Dear God...

Dear God,

To say I am stressed is an understatement. I am so beyond stressed it's not even funny. Finals, projects, group presentations, ACT (!!!) and everything else is piling on top of me and pushing me down. I feel like I'm drowning sometimes...so much to do, and I don't know how I'm going to get it all done. I'm scared of failing...I don't want to fail, Lord! I've worked so hard...failure is like a slap in the face. Failure is like hearing "you worked hard, but that doesn't matter. you still failed". Sigh. I'm tired. I'm burnt out. I feel like giving up. But I'm not going to...cause I know you'll never leave me or forsake me. Keep holding onto me, Lord. Help me through the rest of this school semester. Get me through this. Please, God...please.

Charlie Brown Love....

 

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I love Charlie Brown...like, a lot! The entire Peanuts gang is pretty amazing, but there's just something about good ol' Charlie Brown and his big, bald head that makes me smile. 

"If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house... Of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world... But if I don't peek around the tree, I'll never see her... Which means I probably AM the dumbest person in the world... which explains why I'm standing in a batch of poison oak."

"This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this."

"I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time."

   

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Okay, so he's not the cheeriest guy on the block....but he does know a thing or two about life. For example...

"Happiness is anything or anyone loved by you."

 

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Yep....Charlie Brown is pretty amazing. :)

Current Happenings....

I am counting down the days till Christmas break! I am so very ready for it to be here and for this semester to be DONE! THROUGH! FINISHED....forever! :) I'm not having a bad semester, but it has been long and fairly difficult. I'm ready to be through and have some down time. Over my break, I have a little list of things I'd like to do....a mini-bucket list. :) Nothing overly exciting, just little pleasures. I want to get up early and watch the sunrise. I want to go get breakfast with my little sisters and lunch with my brother (who's coming home from college! yay!) and get coffee with my big sister (so LeAnne, I know you're reading this, so just go ahead and plan on getting coffee with me, k?). So not too much....just a few fun things before spring semester begins, and I have to go back to the grind.

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 So I've posted about my love for Pandora. I'm still in love with this site. Recently, it introduced me to Owl City (LOVE!). I've heard a little bit by this dude before, but now, I'm a total fan. He has such fab music. I think my all time favorite song is his "Good Time" song. That song is so much fun. Just makes you want to go grab a friend and do something cool! :)

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The other day, I was at the library and happened to notice the movie "Puss in Boots". I had seen a few previews for the movie, and although it looked fairly dumb, I had this strange desire to see it. So, I checked it out, and then stayed up till midnight watching it with my sisters. I wasn't expecting too much, but I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it.....I laughed so much. "Humpty Alexander Dumpty"....

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Let's see....we've covered college, music, movies....guess I should throw some literature in here. I just finished reading "Gianna". It told the story of Gianna Jessen, a girl who was aborted, but by the grace of God, survived. It was pretty incredible. For sure one that I recommend. :)

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