Friday letters.

Dear snooze button,
Sorry I use you so much, but waking up for math homework at 7:30 is not my favorite.

Dear Salinas fog bank,
You make my heart happy, and driving back into you from hell, I mean...Gilroy, is delightful!

Dear cold,
Feel free to leave. Like soon.

Dear to do list,
You mega stress me out.

Dear October,
Ahh you're almost here! You're one of the most exciting months always.

Dear walking boot,
You make my leg itch, my hips off centered and sore, my knee thrown out of whack, and really you just don't go with everything I wear. You suck.

Dear weekend,
I was looking forward to nothing being on the calendar for you this weekend, but somehow you got stressful fast...oh well, there's always next weekend.

Dear hair,
I wish I could make you grow faster.

Dear piano,
I'm excited to play you.

happy weekend. 

xo. 

Hot day, happy list.

What makes me insanely happy?

Well, not much when it' 1000 degrees outside, and my makeup is melting down my face...but there are a few things.

1. Huge glasses of icy mint water.

2. Ridiculously sparkly nail polish.

3. Being on the recovering side of a cold.

4. Super accidental cat naps.

5. Turning in homework early.

6. Thursdays.

7. When teachers tell you they wont be at school.

8. Reading random chapters in my Bible that are perfectly applicable to situations in my life.

9. Introverted days.

10. Listening to love songs.

11. Pretty pictures like this one.

12. Laughing with my siblings.

13. Choosing joy.

14. Black shirts.

15. Cough drops.

I'll rejoice in this devine romance.

Sometimes, when I wake up...I'm grumpy, sick, sore, not wanting to go to school, run into walls, and do nothing but complain in my head non stop despite the little amount of time that I've even been awake.

Then I hear a big voice that says "Shut up."

Long story short it's probably Jesus...saying "Be quiet. Be still. Stop complaining. Stop thinking, and let me romance you."

...And then he did. 

I had to leave for school right at seven, so I got to see the sun come right up over the mountains. Sounds cheesy, but it's okay.

That's when I stopped complaining and just sat in the romance that I was being lavished in, and was quiet.

I need to do this more often.  

I think it's good for my heart.

it never fails.

Tea, tissues, coughing, sneezing, headaches, aching, NyQuil, sleeping in, not going to school, socks, blankets...

Yep. It's cold season.

Here's the deal..

                                                               

I've never once had four cups of coffee at one time....which ended up accidentally happening today. 

I've been in a pleasant mood since 8:45 this morning.

Now normally I try to be happy and positive all day, but around 3 P.M. I usually crack, and get way too tired to even care, but because of my lovely beau, having only one late class, a breakfast date, four refills of coffee, and generally just starting my day off on a sweet note...I've been happy all day long. Weird, but lovely! I could get used to this, but I don't think I'm willing to wake up early enough tomorrow to have four cups of coffee. 

xo.

Happy List.

1. Cranberry pomegranate green tea!

2. Thursdays.

3. The fact that it was foggy all day yesterday, and probably will be again today.

4. Hearing geese.

5. Pretty pictures like this one.

6. Reading my Bible.

7. People who say "good morning" on an early bird run.

8. Praying for the people who don't even look you in the eye.

9. Wearing two pairs of socks.

10. Having my toes nails painted.

What makes you happy?

I smell fall!

Today I woke up and I smelled fall instantly! 

probably just because it was raining...but hey. 

I think fall is my favorite season of all time.  

 Loads of birthdays, football, tea, two pairs of socks, fires, movie nights, blankets, pretty leaves, blanket forts, pumpkins, dark colors, Thanksgiving, the anticipation for Christmas, and running in the rain.

 I'm pretty sure those are all my favorite things in the world.

I'd be completely content if fall was every season...

 xo.

Dear future husband...

This is what I want you to be like.

1.   To be a spirit controlled Christian: Ephesians 5:18.

2.    To have Jesus be the number one in your life and not just an ornament: Mark 12:30

3.   To be broken; understands how to rely on Christ alone: Philippians 4:13.

4.   To be a motivator; a man of vision and someone who cares for others relationships with Christ: Romans 10:14.

5.   To be not overly, but sensitive and in tune to others needs: Galatians 6:2.

6.   To understands the awesome responsibility of a husband to his wife: Ephesians: 5 25-31. 

7.  To be humble enough to be a disciple (teachable) and able to disciple others: Matthew 28:19-20.

8.   To be a man of prayer, knows it is the key to success in his private time with God: Colossians 4:2.

9. To be a family man! Wants to raise kids for Gods glory: Proverbs 22:6. 

10 .  To be honest. All day, every day: Proverbs 12:22. 

11. To not lash out when I mess up or do something wrong: Colossians 4:6. (which of course I will)

xo.

A monday happy list.

Whhat? Happy on a Monday? Well it's a holiday. 

1. Getting weekend homework done. 

2. Superfruit green tea.

3. Leaves turning orange.

4. Making Candace laugh.

5. Sleeping in late.

6. Falling asleep to worship music.

7. Making things for other people.

8. Good hair days.

9. The P90x stretch video..(Who knew I could actually do this?)

10. Dressing nice.

11. Smiling at strangers, and when they smile back.

12. Knowing there's only three months until we get to put up our two Christmas trees!

13. Being proactive.

14. Knowing I get Yurtle THIS month!

15. When my computer runs fast!

A happy heart to stay.

Sometimes, always trying to have a happy heart is super difficult.

Especially when you didn't sleep good, have loads of homework, have a super bad headache, and your house is insanely loud. 

It's easy for me to have a happy heart with other people outside my house, but when I get inside it I sometimes think that it's break time, and I don't have to pay attention to how patient and kind I'm being.

Wrong. 

Why does it feel okay sometimes to be short tempered with the people that I love more than anyone and mean the most to me?

Super lame. 

 Definitely going to work on it.

Life of a college girl..

Well so far...college hasn't been "way better than high school!" 

It's actually been a bit rough, but I have high hopes.

So far, there's been me being 15 minutes late to my first class, tears while looking for a parking spot, the anxiety of risking a ticket because I didn't have time to buy a pass, sliding off my chair in math, no breaks...at all, six pages (just today) front and back..of math homework, and a sign on my math door that said it was moved to a different classroom across campus...turns out it was a different math class (couldn't they take the two seconds to specify?) so there was a lot of running back and forth across campus in six minutes. 

However, despite the bad there's a lot of things I like.

The campus is super pretty, there are turtles in the pond, I've made friends in the classes that I don't know people in, and sweet boys and also girls who hold the door open for me while I'm trying to get from one side of the campus to another in -5 minutes.

Maybe I'll get the hang of it, or maybe I'll be the chaotic nerd who slides off her chair and runs into walls. 

We'll see.

Hopefully it's the first.

xo.