Church, mainly Sunday school, was SO different. I've been at North Boulevard my entire life, and I always know pretty much everybody in my class. Not today, lol. For the first time ever, I was in my own church and only knew about six people in there! It was cool though; I met a lot of people and caught up with some who graduated before me. After Sunday school, I went to service where the students and their families were released early to the fellowship hall for a potluck lunch. Mmm, good food right there.

After church, my cousin Nathan and I met up with my brother, his wife, and Powers to go to Convacation at Murphy Center. Aron Ralston, the guy who amputated his arm when he was caught "between a rock and a hard place" spoke. I wasn't sure how good it would be, but I really did enjoy it. . . and the Band of Blue did a marvelous job of playing the same song four and a half times in a row, lol. Ralston's speech was really good; I liked it a lot. "Yo gotta believe!"

Once Convacation was over, Nathan, Amy, Renfroe, and I walked over to the president's cookout. . . where the first words we heard from the concert were "I like big butts, and I cannot lie." We waited FOREVER in line for our food, and it started to poor like crazy. For awhile, we ((plus Alex Rader and two girls Amy and I didn't know)) huddled under an umbrella, but I finally just let it rain on me. I got soaked. After eating in Peck Hall, Amy, Nathan, and I walked back to our cars ((30 minute walk in the rain)), and Nathan and I went to Food Lion so I could get some random stuff.

Oh, I never said anything, but I got a desktop for my room like, a month ago, and I finally got the internet in my room today while I was gone, so that's pretty cool.

. . . College starts tomorrow.

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Laura was trying to explain something to me on paint, and I didn't do it right, but wound up accidently making a collage, lol. It wouldn't load on phusebox at first, so I e-mailed it to her and she got it then I did. . . so yes. . . lol.

and another. . .




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Grace : Hebrew

Peaceful, poised and understanding you do not let anyone or anything disturb your innate calm. You are tolerant of others no matter how their behaviours or beliefs differ from your own. Not attached to material or worldly affairs you are free to express your true self. Displaying great wisdom and serenity people are naturally drawn to you for guidance and counsel. Your courage and presence of mind see you through any adversity.

Meh. I woke up early to go in to work at 8:00 so I could get off at 1:00. Well, I didn't have any cash on me, so I stopped by a Suntrust ATM to grab a twenty so I could get some breakfast at Chick-Fil-A. I put my card in, I push in my information, and it gives me a receipt that states that my card has been restricted. Okay. . . so I go to a different Suntrust to see if it does the same thing, and I get the same result. . . "Card is restricted. Please contact your bank." Whatever. I screwed the idea of breakfast and went on to work. I was released at 1:00 where I proceeded to go BACK to Suntrust to talk with somebody about what my stupid card was doing. One of the tellers looked it up on her computer, and she told me that I had apparently used my debit when I didn't have money in the bank. . . which wasn't right, because I've always had at least $100.00 in my checking ever since the account was opened up again. I told her that this past Monday, I went to a Suntrust bank and deposited several hundred dollars into my checking account. . . some from savings and some from random checks. Anyway, to make a long story short, the guy that did all of the transactions took money that didn't even exist in my checking OUT and then put it back in, therefore causing me to overdrawl. . . which I never did. It was the stupid guys fault. Apparently, he wasn't supposed to allow the transfer from my savings to checking because Mom's got some sort of protection on my savings and only she can do it. . . she was not aware of this, and they did not inform me. So now my account is considered bad, and I can't use my card until Mom goes up to the bank and fixes it because I apparently can't. Retard teller.

THEN, I had to drive to Calvary to cash my check from yesterday only to take $87 and pay for my car tags. . . but oh well, it needed to be done. Afterwards, I went to Blue Coast and got some stuff to go and took it to Renfroe's. I ate and changed out of my work clothes there, and we went to MTSU to move the rest of her stuff in her dorm. Of course, it wasn't just that easy. As I was rolling her chair along the sidewalk with a box full of supplies in it, I hit a huge bump and it all fell out and went everywhere. . . yeah, TOTALLY obvious we're freshmen, lol. At least we had a good laugh. From there, we went over to the parking pass place. . . "You'd think that the center for parking would have better parking. . ." and I got my neato little parking pass. Went back to the dorms and set Renfroe's stuff up. . . pretty sure her roommate is French. . . like, hardcore French. Like, exchange student French. She wasn't there though. . . hm.

Anyway, that's about it. Stupid bank.

So I pretty much spontaneously went to the welcome back to AO party thingie tonight, and I really enjoyed it. Met a TON of people, and I've already forgotten names. . . this being the girl who's great with remembering that sort of thing, lol. But yes. . . 'twas very fun. RFC starts up Monday night, so that should be interesting. Too bad Laura isn't here to assit me. Jerk. . .

Something that is rarely discussed ((and most certainly even rarer given the circumstances)) comes up randomly in a conversation I recently had with someone.

. . . are conversations such as these from the Lord? Does He try to tell us something through these types of random encounters?

I wish I had someone to talk to.

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. . . I had no idea.

Lauren and I went in and got the motherload today. It was one of those things where it was so dumfoundedly shocking, that all we could do was laugh. . . a lot. Haha.

. . . and let's throw in that I have to make a car payment and buy my tags in the next week or so.

One cool thing about today: I saw my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade teacher ((same person)) at Phillip's while I was waiting for them to be picked up.

Do I look like a hippie? Seriously, lol. A guy I work with threw a fit because he said I looked like one.

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On a different note. . . God was being totally awesome this morning. I'd managed to sleep straigh through my alarm, and Mom woke me at 7:10. I stumbled around, eventually got in my car, and headed to work. I only had about fifteen minutes to get there, and with lights and traffic, it's almost impossible to do. I kept praying "God, let the light stay green. . . make the light turn green." and He did! I clocked in work at 8:00 on the dot. Woohoo, lol.


And I have to add this because it's SO funny. . . Clint said this to Laura over AIM:

thatguyclint: It's funny...Anna works for a local lube shop, I work for a phone company that covers PART of the state, and you work for a multinational BILLION dollar corporation...
thatguyclint : And you make the least amount of money.

. . . the nude couple down the street is in their hot tub."

Haha, good ol' Mr. Tomlinson. I babysat his son, James, Tuesday and today and earned some extra money. That will definitely help with books. Woo, random babysitting rocks!

I hope I'm not freaking y'all out with some of my previous entries. It seems that God has layed something on my heart that I just can't get rid of, and it has left me with a question that I have asked a couple of you. I'm not sure what's going on, but I can say that I've had this crazy awesome peace from just trusting Him and a Hope that is just as great for my future. I can only pray that it continues to just get stronger.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

Nothing else is really going on. . . I'm not going to have a day off till Sunday, then I have to work Monday, possibly babysit Tuesday, work Wednesday, and I SHOULD be totally off Thursday. We'll see. I do plan on attending the Siegel game tomorrow night, though.

Gah, where are you?

All night long on my bed, I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. Song of Songs 3:1

That verse makes more sense now more than ever.

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

Darling, did you know that I dream about you? I'm waiting for the look in your eyes when we meet for the very first time. Darling, I pray about you and for you. I pray that you will hold on, and keep your loving eyes only for me. Darling, I dream about life together. I know it will be forever; I'll be yours and you'll be mine. And darling, when I say 'til death do us part', I'll mean it with all of my heart. Now and always, I'll be faithful to you. I know you may have made some mistakes, but I will forgive you and give you a second chance. Just wait for me. I'm waiting for you. I'm praying for you, darling. Wait for me, too. Wait for me as I wait for you.

-paraphrased from Rebecca St. James', "Wait For Me"

I don't want to be with just anyone. . .

. . . I want to be with him.

I'm praying for you, darling.

Today was the last official day of the seniors being in the youth group. . . so I came to Sunday School in my best hat.


photo from BeautyFromPain

Then a few of us ((plus Joey the 2nd year college sophomore)) went out to eat at Demos'.


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What fun it's been.

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"John, I want to be your husband."

. . . oops.



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The very handome, Nathan Miller as a groomsman.



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One of the most wonderful people to ever grace the planet, Mrs. Hopkins and me.



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This is my favorite I took tonight; it's my grandmother and her great-granddaughter ((my 2nd cousin)) Samantha.



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. . . uh, whipped cream, sir.

Who comes to starbucks and doesn't know what the "white stuff" is?

I went on an outing with Cameron and Aimee earlier. We hit Starbucks, Party City, TJ Maxx, Target, and the mall. Aimee leaves tomorrow morning. Kaylei leaves the day after. Zach goes in a couple of weeks. Matt and Shannon left for UT a couple of days ago, I believe. Laura has been in Florida for almost a week. As exciting as starting college is, the whole friends thing going off is kind of getting to me.

. . . gah. Might I say that gas prices absolutely SUCK!!! I put $20 in my car, and it only put about eight and a half gallons in. . . and that was the semi-cheap stuff at Wal-Mart! Agh. I also went in Wal-Mart and bought myself some groceries so I wouldn't have to always go out to eat for lunch before going to work. I felt. . . grown, lol.

. . . I love Beauty and the Beast.

How's about I share a few pictures with you?

This is very routine. My hair will not dry with any speed unless I get in this position.


photo from BeautyFromPain

The mascot at my work. And yes, that would be a ciggarett in it's mouth.


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Aimee, myself, and Cameron sporting the latest fashion.


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And last but not least. . .


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Oh yes, this would be mine.


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Cameron, Michael, Jenna, and I went to see Bruce this evening. It was nice. I took pictures if you wish to look at them. They're in my photobox.

Let's just consider it a momentary relapse. If I talked to you about "something that had been on my mind", forget about it. Please don't bring it up to me. I really don't want to talk about it.

In other news, last night was a lot of fun. Napoleon Dynamite never gets old. . . especially when it's in Spanish with French subtitles.

My room is coming together. I bought a desk and Mom bought me a green computer chair, so it'll be cool. Hopefully it'll all be finished by Tuesday evening.

I actually did two hoods today, go me! For those that don't know ((which is probably most)), "doing the hood" consists of taking the fluid samples-- engine oil, power steering, coolant, and transmission--, checking the air filter, and adding washer fluid. Then Alex ((head floor manager dude)) made me show the clipboards to the customers-- that was entertaining for him to watch, I'm sure.

. . . now I'm in serious need of a shower.

There's a slight chance plans for Tuesday won't completely pan out, but I'll keep y'all updated.

Hmm. . . what else. OOH! I rearranged my room all by myself yesterday! I'll have pictures up once I've gotten everything
back where it belongs.

((edit))

Ugh. I really annoy the crap out of myself by doing the same thing over, and over, and over. I'll make all these preconcieved notions about other people, say judgemental things about them when BAM, I was wrong all along and it shows up right in my face. Eh. I'm sorry. I suck.

This isn't something I'm entirely looking forward to, but I feel the need to do so. . . Jenna and I are going to see Bruce's grave site Tuesday, August 9th. We want others to come too. No doubt it will be hard; that's why we want to get whoever can together. We're thinking about meeting at Belle Aire around five and heading over from there. Afterwards, we'll probably get a bite to eat at La Siesta to talk and hang out and such. Remark or something so we can get an idea of who will be there.

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I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

. . . or something like that.

And how about this wicked awesome picture Laura edited:


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so many things to tell her
but how to make her see
the truth about my past,
impossible
she'd turn away from me

he's holding back
he's hiding
but what, i can't decide
why won't he be the king i know he is,
the king i see inside

can you feel the love tonight?

Today was so incredibly random. . .

singing in front of the entire church. doughnuts in the courtyard. jean shopping. bread bowls. more shopping. "you came all the way to wal-mart just to get pens?". getting kidnapped. car dying in the kroger parking lot.

. . . and I enjoyed every minute of it.