In the Sky Lord in the Sky...

Another blog another picture.... today as part of orientation our class of 76 and some staff ventured into the city. we started and finished at the same place. This is a UMC right downtown. The sanctuary is on the first floor. They use floors 2,3,and 4 for their Christian education programs. A large part of the building is rented out and at the very top floors 29 and up I believe are 3 floors of parsonage and the top two floors are a small chapel with an amazing view..... Pretty Pretty cool... Today's speakers were finally speaking my language... this helps tremendously (did I spell it right Jim? I think I did). Anyway... wanted to share this with you.... keep in mind this picture is just of the top of this huge high rise building..../well.. its a church.. Pretty cool!

Cabin Fever

So there isn't a whole lot new to report.... I did however buy some tickets today.... I be flying to MN. Yes, I know its so close...why not drive?, or take the bus??, bike perhaps....? Welp... Its a quick trip not taking place for a few weekends yet but I am really looking forward to it. The original plan was to take the bus because it is so much cheaper... but as of today I have one class on Fridays. This means I no longer have the whole day to travel. So ____ airlines here I come... you all better be working that weekend!!!
Mid Sept. we always have a girls weekend. This consists of my Mom's good friends and their daughters....(Is that all inclusive...?) It doesn't matter there are no rules. I am a firm believer that it is (the daughters) that really make it a weekend(let me tell ya...). We will all arrive Friday evening at various times walk in to an empty cabin... ditch whatever we need to... get whatever we need to....and walk out to the front to join the others at the camp fire.... That's usually all I remember... Just kidding... I have always said I would drop anything for these weekends... well because I am unaware of what my academic work load will be at that time I am unaware of what I will be dropping.... All I know is I am SO there...!!!

I think I'll got for a walk outside now...

I went for a walk this morning. I packed my back pack with a journal,book,thermos of coffee,a dasani, and my cell phone for when I got lost... I planned on it. I did pretty well though... I think i could make the walk I did today a regular one... Its actually my walk to school really. Here are some photos from my adventure:

Pain is Beauty.

So yesterday I went on a quest to get my eyebrows waxed. This is something I do when they grow out of con troll(which they clearly are).ANYWAY... I went to several places that were either closed.... or booked... so I kept driving. I explored 4 different suburbs in a 3 hour expedition with the hope that someone would help make my face look a bit more presentable before I meet all these new people... I found myself at a Solon where they had room for me.... After walking In I quickly realized that what they were doing wasn't waxing but threading... this is new to me... needless to say I sat down.... why you ask...? BECAUSE THEIR DOORS AND WINDOWS SAID WAXING. Anyway... I sat down and said I would like my eyebrows waxed that's all....and she responded with "no you dint"..."I thread them for you." So she did... I was the closest to having a heart attack that I have ever been... I was scared.... i hate people playing with my eyes.... I twitch like crazy when my close friends help me with eye liner.... Yikes.... If you want to see what I experience or are interested in the adventure yourself check out the following links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-QzPLgUTo

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-eyebrow-threading.htm

IM HERE

Its crazy that Im here... moved in and such... Its CRAZY because this has been a process that started years ago.. the planning the deciding, the declairing... not all in that oreder of course... Life has brought me here to Evanston IL at least for now.... mu ah ah ah.... I always say I will blog more... but I wont.... Ill just throw tid bits on for now and see what happens. Its been an interesting start. My apt. pics are below... I realize this is just the inside... I live above an old fassion barber shop and a delli. There is also a dry cleaner, italian resturaunt,coffee/bagle shop all below my building... I am within 50 feet of where I catch the L to go to the city or wherever I let it take me. I am about five blovks from campus and just a 10 min drive away from target. So far life is good... My friend tally would be up to two.. If only I could remember their names... met them in church this morning... we were the three white people at Sherman UMC. We didnt know we would be attending the all African American Cong. The ushurs wore white gloves and white uniforms and we sang from a book called songs from zion... lots of hand raising and amen shouting... some even waved bibles.... we knew the service started at 10:30 because we were on time... we didnt however know it ended at 12:30. The offereing plates went around once and were blessed then passed again. Thats funny because Pastor Ric joked about that last Sunday when I was home... we sang "if you have a dollar give it to the Lord give it to the Lord. I was right there with them for most of it.....

Moiving Sale