Multi-Purpose Blog
Okay so this blog is going to cover a whole range of topics, so I couldn't pick one for the title. Here we go:
Sooo I just got back from Student Leadership Retreat. It was a ton of fun =) We have a mass amount of Student Leaders this year, there are 16 of us. This weekend really gave us a chance to get to know each other even better than we already do (I didn't think it was possible, haha), and really unite as a team. We all focused on what ministries we're doing, and how we're going to get them started or re-vamp them. Let me just say, get pumped for an awesome year at VI. There's some awesome stuff planned, and I really believe that this current team of Student Leaders can do amazing things, and I'm so excited!
I don't really want to go in to all we did at SLR, because that'd take too long. Basically, lots of fun was had (Nikko's insane dancing and Audrey's impressive afro, Vanessa, and The Yarn just to name a few incidents), and I really felt that I got to know a lot of people who I hadn't had much of a relationship with in the past. I had such a fantastic time and can't wait for next year.
This year is at VI is going to be good. Yes, it's going to be very different without people like Chris, Dave, LFD, Paley, Katy, Elliot, and all of the other graduates there, and I'm still currently in denial and don't want to deal with the fact that they're all actually leaving/gone already, but I know it's going to hit me eventually. But as someone told me, it's not "goodbye", its just "see you soon". Just because you won't see them as much, they're not gone forever, and they're still alive and everything, haha. Maybe that optimism method doesn't work well for you, but I have to be optimistic or else I don't know what to do. I'd just like to say that I love and am going to miss all of you guys so much, but I'm so happy for you because you're going to have the best time at college and do so much with your lives, and I'm so proud of you all =)
So I currently feel like I'm living in a whirlwind. My life is absolutely insane, with school starting in 3 days, band and cheerleading starting up, Student Leadership beginning, and not to mention the fact that lots of people are leaving. SLR gave me a real chance to breathe, it was nice. On our last night at the lake house (which I guess was just last night, haha), I was out on the dock by myself just listening to my iPod/sleeping/thinking. It was like, oh, 1:00 in the morning, lol. And the lake was totally and completely calm, there wasn't one ripple in it. You could see the trees and the sky reflected in the water, and it was so pretty. So I'm just looking at the water when this Lake-Patrol boat (probably the same one that kicked us off the buoy when we all swam out to it, hahaa) came up and totally killed the tranquility in the water. There were all these ripples, and you couldn't see the light shining across the water, or the trees' reflection in it. It kind of bugged me. But it made me think. You all are probably going to think I'm retarded for using this metaphor, but it's kind of like what my life (and I know lots of other people's lives) are like right now. Like, it was all peaceful and fine for a long time, with no "ripples". Then all of a sudden, this "Lake-Patrol boat" comes in and makes the "water" all choppy. And there are so many ripples that you don't ever think the water can be peaceful again. It was sort of depressing. But then I decided to see if the lake would actually go back to being quiet once the Lake-Patrol boat left. And you know what? It did. Sure there were still a couple of ripples and bumps in the water, which is expected, but for the most part it was calm again. It was a simple, maybe even stupid, situation, but it definitely gave me hope, which sounds kind of pathetic, but it's true. Just know that even if you feel like life is just insane and changing way to quickly for you to handle, and you think that there are way too many "ripples in the water" for it to ever go back to being peaceful, just know that, with time, it'll get better...the ripples will go away, trust me. Allright, that's all for Annie's Stupid-Optimistic-metaphor of the day =)
I'd also like to thank all of you who surprised me this last Thursday for my 16th birthday. I had such a great time, and have probably never been more shocked in my whole life. Trust me, when you see all of your friends from EVERYWHERE (cheerleading, band, VI, school) collaborated in your best friend's living room screaming "SURPRISE!", it's pretty hard to not flip out, which I definitely did. I saw a picture of my face when I saw everybody, it's pretty hysterical. I had such a fantastic night, thank you all so much for coming and for all my pretty gifts/cards, I really appreciate all of them! It really made me realize how many amazing people I have in my life who care about me, and vice versa, and I left the party feeling pretty darn lucky. A special thank-you to Katie and her whole family, who had apparently been scheming behind my back with my mom for weeks to plan the whole thing, it was so incredibly sweet of you all to do that for me =) Thanks so much, I love you guys.
Okay I think that's it for now. Hopefully I'll get an update once school starts, but don't be expecting much. Have a fantastic week, and good luck at school!
I love you!
<3 Gaburrayy
Sooo I just got back from Student Leadership Retreat. It was a ton of fun =) We have a mass amount of Student Leaders this year, there are 16 of us. This weekend really gave us a chance to get to know each other even better than we already do (I didn't think it was possible, haha), and really unite as a team. We all focused on what ministries we're doing, and how we're going to get them started or re-vamp them. Let me just say, get pumped for an awesome year at VI. There's some awesome stuff planned, and I really believe that this current team of Student Leaders can do amazing things, and I'm so excited!
I don't really want to go in to all we did at SLR, because that'd take too long. Basically, lots of fun was had (Nikko's insane dancing and Audrey's impressive afro, Vanessa, and The Yarn just to name a few incidents), and I really felt that I got to know a lot of people who I hadn't had much of a relationship with in the past. I had such a fantastic time and can't wait for next year.
This year is at VI is going to be good. Yes, it's going to be very different without people like Chris, Dave, LFD, Paley, Katy, Elliot, and all of the other graduates there, and I'm still currently in denial and don't want to deal with the fact that they're all actually leaving/gone already, but I know it's going to hit me eventually. But as someone told me, it's not "goodbye", its just "see you soon". Just because you won't see them as much, they're not gone forever, and they're still alive and everything, haha. Maybe that optimism method doesn't work well for you, but I have to be optimistic or else I don't know what to do. I'd just like to say that I love and am going to miss all of you guys so much, but I'm so happy for you because you're going to have the best time at college and do so much with your lives, and I'm so proud of you all =)
So I currently feel like I'm living in a whirlwind. My life is absolutely insane, with school starting in 3 days, band and cheerleading starting up, Student Leadership beginning, and not to mention the fact that lots of people are leaving. SLR gave me a real chance to breathe, it was nice. On our last night at the lake house (which I guess was just last night, haha), I was out on the dock by myself just listening to my iPod/sleeping/thinking. It was like, oh, 1:00 in the morning, lol. And the lake was totally and completely calm, there wasn't one ripple in it. You could see the trees and the sky reflected in the water, and it was so pretty. So I'm just looking at the water when this Lake-Patrol boat (probably the same one that kicked us off the buoy when we all swam out to it, hahaa) came up and totally killed the tranquility in the water. There were all these ripples, and you couldn't see the light shining across the water, or the trees' reflection in it. It kind of bugged me. But it made me think. You all are probably going to think I'm retarded for using this metaphor, but it's kind of like what my life (and I know lots of other people's lives) are like right now. Like, it was all peaceful and fine for a long time, with no "ripples". Then all of a sudden, this "Lake-Patrol boat" comes in and makes the "water" all choppy. And there are so many ripples that you don't ever think the water can be peaceful again. It was sort of depressing. But then I decided to see if the lake would actually go back to being quiet once the Lake-Patrol boat left. And you know what? It did. Sure there were still a couple of ripples and bumps in the water, which is expected, but for the most part it was calm again. It was a simple, maybe even stupid, situation, but it definitely gave me hope, which sounds kind of pathetic, but it's true. Just know that even if you feel like life is just insane and changing way to quickly for you to handle, and you think that there are way too many "ripples in the water" for it to ever go back to being peaceful, just know that, with time, it'll get better...the ripples will go away, trust me. Allright, that's all for Annie's Stupid-Optimistic-metaphor of the day =)
I'd also like to thank all of you who surprised me this last Thursday for my 16th birthday. I had such a great time, and have probably never been more shocked in my whole life. Trust me, when you see all of your friends from EVERYWHERE (cheerleading, band, VI, school) collaborated in your best friend's living room screaming "SURPRISE!", it's pretty hard to not flip out, which I definitely did. I saw a picture of my face when I saw everybody, it's pretty hysterical. I had such a fantastic night, thank you all so much for coming and for all my pretty gifts/cards, I really appreciate all of them! It really made me realize how many amazing people I have in my life who care about me, and vice versa, and I left the party feeling pretty darn lucky. A special thank-you to Katie and her whole family, who had apparently been scheming behind my back with my mom for weeks to plan the whole thing, it was so incredibly sweet of you all to do that for me =) Thanks so much, I love you guys.
Okay I think that's it for now. Hopefully I'll get an update once school starts, but don't be expecting much. Have a fantastic week, and good luck at school!
I love you!
<3 Gaburrayy
5 Comments:
Just out of curiosity...
In your lake-patrol metaphor (which I didn't find corny, but then again that's ME talking), what does the buoy represent? =)
Hahaha, cuuuute. I don't really know, I guess I'll have to leave that up to your imagination!
Obviously the buoy is the object of lust (ie: humping), which 9 times out of 10 ends up being me. There's your deep answer.
Eww?
what..your birthday...I missed it. I'm sorry.
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