<--aww.. how cute!! <--i think this could me my fav!! <--non alcoholoic strawberyy dacquiri's <--hobby lobby run! lol hehe <-- i love that!! we look innocent! so i meet with the rest of my India missions team in less than 12 hours to go to midway and get on the 14-15 hour plane.. i'm excited, anxious, and NERVOUS!! i'm sure when i get back i'll have tons to share.. newayz here are some pics from the end of hte year i promised lyndz i would put on here!! if u post a comment i won't get it until after May 18th and my cell will be off until then too.. ttyl and love you!!

manda

Sry.. i haven't posted ina really long time.. and idk really how much i'll get to before school is out..

it's so crazy to think that in 3 days i'll be home, only to come back saturday for my wonderful brother's graduation and moving out of this room!? wow.. all came way too fast i think!!

What's even crazier is that NEXT monday i'll be on the other side of the WORLD!! wow.. yes for those of u who dont know i'm going to India May1-18 with a awesome group of students and 2 leaders from Judson.. it's gonna be awesome, definately an eye opener.

On to the sad stuff:

So some of u may not know but i'm not coming back here next year.. so basically i have 3 days to spend with my awesome freinds (yes i do have friends!) from schoool... but I PROMISED i would come back to visit next year and possibly meet up with some in Elgin during the summer

So ya.. thats about all in this 3 min. i have before PT and back to study, eat, nap, class, study, eat, and upper room! lol

So ya.. i'm gonna go now b/c i'm just going crazy!!

hope everyone has a great day!!

manda

p.s. this is a sad week at times b/c i truly am gonna miss some people: they know who they are, or at least i hope they do!!

So i've not posted in a few days b/ c i've been super crazy busy with everything, altho i'm really stressed out, upset, and so frustrated that everything i put on here would've been because of that.  I just am happy i'm going home today and when i come back there will only be 11 more days left here.. thats pretty exciting if u ask me considering only 9 of those i'll actually have class.  Then bro's graduation, off to india may 1-18, and HOME for the summmer! :)

Thanks for those of you who do care and show that... i've just been having a rough time with some people and their negative comments.. altho it'll never stop in life, its just annoying and frustrating, especially when ur doing all u feel u can physically and emotionally do.. idk what i'm supposed to do:: bat one handed? run for them? idk... that is out the door tho b/c i have not many days here and i wanna spend it with the people i'm gonna miss a lot if i don't come back... im' gonna spend the last few weeks being psoitive and seeing the great things.. not the crappy stuff!

Not much to talk about today so far... i woke up and got ready for class in 3 minutes and then went back to bed until 5 min. before i had to walk downstairs to class.. im' tired but i have a test at 1 and study tables at 11 so I think i'm just gonna study and actually get ready since it looks like a pretty nice day.  I luv when it looks nice out b/c then it makes me wanna get ready and start off the day on the right foot (altho i would like that everyday it seems almost impossible sometimes!).

Yesterday was just another Monday...class->lunch->decided to ride the bike for an hour->practice->class->an hour walk outside in the beautiful weather... it wasn't much but it def. had its up and downs.  It felt so good to get to get off my lazy butt and sit on my butt again and ride the bike for an hour altho I wish i could run and thro a softall i guess I have to at least thank God for not making this injury a permanent NO on ever playing softball and also that I can get up in the morning and just walk.. that is def. something to be thankful for! I also talked/argued last nite with one of my friends about the problem i was having: being trashtalked by teammates... and it seems like there was some miscommunications and assumptions on her part which led to the spreading of rumors to others including a higher authority... it makes me feel a lot better that i've gotten most of my frustration with that out.. it was really upsetting me and hurt me a ton.. for those of u who don't know I LOVE SOFTBALL and I TRULY WISH I COULD BE OUT ON THE FIELD PLAYING, God must've had other plans for me this semester and ALL I can do is continue to pray and go where he is leading me to do what he wants me to do with my life.... Whether that be to come back to Judson or go to Eastern, IDK.. I guess we'll be finding out in the next 23 days left of school!!

luv all u guys who have been there for mE! THanks... idk what the heck i'd be doin right now if I didn't have the encouragement and words to get thru this "full of obstacles" year!

out for now- i'm gonna go get ready for the day!

manda