Late Night Thoughts About Children

Last night my mind was reeling while I was trying to go to sleep, so I had to write down 3 blog topics. I'm going to start with this one because it's the shortest.

Those of you who know me well, know that I don't have a high affinity for children. I find them abnoxious, ignorant, selfish, demanding, disrespectful, among other things. Anyways, while talking after church last night with Allie and Haden, about God's relationship with us, and using a father son relationship to exemplify how God feels about us. I got to thinking about how God is our father, and that He sees us the same way. I mean, we defy him, try to do things on our own; we have all the bad qualities I see in children. While I've always heard, "we are the children of God," I'd never thought of it like that before. It gave me a complex.

US priorites

This is just going to be a quick blog. I just hopped on and our homepage is the MSN website. There is a flashing screen that always has 3 messages. The first was that the swine flu alert has been raised to a level five and that the global out break is imminent! Then the next thing that flashes up is "Do you know sci-fi?" And then, "Bikini Beauties: Celebs at the beach." What the heck!?! With a global outbreak of the swine flu (honestly, I haven't decided how scared to be yet. I don't know enough about it, but currently I'm not too worried) the next most important thing is pictures of scantily clad women on the beach?!!! Seriously?!! I think this is a nation that has its priorites all messed up. But hey, that's just me.

Scholarships and College and Some Other Stuff

Scholarships are extremely frustrating!!!! I hate not knowing. You apply in February and don't find out if you got it until July! I also hate failing. I'll turn in an application or essay that I think is absolutely brilliant and then not get the scholarship. Tis quite frustrating. It's also frustrating that the amount of household income for federal assistance is so low. I wish it were higher. I mean really if you still have two siblings at home and all that, do they really expect you to be able to pay for college as well? If they do, they are sorely mistaken. Anywho...it's probably ironic that I am writing complaining about it, instead of writing scholarship essays...but really...to what avail. Anywho...

On a different note...I am SO excited for college. Allison went to SOAR this past weekend (it is for freshman and their parents to get aquainted with UTM and register for classes and all that jazz.) (I will go at the beginning of June) We now know our dorm!!! We will be in Ellington Hall room 325!!!! I'm SOOO excited!! Yes this does mean that we will have to go up and down THREE flights of stairs everytime we want to go some where, but that also means we have a built in stair master! I'm pretty sure I've decided on my classes: Honors Calculus, University Physics, Philosophy, Spanish, and General Studies. Since I'll be in the Honors program there is an honors class I will have to take as well. I'm SO excited!! I believe move in day is August 27 and we start classes August 31. Have I mentioned that I'M SO EXCITED!!!!?

Lets see here...I have 8 school days left!!! I can't wait for everyone to get out here for graduation. We are going to have a blast!

I have decided that I need/want more adventures in my life. Adventures like hiking and 4 wheeling, and riding horses again and such things as this. Fortunately there are lakes near UTM, so perhaps I'll find some adventures there.

Well that's about all for today!

...and a little bit of ranting

I HATE COLDS!!!!! Ok, a little known fact is that I get migraines. I've had TERRIBLE migraines. However, migraines do not take away your ability to breathe!!! I really enjoy breathing, especially when sleeping. Waking up feeling like you are being suffocated is not a pleasant experience. I am extremely ready to get better. If anyone has a magical remedy, please let me know.

5'9.5" on a good day

So...I was talking to my dear cousin Brad last night and I was telling him a story. In said story I mentioned that I am 5'9.5" on a good day. Well, he interrupted me to say, "And on a bad day, I turn into a midget!" This made me laugh a whole whole lot. I told him I was going to write a story and blog about it, but instead I've been thinking about it (like the best obsessors do), and decided to go a different route. I got to thinking about how true that is. When it's a good day, I hold my head high. Nothing can bring me down, and in fact sometimes I even bring people up! On a good day I can handle anything! I am superwoman. I laugh and smile and kid and dance and have a down right splendid time. However on a bad day...things are a little different. I slouch. Everything gets me down. The more stuff that happens, the shorter I become. My bags weigh me down more than they would any other day. I sometimes bring others down with me. By the end of the day I am probably only 5'. I realize that's not midget sized, but it's still a big difference. I just found this interesting and thought I'd share.

Little Bit a This, Little Bit a That

This is the first posting on my new blog. I thought I would start out by explaining the name: Little Bit. While trying to think of some clever name, perhaps one of my nicknames, I was thinking about what this blog was going to contain. I was thinking a little bit a my life, a little bit a my views on politics, a little bit a the Good News, and a little bit a whatever else tickles my fancy. (For those of you who are grammar OCD, yes I am aware that the "a" should be "of" but I liked it better this way so I took a little be of writer's liberty.)

My life...well...I'm about to GRADUATE!!! I'm extremely excited and cannot wait!! My last day is May 6th and I graduate May 14th. I am going to college at UT Martin. (Martin is a little tiny town in west Tennessee) (The colors of my blog were chosen because they are the colors of UTM) I'm not 100 percent sure what I am going to major in, but it will most likely be math or science related.

My views...I've noticed, and experienced, that many people these days are stressed and worried. High anxiety has invaded nearly every household. If there not anxious about how the economy is affecting them, they are anxious about an illness or a relative or any number of things. It's really easy to give advice, and a whole other thing to follow it. I can say, "Just trust God" all day long, but there are times when I don't hear listen to what I say. Trusting is easier when life is good, than when you are going through something difficult. However, this is the time that tests your faith. This is when it counts. This is why we are so lucky to have a relationship with God. He's got it all figured out so that don't have to. To sum this up: Let go and let God.

More of my views (different topic)...Many of you have heard of or experienced the tornados that hit Murfreesboro on Good Friday. There are two stories I would like to share, but first, some stats. 2 people were killed a 30 year old girl and her 9 week old baby. 41 people were injured and about 250 people lost their homes. The Red Cross chose to set up at New Vision Baptist Church, and were going to let anyone who needed a place to stay, to stay there. Only 4 people showed up. Some say this is because communication was down, but where did the others go? They were taken in by neighbors and loved ones. This just goes to show that there is still goodness in people. The other story is what happened to a friend of mine. Carrie was driving home from Murfreesboro with her mother right before the tornado hit. They were going to go on 24 but becuase it looked so bad they chose an alternate route. On Thompson Lane, they were going to go to Red Robin to use the restroom, but instead chose to go to the BP. This is when they saw the tornado touch down about 50 feet away. They ran inside the building as fast as they could and were hiding in the bathroom. Carrie was praying that they would live the whole time. The BP was left untouched, while every other building around there was either destroyed, or severly damaged. I still can't get over how cool that it. We drove to Mboro today for my brother's birthday party, and I saw the damage on Thompson Lane for myself. It is simply incredible.

Well I think that's all for today. Please feel free to leave comments!