Random Monday

Confession: I forgot about random Monday until just a little bit ago.  

But now I am here! all ready to be random. =) 

Me and Megga... you will most likely be seeing more pictures from yesterday afternoon at some point. =) but i chose to put this picture in this post because it is a bit... random. lol. Even as meg was holding the ornament above my head, she was saying "I don't know why i am doing this." sometimes i wonder about her and me. However, there is one thing that I am certain of, and that is this: one of us must learn to play the trumpet, and the other one must go like this (insert appropriate hand motion here)." 

This is something that I found last winter when I was cleaning out under my old bed to get ready for my new bed. I used to put all my lists of goals for the future and stuff like that in here. The problem is that I can't find the key. lol. and it is kind of driving me crazy. lol. So if you are strong, and think you can get it open... talk to me. I will love you forever. lol. But I probably won't let you see what is all inside it. sorry bout that. =) 

Back when I was in grade 12, and had a coloring book (i know... that sounds funny. I really did receive a wonderful education at Countryside) I would do almost anything to avoid coloring. 

Sponge Bob socks!!!! So I took this picture two years ago... and this is still my favourite pair of socks to wear around home. They keep getting thinner and thinner on the bottoms.... I plan on wearing them until they completely disintegrate. As long as there is sock there, I will put it on my foot. 

this is a very special picture. It was taken on the plane on the way home from Guatemala, when me and trish and josh were having hilarious times. =) nobody appreciates a good beverage like we do. =) 

Hey look!!! my face is surprised again!!! This was in grade ten. I don't even know what surprised me here. I just chose it because I posted another surprised picture of me. Which technically means that this picture is not random, because it belongs with another picture, which means it should not be included in this post. But I'm okay with it being here. 

This is Kitten. What is cuter than a kitten in a box? Well... I'm sure there are many things. I just have a thing for little animals. lol. Look at her tail! and her little legs!!!! and her blue eyes!!! and her long whiskers!! It's just cute!! I wish she had never grown up. 

Random Thoughts: 

- So me and Jason chatted the other week, and one of the things we talked about briefly was sleep, and how important it is and what the point of it is. This only took up a few lines of our chat, but days later, I am still thinking about it! lol. First I thought about what exactly sleep physically is. And I realized that I really like the thought of sleep. It's just your body resting. That's all it is. You close your eyes, and your body just... relaxes. You know that really really good feeling when you have had a busy busy day, and hardly had time to stop, and then you get into bed, and in the moments before you actually fall asleep, you lay there and can just feel everything kind of relaxing? The tension just kind of seeping out of your body? Am I the only person who thinks about this? lol. So sleep is a great thing physically. But then I was thinking about it more... and realized that God could have made us so that we don't need any sleep! Think about it! That would add several more hours onto every day for us. Hours for us to work, and make money. Hours for us to have fun. Hours for us to accomplish things. Hours for us to sew the dresses that we would like to have done for Friday night's Christmas banquet. lol. So why didn't God create us like that? I think there could be a few reasons (none of which I know for sure. This is just me thinking. lol.). I think one of the possible reasons could be that the fact that we get tired and need to stop to rest at some point kind of reminds us of the fact that we are just humans. We are not invincible. lol. God never gets tired or has to sleep. But we do. We are below Him. I think the fact that we get tired is a good reminder of that. I think that sleep is also something that kinds of draws us back to God. If we never had to stop to sleep, would we stop at all? I mean, obviously, if we chose to, we would. But I think that if life just kept being lived, without being broken up by times of rest, it would be very easy for me to just go and go and go without making much time for devotions. It would be very easy to become self-reliant. Time would kind of all run together. I think that sleep is also a kind of a trust thing. There is a verse in Psalms 4 that says "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." David said that. David who spent a whole lot of time fighting his enemies and probably would have had good reasons to lie awake worrying, whether it was about someone attempting to kill him during the night, or the problems that the morning might bring. I don't know exactly at what point David wrote this verse... but clearly, He trusted God to keep him safe, even while he slept. Sleeping leaves us completely defenseless. We actually lose consciousness for several hours, and for the most part, oblivious to what is going on around us. Anyone could do anything to us, and we would be completely unprepared to defend ourselves. This isn't something that I really think about... because I feel perfectly safe in my house. =) But there are places where people do not sleep in safety, and I think that sleep must be one way that they demonstrate their trust in God. And I think that it's also possible that God simply created us to need sleep because sleep is a wonderful thing. We get to take a break from our thoughts (although mine tend to show up in my dreams. lol.), and our problems, and the things we worry about, and the things that puzzle us. and we wake up refreshed (hopefully!) and ready for a new day. sleep is a good thing. =) 

-I love the snow!!!! I think it is beautiful and wonderful! it makes me feel so excited about Christmas!!! 

-The boneless chicken bites at Pizza Hut are gooooooood. =) and Pizza Hut has insanely good ceasar salad. And Smokin' Tony's has the best chicken ceasar wraps. yeah... I'm hungry. lol. 

-Next friday, at work, we have to make 472 gingerbread men. kinda dreading that.... although it could be fun! Work keeps surprising me that way. lol. my new motto should be "never dread anything, because it might be fun." lol. I just remember the last time we made gingerbread men... it was really funny! it's too complicated to explain though. plus, i think you maybe had to be there. lol. 

-I am reeeeeeaaaaaallllllly excited about the church Christmas banquet. And hearing the Messiah. And the school Christmas program. And Christmas caroling. And all the gatherings. I just loooove Christmas. I can't believe that it is this time of year already! 2012 is almost over. I should really read over my new year's resolutions and quickly accomplish the ones that I haven't done yet. =)