Simple Thoughts I Have Had and Lessons I Have Learned In The Past Few Days

• Don't drink coke. I just drank coke, because I was very thirsty, and for some reason, Coke appealed to me. Even though I don't normally like it. So anyways, I drank some, and now my stomach is making strange noises. 
• Don't ever think that you are just going to take a short nap, and that you will wake up refreshed and with enough energy to do twice the amount of work that you could have done if you hadn't taken a nap. Because you will not wake up refreshed or with more energy. You will, in fact, feel even more tired than before, and wish that you had just pounded through the paper that is due tomorrow. 
• People from the Woolwich Observer are not mean, as you may have been previously led to believe. If you happen to run into one of their reporters, you should not panic and feel all intimidated, because that reporter will probably take the time to talk to you and end up being really nice. 
• Prioritize. Seriously. John 15: 1-4 "I am the true vine, and my father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the words I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." Make time to "remain in God", because the time that you spend with Him will ALWAYS be more valuable than any other way that you could have spent that time, and you will not regret it.
• Something that one of my pastors said during communion last Sunday (it's also in the Bible =))... "He that has the Son has life, and he that has not the Son has not life." It sounds so simple. And yet it feels wrong to say that it actually is that simple because of the intricate plan that God orchestrated and everything that Jesus went through to make salvation possible. So it is completely simple and yet unthinkably complicated. The ultimate paradox. 
• I am insanely excited about this weekend. Do you know why??? (This is going to make me sound incredibly lame... oh well. I guess that it's time to show all of you the real me.=)) I have absolutely no plans!!!!!!!! none! except for mother's day on sunday. But seriously... friday night at home. I can work on school stuff. All day Saturday at home. I can work on more school stuff!!!!! 
• If I was a dog, I would want to be exactly like my dog, Blitz. except for the killing kittens part. Except for that one vicious streak, she is this completely gentle, laid-back dog. And sometimes she runs, but not for long. lol. and she has these insane brown eyes that make you just want to sit and pet her all day. And if you stop petting her, she will put her paw on your arm, and look at you, and you just have to pet her again. She's just so cute! This is coming from a person who doesn't like dogs. 
• The retired men in Woolwich Township are getting artsy. there is one that weaves, one that knits socks and mitts, and one that quilts. 
• Sleep should be optional. 
• Days should be longer. 
• When stressed, youtube is the place to go to. =) lol. "Are you okay?" "Are YOU okay?" lol. 
• the newest development on the ugly sweater: the sweater itself is not actually ugly. it just looks ugly on me. I am the problem here. I just wanted you all to know that. It is not the sweater's fault. 
• I must be stupid. because i am blogging about nothing, instead of finishing a fascinating paper on the Black Death. And the Pied Piper. That dude was creepy (and possibly completely fictional). But seriously... someone should make a movie about him. or write a book about him. Because a story about a guy who played music and led all of the children away from their town out of spite would just be kind of fascinating. Also, I would like to know what he did with the children after he lured them away from their homes. 
• I wish that I was already graduated.