weekend review

Alright.... So I ventured two hours west of Chicago with a friend of a friend. We stayed at a retreat center comparable to (Luther Lodge @LPBC). It was a young adults retreat. Primarily people in there early thirties. and then me (nothing new)... Most all of them new each other so i was kidna the odd gal out...(once again... nothing new.. hahaha). It was overall ok.. I would have done it a bit different.... and well things are always more fun with friends.... Next time...right...

I brought the fixings to make choco tacos... This includes tortilla, penutbutter, mini choc chips, and mini marshmallows. All wrapped up in tinfoil and cooked over a fire. Nobody at the retreat wanted to have a fire or choco tacos... sad day... so I brought all the stuff back home... Tonight I am having a few friends over (they invited themselves because I have a T.V). Since I have the stuff, and a gas stove... I am thinking this could be good....

Sorry this is sooo random... my heart is not in blogging today.... wait is it ever....

Blog attempt number 3 of the day:

Turns out the weekends are the only time I will probably ever have to squeese in an update.

I do have faithful readers so I feel that I need to write something but I am frantic at the moment. In less then a half hour I will be departing on a weekend getaway. It will be somewhat of an adventure because I couldn't tell you who I am going with (other than a friend of a friend), or where it is that I am going to.... sounds dangerous no??? Well its not... I am going to be Presbyterian (Robyn would be so proud)for the weekend.... (yay for weekend retreats) I like them.... I hopefully will have exciting stories to tell on Sunday when I return. Its been a bit crazy because I haven't had a whole lot of (personal reflection/faith time) since coming here... which is sad cause well this is seminary.... That's not exactly true its just hard to keep up with spiritual disciplines when I am constantly stressed out... but I am happy folks.... NO MORE CRYING PHONE CALLS.... well for now. Its hard... not going to lie... but I have my eyes on the prize... and as my friend LeBec pointed out to me.... I could be doing Math.... and shes right.... It could be worse.... much worse...! Hope you are all well.... Happy weekend!!

whew what a weekend.

Wow! Yeah I know its been a while.... I have so much to do and so little time but since I just finished the first two of five papers due by Thursday I figure I can take a break to type something a little more exciting....

So this weekend was girls weekend.... just about what I expected minus the campfire. It was much to windy. Sad day:( !!! I had a blast though. We had a blast! It was so great to see each other. We played a pretty intense game of charades. My three favorite things to act out included
1.)Broke back Mt. (my mom acted out this one)
2.)Feathers, Boas, Puff Balls Galore! (yep this was me.... my group never got the whole phrase but somehow they were able to guess each word)
3.)Ave Maria (not sure who got stuck with that one)
We are an awkward bunch!

Anyway it was great fun... I flew and it was a breeze on the way home to MN but it took a while getting back. I made friends with a couple older ladies on the flight. One was really scared to be flying by herself (age 86) so I made sure to touch base with her once we got on the plane. I kinda wanted to take her home with me. Her daughter lives in St. Cloud so i am sure we could figure out an arrangement.

I learned that giving up an entire weekend to fun does not work so well with my load of reading and writing. I have so much each week that I am required to do. I am kind of scared that I wont get done.... but I have most of the day tomorrow to Finnish the rest of my work.....

Fun, FOOD, and Friends.... well worth it

Weekend O' Fun

This weekend was my first weekend of company... I say first hoping that more will come. We did a host of things including getting lost. I am young in my knowledge of the area... and well I have trouble with maps.... Fortunately I have friends who ain't half bad and some way or another aid me in getting to where I want/need to go. We crammed a lot into this weekend: State Street, Mil. Park, the beautiful temple down the road, we took in Wicket (which I highly recommend), Navy Pier, Bee Bops, etc... It was quite fabulous. Yesterday the bulk of our day was just hanging out on the rocks by the lake... I took them to my not so secret spot and we found a few other nice places to take it all in. We also spend close to an hour just taking shadow pics....

Sarah G Sara R me G me Route

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: