back to school

well i just completed my first week back at school. i was suprisingly excited to be back since i started getting really bored during my vacation time. i enjoy all my classes so that's always good. i have history, oceanography, dance history, hip hip, and social problems. i have wonderful professors and friends in my classes, which makes the semester so much better. so all in all i think it will be a good semester. however, my manager keeps making me open and its exhausting. by the time i get home from school and finish all my homework, its pretty late. then i have to start work at 4 in the morning. i'm not sure i can keep this up. i have been going on alot of bike rides with the kids in our house and occationally with the mom. it's been awesome to get some excercise again. i look forward to getting back in shape again. well speaking of work, i should head over there, i have another glorious 8 hour shift. yuck! have a great weekend all of you!

santa rosa plateau

well on thursday and today, i went to santa rosa plateau. its a cool place to visit. i enjoy it alot. thursday i went with lauren and it was cool that we got to have a time of fellowship and everything. today was really cool too though becuase i went back up there. me, carissa, and jake went up. (jake's the guy in the trash bag below) it was alot of fun. we went on the trail and then we went exploring off of it and found good climbing trees and a secret meadow. it was alot of fun, deffinetly an adventure. after that i cleaned the house and then hung out at jakes. now i just got home from a work party. it was alot of fun hanging out with everyone but then they started getting wasted to me and carissa left. now i should go to bed since i have church in the morning

are you kidding me?

well we had our first russia meeting with the people who were for sure going. cassie robertson is the only one that i already know on the team other than deena sharp. so i have a whole new team this year. i got to meet all of them and they are an amazing team. i'm really excited to be working with them. along with the meetings come the money requirements. i pretty much have to come up with another $1,000 in the next 2 or 3 weeks. yeah scary. i know God will provide what is needed for the trip if He wants me to go and i need to have faith that He will. sometimes it's hard though. we try to work things out with our own logic and it doesn't always work. well most of this week has been wasted as i continue to hang around my house. school has started for most people already so the hangouts are limited. well school starts next week and then i will be a busy bee once again. i got my books yesterday too, none of them seem too bad so that's good. me and cassie have some of our classes together too, so that will make make up work from russia alot easier. well i have to work in the morning so i should probably go to bed. goodnight/good morning all. have a blessed week!

clean: inside and out retreat

this is one of the people i met on the retreat.
well i haven't updated in a while, that's for sure. my christmas was wonderful, i went to san diego to visit my family and i got to see my new baby cousin. she's so beautiful! new years i actually spent sleeping because i had to work at 4am the next day but that's ok. the rest of my winter break has been good. i have been enjoying no school alot! its been giving me alot of opportunities to do things and just hang out. this weekend i went to a winter retreat up in the mountains here. it was so awesome! i was one of the counselors or leaders on the trip. i got like no sleep but it was so worth it! i learned so much about God this weekend. i actually ran into a girl i hadn't seen in a long time. i was her counselor on another retreat and desare told me she got saved on that trip! how exciting is that!!! so its been a very cool experience with God and with other people. i've met some amazing people that i would love to continue relationships with. i start school back up on tuesday, so we'll see how that goes. have a blessed week guys!!!