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Post by Cem on Jul 9, 2008 12:10:58 GMT -5
Of course you are not forgotton! You've been missed. I'm sorry you're having a really rough time lately. Trust me when I say I know how hard it is to have no horse contact. Sounds like you had fun with your friend though! I hope things start improving soon.
Today I...cleared everything off and out of my desk. I need to break it all up now so I can put a bookcase in there instead. I literally ran out of space for books!! lol. Have also been reading Eclipse by Stephenie Mayer. Pretty good really, I like it a bit more than the first two books in the series so far, but I'm not quite half way through with it yet, so that opinion may change! lol
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Post by Cem on Jul 14, 2008 5:12:39 GMT -5
Today I am using the internet at the local library. I have no internet at home and havn't since Thursday. Going a little crazy cause of it lol.
Mostly right now I think I'm still in shock though. Had some very shocking bad news last night that I can't really say on here. But I'm more than a little messed up over it.
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Post by Cem on Jul 30, 2008 19:15:30 GMT -5
Today I had coffee with an old friend that I haven't seen since Christmas. We used to be really close a few years ago but drifted apart a lot. But we met today and it wasn't awkward at all like I thought it might be, and we ended up chatting for 2 and a half hours! Really strange! lol but very good! I'm so glad we met up again, I'm hoping we're gonna stay in touch better now.
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Post by Cem on Aug 9, 2008 17:19:26 GMT -5
This has almost turned in to my own blog! lol never mind! Other people please post! lol
Today I am very happy. Went to see the 3 (technically 4) short listed candidates for the youth minister post at my church give a short presentation. Then we (a small bunch of the youth group) fed back what we thought of them all, first without the Church leadership team there, then with them. The youth were fairly united on their thoughts, with was good, though not always with the leadership team. Anyway, a decision was made and we now have 2 new youth ministers! A husband and wife team who are kinda going to job share. I'm really pleased about it becasue they were my personal favourites to have the job. I thought they are the best people for the job where the youth group stands right now. I look forward to working with them.
Secondly, I go to see a bunch of the youth group who had been on a 2 week mission trip to Uganda. And 2 of the girls I get on best with bought me a necklace over there! Its really pretty and I love it. But its also very special cause I never even considered that they'd get me something! It was a total surprise and I'm just so happy cause of it.
Now I'm watching the Olympic evening dressage. Very exciting!
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Post by rainpaint on Sept 14, 2008 18:48:35 GMT -5
Today I am absurdly tired after getting home at 1:00 in the morning from Awakening Fest, a Christian music festival about an hour and a half away; and from getting up at 7 anyway to go to church.
Despite the blisteringly relentless heat and the /counts in head/ five bands out of seven which I really didn't care for, it was a pretty fun time. The two bands/singers/peoples...that I really did enjoy ALMOST - MOSTLY - Maybe, yeah, they did - made sitting out in the heat and listening to singers whose words I couldn't hear over their loud music worthwhile.
I don't know if anybody reading this has heard of Matthew West...he was the first artist that I really loved. I know several of his songs from the radio, and his concert was just awesome. I'd heard his song "More" many times before, but then it just really hit home because I'd been feeling really alone, like God didn't really want to have anything to do with me because I've been messing up a lot lately, with attitude and spending time with Him. But that song just made it all really clear - He's always there, and He loves me no matter what. Pretty simple lesson - it was a much more profound, moving moment than that, and you'd think it wouldn't be that hard of a lesson to learn. But it is when you're a perfectionist like me!
Anyway, then the speaker - Justin Lookadoo (seriously, that's his actual last name) - was absolutely hilarious and his message was awesome. If him speaking at our Awakening Fest is ever on YouTube, I'll post the link...anyway...just to give you an idea of what he's like, his facial expressions are just hilarious and he has ADD...but he gets his point across and makes you laugh hysterically while he does it.
After that was a really really loud band called Skillet which my sister really enjoyed but which hurt my ears really badly...and my eyes with all their flashing lights.
Then it started raining, LOL, and we could literally see lightning and hear thunder...but really, it was pretty cool, the announcer guy got up onstage and all of us (there were about 10,000 people there) prayed for the thunderstorm to go away - and after a really light rain with no lightning or thunder, any kind of storm just went away! So that was pretty neat, to say the least.
The final band - Newsboys - was SOOOOOOOOO awesome! I'd liked them before, and now I love them. Their songs are so much fun, and the whole audience was singing along and they were really animated and involved with the crowd. That was another one of those awesome moments - hearing all those 10,000 people singing along to God. Not to mention jumping around and clapping and waving our hands to some of their more ridiculous yet still thought-provoking songs. (you have to listen to their song "Shine" to get what I mean...awesome, bizarre, and thought-provoking all in one).
Then I ate brownies and an apple in the car for dinner on the way back...*eyetwitch*
So it was a lot of fun, like I said. I'm not sure that I'd go back next year, considering the heat and all the bands that I didn't really enjoy. But when I think about how awesome Matthew West, Justin Lookadoo, and Newsboys were, I just might have to consider it...
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Post by rainpaint on Sept 14, 2008 18:54:40 GMT -5
ROTFL!!!! This is a video from Awakening, of Matthew West. He made up a song about Awakening Fest 2008, called, appropriately enough "Awakening Fest 2008" or something to that effect...we were all laughing hysterically as he made it up as he went along...and yes, the port-a-potties were pretty nasty...
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Post by Cem on Sept 15, 2008 14:48:46 GMT -5
That sounds so awesome!! Wish I could have been there!! I have actually heard of Matthew West, I have one of his songs on a sample disk. He's good. I'm planning on getting more of his stuff at some point.
Today I...got up and gave my mom her birthday presents then went back to bed. lol.
I've spent some time the last few days doing last edits on the next chapter of Summer of Discovery. As long as I feel better tomorrow than I do today I should get it posted tomorrow! Yay!
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Post by Cem on Sept 16, 2008 18:32:00 GMT -5
Today I...finally finished all the edits on the paper copy of chapter 9. But have run out of time to do them on the laptop. lol other things got in the way today, but it shouldn't take too long to do the edits tomorrow and then post it! So it will be online to read tomorrow some time, even if I have to stay up til 1am to do it! (and seeing as I'm going on a massive shopping trip the day after that would be really stupid, so thats how desperate I am to get it done! lol)
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Post by rainpaint on Oct 25, 2008 16:31:17 GMT -5
Today I...filled out and sent two college applications...two down, two to go. Thankfully I don't have to make a decision yet, and the last two I'm sending don't require essays! So now I have a major headache.
Also yesterday I voted for the first time. I thought it was pretty cool that the first time I got to vote, it was in a Presidential election. They ran out of stickers, though, so I didn't get an "I VOTED (check mark here)" sticker, LOL. GO *claps hands over mouth*
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Post by Cem on Oct 25, 2008 17:19:27 GMT -5
lol Aw pm me with your vote! I'm curious as to who you voted for. And as I'm in the UK it really doesn't matter what you say lol
Today I...went riding. Most of the lesson was ok, but not all of it. I'm now riding a mare called Marge, and she's totally different to Barney and Jake who I usually ride. But she's my new regular ride, for now at least, so I gotta get used to her. But I really don't get on with her very well. She's a strong horse and in canter I really struggle to hold her. I came away from my lesson in tears today (partly just cause I'm exhaused it has to be said) because I'm really annoyed with myself. I'm annoyed I can't keep a better hold on her, and I'm annoyed its stopping me from enjoying my lessons, and I'm really annoyed its making me lose confidence in Marge and not want to ride her. I'm not riding next weekend cause its half term, and normally I'd be hating that fact already. But because I'm not enjoying riding Marge I'm actually glad of the 2 week break!! Really, really strange for me. But I just hate that I'm losing confidence with her. I'm fine with her at trot, I'm getting the hang of her with that and can slow her down pretty easy, but canter I can barely even hold on to her. I have no problems like that with Barney who's really forward going too, so its really annoying. And upseting. Cause I know that for my next lesson I'm gonna have to say to Gill, my instructor, that I don't want to canter. I know the only way I'm gonna settle down with Marge and get on with her is to work more at trot first and get to know her better. But having to say it is really hard because I love to canter and feel like I'm a bit of a failuer for not being able to with Marge. Ugh, my head is a bit of a mess about it all. I mostly just wish I could ride Barney again. But his saddle still isn't a good enoguh fit and Gill isn't happy enough with it for me to try again *sigh*
On a better note, I'm working on the next Summer of Discovery chapter and its coming on ok. Still have a lot to do, it won't be up any time soon sadly, but hey, something is better than nothing. lol
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