You Lift Me Up

Songs for the Soul 

Here's just a few songs that have been giving me encouragement lately.  Give them a listen :)

You Lift Me Up by The Afters

This song is always playing on the Christian radio station at Auburn and it has become one of my favorite songs!  The video is kind of disturbing, but I do believe that it gets its point across- hence why I put it on my page :)  

 No Matter What by Kerrie Roberts

     Lately things have been looking up.  Sometimes I feel sort of lonely in Auburn, but God keeps sending things my way to let me know that He hears me out!  I used to eat lunch all the time by myself, but lately it's been crazy how many people have been like, "Do you want to grab lunch sometime this week?" and of course I do!!!  I've had people reach out to me from what seems like nowhere and it's just been incredible.  For instance today I pushed the dorm elevator button for a girl who I'd never seen before with her arms full of clothes to take home this weekend.  I held the doors open for her so that she wouldn't drop her things.  Whenever we went outside, it started pouring down rain!  She said, "Hey, would you like me to take you somewhere?"  I said, "No, I'm just walking to the Haley Center".  She was like, "I'd be more than happy to take you there!"  So I hopped into the strangers car and conversed with her while she drove me in the downpour.  It was just really nice of her! Also I had been worried about my spanish interview test that I had today...  a random girl asked me if I wanted to study with her in the library for spanish so I definitely took advantage of the offer!  It turns out that she goes to First Baptist of Opelika.  I have just delighted in these random things that keep happening :) I hope the Lord keeps them coming!

     Last night Leigh Ellen and I studied in the library until 2:30 a.m.  I would regret it, but I made an A on one of the tests so I'm not gonna complain!  One of my problems that comes with being up late is my delusional-ness.  Seriously, for some reason I couldn't get this one youtube video out of my mind and whenever I told Leigh Ellen about it I started to smirk, then laughed, then started laughing uncontrollably, then started laughing so hard that my face was read and that I was crying.  This went on for like 10 minutes and all of the people around me looked at me like I had serious issues... but I just couldn't stop!  Y'all prob won't think it's funny but don't get any sleep and then watch this and see how it is ;) First of all, why is she wearing the clown mask anyways?  Gets me every time!

     Today I went to "Dance Jam" which is the exercise dance class that I'm training to teach!  I went to a different teacher and it seriously was amazing.  I'm kind of concerned about how I would even choreograph something as good as that!  It's alot of fun.  We did a song today that I really enjoyed today called "Get Out of Your Mind" which Leigh Ellen had shown me a dance video to earlier in the year.... which of course the exercise is nothing like the dance! haha.

On a side note I saw an old man only wearing a tshirt and leggings today... scarred. for. life. :(

That Awkward Moment When...

I think that I will dedicate the beginning of this blog post to awkward things that have happened in the recent past (well, the few I can remember).

1.  That awkward moment when you go try to sit with someone at church that you think is sitting alone but it turns out that they are sitting with their family?

2.  That awkward moment when you are enjoying your bread bowl soup while chatting with your friends and your plastic spoon breaks in 3 places because you were scraping out the bread.

3.  That awkward moment when you are eating bread bowl soup and while in a struggle to get the soup out it splatters all over your shirt.

4.  That awkward moment when people think you wet your pants but in actuality your dog hopped in your lap and peed on you :(

5.  That awkward moment when a 40 year old man working for the school asks you if you have a facebook and what you're doing this weekend :/

6.  That awkward moment when Leigh Ellen leaves her zipper open all day unknowingly... twice.

7.  That awkward moment when you run up to someone and say HEY!!! and they don't remember who you are and look at you like you're crazy.

8.  That awkward moment when you overhear sounds in your dorm that you wish you had never heard.  If you know what I mean....

9.  That awkward moment when you open your curtains and you think there's an attacker but really it's just a hammock. 

10.  A few weeks ago a friend of mine named Courtney told me that she wanted to go to lunch with me, and said that she'd text me later since I didn't have her number.  A girl that goes to my church named Emily has been trying to set me up with a roommate.  She gave me a girl's email address and told me to get up with her!  Her name is Courtney as well.  I emailed the potential roommate asking her if she had a roommate already and if she didn't I'd love to get lunch with her sometime.  So a week later I get a text saying, "Hey, This is Courtney!  Sorry it took so long to get back with you, can we get lunch some time this week?" So I told her that I'd love to and I was finally thinking yes finally I hopefully have a roommate!!!  So I texted her on Monday night and said, "Hey girl, are we still up for lunch tomorrow?"  She said, "Yea, are you coming to church?" Which I was, so we decided to just plan it out there.  Then it crossed my mind that I had no idea what this girl looked like.  So I said, "Hey, I'm really sorry... but I don't know what you look like" then she said, "You don't know what I look like?" I thought that I had offended her!  So I apologized and she told me to look to my right.  The girl that I was texting the entire time was my friend Courtney.... not the Courtney that needed a roommate.  So the entire time I had been texting an entirely different person! Though I have to say I started praying and within 24 hours I found people I think I'm going to room with and they're awesome!!!  Fingers crossed it works out this time :)

This past weekend I went back home to go to DNOW!! I feel like God has been telling me alot of things lately.  Such as showing me how truly temporary every single thing in this world is.  It won't matter all of the worldly stuff that you had when you die (I mean really, you can't take it with you)...but it will matter how many people accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and live their life for Him!!!  This has really been helping me keep my eyes on the big picture of life and to focus on eternity and not get bogged down into the moment.

Speaking of DNOW... That crazy Crigger.  It's February!!!

So on Monday my organismal biology teacher brought in another critter.  She passed her around in a pan and told us that we could pick her up and pet her.  She's seriously crazy!

This is Rosie the rose-haired tarantula!

I Wanna Put on My Boogie Shoes!

   So remember how a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I had found roommates to live with next fall? (Jan. 22)  Well, this is now a no-go.  We were planning to live on campus in the Village, which is apartment style housing and I didn't think it would be much of a big deal to get in.  I received an email last Friday saying that I did not get Village housing.  One of the planned roommates did (but she already lives there this year), and the other two will still be waiting to find out until April or May if they got in (since they live in apartments currently it's different for them) and since they want to be RA's they'll most likely live on campus regardless of if they get in the village or not.  Leigh Ellen knows a person that I can room with... and I'm so happy that she's doing that for me, but I really want to live close to campus but I guess if I can't find any other way to live closer I'll be living there (across the Walmart on College Street) .  And apartments are quickly being reserved for next year so I need to hurry up... but I just don't know.  It's a sticky situation and I wish it would go away.

     As for other news, I got a B on my first Organismal Biology exam!!!!!!!!!  Yippeee!!  I know it may seem silly to be so excited over a B, but seriously... this is a major improvement from last semester's biology class.  This class is not easy, but I actually understand the teacher!  Next time I'm aiming for that A+ ;)  I have also signed up to go through Group Fitness training to be an instructor.  But it will be a long time before I start teaching classes... because first I'll be doing training twice a week this semester, then I'll teach one class for free each week in the fall, and then if I'm approved, I'll teach classes next spring.  I've been going to this class called "Dance Jam" and I really would love to teach it!  It's like zumba but it's all hip-hop music.  Or Zumba... either one would be fun.  I'm still waiting to find out if I got my dream summer job.  I really doubt it, since I didn't do well on the interview, but we'll see!  

Boogie Shoes   I feel like this song is appropriate for the topic :)

     This past Saturday I participated in the AU Dance Marathon for the Children's Miracle Network. It was amazing!!!!  It started at 10 a.m. and ended at 10 p.m.  We played lots of super fun games such as "Are you Smarter than A Miracle Child?" "Dancing with The Stars" (they brought in Aubie, Miss Homecoming, Miss Auburn, etc. and each team learned a routine with them and danced) "The Singing Bee", a west side vs. east side version of Ships and Sailors, and so much more!  The AU singers, tiger paws and AU rhythm got to perform.  They even brought in a zumba teacher for about an hour and also a salsa instructor!  Plus when all of this wasn't going on, we were dancing.  They played all my favorite dance songs!  The purpose was to "Stand for those who can't" so we stood the entire 12 hours.  Literally, when we ate they had tables for bar stools but no bar stools so we stood while we ate!  The children that represented CMN came with their families and spoke to us about what all people donation's go towards and they also got to be the judges of some of the games we played!  There was never a dull moment- it was a  BLAST and I can't wait for next year!!  Some lady interviewed me but don't get all excited it's only one line ;) The Auburn Plainsmen- AUDM

 80's/90's Throwback Hours

 Nerds vs. Jocks Hours

 International Hours

Last hour- The Rave at the end!!!

Plus there was also East vs. West and Hollywood themed hours but I didn't dress up for those!

p.s.  Decided I'd give y'all a few of my favorite Taylor Swift songs to end on today :) Random, yes- Enjoy!

I'd Lie              Picture to Burn ;)

Superman

I'm Only Me When I'm With You      

Well, I better stop now, but I could go on and on and on...