Earthquake!?!

Howdy everyone from Dallas!

I don't know if it made national news or not, but apparently there was an earthquake here in Dallas Thursday night. Actually, two of them which were a three on the Richter Scale. So scary!!! We felt nothing, so no worries.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27472024/
And I thought the tornadoes last semester were bad. But we're all still here and no one is hurt, so on to the more boring stuff.

I felt so bad about my last post being so short. I was really feeling sick, but wanted to try & post something. So, I apologize for being so brief. But I promise to give you more detail this time. And for those of you who were wondering, I am feeling much better now. I did have a sinus infection, but it was not nearly as severe as usual. After a few days of rest I was back to my normal self.

Last Sunday night we had game night at my friend's house! It was so much fun. I made my mom's amazing peanut butter brownies and Julie & I taught them nertz!!! haha. They are hooked. And they taught us speed, which is pretty fun too. (Though nothing like the intensity of nertz) Oh, and we played taboo too! It was a blast!!! It really cheered me up since I was kinda bummed about missing the game night at home. :-(

For lecture this week, our guest speaker was Sy Rogers. He was an incredible speaker. What an amazing man of God! If you get a chance to google him and read his story please do. Such an awesome testimony. The lecture hour flew by this week. And he even did an extra two hour question and answer session. He was such a blessing to the entire student body.

My worship team was also up this week. Yay Yellow!!! And even though we only were scheduled to sing for chapel on Thursday and Friday, we ended up having all day prayer on Friday for the upcoming election. So, the normal 35 minute chapel became a three hour worship & prayer session, which we were on stage for the whole time. It was exhausting & my feet we so tired after. Haha. But it was an awesome time in God's presence!

And then last night, they had all night prayer on the campus. Julie was asked to play drums for the first two hour set, so of course my roommates & I went along from 10-12. Then we came home and played nertz til about two in the morning. :-) It was a blast, but I was definitely exhausted this morning. Always worth it, especially for nertz!

Oh, and one more exciting piece of information I forgot to share. I found out a few weeks ago that I am eligible to receive a music minor. I will have to do a special three piece voice recital with two classical pieces, which will be at the end of the semester (probably in the middle of finals - lucky me!) But I have met all of the other requirements, so once I do that I will be awarded the minor.

Only 55 days til Christmas! Ahh! We have a countdown on our door! :-) L0ve & miss you all!

It's Actually Cold in Texas!

That's right, folks. Believe it or not, it is 55 degrees here right now. Insane! And of course, it comes on a day when I'm not feeling very well. I got my first sinus infection of the semester on Sunday, and I've been sick in bed for the last two days. Ugh. But my fever finally broke last night and I was able to make it to some of my classes today. I'm just glad it didn't last as long as it usually does. Thank God!

But enough with the sickness. School's been going really well and we're now officially past the half-way point. Only seven and a half weeks of school left! Wow. That is so crazy. And let's not forget about our road trip!!! My roomates and I took a trip to San Antonio and it was awesome! I had never been, and I was so excited to just go sight-seeing. Take a look at my pics cause Julie took some amazing photos. We visited a Japanese Tea Garden, The Riverwalk which is Downtown, and shopped til we dropped, of course! haha. Our hostess Mona (my roommate Tanya's cousin) was so great about trying to show us every possible thing she could while we were there. We came back extremely exhausted! San Antonio is a beautiful city and I'd love to go back to see more of it sometime.

I love and miss you all so much! I can't wait for Christmas to come so we can catch up! And you all better get ready for game night!!!! :-)

Thank you!

Sorry it's been so long since my last post, but the internet in our apartment has been down for almost two weeks now. Ugh! It's so frustrating. But we're trying to make the best of it.

Anyway, I wanted to thank all of you for the birthday wishes! My friends made it a really nice day, though there was little time to enjoy it. Tuesdays are my busiest days, and my worship team just happened to be up twice that day. Haha. But the girls decorated the apartment and Julie baked a triple chocolate cake!!! It was SO GOOD! So, all in all, not a bad birthday at all.

And this coming week is midterms. Ahh! So strange to think we're half way through the semester already. Yet, here we are. And my roommates & I are going to take a trip to San Antonio next weekend. We have Friday off from school, and Tanya's cousin goes to school there. We're staying with her & it should be a blast. She has a ton of stuff planned from what I hear.

So, thank you again for all of the birthday cards, emails, texts messages, phone calls, etc. They meant a lot! :-) Love & miss you all!