Allergies, Muddin', and Joy.

Today has been a very strange day.
This morning I woke up and felt awful. My nose was stopped up, dry, and runny all at the same time. My throat was dry and scratchy, and I was so exhausted I could barely move... Work sent me home, and I spent most of the day in bed trying to sleep. I took some allergy and cold medicine that completely knocked me out and made me drool in my one class. Oh boy. Lovely. I think it might just be allergies, but I'm not sure... it could be a cold.


I am really hoping that it's not a cold because tomorrow (which is our Fall Moment, er, I mean "Fall Break"), where there are no classes, I am going home with my friend Danni. I have been super excited about going home with her for weeks now, so I better be able to go. Let me explain why I love going to Danni's house...
(In list format, of course)


1. I love her Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Step-Grandma, Aunt, Uncle, and two little cousins - who ALL just happen to live on the same road. I love family!!!
2. We do nothing but relax - which is either in the form of playing cards, watching movies, sleeping, talking, or playing the wii.
3. We stuff our faces there. Danni's mom, Patti Kaye, goes and buys BAGS and BAAAGS of candy, lays it all out and says "help yourselves." Not only that, but she cooks for us, and Bobert (Robert, Danni's dad) makes us blueberry muffins for breakfast on Sunday morning. THEN they usually take us out to eat after church on Sunday. These rare weekends should be called the Festival of Food. How islamic cultures have Ramadan, this weekend is the opposite. You eat and eat-and-eat-and-eat till nine... then start again in the morning.
4. We do really fun things like fourwheeling and stuff like that.
5. Her house is very peaceful.
6. They have a dog named Derby. He's an adorable Yorkie.
7. There are a ton more things that I love about her house, but I don't have two hours to list it all.


So, as you can tell, I am pretty darn excited about this weekend. Our plan is to play cards, watch "When a Stranger Calls", play paintball, go muddin' on the fourwheelers, and eat. *Squeezes eyes shut, crosses fingers, and repeats over and over "It's allergies, it's allergies it's allergies, not a cold!*


Another reason that this day is really strange is that even though I feel terrible, I had an amazing time with some friends tonight. I first had my discipleship meeting with Hailey, who is a new freshman. In Christ Ambassadors, we have a mentor-type thing where an older girl will meet with a younger girl and mentor her, encourage her, and go through a Bible Study with her. It's great, and I do that with two girls: Hailey and Kerry. Hailey and I just started, and it has been so much fun spending time with her. We have recently found out that we both have a lot in common... We are both from California, both love cheesy stuff, we are both hopeless sappy romantics, have the same facial expressions and exclamation phrases, and both love to make sound effects randomly. Tonight was more of all the above said, and I had a wonderful time! 


After meeting with Hailey I picked my friend Kerry up and went to another friends house for dinner. Cindy Cho, an international student from South Korea, has been a very good friend of mine for over two years now. She and another Korean girl, Sora (pronounced Sore-ah, rolling the "r"), made dinner for us. It was a wonderful Korean spaghetti made with onions, shrimp, soysauce, honey, and something else. Yumm-O! It was a great dinner with great conversation!


Finally, I am filled with so much joy right now, that I don't know words to express it. My current facebook status says, "Can't find the words, song, dance, or shout to express the joy, complete satisfaction, and awe she feels towards and in her Maker!", and it's so true. I have really put an effort in my time spent with God lately... really trying to meditate on Him more, and focus on Him throughout the day. He has blessed my socks off in return! I feel like I have never been so joyful in my life, as I feel right now, at 11:00 at night. I feel Him here, I am full of hope, full of contentedness, and just full of joy! It's an amazing feeling to have, and I am so thankful for everything that God is doing in my life right now! I am thankful for His blessings, His revelations, His warmth, His comfort, His seeking me out. Thank you, thank you, Lord.


So, yeah. This was a completely random post, but oh well.
It's 11:00 at night, I'm tired, full of joy, and wanting to play paintball. That's my day, and that's how I feel.