Since when does March= snowstorm?

I'm sorry... I'm terribly sorry for not writing much lately. I guess one reason was that nothing that exciting was happening, and two, I just had too much going on for school and such, and it left me with not a whole lot of time to write. I apologize and hope you all can forgive me.

Let's see... well my heart doesn't hurt anymore. Mainly because time makes things better, the conflict is still there but, well, it'll be dealt with soon enough! No worries though! =) What else is new....

I was reading this book called Spilling Clarence for my Reality Fiction class... and wow, I REALLY liked it. Like... she writes soo ... uniquely...The thing that really drew me to it more so than most books is that she writes like I do! It's insane! Like wow, it really matches up. Not that I need to have someone write like me who is published to make me feel better, but it's just nice to know that if she can get published, well so can I! YAY!

So... this weekend I had my friend Josh come and stay with Ali and I. I was nervous really. Like... I wanted him to come to stay with us, but the second he said yes, I FREAKED. Like... he was staying in my dorm for TWO NIGHTS! And like... we always flirt and I was scared that he'd wanna act upon that. But... I mean it's Josh! I've been friends with him for quite some time and from the beginning we said we'd never date, plus he's not my type anyway. But there's always that wonder... will he think differently? I think I also wanted him to come down because... I'm sick of being single and I wanted to act out, and who knows... but like... God really convicted me. As much as I would want to... I dunno... kiss him or something... I KNOW that's something I would regret later. I'm just sick of waiting for something that's not there, or never being satisfied... and heck, I miss it! But again, God is awesome and basically was like as much as you want to rebel, it's nothing something I want and it's not something you want. Gotta love God right? Anyway, he came down and we all had so much fun! Like Ali got along with him REAL well (I think they'd be a cute couple! tee hee) and like all my other friends, ah it was awesome. The first night he got here and like 11:00 and we went to Perkins for a while, and then we talked and went to bed. The next day we watched a movie while Ali went to dance and then we went to the Winona State basketball game because it's like the NSIC semi-finals and I was writing an article on it. After that we were starving so we decided to drive to LaCrosse and eat at Olive Garden. The wait was incredibly long but it was sooooooo worth it. The salad, the breadsticks, the fettucini alfredo, and of course... my mortal sin! Okay, so I've given up chocolate, among other things for the next 40 days because I want to, and Olive Garden has really good desserts. Well... I wasn't going to get anything, and I was arguing with Ali back and forth and then I was like, "NO!" only to discover... yep... I was eating the Ande's mint the waitress gave us! DANGIT!! So... I failed, caved in, and got the chocolate mousse. So wonderfully delicious. Now that I've failed, I feel bad, but I will continue on and maybe just go an extra day without chocolate. Who knows.... Anyway... When we got back we decided to rent a movie. We ended up renting Wedding Crashers. Rachel and her roommate decided to join us so we had a little movie party. Okay, so the movie is perverted, but I like a lot of it. I LOVE weddings, I think Owen Wilson is really smooth and witty in that movie, and in the end it's all about love anyway right? So I wouldn't say it's at the top of my list, but I enjoyed it. After that I wrote my article (8:00 AM deadline) while Ali and Josh played frisbee outside at like midnight. Haha. Then we went down to Elizabeth and Ashley's room and sat around and talked. It was a lot of fun. We got back and we were soo tired, but Josh popped in Mr. and Mrs. Smith so for the longest time, Ali and I were hooked. I was tired though and took out my contacts and fell asleep. So now today, Josh left at like a quarter to eight (YIKES) and I wished him a safe journey. It was a really good weekend. Like... nobody was drinking (I never do) and Josh was saying that if he was in Milwaukee right now, he would be getting drunk. He said he had a lot of fun not drinking, and I just felt good that I could entertain him without the use of alcohol. And... I was even able to have a God discussion with them. It was cool. I mean Josh is not a strong, well, anything, and Ali is searching. But like I told them, I'm not going to press my views on them, I want them to want to come to know God through my actions and such. Like... they will see how I live and know that somethings up and then question me. That's how it should be. With not fighting, no arguing, just curiousity. That's me! The passive evangelist. Haha.

Wow, that was a long paragraph. Ah well. Now I sit here watching a TON of snow come down. WHERE DID IT COME FROM?! Yesterday we had such nice weather! Like I mean it wasn't warm by any means, but it was decent. Now we wake up to a world of white. It was crazy. It's still coming down too. March should NOT equal snowstorm.... it should equal nice weather and the beginnings of spring. Oh well... as long as it doesn't stick around too long I'll deal with it.

I've decided that I really like Ali. Like... I mean we all know we had our difficulties first semester, but wow. Second semester just has really broughten us together. I like her a lot! Like hanging out with her this weekend was really nice. It's hard too though cuz we only have oh so many weeks and such together. Next year I'll be at Bethel and she will be attending Milwaukee and... yah. So she'l be coming up with me sometime soon, and I will get to see her house and how she lives and such. It'll be fun. It's funny, and I never agreed with the saying, but you do really become great friends with your room mate. It'll be really sad when we part....

With that I bid you all a good Sunday day, and rejoice in the Father for he is good.

"For the Son of MAn is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done." Matthew 16:27

Sister in Christ,
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