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This week reminded me of how much a moment can give meaning to a life.

A list of my top moments this week:

-Playing with the kids from City of Refuge. They really are wonderful, and deserve so much love.

-Meeting one of the staff members from El Oasis, the program I’m going to be studying in Chile with next year :)

-Recreating the Nativity scene with 40-ish people. Yes, all of us were in the play, and, no, none of us practiced. Being an unruly sheep was pretty fun.

-White Elephants with poor college students are fun, too. Some of the top gifts given/ received were: a bag of meatballs leftover from Trivia lunch, Danica’s wallet, a drum-set made from old protein powder containers, and a date with three guys (food provided, date good for three)

-Breakfast date! (I got the date haha… what can I say? I go on dates with three guys at once like it’s my job.) It was so fun to wake up and start my day with friends. Chinasa, Evan, Seth and I had a yummy egg/toast/bacon breakfast with a perfect view of the atlanta skyline as it was lit up by morning-time sun in the wall-length window next to our breakfast table. 

-Sharing a sunset with my roomates. (It looked like someone had dumped some fire out and spread it all over the sky).

-giving a gift to the lady who cleans in our apartment. She was so happy. And to Dakota and Chris. Perhaps none of these people were on the top of my list to give a little treat to, but I did, and it ended up these three unsuspecting victims of my holiday baking were the ones that it meant the most to.

-Going grocery shopping with a friend I haven’t seen in a while. We had fun, and he was really cool to put up with my weird grocery shopping antics.

-talking in British accents and shopping at Target at 7:30 in the morning with my lovely Ruth. She’s so cool. We have a blast together. If you were ever to meet her, you’d never guess at what a wonderful personality she has (well, actually you probably could). She may be the quietest person I’ve ever met, and every time we get to spend time together, I just feel so lucky that for some reason when I stumbled into her life, she let me stay there.

-Spending time with my newest friend, Mahsa. Learning about her culture, her family, where she came from. Making a friend who is so incredibly different from me. Studying endless hours of Quantitative Analysis with her, the “chatty Cathy.”

She told me today, that if I had any boys that I liked she could help me out. She said she would “make them think that they liked me” so that I wouldn’t have to do anything…. She’s so funny, suggesting to sneakily plant ideas in some poor boy’s head. 

And then, tonight. Coming home and surprising Caroline. I got the best hug, and I got to turn her sad day into a happy one. And then, just being able to be there and tuck her into bed, and snuggle with her while we talked about our lives…. can there be anything more precious?

-Life Group with Kasey, Katie E., Marie, and Ruth. They listen to me blather on and on. And somehow think I’m wonderful. I’m so happy we had this semester to get to learn more about each other.

I have so much I want to do, starting with writing more about my life in my journal or tumblr. Which just doesn’t happen so very often. So, going for the abridged version, here’s whats been going on in my life (along with a few long-term goals).

-I’ve finally learned how to improvise on the violin! I’m playing in the praise band with CCF (Christian Campus Fellowship) where I hang out. Most of my friends are from there.

-I’m getting my ass kicked in Quantitative analysis. (I may still pass the class)

-I believe in God. (Took me long enough, I’m sure some of you have heard quite enough of my wishy washy posts on faith).

-Up until this past weekend it looked to me like nursing was what I really wanted to focus my efforts toward. I’d been thinking about going to GSU to finish nursing requirement classes and then transferring to the Emory nursing program.

-This plan was going to work so well with my inability to stand too much change (I’d be able to live with all my friends from Tech still!)

-I’ve been having some family drama (especially over Thanksgiving), but I had a really good talk with my mom today about how it, and I think we both did a good job of talking about a very touchy subject. I’m hoping we can keep doing so.

-I’m totally in crush with this guy. He’s adorable. And very talented.

Now, for long term goals.

I’m going to run in the Lake Placid, NY Ironman within the next 5 years. 

I’m going to study abroad in Chile, and possibly more places.

I’m going to keep improving on my violin skills. 

And finally, the longest term goal I have for now: I’m going to be the President of the United States.

Please don’t laugh at me. I’m being completely serious. I can’t decide if it’s a phase that I will grow out of, or if I’m serious with myself. However, at the moment I’ve got a lot of reasons percolating in my head that are making me lean towards doing it. 

And hey, “shoot for the moon, and you’ll land among the stars.” If I don’t make it, I’d say Senator Roshelli doesn’t sound too bad.

I could talk to every other guy in the room just fine, but when I even see you my chest gets all fluttery. haha. I feel like a little kid. I wish I could tell myself you even notice me. I’m a giggling mess.

It’s nice in a way to have a silly crush again - it’s like i’m in middle school again. Yeah, it probably won’t work, but it is nice to dream.