Heaven is much better

It's hard to know what to say right now. I mean I am of course overwhelmed of this whole week, not just the day. I can't say that when I woke up this morning I planned on coming home to my grandfather being gone out of my life,not when i had just seen him 9 days earlier during Thanksgiving break.Everything leading up to this event today seems unimportant. I went to my last class and came home bam winter break begins. I really hoped all week that I would make it home to say my goodbyes to my grandpa. When I showed up to the hospital after hearing the news before I got there, I didn't even recognize the man I call grandpa. I am a cry baby,always have been,unfortunately probably always will be so of course I was crying before I even got to the hospital. I know my grandpa is in so much of a better place now that that part excites me but there is that part of me that wants to be selfish and have him back here right now with us-the grandpa we all know and love,the one who is sitting in his chair every holiday with Tim's dog,Tobi, and who got dancing animals as a present for at least a couple Christmases. There was time when we wasn't sick and things were really good. I thank God that he let me know my Grandpa for 19 years. All I can say is thank you so much friends and family for all your thoughts and prayers,we will definitely use them these next few days. Moving on will be hard but thats why God will be there to help us every step of the way.

So many sugar cookies

This morning I awoke to an excited roommate because it was snowing outside, me not having a final till 11 figured I could be excited about the snow when I got up later. I got up a little while later and the ground was covered so I was excited then. I talked to my momma and then studied for a little while. Everyone was called in at 3am when they thought things were getting bad.  So far no everyone's been spending most of their time at the hospital.  Tomorrow I will be home and then I can be with them. At 11 I went and took my psychology final. It took about a half hour and didn't seem to bad. Since I got done earlier then planned I went and returned my psych book. It only took like 5 minutes instead of 40 like yesterday. I went back to the room and watched some criminal minds and ate some mac and cheese. My small group was meeting at 12:30 so I went and discussed the final chapter from our book. I highly recommend The Reason for God to anyone or I will be glad to let you borrow it. It definitely makes you think and gives you a perspective from why non believers have trouble believing in God but then tells why their reasons are inaccurate. We watched Despicable Me after talking. When I got back, Katie had the floor all vacuumed so I did a few dishes and then cleaned up some. Russ and Kaci came over and we watched Blades of Glory-love Jon Heder and Will Ferrell together. I was going to take a nap when they left but I couldn't fall asleep so I just ended up watching t.v. till supper. At 6, we went and ate at Todd. They had amazing sugar cookies tonight and sadly I love sugar cookies so it was hard to control myself lol. We came back and watched Glee and New Girl in my room. Then some of my friends went to late night but I stayed here since I didn't feel like eating again hehe. I went and got my suitcase and started packing some. Most of it I will do tomorrow since I don't have class till 2. Because we have to go to Ideas and Visual Arts tomorrow to do evaluations before we can leave, I have to stay here until we get done tomorrow. I did my bible reading for today which was Deuteronomy 14-20 and then I didn't know how much time I would to actually be able to read tomorrow so I read tomorrow's too. Well I don't have much else to do so I am probably going to lay in bed watching FRIENDS for awhile. Good night! p.s. still no keys today

Is it break yet?

So I was definitely in a much better mood today for the most part then yesterday. This morning I got up earlyish and headed over to the Union to sell my books back. This is when I got to experience another fun part of college. I went and got a new id before then waited in line. There were 8  lines going and each was as long as the other, going from one side of the ballroom out the door. After about 40 minutes I made it the front,got my money and got out of there. I needed a scantron and wanted to get Casen a ucm shirt for Christmas so I went downstairs to the bookstore. After looking around I found one I like for him,got my scantron and was back to my room. When I got back I took my LIS final. We were given an hour online to take it, took me about 12 minutes. It was very easy and got a 100% on it :). I have one final left to go tomorrow:Psychology :/. I watched tv for a little while and then Katie and I went to lunch. We had a great conversation at lunch today. Morgan, Sean and I were laughing so hard we were about to cry. I came back and got started on studying. I studied until about 3:30 when I decided it was time for a break so I watched FRIENDS for a little bit. Liz came in and Qhung out for a bit until she had to leave. I studied some more. I went and ate supper with my friends. When we were coming back, we went to the basement of Hudson and hung out for awhile. We were not technically in the dorm and we were away were no one could here us. After hanging out for awhile I decided to leave and study some more.. I watched the polar express in between. After I finish blogging I am going to do my bible reading for today which is Deuteronomy 8-13. I forgot to mention in yesterdays blog but I got into the photography class I wanted. I know have class on Friday but at least I won't be behind the others and have to wait until next year to take it. I am still happy though that I will be able to be out of here by 10 on Fridays when I go home. Well Grandpa is doing about the same and I still haven't found my keys. Our family can continue to use your prayers. After reading Heaven Is for Real and the minister talking about all the bad things happening to him but in the end he gets something amazing out of it, I realize that these things that are bad happening are because God's going to break something amazing at the end of it. His plans always come out great. 2 days and I will be home. I feel like I should be going home tomorrow but not yet. Well good night!

PoisRus

I honestly don't know how people can live without God in their lives.I am pretty sure there is no one I could have survived this week with my sanity in tact if it wasn't for him. I know that there are worse things in life but to me this was just an emotional overload. This morning Kaci, Russ, Katie, Mike and I got up and went to church. It was an amazing service in my opinion. I loved the music and the sermon. After church the student minister came up to us and asked us if he could take us out for lunch. Us being college students and getting sick of dining hall food of course agreed. He told us to decide where when he got back. We all started scrambling making sure we had money. He said the Copper Coyote was good so we went there. I was just thinking about Mexican food so it was perfect. He all tried to be cheap but then he payed for us all which was sooo thoughtful. We had a great lunch with him and his wife, another guy Bo, and Justin. It was truly a blessing. Mom texted me and told me Grandpa was not doing well still and everyone was at the hospital. I made it till we got back, then I let lose. I really wish I could be there right now with my family. At least I will be home in 3 days. I was going to do my bible reading but fell asleep. It's probably a good thing I took a nap though since I was so emotionally drained. When I got up I finished my bible reading which was Deuteronomy 3-7. I also watched a dog named Christmas on Hallmark. I definitely recommend it to anyone. Morgan and Lauren were downstairs baking Nora's cake so I went to see how they were progressing. They were done when I got there with a great nyan cat cake. We went and ate at Ellis. Then we went over to Yaeter and decorated for Nora's party and did a pretty good job if I may add. Sean drew on a balloon and drew a bunch of animals,one said poisonous platypus or smething like that and we thought it said PoisRus. Sean's like come by your poisonous animals at PoisRus.  Nora and Jaffar walked in and we surprised her. After celebrating we came back to UCC. Katie went to a movie with Molly for her birthday so I was locked out and had to use my first and only free lock out. After getting in, I called Sherry.She was doing alright. She would like to be home right now if she could but is still recovering from surgery. Then I called Mom and talked to her for a while. I think it was good for both of us to talk on the phone. It kind of lightened the mood some. My family could still continue to use your prayers though. We aren't sure how much time Grandpa has left. I hope that he can hold on till I get home. I think God for amazing friends and family who are there when you need them. My awesome roommate prayed for me when I was trying to keep composure and God gave her the exact right words to say. After talking to my mom, I felt like I needed to cheer myself up so I watched one of my favorite Christmas movies- Rudolf the red nosed reindeer! I studied for my LIS final some and now I am blogging before I go to bed. I am going to try and go to bed earlyish since I am getting up earlier to go to the Union return books and get a new idea. I am not giving hope that my keys will show up! god is taking care of everything. Now for a peaceful night's sleep and for me not to keep stressing. Good night!

Running through the foundations

Another day goes by that my keys are still missing but I'm not giving up hope because I know God is going to help me find them before I go home Wednesday. Anyway this we all slept in till about 11 even though we didn't stay up really late. Then Morgan and Nora came downstairs and wanted to go eat so we got sort of ready and went and ate at Todd.Since my id is still gone too I have been using friends meals off their card. After we ate we got our stuff rounded together and went back to UCC. After getting ready for real this time.Then Katie and I watched a bunch of christmas movies on hallmark. I did my bible reading for today which was Numbers 35-36 and Deutoronmy(sp?) 1-2.I straightened Katie's hair after but it didn't do any good since it was pouring outside. We then went and at Todd. Morgan,Lauren M,Liz, Russ and I piled into on vehicle then Nora,Jaffar,Katie and Mike went in another vehicle. We went to the crown center in Kansas City.Half skated while the other half watched.I'm not a good skater so I took pictures. I said I was cold so my friends not skating surrounded me and gave me a bear hug. Liz and I went and found the ice after the Zamboni went through and made little snow balls out of it but didn't throw at anyone. After the others got tired of skating we went back inside the crown center.Before we did we took pictures outside.When we asked this couple to take our picture,the guy was like do you guys believe in Santa? The fountains were going off to and some kids were soaked running through it,who knows why but then the boys decided to do it,they at least ran through the isles between the fountains and not when they were all the way up. We then went to the Crayola store inside,the toy store and then got some ice cream since everything was closing. Now we are on our way back to the burg. When we get back we are watching the polar express. Please be praying for my grandpa antal who is in the hospital with pnemonia, Kaci's parents as they travel to tennessee for a funeral, my mom's cousin patty died tonight.my friend,Indiana's father had heart surgery and I'm sure there are so many more things right now but I already know God is taking care of it.I will feel so silly with my request to find my keys since its driving me crazy not having them but I know everyone else needs prayer too. 4 more days then I will be home for winter break :). Later!

Boojangles, Humphrey, and Squirreliosis

That fact that its Friday should be enough to put anyone in a good mood. This morning I got up when Katie so I could go look in the dining hall for my keys but still nothing. I came back and slept until 10 then got up and got ready for class. Today we turned in our final print for Foundations. We then went around and voted for our favorite.I got a few votes so I felt pretty good. After class Kaitlin and I ate lunch,she let me use one of her meals. I went to Ideas and Visual Arts after lunch. We went around and said our favorite presentation. Several people said they liked my Spread the Word project. If hope that I impacted some people with my presentation. She said she was so happy with our projects so she let us leave 15 minutes early. I came back and made Oreo truffles for our girls night. Jauan came in and tried to take Humphrey again so I put him,Squirreliosis(katie's squirrel which sounds like scoliosis to me) and Katie's moose boojangles.Short haired matt went with me to the dining hall to show me where he had seen my keys but they were gone. I called the Id center and deactivated my card so whoever has my keys,they aren't any good to them. The other girls came to the room and we left to go over to Yaeter for the slumber party. We all looked funny caring our blankets and bags our of Ucc and into Yaeter. Morgan,Katie,both Laurens, Kaci, Liz and I were all sleeping out in the basement of Yaeter. We ordered pizza,on directions to the driver Morgan put draw a picture of an animal on the pizza boxes but when the guy got here, he said he didn't have any room to draw it. We ate the pizza and Oreo truffle,watched tv,then played Just Dance 3. At first there was no dvd player then after not finding one,Lauren B went and got hers but it didn't work with the tv so after Nora got done with dance she went and got Katies hdmi cord so we could use a labtop to watch movies on the tv. We watched the Grinch until Nora got here. Then we watched Sleepover. We were finally able to make it through it after it kept freezing. Now we are watching Stick It-love!If you are following the bible reading it was Numbers 31-34 today. I've had a great evening with these girls so far, much needed that's for sure! Well until tomorrow!

It's a fancy blue

It was the best of times,it was the worst of times.This sentence pretty much sums up my day because another day goes by and still no keys and I spent a better part of my day looking for them or having someone tell me that they weren't there. I was at every office or called everyone that I could think of where someone would turn my keys in. After tons of rejection I am about as emotionally drained as I can be for the night. I went to my last T and C this morning. Hallelujah! Criticism is just as hard to receive as it was the first class. Mr. Mitchell skipped mine as if God was saying she has already heard enough today. I had to leave class early because he ran over time and I had to go to psych. As I was leaving he was like have I gotten to your photo story yet and I was like no but I have class so I don't know if he got to it but I don't care because I didn't have to hear about it in class. In psych we went over stuff for the test,did an evaluation and then were able to leave. After looking for my keys some more, I went back to the room. I skipped lunch because I didn't have my id so I couldn't eat in the dining hall. I went to the photo lab and printed my final print to turn in tomorrow for Foundations. I decided to do the one of Joey on the goal post. Then I came back and after eating some girl scout cookies and fighting with Jauan with my elephant. I took a nap and not just a 30 min one a nice over an hour one. It was definitely needed. After I got up I did my bible reading. Today it was Numbers 26-30. I decided just to finish Numbers so now I am ahead. Supper time was getting closer and I was worrying about how I was going to eat without my card.After asking a few of my friends, Mike volunteered to give me one of his meals. We went to Todd and ate. After wards we went to the Fun Before Finals thing at the Union. We watched the juggler or juggular as we liked to say. Before he started we waited in line for something we had no idea and then found out it was a bag of free stuff including those cups everyone has with the straw in them and a grip around the outside. The juggler was pretty good. His jokes were a little nasty but besides that he was good. For his final trick, he walked across glass with a blind fold on and juggled knives. How do you even go about practicing that I'll never know. When it was over we wait in line to fill tubes with sugar to eat. My tongue was blue after eating it and Sean's friend told me it was regular blue, it was fancy blue. We ate cookies then waited in the oxygen bar line even though I didn't want no smelly tube sticking in my nose. Whitney showed up so she and I went and got some nachos then went and took some pictures in the photo booth. Sean and Lauren were making dog tags so Morgan, Whitney and I went back to the photo booth. They turned out great. We ran into Kaitlin while we were there. Well she creeped on me first through a one way curtain but then I found her lol.Whitney and I walked back to UCC and I went back to Ellis to try to see if my keys were there one more time today. We ran into Russ on the way back. I called my mom to tell her I still hadn't found them. Katie and I went downstairs when I got back to watch Killers with Russ,Mike, Chris, and Sam. When I was going downstairs, I ran into Crystal and short hair Matt, they informed me that they maybe saw keys in a couch in Ellis. If they are mine, I pray they are still there in the morning. It was already closed when they told me. We didn't make it through Killers because we started getting tired. Now Katie is in bed and I am getting ready to head there. This last few days has been stressful too but I am believing that God is going to help me find those keys tomorrow. I think God for a great group of friends he gave me to build me up when I am feeling down. So many people to keep in prayers tonight that I feel selfish asking for prayer for myself but good thing God's grace covers us all. Well I am off to bed. Good night!