Wait, What?

Remember a few months back when I said I was one of the most well-behaved rebellious people you will ever meet? Well, it's true. If someone thinks I can't do something, I'll probably do it just because they told me not to. Had everyone pushed me to go to one college, I would've completely shut it out as an option. That's just how I work. On the other hand, if a person with authority tells me to do something, I'll do it. That's where the well-behaved part comes in. So when I told people I wanted to try and cut meat out of my diet for 2 weeks and they told me I couldn't do it, well I had to prove them wrong of course! Yes, you read that right. I'm a vegetarian for the time being. I'm not planning on doing it forever. I started this past Wednesday and I'm planning on going meat-less until I come home next weekend. I actually rarely eat red meat. My diet pretty much consists of only chicken. Surprisingly, it's been fairly simple so far. I'm not craving meat or anything, I'm just tired of being limited on what I can actually eat. Thankfully one of our dining halls on campus has pretty tasty vegetarian options. On Friday I had eggplant Parmesan for lunch and a veggie chimichanga for dinner. Pretty yummy! For the record, I'm not doing this to go on a diet and I'm not doing this because I think it's wrong to kill animals. I'm simply doing it to prove to myself and to others that I actually can do it.

Change of subject.

As most of yall know, I live with my cousin Briana and I'm not gonna lie, we have a blast. Tonight we were playing Just Dance 2 and things got a little crazy. We were doing a hip hop song and our we had a little collision. Our elbows hit soooooo hard I'm pretty sure the people across the hall could hear it. I immediately fell to my bed and Briana was bent over in pain. Our arms went numb, all our fingers were tingly and numb, and Briana felt like her hand was on fire. It was the worst thing ever. But because we're quite giggly people, we were also laughing hysterically. We literally could not breathe because we were laughing so hard but we also could barely move our arms. It was quite the scene. Our neighbors probably think we're crazy but oh well, we have fun. And hurt ourselves pretty badly in the process.

I thought I'd share a few songs with yall that I have become obsessed with. Be careful, once you hear them, you will want to listen to them nonstop. Not only is the music good, but the lyrics are very powerful and so easy to relate to. Be sure and listen to each of them, trust me, they're good!

Funny story: I wore a new pair of jeans today and when I went to go shower, I realized that they had turned my legs blue. Like actually blue. I looked like I was turning into an Avatar or a Smurf. I was in the shower forever scrubbing off layers of skin to get my skin back to it's ghostly white color. 

Yall have a good week!

The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.

Isaiah 40:8.

It's that just an awesome verse!? Love it!

New Semester

I can already tell that this semester is going to be a good one! First off, I'm not taking Statistics, so it's bound to be better then last semester! I'm super excited about the majority of my classes. As of now, I'm graduating a semester early unless I decide to double major in Child and Family Studies and Religion. That being said, I try to pack as much into a semester as I can so this semester I'm taking 17 hours. But it seems like it's going to be a fun 17 hours.

*Remember that rule about not writing your schedule in your blog? Yea, I'm breaking it.*

Mondays

9:05-9:55 Christian Heritage. 

               I think I'm most excited about this class. Honestly, my inner nerd is coming out with this one. I've already read the assigned reading for the next week because I find it so interesting. So far, we've talked about the start and spread of Christianity and also martyrdom. I really look forward to Mondays and Wednesdays because I get to go to this class. It's just so fascinating to learn the history behind the stories I already knew.

10:10-11  Chapel

              All students at Baylor are required to take 2 semesters of chapel and it's zero credit hours. But, I enjoy it. It gives us a nice break from the craziness of life and gives us a chance to just be with God.

4:00-5:15  Tennis

              This tennis class was a last minute thing, but I'm excited about it. I played tennis throughout high school but I ended up quitting because it killed my back. Since I stopped playing in high school, I've missed it so much. It felt great to be out there on the court again actually playing. Of course, my back has been killing me since, but I guess it's something I have to deal with.

Tuesday/Thursday

9:30-10:45  Chemistry in Society

               Pretty much, this is the easier chemistry for people that will never take an upper level science course. It's required for our major so it's a lot more basic. I LOVE this teacher. His name is Dr.Hassel and the first day of class he walks in wearing a shirt that says, "Chemistry is a Hassel." I knew from that  moment that he was gonna be interesting. He then takes about 30 minutes out of the first day of class to tell us how important it is to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. He told that the more and more he learns about science, the more he believes that there has to be a God to make it all fit together. He was also on Oprah because him and his wife write love letters to each other every day. How cute is that?! He is such an interesting man.

11:00-12:15   Apparel in Today's Society

             Bleh. Not looking forward to this course. I'm not interested in the Fashion Industry enough to take a class on it. The professor seems super nice, it's just not my thing. Because my degree is in the Family and Consumer Sciences department, we are required to take a course out of each of the other majors.

2:00-3:15   Child Development

            I love this class so far. It's exactly what the name sounds like; we just learn about the development of children starting at conception and going through the age of 24. This is one of the classes that actually fits with my major so I'm excited!

3:30-4:45   American Constitutional Development

          Bleh.  We learn about government and the constitution, simple as that. This is a very bad class to have at the end of the day when you are already tired. 

Wednesday

Wednesday is the same as Monday except I have my Chemistry Lab from 12:20-2:00. The lab instructor is an interesting International student, so it should be an entertaining class. 

Friday

I just have my Christian Heritage class on Fridays. But starting the first week of February for 6 weeks in a row, I have a lab for my Child Development class from 10-12. Technically, it's not a lab, but it pretty much is. Baylor has a place called Piper Development Center. It is a center for children from infants up to 5 years old. Total, they have about 30-40 kids there. It is a learning center for the children but they also use it as a learning center for Baylor students. Once  a week, we have to go observe the children. We sit down and play with them, watch how they interact, and just see all the developmental stages they go through. I think it'll be fun. 

That's pretty much how my week is. Since I've been back up here, I realized how much I actually missed it over the break. I like having my routine and actually being busy. I don't think this semester will have tons of work, but it will have a lot of reading. Good thing I like reading! Right now, I'm in Austin for the 3 day weekend hanging out with Courtney. Good ol' sister bonding time! 

Living to please God instead of pleasing people is really working out so far. I've realized that it'll get me a lot further with things in my life. I know it won't be so easy with every decision, but I'm working on it.

I suppose I'll go to sleep now. But before I go, you must look at this picture of this cat I think is possibly the cutest animal ever. I wouldn't mind if someone bought one for me :)

Apparently, some people think they're creepy, but I think they're adorable! They're Munchkin cats and they have a mutant gene that makes them have super short legs. But, they don't have any heath problems as a side effect. They can run, jump, and climb just like any other kitty. So cute!!

Pleasing

I feel like it's been forever since I've posted anything on here, but sometimes, my life just isn't all that interesting. I'm not quite sure where this post is going so hang in there with me. The one thing I do know is that leaving to go back to Waco on Sunday is not going to be an easy task. I love being home. I love seeing everybody. This is where I'm comfortable. I love Baylor, don't get me wrong and I know that's where I'm supposed to be for college. I guess the right things in life aren't always the easiest.

In the past few weeks, something has been brought to my attention that I've always known and has always been very apparent in my life. Maybe because I'm having to make a lot of decisions lately that it's been pushed to the forefront. I'm a people pleaser. Which, to an extent isn't a bad thing. Now, I have to be more specific with this. I'm a people that I care about pleaser. I don't really care about pleasing people that I don't know. But I do want to please those that love me. That's not a bad thing right? Up until recently, I figured this was a good thing. Those people keep me accountable for living a Christ like life. What I've recently realized is that we shouldn't be living our life for anyone but Christ. I shouldn't live my life to please people. Yesterday, I was asked a very thought provoking question. "If God was calling you to do something that absolutely no one approved of, would you do it?" This was a really hard thing for me to answer. Everyone wants to say. "yea, if God called me to do it, then of course I will." But if the opportunity actually arose, would you? And I'm speaking mainly to myself, but it would be really hard for me obey Him if it would upset my family and friends. Also, people will let me down. It's inevitable. No one is perfect and people I love will let me down from time to time so why live to please people? Christ will never let me down. I'd much rather live for Him then people. Now, I don't want this to come out sounding bitter, because I'm definitely not. I also don't want yall to read this and then think that I'm gonna go out and do whatever I want because I'm not trying to please yall anymore. I think by living to please Christ, I will please the people that love me along the way.

Going along with this, my goal for this semester is to live my life to please Christ and no one else. When deciding what to do with my life, my summer, no matter what it is, my first thought should be, "What will please Christ and make his love shine through me" not "What would my friends and family want me to do." This won't be an easy task for me, but I definitely think its attainable.

I hope yall have had an awesome start to the year! How crazy is it that it's 2012? I'm getting old, people!

Oh! I almost forgot, my parents gave my Josh Hamilton's autobiography for me for Christmas. I LOVED this book. Even if you're not a huge baseball fan like I am, you should definitely read it. In case you don't know his story, he grew up in a very loving home and was very well behaved as a teenager. He started playing major league baseball and got messed up in drugs. These drugs starting taking over his life almost to the point of no return. Eventually, he found Christ and that was the only thing that got him past the addiction. He now very openly lives his life for Christ and proclaims it every chance he gets. The book is an easy read and you won't want to put the book down!