I'm home for the week!! yay :)

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!! <3<3

Interesting night last night....
So after University Singers (which is my last class of the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays), me, katie,katy,heather, and david all hang around after class and talk. Well, Heather's mom then calls her telling her to go ahead on home (heather's the friend that is going to dorm with me next semester) because of the bad weather.  Well, then Katie decides to go on back to the dorm to get some work done. Me, Katy and David Dehoff sit around talking some more. Then Katy asks me if I want to go with her and her friend Leah to Baja Burrito...they had to go for a learning project for their english/seminar class (apparently their class was going to be there later but Leah couldn't go any other time). But anyways, so I go along with them and it was fun...then we get back and get out of Leah's car to the sound of sirens blaring and it being all rainy and nasty we head over to the basement of the Student Center for shelter (where the game/movie/entertainment room is)....well, then EVERYBODY comes down there because apparently there were tornado warnings and watches in our area. So it was mass chaos with everyone there...I was planning on going back to my dorm room to study for my psychology test that was today, but nooo I couldn't untill everybody left.  not cool when I needed to desperately study.  But, it all ended up okay because I got to meet Katy's friend Jeffrey who can just about make anyone laugh because he acts so goofy, lol.  And then me and Katy decided to head on back to Elam after the tornados had passed over and all.... but it was raining so we grabbed a smoothie from the Sodexho Food Court.  We then bumped into Adam and David again and David asks us to eat with them. So we talk for a little while, then Adam had to leave to call his girlfriend to make sure she didn't get hit by any tornados that were near Murfreesboro. Denton (better known as Jim-Bob, lol) came and stopped to talk with us for a little while.  And then David left to go work on a project for one of his classes, and Denton left as well.  Adam Graham sat with us as well, and he even helped me study for my psychology test. how nice of him! And it helped too.....I think, lol :)  So me and Katy then FINALLY decided to go on back to the dorm, and thus ended my crazy night.

wow, I complain a lot....I'm sorry to everyone about that last post. I hate venting my problems all of the time to everyone....I just feel so awful when I do because I'm sure I'm annoying when I do.

Well anyways, that situation will get better...I know it will because God loves me and doesn't want me to feel so awful about such silly things anyways.

I hope you all have had a lovely day today!

-Kaylei

Bleh..... bad night, but it was all made better by talking with my lovely friend Katerina. I  LOVE living in Elam Hall now as compared to Fanning Hall....it's much more uhm nice and plus my two really good friends that I've made are in this dorm so I am loving Elam.

But yeah, my bad night is just me and my silly worries and obsessing about what guys think of me and all....it's just that I wanted so much to be able to meet some nice guys that I could become good friends with as well. I mean I have never really had a close guy friend ever.  And well of course, things are the same as highschool in that part of my life and it's getting me down. It's making me think there's something wrong with me...which of course there has to be. I mean I obviously am doing something wrong to turn guys away from being friends with me.
I mean I understand I'm more shy, but seriously I have plenty of friends and that is no obstacle for them and they have made guy friends and have had great boyfriends easily, no problem. And well me, it's just there are no guy friends, no guys that like me like that that I am interested in and it gets me all depressed. I know I shouldn't worry or focus on this but still, it's a constant struggle.

THAT and I have to do well on my psychology test tomorrow or else I don't know what I'll do...I am doing poorly (and by poorly I mean very poorly) in that class as it is right now, so I DON'T need another bad grade at all. aaaah, all of the stresses and worries college....it stinks!!!

oh well, this too shall pass.....I have to remember that.

-Kaylei

today has been a great day. Didn't have an 8am class which of course always makes Thursdays awesome anyways. And the weather is getting so nice and cool. It's actually beginning to feel like Fall, and that makes me happy. uhm, had University Bible then my math class and then lunch with all of my awesome gal friends....martina, heather, katy, and katerina. We kidded around and said we were all pledging for a "social club".... our special, elite Psycho Lipscomb Squirrel Lovers Club (or better known as Phi Sigma Lambda Lambda) :) lol
Me and my friends have this thing about watching and chasing the squirrels on campus because there's a ton of them around here, so now it's a "club". yay!
That's why if you see on my facebook that I am apart of a group called the Psycho Lipscomb Squirrels Lovers group.oh and by the way, did yall know that it's National Squirrel Watching Week? yeah, that makes me happy. Well anyways, then I had my english/seminar class and we had to sit through a boring session with the Head Librarian talking about our Library.
And then on to University Singers. After Singers, me, Adam, David, heather, katerina, and katy all stood around talking. Adam invited us to go for a run with him and David (haha, yeah right like I would go running)....but they ended up not going and we all checked out the festivities going on in Bison Square. The school was having a Fall Fling. David thought the name for our fall festival had kind of a bad connotation... lol. And then Katy and Katie had to leave to go work on some homework and so it was just me, heather, adam, and david.
Well then Adam left and it was just me and heather and David for a little while, but then Martina joined us. Then Katie came to get heather to go to their English/Seminar class outing at their teacher's house. So it was me, Martina, and David but then Katy came and we all got some dinner and played on one of the obstacle courses they had out there for the fall festival. After a while Katy left, and the rest of us went to the jazz band concert that was tonight. And now I'm here....waiting to go to Sanctuary tonight. I have been busy but it's been a fun day.
well, I hope you all have a great weekend! :)
-Kaylei

If you read this,
Even if i don't speak to you often,
You must post a memory of me.

It can be anything you want, it can be good or bad,
Just as long as it happend.

Then post this to your journal. See what people remember.

wow, I seriously need to start making entries in this weblog more. I have like a ton of these though...I have phusebox, facebook, myspace (which I don't use anymore), and xanga.
woot! yes I know I"m an online diary geek.... but anyways, this weekend was fun.
Me, Katie, Katy, and Heather all went on a Target Raid and got some stuff we needed and then some! lol, we had fun looking at the halloween stuff and the clothes... me and Heather got matching black sweaters that are super soft and comfy. yay!

I hope you all have a great week!!
Love through Christ, Kaylei

Hey everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful week so far. Well, the reason I'm writing on this thing is that I would appreciate it if you all could pray for me right now. I'm having a hard time being patient and not worrying about certain areas in my life, and I just really need God's help. I've been asking Him to help me in this endeavor, but I am still struggling. I want to feel content about my situation in life, but sometimes it is so hard to feel content, especially when I really want to find someone to be in a relationship with. I mean I don't want to be in a relationship with someone that God wouldn't have me be in a relationship with, and I do want to find someone who can only help enhance my relationship with God. It's just I will think I have found a great guy and then nothing works out with them and I end up feeling discouraged and rejected and unimportant. I really wish it were easier for me to just not worry or dwell on this stuff, but it isn't. And I just need some big-time prayer so I can actually learn to not dwell on this stuff. well, I have vented and discussed my problems way too much...but I greatly appreciate any prayers! Thanks

yay, Lipscomb actually has Facebook now. So, I'd really appreciate it if yall would add me :)
well, that's all I have. You all have a wonderful day! :)

-Kaylei

I have this devotional book that I've been reading each morning before I head on to classes and it has been very encouraging to me....so I'm going to put in the entry from today, because I thought it might encourage you all. So here it is...

"Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly (following their advice, their plans and purposes)....But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually mediates (ponders and studies) by day and night."
Psalm 1:1-2

Keep in touch with God today; stay tuned to His voice. You may have a plan for the day, but God may lead you in a totally different direction if you are sensitive to the Holy Ghost. Be brave enough to flow with what you feel in your heart God wants you to do.
Today is going to be a good day. Listen for the voice of God to lead you. Be determined to walk in the Spirit and stay in the flow of God's leading today.

- Kaylei

Hey everyone. Well I'm home untill Monday afternoon.
I hope everyone has a fantabulous memorial weekend! :)

Love in Christ, Kaylei

so yeah, I'm coming home this weekend.
Who wants to hang out?

In other news, school is going great. I'm loving all of my classes so far and am making a great group of friends. The only thing is this one guy that I met the first day I moved in....yeah, he's very cute and nice and all but I haven't had the opportunity to hang out with him.
I don't have any classes with him but I do sit in front of him at Chapel so that's pretty cool...uhm but you know how I am....yes, shy stupid Kaylei. But we've been saying hi and all to each other and have talked some like after chapel and all. oh well, I guess I just have to wait and see if he'd like to form a friendship or not.
I have to remember I'm here to get an education and to strengthen my relationship with the Lord.
I hope all of you at MTSU had a great first day...Amy, Anna I hope your classes were great :)
well that's all I have. Have a great day!
-Kaylei

well it was a good week. We had activity after activity and I was tired a lot, but we had some fun. Yesterday we did a service project with our english classes....my class went to this church and fixed up the home that it owns that the church uses for people who need a place to live here in Nashville. We painted the porch area and shed doors, and put dirt out on their lawn so the people who run the house can start putting grass in where there wasn't any. It looked great after we had finished and I was really glad I went. We've had information sessions about different clubs and stuff, and we've had to sit through some boring sessions about campus safety and all of that, but there was also some fun stuff like "What'd You Say?" Karaoke audtions which they'll be having the show on Sunday night so I'm thinking I'm going to go and watch. It should be quite interesting, lol.
Well I hope you all have a blest week! I love you all and miss you a ton! :)

okay so I have come to the conclusion that I don't know if a boy is interested in getting to know me or not. It just seems to me that they'll talk to me for a little while and all, and then they go and stop talking to me and get all friendly with some other girls. I just feel kind of rejected by them is all. I mean I would love to have a great group of guy friends but I don't and I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong. I mean, am I just acting too shy around them that they just don't think I'd be cool to get to know. I just am confused is all....
and I want to understand more. I mean I don't have to understand all of it, but I just wish I could have some light shed on this whole thing. I just am right now feeling like a boy-repelent or something.
well that's all I have right now....you all have a great day!

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

well it's been a long, long day today....moving boxes after boxes of stuff into my room. But the room looks so nice now, even the other girls in my suite love the look of my room. My roommate, Rachel...she is such a sweetheart and I can't wait to get started with everything now well that's all I have right now. I'll fill you all in more once I get settled more.

wow I haven't written in here in a while. I've been pretty busy getting stuff together to move in to the dorm on Monday!

*sighs* It's bitter-sweet. I'm gonna miss Murfreesboro and all of the friends and memories I've made here.But I will be back to visit quite a bit...it's a good thing I'm not going far far away to like Harding University in Arkansas, because I think I'd be quite homesick if I did that.
Well with school starting and with starting in another city with new people and all it has gotten me a little nervous but I am very excited. I was quite worried and nervous at one point this summer but now I'm not so fearful. Today I was reading in Isaiah and I saw this passage and it just calmed my spirits all over again about college and everything....

"So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10

well that's all I have right now. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! -Kaylei

...such a strong phrase and yet such a phrase that people take lightly nowadays. I've been thinking about this all lately and how nonchalantly people will tell their boyfriend or girlfriend they love them right away without truly thinking things out. I think especially that people my age and below are rushing into saying this phrase to their newest fling too soon. They have no idea that the relationship is guaranteed to work and they risk having heartbreak by just saying those few little words.
Now I'm not saying that saying "I love you" to a good friend or fellow Christian is wrong, but when it comes to relationships I'd say people need to be careful and really think about what they are saying. Girls especially need to be careful of when we say "I love you" to our boyfriends. We as girls are emotional and sometimes those emotions get the best of us. I mean what if a girl says they love their boyfriend and then the boyfriend drops them for the next pretty girl out there? That will leave the girl crushed and heartbroken. I'm not saying that guys don't have any feelings, but we as girls are more emotional when it comes to things like this.
well, that's just something I've been thinking about and was brought to my attention this week.

As the deer thirsts for the water, Lord
so my soul longs after You.
My soul thirsts for the living God
My soul longs after You
And I pour out my soul deep within me,
deep within me I pour out my soul
Draw me deeper Lord, deeper Lord in You.
Draw me deeper Lord, deeper Lord in You.

^ I love that song!
God continues to bless me each and every day.
Today He's shown me that I only need to rejoice in Him and seek after Him alone that is how I can truly find contentment and assurance in this life. He is always there protecting me and I shouldn't worry about a thing. College is soon approaching, and with that comes new people, a new place, and my future lying ahead of me. So many endless possibilities and so much more room for growth spiritually. My only hope is that I'll become all that God has ever wanted me to be. I love all of you and just am so blest to have such great, Christian friends in my life. I hope you all have a great day!

okay so this book that I have to read for my English class at Lipscomb is very interesting....
This book talks about how even though we as a culture have all kinds of entertainment at our fingertips,from the internet to video games, people are still suffering from boredom these days. I think this author is completely right, because nobody is fully content with their daily routines...it becomes monotonous and humdrum. Also, entertainment such as movies and tv shows can only hold our interest for so long. This book also talks about how people can get burned out from all of the entertainment...for instance going to the movies or watching tv can get boring after a while, and so people run out of things to do.
But yeah, so there's my little blog for the day!
Hope you all enjoyed it! I'm gonna go read some more of this book now...
Love in Christ, Kaylei