Valentine's Day: Moment of Truth

Well, it's official. Valentine's Day has come once again. For me, Valentine's Day doesn't really mean a whole lot. It's my oldest sister's birthday, so most Valentine's were spent celebrating her. Oh, we always got gifts on this day, and Mom usually made us "love toast" :) , but mostly I enjoy Valentine's Day because of the parties we would have at school. However, this year, being at college and all, Valentine's Day has become a whole new affair (no pun intended). ;) So many crazy people running around trying to woo their special someone. Too many people spending way too much money to find a way to creatively express their love for another. OK, maybe I'm a little cynical...I'm working on that.... Moment of truth? OK. Deep in her heart, somewhere, Laura Sue Vance is a hopeless romantic. I mean come on, what female out there with any sort of a brain wouldn't want some nice, strong, handsome, godly, amazing man to hold her close and whisper sweet nothings in her ear? Who doesn't want a big box of chocolates and a dozen bright red roses? But, in all reality...what good would all of that be? They are all fleeting and worthless. I am perfectly content to sit here an wait a very long time before I deem any man worthy of my time and energy. For the time being, I am perfectly content to work on my ultimate, first-and-foremost love story...the one I have with my amazing Saviour! He alone is worthy of my praise, adoration, and love. He is what all of my focus, attention, and energy need to be centered around. He is my first love, and He always should be! So, this Valentine's Day, I'm going to spend some quality time with my God! Of course, He has given me some pretty great blessings so far today (much better than a dozen roses)! I have an amazing friend, Kirsten, that I am going to share dinner with tonight, I got off of work early (granted, it was because I wasn't feeling well, but I got off early nonetheless, and it was a blessing), I found out I got a part in the school play, I opened my Valentine's package from my parents, I got a cute little hamster eraser in my mailbox (his name is Beauregard), and I don't have any homework that I HAVE to do for tomorrow! Yep! God sure chose to bless me on this Valentine's Day! So thankful that He loves me unconditionally and always knows just what I need! Thank you Lord! Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!

What a Wonderful Weekend! :D

Yep...ALL day long on Friday, I sat there, counting down the hours and minutes until I would be able to hop in my little red car and take off for home. Classes went by slowly and work even more so! I could not wait for the clock to read 6:00 so I could be done with Ankeny for the weekend!!!! Finally, it happened. I found myself signing out of work and getting in my car! The time had come for Kirsten, Ian, and, me to make the two and a half hour trek down to Bonaparte. Kirsten and I loaded our things, and then we went to get Sarah, who also rode with us as far as Fairfield. Then, we went to get Ian...whose phone and mine evidently have a small disconnect somewhere. We waited and waited for him to come. Finally, we asked one of the boys in the parking lot to go and get him...Yeah, he finally got the text that I had sent him about ten minutes down the road...Oh, well, we left, and that's the important thing. We stayed up into the wee hours watching a movie and just spending time together as friends. Saturday was a rather lazy day. I had a chiropractor appointment, we did laundry, I messed over Sunday's dessert, pillow fights were prevalent, Left Behind movies were on the agenda, a lot of Acts project, and again, in general, just having a really great time being friends. (I SOO wish that I could have wrestled with them, but, since the whole reason for the trip was my trip to the chiropractor, I decided against it...:( Oh, well! Once again, we stayed up into the morning talking and doing random things. Sunday we went to church! I love my church. The people there are wonderful. We sang special music "There is a Redeemer". Grandpa came for lunch, as did Lindsey, Bethany, and Alexxa. We had a super fun time. Again, more pillow fights, and food fights, too. :D We finally took off for Ankeny once again at about 6:30 Sunday evening. Oh, how short the weekend was! I wish that it could have gone on forever, but, alas, reality has once again reared its ugly head. Classes started bright and early at 7:00 this morning. Such is life! I'm so thankful that I was able to enjoy the weekend while it lasted! I hope that we can do it again...SOON! :D

February! :D

Oh, how great this February is starting out! Let's see...
1) The weather is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) This means that we got to go outside at daycare again today!  This makes me super happy!
3) It started on a Wednesday, so I got to do Bible study with Daniel and Megan again. I LOVE watching the three little boys! Super fun!
4) There is just a little over one month until spring break, a little over two months until Easter, and just over three months until school is done for the school year! :D
Oh, my goodness! Another day full of God's amazing blessings! Thank you Heavenly Father!