Viva San Antonio!

About a month ago I found out that my lovely roommate MacKenzie (spelled that right) had family in San Antonio. Soon after this discovery (5 mins tops) we started planning a trip to see them. So, not as spontaneous as my College Station trip, but still exciting.

We left Friday around 6:30pm and arrived at their house at 12:30am. Saturday morning I awoke to the smell of bacon. I heart bacon. Her aunt is so nice that she made us breakfast (every morning)! Saturday we went to the Markado in downtown SA. It was a lot of fun to walk around and look at the different stores. To me, it was like a fancy piece of Mexico placed 5 hours closer to Denton for me to enjoy. After the Markado we went back to the house and I took a nap. It was glorious! A few hours later we were off to a little get togeth with friends.

Sunday was just as much fun! After breakfast, me and Mac were looking out the window and were looking at the deer. Apparently, all the deer live in San Antonio. I didn't know this until I came here. They just walk around this neighborhood and eat all the plants. It's really funny! You can just look out the window and bam, there's a deer. On this particular morning we counted around 20 deer (an all time record) that were just walking around outside enjoying the cool morning. Naturally, Mac wanted to pet/feed/love one, so, we went outside to feed them. Lucky for me, Mac not only is a dog whisperer but a deer whisperer too and got one to eat from a cup in her hand. I of course had to do it too and guess what?! I am a deer whisperer too! I FED A DEER! After feeding the deer we went to the pool and tanned/burned for a few hours :D. It was a lot of fun to just lay there and read my GLAMOR magazine. I felt really fancy. After our burning/tanning we went back to the house for a while and then left again to spend the evening at this town called Gruene. It was so much fun! We had dinner at this great restaurant called the Gristmill. Basically the Gristmill is this old rustic restaurant with country style food... mmm it's so good. That night was great. We laughed, we took pictures with random guys (Mac's uncle's doing), we sang and an old man tried to woo me with his music...don't worry old man, one day I will be old too! and I'll come back to Gruene. Monday was bittersweet. It was time for us to go back to Denton. I don't think I've ever been sad to leave a place other than my parents house. It was so fun and Mac's family is so sweet :). The trip back was fun though! Met up with my sister and nephew and had lunch.

We made it back in time for the Bachelorette and John & Kate plus 8. Don't worry being in SA didn't make us forget what we like!

Woot for mini vacas...next stop, Austin!

I declare this a "Red Sunday"

I like to move it move it

So, this night was a great night. Lots of exciting things happened. First, I watched three episodes of the Office. I really enjoy that show. I totally get that type of humor. Next, I played, for the first time ever, a recognizable song on the guitar. It feels great. My fingers are in crazy pain but I'm too excited to care! My roomies and I had a dance party, which, if I do say so myself was pretty epic. I have found myself sitting here thinking about how completely content I am and how thankful I am for the people in my life. I mean, don't get me wrong, recent events have made things a little more difficult but, as the Lord has awesomely reminded me, with him nothing is impossible. I have been blessed by the grace of my Savior and for that I am praising His glorious name. I am thankful for what he has taken from me and moved around in order to bring me closer to Him. I feel like I have been taken from a fog and can clearly see for the first time. No, I don't see everywhere I'm going, but I do know what I want. For now, at least, I feel joy.

Thanks for reading!

Confusing times call for Blogging...

So, right now, at this very moment I am at work. Which, now days, is where I feel I am at the most. I've been trying to figure out my future and so far I have come up with a few decisions. First, I am going to Spain in Jan. of 2010. One of my best friends in the world has agreed to go with me on this journey and in the Spring of 2010 we will be moving to Denia, Spain for four glorious months. What will we be doing? Popular question. We are going to be teaching English (Learning Spanish!), working in their kitchen, doing missions on the beach, or whatever they need us to do. Basically, were volunteering for living space and food. Which is all we need. I'm so excited about this trip because were basically giving up everything to rely on the Lord. I have always wanted to do this.

Mark 10: 20-22 says "20And
he said to him, 'Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.' 21And Jesus,
looking at him, loved him, and said to him, 'You lack one thing: go, sell all
that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me.' 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he
had great possessions."

I have always wondered if I could give up everything and truly follow the Lord. Even though this is not the same thing, in that, we are not giving up everything we have but we are leaving everything for 4 months and relying on the Lord to provide. I have been realizing things, objects and emotional crutches, that I rely on that are not the Lord that I am trying to give up and it has been kind of hard. Right now, I'm trying to save up enough money to be able to take this trip and this, already, has been something I'm trying to learn to lean on the Lord for. I get kind of stressed out about if I will be able to earn enough to cover all of my expenses while I'm in Spain. So far I should be good, but I will be needing a lot of prayer! I don't know if all of this makes sense but basically the Lord has been showing a lot to me about myself lately. Which bring me to the next decisions that I have made.

The second decision I have made is to take time off of school. I'm going to wait till I get back to Spain before I start a graduate program. I think some people think this is a bad idea, but I'm so sick of taking the easy way out. I am sick of school and I really want a good break.

The third glorious decision is that I'm going to finish what I start. I have decided to learn guitar and eventually run a marathon. We'll see how far I get on this.

Welp, that's all for now...I'll write more later!

The First One

Hello everyone...this is my first blog. I have wanted to do this for a while, but have only just now gotten to it. There have been a lot of new things happening this semester and now I have new and exciting plans! For the next year I'm getting ready to go to Spain so, this blog is going to be a guide to what is happening in my world. Enjoy :)