The Backward Notebook

Today in church, I sat by a lady that was writing in a "backwards" notebook. Well, really, it was a notebook made for leftys! For you right-handed people, you don't have to fight against the binding when you write in a notebook. It gets quite annoying, and personally, my handwriting looks sloppier the closer I get to the binding because the binding gets in the way and my hand is constantly fighting against it. You may think the journal above looks like the defect out of the bunch; I look at it and get excited because the notebook was finally made for convenience!

I Hope There Are Books in Heaven

because my reading list is up to 140 books! Needless to say, I LOVE reading :) Unfortunately, my textbooks are kind of holding me back from my "leisure reading". So, how am I going to catch up?? Well, there either needs to be a pause in good-book-writing or my profs need to stop adding to my "necessary reading". If I had a choice, I would opt for the latter...

I am SO looking forward to tomorrow! I have a HUGE Chem test on Monday that I am NOT looking forward to. And I think I have found a PERFECT recipe for PERFECT studying...

a whole free day + my grandparents empty house + quietness.

Oh how I am going to love this...

Squeaky Clean

This week has been a rough week for my sleep schedule...it's been all over the place. Obviously, my body wanted to let me know just how crazy this week has been this morning...

I woke up in the shower.

Yep, I slept walked, which RARELY happens. I woke up standing in the shower, water on, just standing there. Hmm, well, I was already wet so I decided to just take a shower. I set my alarm for 8:15, so I figured I woke up before my alarm since I don't remember waking up and turning it off. It was such a good feeling because I felt so rested. So, I must be a pretty good sleep walker because I brought all my soap and shampoo, my towel, and my robe into the bathroom with me.

After I got back into my room I looked at the clock...10:00! I went over to my alarm and saw that it had been turned off. Did I turn it off? That was like 2 hours ago! My skin was also VERY wrinkly...was I really in the shower for almost 2 hours?! Surely not...

NO TURN ON RED

I failed to obey this road sign today apparently.

I was coming home from the store and turned right on a red light...mind you, I have done this at this exact same light before. A few seconds later, a police car [lights flashing] pulled out behind me.

"Funny," I thought, "I'm going the speed limit; and I'm not doing anything else wrong...I wonder who he is going after."

So, I continued to drive, but the police car was STILL right behind me...I decided to pull over. Much to my surprise, the police car stopped right behind me. Then, I started to panic.

He came over to my window and asked if I knew what I had done wrong. Well, I couldn't think of anything so I told him that I did not. He told me that I turned right on red when it was not allowed. I don't remember seeing a sign anywhere saying so, but I apologized.

He then asked me where I was headed and if I considered myself as a good driver.

I must have given great answers because he didn't give me a ticket!

I Want to be a Husband

Now, before you all freak out, read the whole post...and humor me :)

Today in logic class we talked about language and meaning. We specifically talked about satire using the piece "I Want a Wife". It's a poem written by a woman who discusses the husband/wife role. There are certain parts of it that I could do without, but most of it I found humorous. Then, of course, we discussed it in class.

Ask 50% (or most likely more) of college girls today where they see themselves in 5 years. Almost all of them will say "married" or "have a husband".

Before I continue, I am in no way stating that I want to just turn into a man or that I find the husband role significantly easier than the wife's...but that's digging deeper into the issue. This post is staying on the surface.

In the future, I do not look forward to: cooking, cleaning, staying home just to maintain it, organizing everyone's schedules, matching my husband's clothes for him, laying awake at night because my husband is snoring

Instead, I much rather: eat, watch TV, work at a job, not have to remember my schedule because somebody else already knows it, have my clothes all ready for me to just put on, and be able to fall asleep fast and stay that way all through the night.

I know the above is just the petty stereotypes that we give to wives and husbands, and I am not complaining...being a wife I am sure is a wonderful thing and husbands really do work hard. But, after talking and joking about it during class today, wouldn't it be fun if we could choose?? :)

The Delusional, Irrational Notre Dame Football Fan

As most of you know, I go to school in Irish country...however, I am a Boilermaker. Now, I know Purdue football isn't the greatest...but neither is Notre Dame football. The difference here is that most Purdue fans [though still loyal] will admit that their team has room for improvement, but Notre Dame fans will rant and rave as though their team was perfect. It is quite humorous to me.

I found this little "blurb" on such Notre Dame fans:

Season after season, year after year, you try to justify your absurdly high pre-season ranking.

You scramble to make futile attempts at damage control when the Irish lose to yet another grossly inferior opponent.

Inevitably, you'll bring up the past, and boast of championships won 20 years before you were born.

You will point out that you have more heisman winners than any other program, as though that is relevant to the current season.

Go on, ignore that home loss to Boston College in the regular season for the 6th consecutive time in a row...

And continue to believe that you'll actually win a bowl game some time this century.

Oh Emperor of Excuses, take comfort knowing that when you don't finish in the top 25, you'll be back to number 3 when the pre-season polls come out next year.


All that to put us in the spirit for tomorrow - Purdue vs. Notre Dame

The Equivilent of Christmas Morning to an Exercise Science Major:

MEMORIAL HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE CENTER.

That is where I will be spending my free time as an intern this year. I was looking forward to it, and am even more excited now that I went and visited the place for my first time today.

I drove downtown to busy South Bend, and on my way there was silently praying that there would be other parking spots besides parallel parking available. Well, there wasn't, so I resorted to a parking garage a block down. As I'm walking down the street [umbrella in hand since it was raining] among prestigious businessmen and ritzy shoppers, I was looking for a small building that I pictured this clinic to be. When I reached the correct address, I was AMAZED! This place is 4 stories!

I have never seen anything like it. I was told that I would have my own clients and would have everything in the facility to my disposal. I interpreted that as a good assortment of exercise equipment and some physical therapy tools...which left a lot of room for creativity, which takes a lot of work some times. But no, I have 4 stories worth of stuff!

The first floor is geared towards children...administering therapy and helping kids stay fit. It also has a restaurant-type deal that serves ONLY healthy food!

The second floor is a nutrition facility. Clients can get free sessions with a nutritionist and then can work with a specialist on how they can exercise and eat better to improve their health.

The third floor is a workout facility. It's huge! It has a cardio room, weight room, bike room, pilates room, basketball and volleyball and racquetball courts, a group fitness lab, and a lap pool. And since I "work" there, I get a FREE one-year membership!

The fourth floor is more medically based...there are doctors that see patients for orthopedic and cardiac issues, massage therapists, occupational and physical therapists, and exercise physiologists. There are many tools available in order to help patients get back to health.

I am so excited...ALL of that to my disposal! Also, I have to come up with a program to get the public more fit. For example, last year's intern came up with a Biggest Loser's program...now it's my turn to get creative. I don't have an idea yet, so if you have any, I'm up for suggestions!

Drinking Deeply from God's Goodness

'You have a ticket to Heaven no thief can take,
an eternal home no divorce can break.

Every sin of your life has been cast to the sea.
Every mistake you've made is nailed to the tree.

You're blood-bought and Heaven-made.
A child of God, forever saved.

So be grateful, joyful - for isn't it true?
What you don't have is much less than what you do.'


WOW! How encouraging!!!
And what a great reminder - it's not about us, but Christ was all about us.