finals, my birthday, christmas...so many things...

Hmmm...well this blog is definitely a mumble-jumble of things...I finished finals finally (no pun intended) Praise the Lord!!! and even though I haven't gotten my grades back yet...I think that they all went quite well, which is definitely a praise! Now that I am on this wonderful thing called break that you wait for the entire semester...my mind has been able to relax a little and focus on Christmas. My birthday was also on Tuesday and my parents blessed me by finally, after 15 years, let me move into my OWN room (and I totally get to redecorate it)! Unfortunately I had a final that day so there wasn't much celebration that day exactly, but Wednesday and Thursday were great! My dad took me out for breakfast on Wednesday morning and Thursday night...my sister surprised me with a surprise birthday party!

I was getting a little suspicious after she had been on the phone ALL DAY! As many of you know, my sister is not a huge phone person...she actually doesn't like it very much at all! But, we had already planned, (or so I thought) to have a get-together on Saturday...so I thought there might be something special on Saturday or something like that! I went to chorale practice for church and mysteriously, my sister had to babysit for my cousins...for which we ALWAYS babysit together. Casie Neal, one of my friends, took me to chorale practice and surprisingly, we got out over an hour early, so poor Casie and Becca, another good friend of mine, had to buy some time by taking me to Starbucks and then to the grocery store to get soda...I thought that was a little weird! They were so sneaky...they didn't say a word. They dropped me off and pretended to start to drive away. I rang the doorbell three times, thinking that the door was locked and when no one came I decided to try it...of course it was unlocked and as soon as I got in the door, what do you know but EVERYONE was there! I was in shock! They came jumping out everywhere! It was crazy...I definitely felt very loved. My mom/sister had cooked a lovely dinner and it was amazing...all my favorite foods...yum! After talking for quite awhile, we cleared the floor and started swing dancing, which, of course, was so much fun and at around 11:30 pm...we all got a "bright" idea to start a movie. The night was amazing and I blessed more than I could have ever imagined. I really meant a lot to me that everyone was there and I could tell how much thought and effort had been put into it by my family and my friends! Thanks to everyone who was there!

Now Christmas is coming up and it's time to start thinking about what to get everyone, but more importantly the true meaning of Christmas and how God came in the form of man, a baby actually, to live a life on this earth and eventually die to save us from our sins! What great hope, truth, and sacrifice! Christmas is my favorite time of year and there are so many things to look forward to!