Wednesday... what's on your mind?

Here is what I've been thinking about on this Wednesday:

-Harry Potter 7 part 1.... in 36 hours.

-This song:

-Twitter-ing (@casleimil, just made it and struggling to sum up my thoughts in 140 characters)

-Visiting Dustin Wade Wahl exactly one month from tomorrow!!!

-Greek Civ term paper is due on Monday and I can't quite think of 12 pages worth of material on the Plague of Athens... suggestions?

-Thanksgiving Break starts a week from today... THANK GOODNESS for the extra day off this year.

-Not quite sure what to think of being completely done with classes forever in less than a month.......

-Snow must melt, I can't take this weather this early in the year.

-But I do love the holidays, and as long as I've mentioned one song already, here is my favorite Xmas song on the radio every year:

-I need a nap.

-I secretly snapped the best picture ever taken


Teeeheehee.

Cuteness.

I have spent the last few days "off" from writing here because of my busy weekend and (guess) being sick. Again.

Before I get into what "cuteness" was today, I have to show you a picture from my weekend:


THAT would be the Bethel football field on Saturday afternoon. Completely covered with snow, aside from the lines that mark the downs. It was the craziest game, but one- we won! And two- we are going to the playoffs! This weekend in Iowa. My family is pretty excited, especially my dad. I just can't imagine playing in that kind of weather, ever. But the Royals pulled it off and played a GREAT game.

So tonight I had work at Pres Homes. I can't remember if I have talked about this couple before, but there is a married couple who live in the building I work at that are just SO in love. It's actually super cute, they are in their mid-90's (!!) and have been married for over 60 years. I know that they lived in Philadelphia for several years, and they both have very proper, east coast accents. They are adorable. I wish I had a picture. The husband is so tall and the wife is just a shrimp. And like I said, they are in their mid-90's and so they always stroll into the dining room with their walkers. Well anyways, tonight I walked up to them to ask them how things were going and Dick (husband) looks at Miriam (wife) then looks at me and says,

"My wife absolutely fascinates me."
Now first thing I think is, that is absolutely adorable. But then I think... what could possibly be fascinating about a 93 year old woman?

We chatted a bit more and Dick continues: "I've been married to her over 60 years and she still manages to keep me completely interested. She is unbelievable, fabulous. The poet Emily Dickinson once said, 'When the soul selects, it shuts the door' and that is what's happened with me. The moment I laid eyes on her so many years ago, I knew she was the one. And she still manages to fascinate me!"

I hope that my husband can say that about me when I'm 93, wrinkly, probably a little chubby, and out of it. Because really, is that not true love right there? Being old and not quite the same as you once were at your youngest, and yet, your husband still finds you absolutely fascinating? :)

That was my cute story for the day. I love old people! Just love 'em.

Here is my last story of the day that I think is cute, but you probably won't. I gotta try to get through it without tearing up a bit... Today, I popped a ZIT on my baby brother's forehead.

Beau's first zit. Can you believe it? The real tragedy here is that his voice is unrecognizable these days. I can't hardly believe Beau is going through puberty.

Love you Beau :) I told him I would give him a blog shout out. Once he reads this he's probably going to be sorry he even asked.

Yayyy for Friday and for LIFE!!

This has just been the BEST week.

I met with a man named Bill this morning for coffee to interview him about a television program he hosted in the 1950's. His information is EXTREMELY useful/helpful for my senior sem paper. I am so excited about this paper, guys! I know it might make me sound a bit dorky but I am really pumped about the information and sources that I have and I really hope it reflects on all the hard work I've been doing this semester. I never thought that the connections you establish could lead you to having a conversation with one of the earliest TV show hosts in the state. Crazy!

That kind of set the tone for my whole day. I got a lot done at work because I happen to have another big paper due next Friday that I hadn't started yet. Good research. Then I received probably the best news of my whole day!

I'm student teaching at Mahtomedi High School next semester! Not just Dusty's old school... but a really good district to have experience. I have been praying pretty much all of college that I would be placed where God wants me to be. I have faith that this will be a great experience for me! Even better is that my friend Jana, also the same major as me, is student teaching at Mahtomedi as well, so we will have the option to carpool. In other words, we have the option to save gas!

The last great thing about my school day: My professor pushed back my next big paper from Friday to Monday!!!!! BEST NEWS EVER!! Especially when you are in the midst of trying to finish a good 25 pages :)

I am so thankful for the way things have turned out this week. It has been so encouraging to have things open up for me.

I've been reading around and it sounds like everyone is up to some fun stuff. It helps to know that it is finally acceptable to listen to Christmas music... has anyone turned on 102.9 yet?!

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend, everyone!

Blessed.

Who knew that Wednesday would bring so much JOY to my life!!!!

1. I am officially graduating in the Spring of 2011 with my two majors as planned! My advisor just took a half hour of his time to help me fulfill requirements I was missing for my history major. I am so so so glad and THANKFUL that this worked out.

2. My grandma called me today to tell me some awesome news.... January 14 thru the 22nd I will be cruising the Hawaiian Islands with Grandma Bev, my mom and my brother!!

3. I am so excited that this is coming together. I am hoping by today or tomorrow to book a flight to Florida to visit Dusty again from December 18 thru the 23rd. We had no idea that this would work out but over the last few days, things have just kind of fallen into place to make this a reality. I didn't think I was going to see him until Christmas or later, and even then it would have been a VERY short visit.

4. I managed to crank out fifteen pages of my senior sem paper that is due next Monday... Me, the procrastinator that I am! Only ten more to go and I am DONE!...... With my first draft :) Even still, a good feeling to have that under my belt.

5. My cough is mostly gone, again! Thank the Lord!

I have been feeling so down lately for a variety of reasons, and then things start to fall in to place and it makes me realize that I am really blessed. I have so much to be thankful for that I really don't deserve. Knowing that I am officially graduating is such a huge relief, and I have a lot of great stuff to look forward to coming up in the next couple of months here. Thank you to those who have been praying for me these last few days. You have NO idea how much it means to me! And thanks-BIG THANKS- to God, right? He somehow always manages to pull through. I prayed all weekend that he would keep me focused this week to get stuff done and what do you know... I somehow come up with fifteen pages.

Life is good.