Love

So.. i made it back to TX, and took my GRE's... They went well.. i was happy.. yay...

School starts tomorrow.. im not really ready, but im ready to get things overwith.. so.. here we go...

I love you.. now change, why do i never feel good enough?

I dont feel like posting much.. just thought i would let ya guys know i was alive :)

inspired

So i got inspired to post... actually i have some questions that i would like answered. First of all is What the heck is wrong with me?

I say this because i really think i have some issues. First of all being, why do i always not look forward to going to texas at the end of the summer? Is this a bad thing? God wants us to be content in any situation, because he has us there for a reason. I know what my reason for being in texas was, but now at the end of the summer i once again am detesting the thought of returning to texas.

I think i am a New England Gal. I dont think much can change that. I hope God's plan is for me to return to the great east coast. Now, i dont beleve that i want to live in Vermont my whole life, but the firthest i really want to go southern-wise is Pennsylvania. I guess i just love my family and everything about the north. New England Buddy got anything to comment?

Is this wrong for me to think this way? I wish i could just love texas, but ive tried, i have and it doesnt seem to come to me. I like LU, but once i leave there i am really not wanting to go back. I dont mean for this to offend anyone, but i seriously doubt that some of you want to move to the north east. Does this mean thats God's plan is for me to live up north, since i feel so strongly, or is he just forcing me to live in the south cause hes teaching me to be content, even when he knows my heart is in the north? HELP.. someone comment please!!

hope this made sense... hope everyone is doin well...

Hiatus

Hiatus is a long break... "after a hiatus, andrea posted again"

so yes, thats correct, i am once again posting. i know.. its amazing. so... here has been my life, came back home, and was highly motivated to get stuff done. I painted the swingset, got my horses hooves clipped, washed and clipped my dog, got a lot of cleaning done, put my room back in order, sorted out throught old clothes im getting rid of, i am currently house sitting, working at the vet clinic a couple times a day, taking a GRE class, and helping my dad renovate our deck and my bathroom. well... see i have been busy.. whoo.. go me, well.. thats about all for now, you can see why i really havent posted.. kinda been busy, and havent even thought of posting..

hope everyone else is doin well

Ingenuous

Ingenuous means to have a child-like simplicity or innocence.

My cat (abby) has been missing for a week, so please pray that she comes home soon. We miss her! I think im gonna walk around the neighborhood to see if anyone has seen her. We've asked our neighbors but thats about it so far.

Well, ive finally made it home. Its nice to relax, sleep in and generally be a bum again. im back to working my usual 5 hour work days 3 days a week, its quite entertaining. However, i should start painting my house soon. That should be fun!

Well, i gotta run up to Burlington VT to make up the test that i missed in my GRE prep class. whooo... ill post lata

21

Today I am 21, thats right, THE WRECKONING has come, and today is finally my birthday!!

YAY for birthdays....

Latent

Latent is a potential that is not readily apparant... I may look dumb, but really... i have potential ;-D

ok, ok... well, not much is goin on here... still... only have two exams and a final remaining this week. Friday is my final then im done with one class.. and i got enough stuff to do before then. I need to figure out my financial aid situation, drop the Human Growth and Development class, since im taking that presently...

In a week i will be flying back to vermont. I hate doing this. I love home, and i love my friends, WHY CANT THEY ALL BE IN THE SAME PLACE?!?! Flic and i were talking about this a few days ago. People that live near here hate it, but really, you get a good deal, your near your parents and your friends for most of the year. You can go home and do laundry, see your parents, eat a good meal. Flic and i go home 2 times a year for only a few weeks. It sucks!

You may be wondering why i so adamantly inform everyone that TOMORROW IS MY 21st BIRTHDAY!! well, my freshman year, everyone forgot when my birthday was, so i decided that to prevent only my parents remembering when i was born, i would not give anyone (my friends) an excuse for forgetting my birthday.....

so in light of the fact that TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY....

Your Birthdate: June 15

With a birthday on the 15th of any month, you are apt to have really strong attachments to home, family and domestic scene. The 1 and 5 equaling 6, provide the sort of energy that makes you an excellent parent or teacher. You are very responsible and capable. This is an attractive and an attracting influence. You like harmony in your environment and strive to maintain it. You tend to learn by observation rather than study and research. You may like to cook, but you probably don't follow recipes. This number shows artistic leanings and would certainly support an talents that may be otherwise in your makeup. You're a very generous and giving person, but perhaps a bit stubborn in ways.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Laud

Laud means to give praise, glorify

2 days until my BIRTHDAY... YAY :-D
everyone should call me on wednesday, cause its my birthday :-D

So, school is goin alright... kinda lookin forward to it being over with though...

so, other than than, not too much excitement... so, that leaves pointless quizzes!!!

Prep/Jock/Cheerleader 88% Stoner 56% Punk/Rebel 50% Ghetto gangsta 31% Loner 25% Drama nerd 25% Geek 19% Goth 6% What's Your High School Stereotype? created with QuizFarm.com

Longview

So don't get me wrong, i love spending time with Radio, Will and Danny, but other than that i get NO GIRL INTERACTION!!! Im dyin here ladies. Please, Please, if you are in the area, lets do something (Laura, Emily) and if your not in the area.. call me or something.. AHH

4 Shopping days remaining..... GO MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Laconic

Laconic means to use few words.

So, school is going well, it always seems to blur into a long week of class and tests, with nothing in particular sticking out to me, as does most of my summer. I havent really dont anything significant in the past week to really write about.

maybe ill lay out in the sun today. its warm outside.. oouuu...

what to fix for dinner? humm?? Hamburger helper? thats always a favorite. Radio and Will fixed dinner last night, and it was really good! Rice with Hamburger meat, cheddar cheese and tomatoes. Sounds like a strange combination, but its REALLY good... trust me!

my birthday is in.... 5 DAYS.. prepare youself!!

and, due to the lack of something to post about, ill include a survey.. everyones doin it...

(x) means i have done it, ( ) means i haven't.

(x ) smoked a cigarette
(x) smoked a cigar
( ) made out with a member of the same sex
(x) been in love
(x ) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) been in a fist fight
(x) snuck out of my parent's house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
(x ) made out with a stranger
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher (nope, never happened to me)
( ) seen someone die
(x) been to canada (i live too close not too)
(x) been to mexico [missions trip]
(x) been on a plane way too often every year
( ) thrown up in a bar
( ) purposely set a part of myself on fire
( ) eaten sushi
(x) been snowboarding (since i live on a ski mountain.. yes)
(x) been in an abusive relationship
(x) taken painkillers (im accident prone)
(x) love someone or miss someone right now
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel (again, the whole VT/snow thing)
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
(x) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up (thats what little girls do)
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves (i love fall!!)
(x) gone sledding
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at school (Once in my physics high school class after i had been out all night at a concert)
( ) used a fake id
(x) watched the sunset
(x) felt an earthquake
(x) touched a snake (yay for biology majors)
(x) slept beneath the stars
(x) been tickled (i HATE being tickled
(X) been robbed (stupid people that stole my cell phone last semester... grrrrr)
(x) been misunderstood
( ) been suspended from school
( ) been in car accident
( ) had braces
(x) felt like an outcast (i think most kids do)
(x) had deja vu
(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime (speeding is a crime... istn it?)
(x) pole danced (HAHAHA)
(x) been obsessed with post-it notes
(x) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the country
(x) swam in the ocean
(x) felt like dying
(x) cried yourself to sleep
(x) played cops and robbers
( ) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers
(x) sung karaoke ("do you really want to hurt me??")
(x) paid for a meal with only coins (haha, yup, they arent usually too happy with that)
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) made prank phone calls
(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) danced in the rain
( ) written a letter to santa claus (i never believed in santa claus)
( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x) watched the sun set with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach (does burning a loft on a beach at a lake count?)
(x) crashed a party (haha.. good times in high school with kaci and ashley)
(x) had a wish come true
(x)worn pearls
(x) jumped off a bridge (stupid ear infection)
(x) ate dog/cat food
( ) told a complete stranger you loved them
( ) kissed a mirror
(x) sang in the shower
(x) had a dream you married someone
( ) glued your hand to something
(x) got your tongue stuck on a flag pole (i was a stupid kid)
(x) worn the opposite sex's clothes
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
(x) stayed up all night (college is great like that - IVAP :-/ )
(x) didn't take a shower for a week
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree (aww i miss apple picking)
(x) climbed a tree
(x) had a tree house
(x) believed in ghosts (i was scared of everything as a kid)
( ) had more than 30 pairs of shoes
( ) gone streaking
(x) played ding-dong-ditch
(x) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
(x) broken a bone
(x) been easily amused (haha.. im extrememly easily amused)
(x) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried (BAD OPTION!!! HAHAHA funniest thing ive EVER done :-D)
( ) cried so hard you laughed
(x) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
(x) forgotten someone's name
(x) slept naked
(x) gone skinny dipping in a pool
( ) been kicked out of your house
( ) eaten a bug
( ) jumped out of an airplane
( ) given an anonymous gift
( ) received an anonymous gift
(x) Been to more than two continents (North America, Europe, Africa, Asia - all in one trip)
( ) sent a love letter
( ) been on TV
( ) been on a safari
(x) picked flowers
(x) had a death threat (some kid tried to strangle me in 3rd grade)
( ) been to a drive in movie
( ) snuck in a movie
(x) danced in a club (back in the day.. good times)
(x) read a book over 1,000 pages long
(x) gotten lost in a foreign country
( ) had to use hand signals to communicate in a foreign country
(x) wet yourself
(x) ridden an elephant
(x) had a dream come true

wow.. that was fun....

Rain

Rain means when water falls from the sky (so im in the computer labs, and i dont have my GRE word list with me, so i had to make up a definitiion :))

So, i havent updated in awhile, so i figured i would. Im getting better, besides the nastyness still in my lungs and nose, i am feelin a lot better. yay :)

Class is kickin my butt... not really, but im tired of gettin up and driving over there all the time. At least i have all afternoon to take a nap, lay out in the sun, or do anything i want to.

There are a lot of business majors in the labs right now, and they are strange. All laughing at some imitation of some professor. I dont get it, i guess thats because im not a business major

I like my posts they are all completely random

Today i was typing up my notes from class, and i saw a bird outside pickin a worm out of the ground. I thought birds got worms in the morning. Guess not, cause this was at like 2:30

So making dinners has been going well. I have been making most dinners with variations of chicken. Chicken is pretty versitile. The good thing about all of this, is that i havent burnt anything yet... yet... yay, go my cooking skills...

Baja got back from their trip, and they got 57th out of 130 something, so thats decent. my roommate is back from Italy, so i got to see her and her pictures. Ive ran into laura a few times down at Baja!! Its nice seeing my friends again. I have missed them :)

Well, i guess thats all for now... More to come later...

Lassitude

Lassitude is a state of diminished energy.

I feel like i completely illustrate that vocab word of the day. In the last post i said that i thought i was getting sick. Oh boy was i right. I ended up with a nasty high fever, and a sore throat which led to an infection in my lungs, so now i am left with a nasty cough which continues to keep me up all night. I was so scared these past few days, i seriously thought i was going to die. i figured i would just stop being able to breathe and die. God apparantly wants to keep me around longer, so i didnt stop breathing, but i still am having trouble doing so, especially at night, so if you guys could please pray that i get better soon so i can breathe again, that would be nice :)

Class at Kilgore is going well. My professor is funny and tells lots of corny jokes which is a good thing at 8am. I have two tests on monday, so ill know better how the class is going to go after that point. Im not too worried though.

I have to buy my own scantrons for my class. Wierd. LU always provides them for us. That was a new experience, actually BUYING scantrons.

Kilgore has a really nice student center and school store... oouu

Also, i am in desperate need of a car for the beginning of next week. Can i borrow anyones car from 8am to 11:30am some morning/s please???

i need a nap... ill post later...

Guile

Guile means trickery or deceit...

Today was a great day. It started off boring... well not really boring... let me explain. So i got up early to see Baja off and wish them good luck n all. The car was lookin mighty fine, and the senior team had their car all ready to go finally, so all was well with Baja. I went back to my room and talked to Flic for awhile, looked up random stuff online, and did about all i could until there was nothing else to do online. Then i decided.. humm.. sleep sounds good. So i took another wonderful nap. Got up and decided that i was bored again, so i decided to drive around since i gained posession of Danny's car for the night.

I decided to do laundry at KZX, then i drove to getto one to get tea... umm... that was really good with honey. After that Will and i made dinner which consisted of pancakes with REAL maple syrup and scrambled eggs. After dinner Danny drove me to kilgore where i found where my class is this week. So that was my day in a nutshell.. fun stuff

I think im gettin sick too. The weather changes from Vermont to Texas are never really good for my system. In fact my body HATES the insane weather changes.

Today was good though, i had some good conversations with some great people. AND

the best thing is.. the guy that my dad goes on mission trips with to the Phillipeans is gonna be on campus on the 16th of June! I have wanted to meet him for so long, but hes always in Vermont when im in school, and im always at home when he is in Texas. So i beat the system, i take summer school!! YES!! So i am really excited i get to meet him. He is an amazing guy!

Well, that was my day.. all of it... time for bed now.. G'night

Iconoclast

Iconoclast means to oppose the establishment. I feel like that sometimes when im at LeTourneau. OPPOSE THE UNIVERSITY!! BE A REBEL... ehh, just kidding...

so on with my busy live as it stands at LU... Today i went to church, then took a really long nap until dinner, i made rice a roni for dinna with salad. YUM i love rice aroni... soooo good!! Then i ran errands for a bit... drove Radio to get some food, then i stopped and hung out with the Baja crew for quite some time. Then Laura stopped by and we all had a great time!! Ive missed Laura, and we need to hang out soon! Then i dropped the car back off at KZX and then i went to bed. What a day i tell ya!

It has come to my attention that all of my guy friends are senior design team leaders. Danny of Formula, Derek of MiniBaja, and Zach of some ultralight airplane design. Well, it looks like i will be visiting the Machine Tool Lab often next year. It figures that i would be dating the project manager of Formula since i dislike it so much. how ironic it is...

The weather has been nice here, rainy, but still so much warmer than VT, its cold inside, but if i ever get to cold i can open a window or just plain go outside. I am enjoying the heat her thus far. This summer in TX has yet to kill me!

Well, its off to bed for me.. im a sleepy sloth!

Pariah

Pariah is a noun, and it means 'an outcast'

Yup, the rumors are true. I am in TEXAS!! Emily picked me up at the airport, and then we had fun runnin around town doin errands. Good day. She is also the coolest person i know, because she definately hooked me up with the greatest room ever. Its a single room, so there is only one bed, one desk, etc. which means only one thing. No roommate! I love my roomie from the regular semesters, but its nice to have my own room if i cant be livin with her. So i like Quad 4... i wish that i could live here longer

So other than traveling and hangin out with Emily, I have made dinner down at KZX, slept awhile, and finished my powerpoint of Egypt that i am doing for my church. They have asked me to do a presenation some night service about my trip to Egypt. I made it look good too. Everyone should come visit me and see my presentation! :)

well... i think im gonna get some reading done. I got the free time, so i should read. I need to start exercising again, but im not sure when the best time would be. Early morning, or late night? Or Solheim? I wish i was an early person, cause i would do the early morning thing. Maybe ill try that out.

Innocuous

Innocuous means "harmless" Wow, dont you feel smarter?

Actually, I feel dumber cause i have a 200 page stack of words i do not know. Dang it!

So Today is my last day at home! Thats right, tomorrow i will be leaving the frozen tundra for the oven that is texas! yay! Im gonna get to spend time with Emily, Laura, Danny, Lynn, and hopefully Nealy will visit too (At least she should!!). I also suggest that Jessi come visit, but i have a feeling that Longview isnt exactly the past of Texas that she wants to be at :( oh well... i understand :-D

I havent been up to all too much. Working every now and then. Today is Bre's birthday.. Happy 17th birthday to Breezy!!

Im starting to work out again, and this time i really wanna keep up the workout plan for at least 8weeks so i can see results. I really am gonna have to motivate myself to work out in Texas.. ugh.. nasty humidity. I have even been really good about not eating chocolate. yay for me :)

Well, i think thats about all, i gotta go pack... If you are thinkin of me tomorrow.. i will be flying out of Hartford Airport at 6am, which means i need to leave my house at 2am... AHHH. I will be flying into Shrevesport around 11:30, where the lovely Emily is picking me up! Its gonna be one heck of an early morning!!

Inchoate

Inchoate is todays word of the day and it means not fully formed, or disorganized. I am really tired of the words that begin with I.. i need another letter.

So today was my first day of work. I love working at the Vet clinic, but it makes me think. wow... this sucks. When i was in high school and i worked there i worked as a veterinary technician, and a labratory technician, now i clean up dog poop. usually when you get more education you get better jobs, not worse jobs. Oh well, I cant complain too much it pays. So thats what i did this morning.

Yesterday i got a lot done. I raked a quarter of the pasture, so i can more easily scoop manure when we move the backhoe into the pasture for major clean up, i made dinner which consisted of pineapple/strawberry smoothies, fresh baked bread, and scalloped potatoes and ham. Yum! I am definatly improving my cooking skills. I also got a new shirt at Maurises which i will be able to wear in TX, but not really at home, cause its WAY too cold for that.

Yesterday it was almost 70, so thats what inspired me to get out and do something with myself, and quit being bored sitting on my butt. However, today its back to being cold again, so aside from working and doing a much needed laundry load, i think its back to sittin on my butt. yay for nothingness

26 days until what?????
oh yeah MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! (June 15th)

Impervious

Todays word of the day is Impervious. This means impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected.

This weekend i went to Connecticut to my deceased uncles house. My dad helped my aunt and uncle inventory all of my dead uncles belongings to probate so everything can be divided up among his decendants. I on the other hand cleaned. My uncle was not a good house-keeper, so i cleaned all the layers of dust, and swept and mopped the floors until everything was clean and shiny.. ooouuuu... I like making things clean. I didnt sleep in the house either, i camped out in the truck. It was kinda wierd camping in a truck, but i felt creepy sleeping in the house. This weekend was all about cleaning. I went through a bottle of Kaboom, a bottle of Pine Sol, 3 sponges, a box of Clorox wipes, a box of Pledge wood wipes and a box of Pledge all purpose wipes. I really felt accomplished when everything was done. Yay me.

Well, i pretty much have everything settled for texas when im there soon. Im flying in on the 26th and i leave the 21st. It will be a nice break from Vt, maybe ill get to warm up a bit. Hopefully i can find a job on campus or something so i dont have to pay the full 50 to stay on campus. That would be nice.

for those of you who have forgotten.... my birthday is coming up on the 15th... yes.. my birthday is in 29 days!!!

well... im gonna go for now, not much else to say.

Gregarious

Gregarious means outgoing or socialble. That is todays GRE vocab word for the day.

Today was slow. Very Slow. I have decided that i should have attempted to stay in Longview, but i am home for a reason so i should be happy. Wow, have the tables turned, this post reflects a christmas post.

My has this night turned to one sucky one. Gosh... well, im gonna go hide out in my room now. Dang it... why... ugh...

Frugality

Frugality means a tendancy to be thrifty or cheap. That is today's word of the day. Wow my blog is half-way educational...

I HAVE A CELL PHONE AGAIN!!! YAY. so if you know my number (it hasnt changed) please call me so i can restore my phone book again. I have lost a lot of cell phone numbers, so seriously.. please call me anytime!!

Today was fairly uneventful. Not as earth shattering as it could have been, but it was all around an extremely happy day. I unpacked my room halfway, did errands with my mom, worked out my job shadowing at the hospital, and got a new cell phone. quite the day.

Now im bored again, i watched the OC, next week is the season finalie its gonna be really good. but now its over, so since there is no one online to talk to i may go to sleep, so sad, me sleeping at 10:37... texas time its 9:37 wierd... i need a life. well goodnight

Florid

Florid means excessively decorated or embellished. That is todays word of the day. On to better things.

Yesterday was fun, but i dont feel like i accomplished all that much. I unloaded my car, went grocery shopping, made a strawberry pie (which turned out REALLY good), and made dinner which consisted of angel hair pasta with stir fry vegetables on top. I enjoy cooking. To finish off my day i hung out with breezy and tyson. We watched National Treasure then One Tree Hill. Its nice spending time with them, i have missed my family. It was 82 degrees yesterday. That is EXTREMELY impressive!!

For today i guess im doing general errands, i really need to unpack my stuff into my room, but its so cold down there you can practically see your breath. so im trying to avoid doing work down there. Today will be another lazy day. I like those since i dont have much else to do. Well, i guess ill post later. I miss everyone already :(