to the way He wants it. Pray I am able to listen to what He has in mind for my life. Now, in the coming months, and past that

Song of the day: "Heart of Worship"-Matt Redman

"Had Enough"

So, I love how Villanova keeps coming out with songs that I can just listen to over and over and keep playing. The best part? Is that they are a local band that hasn't made it big yet. It's not great for them since they are people who deserve to make it big. But, even when they do make it big, they won't ever forget where they came from, which is awesome! If you need any proof of such, just look at my last post and watch their performance where the bass player interrupts the song to thank everyone

Also, I'm thinking about getting another tattoo this summer. Potentially before Haiti but who knows. I was thinking about getting "Kia Kaha" on my wrist or maybe even on my arm but that's not looking too good as of now. I would get it on my chest but since I have a hairy chest the upkeep would be extremely hard. A friend suggested to get it between the two I have now but that could turn out to be really bad since I wouldn't know how to plan it. If anyone has a suggestion for what I should get, please help me out. But keep in mind, I can't have it show at work, and I also can't have anything that will cause issues for me once I start teaching

Song of the day: "Had Enough"-Villanova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsxv54VLsCw

"SPEECH!"

I love my speech class. I mainly getting up in front of the class and just speaking and letting everything just flow. The best part I think will be the persuasive speech since I will be able to really get into it thanks to it being a topic I am very well versed in. YouTube vs Viacom lawsuit

In other news, I have worked 37 hours at work the last few days. My general manager will probably not let me go into overtime so that probably means I'm not going to work a lot the next two days. Yay!! I just hope it's not too late tonight so I can go hang out with my friends and also so I can get some sleep. My whole body is just screaming at me for working so stinkin' much the last few days

Song of the day:" Hard To Be Around Me"-Villanova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjT-kt6WImU&feature=related

It's been a while...

So, I haven't quite stuck to the blog schedule that I had originally set out....sooooorry guys!

I've been running around trying to nail down as much as I can for my mission trip this summer so I can get it done now and not have so much to worry about later on this spring or summer. I spent most of yesterday afternoon doing the needed work to get my passport application in. Now, I just have to get the malaria pills nailed down and make sure I am up to date on vaccinations and such

I'm really finding that praying while doing preparations for this trip has helping me out tremendously since God helps to calm any nerves I ever have. Example, waiting in line for getting a copy of my birth certificate I was stressed while waiting. I then prayed for some patience and everything seemed to move faster and I was calmed down immediately

Song of the day: "Sweetly Broken"-Jeremy Riddle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBLD52nA-A&feature=related

"I was born by the river..."

You know those days when you just love to listen to some good soul music and try to relax your cares of life away? While not everyone likes soul music, I find it very comforting in times like this.

I had been on a good streak of things happening the way I wanted it but lately, it seems like things are starting to crash around me. I have faith that God has a plan in this madness, but it's hard to see right now. Hopefully, all of this stress is just a test to see how much faith I have. But, I will say this...it may suck how God is testing me right now, but I have faith that He will help me carry on

If you read my blogs, or just happen upon them, please do two things for me

1. Pray. Pray repeatedly that I can get past these days of stress and frustration and that I can listen to how God wants to use me
2. Listen to the "Song of the Day". I feel like it's got healing abilities

I love you guys. Everyone that reads my blogs, every one of yall is awesome in their own way. I hope to bring good news of the semester soon

Song of the day: "A Change is Gonna Come"-Mike Farris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YDGcgoe_E4

"If you have seen the movie 'Castaway'..."

Nobody is going to get that, but that's something that my economics professor said this morning trying to relate the material to us. I don't think she realizes that nobody pays attention in class. And I mean NOBODY!

It's just sad to watch her think someone is paying attention. Yet, we are just laughing at her thick accent, and also how much she just reads off the powerpoint. I cannot wait for this class to be over. Will I get a high grade? Probably not, but at least the class will be over...

Song of the day: "NJ Legion Iced Tea"-A Day To Remember

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R91uz1GQyvk