mail time!

thanks to my wonderful aunt alison for the mail today! i love mail for some weird reason, especially now that i can open my mailbox without any issues. i opened it today to find a card complete with starbucks giftcards, perfect for seattle! and also perfect because i used up my other one on sunday. impeccable timing :) the first mail i got was also the best mail! thank you aunt alison i love you!

have a wonderful day!

hallowee-kend

some lovely shots from being home this weekend! exactly what i needed :)

sky high....and a raid.

i must blog about the excitement of last night while it's still fresh in my mind. last night after dinner, me, hope, victoria, and our new friends erik, tim, morrie, and justin went to Sky High. for those of you who aren't acquainted with the glories of this establishment, it's basically a giant warehouse in bellevue with trampolines EVERYWHERE and a foam pit. trampolines on the floor, on the walls, everywhere. we went on wild wednesdays, which is where you can go 2 hours for $14, as opposed to $11/hr. it was SO fun. i say that now, even though i am so sore and can feel every muscle in my body....not in a good way. you really get a good workout, but you're having so much fun that it doesn't feel like working out.....but i sure do feel the after effects!
we got back in time for our "surprise" at 10:45. "surprise" of course meant a raid.....let me give you an explanation. a raid is where your brother floor (for us it's 6th west) comes through your floor in ridiculous attire, bangs on your doors, and yells "raid" among other words. so the whole first floor (west & east) and 6th west walked down to martin square for an exciting game of capture the flag. please taste my sarcasm.....i am not one to play team sports, and i am especially awful at this one. we were divided into two teams, a white team and a red team. from there, we all had to pair off boy/girl and tie our wrists together with a string. i of course with my luck, got paired with the ring-leader of this game, who happened to be about 6"4. (i am 5"3 and a half). add our heights, running, and leg length difference, and you got one worn out girl. just imagine it...hahahaha. i kind of felt bad for him, because i could tell he was really into it, and i was not. but he was really nice nonetheless :) by the time it was over, (both games) it was 12:15 am. i still had to shower and edit my essay, but such is the life of a college student. luckily i didn't have class until 10:30am this morning!
my best friend sierra is here to preview spu and i couldn't be more excited! i can't wait to show her around and have her live my life for a day or so. i've got to stop and read - i just had to get this out of my system!
i'm coming home tomorrow :) YAAAAAAAY!
loveeeeee

i ♥ weekends

this weekend totally flew by.....in a good way :)

on friday night, a few girls from my floor and i went to queen anne to get a few things (including hair dye) for which we planned to dye hope's hair. she wanted more of a chocolate-y color, and it turned out really well! before that, we all watched 'down with love' which i had never seen....not a huge renee zellweger fan, but the set and 1960s costumes were amazing. it was definitely quirky, and not like anything i'd ever seen before. staying in the 60s mood, after that was over at midnight, we watched hairspray. i had forgotten how much i love this movie, it's SO good. it makes me want to get up and dance.

after crawling into bed @ 3am, the next morning (err...afternoon) 5 of us went shopping at northgate and then u-village. let's take a minute to talk about how much i love u-village. minus the whole outdoor shopping in the rain part of it, it's awesome. we didn't even get through half of it, just enough to satisfy our H&M craving (successful) and my pumpkin spice latte addiction. after a few hours of retail therapy, we went to buca di beppo, which is always a life-changing experience. we met up with 3 other girls from our floor, so there were 8 of us. buca isn't always the cheapest restaurant, but we split a huge bowl of spaghetti, a pizza, and mozzarella garlic bread so it only ended up being $5.48 each.....not bad! there was a homecoming group there that had - not kidding - at least 40 people. it was SO loud in the room that you basically had to yell to be heard. minus that, the food was great and the girls are so fun. after that, we came back and went to the soccer game which was against montana state. it rained literally the entire time, and i clearly was not prepared for it. i was wearing a sweatshirt and my northface fleece over it. i got soaked and kind of looked like a wet dog (see included photograph).....the upside to this whole debacle was that spu won in overtime 2-1! and there was a good turnout, minus the terrible weather. after that, we defrosted and watched benchwarmers.....a piece of advice : make friends with people who have a plasma screen tv on your floor :)

this morning, i went to bethany community church, came back and ate lunch, and have been doing homework basically the whole day. i'm kind of taking it easy because this week is going to be crazy. i have a spanish test tomorrow, midterms in my other two classes, and my best friend is coming to preview spu on thursday night/friday morning. i'm coming home on friday and am SO excited. i'm sure it'll be much needed after my crazy week, and i can actually take a BATH! ps. mom, it would be wonderful if you made spaghetti one of those nights ;) it'll be weird to drive my car too after a month of not driving, but i'm sure it won't be too bad. cross your fingers! and i'm planning on carving a pumpkin or two....

i'm off to study for my spanish test! pray for my midterms this week...that would be so appreciated.

have a great rest of your night :)

LOVEEEEEEEE

definition : epiphany

quick, i still have some intellectual nuggets floating around in my brain and wanted to share them :

some amazing definitions from Frederick Buechner's Wishful Thinking

com-pas-sion n. "compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it's like to live inside somebody else's skin. it is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too."

con-fes-sion n. "To confess your sins to God is not to tell him anything he doesn't already know. until you confess them, however, they are the abyss between you. when you confess them, they become the bridge."

lust n. "lust is the craving of salt of a man who is dying of thirst."

doubt n. "whether your faith is that there is a God or that there is not a God, if you don't have any doubts you are either kidding yourself or asleep. doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. they keep it awake and moving."

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