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I love heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:14:04 GMT

Hola!

Happy Sweetest Day! lol I have never heard of it before, but apparently it is a big thing out here in IL. It's like another Valentine's Day. Why we need another one I will never know....
Anyway, it is getting chilly out here in the flatlands. brrrrr.... I think it's about the same temps as Maine is right now, so I guess I am not missing much...lol.
Guess what????? I am going to Germany during the latter part of my x-mas vacation! My friend Krystal's parents are living over there right now and I am going to stay with them for about a week and a half!!! Krystal and I really want to fly to Milan while we are in Europe and stay a couple days. That would be soooo awesome! : ) : ) I will also get to see Jan while I am there...he is so excited!!! (as am I!)
I went swimming today (like REAL swimming, not just swimming a little in the ocean) at a nearby pool with Krystal. It was fun! But while I am fairly in-shape when running and working out on land...swimming is a totally different story! lol I am exhausted!
There was kareoke in the red room last night and we had fun. Although the singing wasn't.....ummm....very good. haha We played foosball afterwards (we = Jeff, Gabe, Krystal, and I). Gabe and I won every game! woohooo! I am the best player of all of us, so usu. whoever's team I am on wins...I am not bragging, that's just the way it is. None of us are really THAT good. But we have a lot of fun!

Well, I got to go (nothing important...actually I just want to sleep for a little bit until my roomie gets back or Krystal calls to go see a play).
Love to all!!!
Amy

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
--Charles Augustin Sainte-Beauve

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
--Mother Teresa

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
--Mother Teresa

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 04:38:14 GMT

The last few days have been spent watching movies, sleeping, going to church, and working! Krystal and I had our first real full work time in the nursery...it was so much fun! the kids were really, really cute. It was quite exhausting though. We were alone most of the time with 9 kids (2-4 years old)!!! Crazy, crazy! There is really no one here at ONU...well, there are a few, but not many. It's been a lot of fun though! Having the place to ourselves! We went to a big mall on saturday night and I invited another girl from maine to go with us (her name is also amy and we go to the same church...). It was fun! Today we went to chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gabe just met a lady a few days ago who works at the locks at Navy Pier and they are allowed to get on the lake tour boats for free/. We went to visit them...so when a tour boat went by, they put us on it! It was so cool! Normally it would've cost us 15-20 dollars, but we got on for free! And had good seats! We also went to this 4 story mall and went to some really, really nice stores. Krystal and I tried on $300-$400 dresses! We also got a free "eye makeover" lol It was awesome! We spent a lot of time just shopping on the Magnificant Mile (michigan ave.)...and walking around getting lost. : )

got to go!

Love to all!
Amy

THE RED SOX PLAY THE YANKS TOMORROW NIGHT!!!! LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ): ): )

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the...inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yo, Yo, Yo...Wazzup Dog?

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 06:32:17 GMT

Today was fun! After my early accounting class was over anyway, hahaha...errr, that class is waaaay to early for me! Anyway, here's a story from mi dia, I was walking from my last class to my dorm (right across the street) and I thought I saw someone who looked like Luis walking from the tennis courts (i had talked to him earlier and he said he was going to watch the girls' match after his last class)...but I had to meet Gabe in my room right away and he wasn't that near to me...so I just kept walking to my dorm. Then I hear catcalls (whistling) coming from his direction...and as I ignored him...they just got louder and more frequent...finally I turned around and it was Luis AND Christian...lol...they just grinned at me and I waved...then I got online a few minutes later and Luis was on and I told him about some "weirdos that were whistling at me and scared me so much I called security" lol It was amusing. They only mean it in a friendly way though, because they are hispanic...and that's the way they are...it makes them fun. : )
Anywho, crazy story...sorry, ya had to be there.

We also went over to Justin and Stefphan's room to watch a really scary movie (it was open dorm night...so girls could go to guys dorms and visa versa), supposedly it was real/real footage...I don't know if it was or not, but either way we (4 girls) screamed really loud near the end and the entire dorm floor of guys came to the door because it sounded like someone died...lol...now they are all asking Stefphan if they can borrow the movie. Then we all went up to Jeff's room to watch another movie. This one was funny, not scary! : ) Good times...good times

I am really tired now, so I will end it here!

Love to all!
Amy

"Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something."
-- Plato

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather, try to become a man of value." -- Albert Einstein

"We all want to fall in love. Why?
Because that experience makes us feel completely alive,
where every sense is heightened,
and every emotion is magnified.
Our everyday reality is shattered
and we are flying into the heavens.
It may only last a moment, an hour, or an afternoon,
but that doesn't diminish its value,
because we are left with memories
that we treasure for the rest of our lives."

- From the movie "The Mirror Has Two Faces" -

"Love is when you look into someone's eyes
and see their heart."

- Jill Petty -

GO RED SOX!!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 03:22:20 GMT

Oh happy day! It's my favorite day of the week, Wednesday...and it went very well to! Here's the rundown:

Krystal and I went and worked out at the gym after Psychology. It was a very good workout...and much needed too...haha!

The temperature actually warmed up today so that I didn't need a jacket.

Jan e-mailed me a sweet e-mail entirely in German (fortunately he kept it simple so I could understand it).

Gabe and I were talking about our weekend plans again...which made us both excited.

And...the last exciting aspect of the day.........(drumroll, please!)........I am watching a bunch of very glum Yankee fans on tv!!! hahahahahahahahahaha....awwwww, the poor guys! It's the bottom of the 12th inning and they are losing by 1...and if they don't get any runs this inning, then they lose the game and fall to 0-2 in the divisional playoff series! YAY! : )

Anyway, I have a test tomorrow in my Business Computer Apps class. ugh! And I have an accounting lab at 7:30 in the morning....double ugh!! Oh, well....it is open dorms that night, so some of us girls are going over the guys dorms to watch a movie...so it should be fun. : )

I have a baseball game to watch...so I will go now!

Cheers!~
Amy

PS Ich liebe Jan!

We all live in a YELLOW SUBMARINE!!! (it's true!)

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:35:17 GMT

Oh my, I am so tired! At least I am in a better mood than I was eariler today...lol...I don't know what got into me. I didn't take it out on anyone though...so that's good. I went and saw my school's music concert tonight. They did Faure's Requiem (amoung other things) and I thought I was going to die of happiness...ahhhhh....they sang in Latin!!! And sooo pretty! I also loved the woodwind quintet...I adore the flute, that's why. This weekend is going to be 4 days long! Very exciting!!! We have monday and tuesday off. Some friends and I want to go up to Chicago again to shop and sightseeing. I am just excited to sleep-in! wooohooo!

Oh yes!!!! The big news!!! Red Sox win and Yankees lose in the first games of the MLB divisional playoffs!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's hope the trend continues! GO SOX!

Ok, I am too tired to continue...
haha

'Night!
Amy

"We cannot prevent bird of sorrow from flying over our heads, but we can refuse to let them build nests in our hair." -- Chinese proverb

"carpe diem quam minimum credula postero!" --Horace Book 1 Poem 11 line 8

"Blessed are the pure in heart: For they shall see God." Matthew 5:8

Fun times

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 04:02:02 GMT

Hola!!!

Day has gotten better. I just came back from the library b/c i went with Gabe so that she didn't have to go alone and face all of our southern and central american friends alone. One of them is being really weird to us. Anywho, we went to one of the computer labs and none of them were there...then Jaime (from Equador) came in and sat near us and starting playing a game on the computer and then 2 more came in and were watching him and laughing and talking in spanish very loudly. They left soon afterwards and one of them went to another computor lab and we (him and i...gabe was copying notes) started to talk online through msn instant messanger (he is Luis, we know him pretty well). Good times. lol Then we went up to the 3rd floor to do hw and couldn't concentrate...so went and bought ice cream sandwiches and came back to our room. So needless to say, I still haven't done my accounting...shouldn't be that bad though. I just have to journalize a million entries. lol

Nice story, huh? Guess you'd have to be here... Well, can't think of anything to say...I am currently teasing Gabe while she is on the phone with Jeff...it's fun. I also have several balls (small) that I throw at her when she is being annoying...they are now scattered throughout the room. Yep, lots of fun over here in the midwest.

"Fear is an instructor of great sagacity and the herald of all revolutions."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson --

love to all!
Amy

PS Jan ist sehr zugkräftig!!! wooohoooo!!! (how's that german, huh? yeah...pathetic, i have no idea what i am doing)

Well I'll be 'at for a tater!

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:50:32 GMT

Blah, I am not feeling that well. I just want to sleep!!! I still have Psych to go to, but thank God that my econ class was let out really early!!! Now I can just sit here and be glum and eat my pineapple. hahaha Listen to me! I sound so pathetic!!!
Justin and Stefphen made Omega!!! (a drama group) We are so excited for them!
Do you ever notice how some people studying waaaay to much? I study for about 2 seconds and I get an A. I do a project at the last minute with little effort and get 100%. Why? (note to all: I don't do this for everything...I did study for several hrs for math) College is strange. I expected to be doing tons of work. Actually, I would've been had I not tested out of English 103. My roomie has tons of work in that class. I think it is b/c my classes are lower level. But then again, my roomie is a fashion merchantising major and has lots to do (mostly busywork though). (note to God: I am not complaining...so don't think that I want MORE work...hahaha)

Here's some poetry to make this entry seem more meaningful. haha (I LOVE ROBERT FROST!!!) I know this one is a little cheesy, as compared to his other ones, but I still like it.

Flower-gathering
by Robert Frost

I LEFT you in the morning,
And in the morning glow,
You walked a way beside me
To make me sad to go.
Do you know me in the gloaming,
Gaunt and dusty grey with roaming?
Are you dumb because you know me not,
Or dumb because you know?

All for me? And not a question
For the faded flowers gay
That could take me from beside you
For the ages of a day?
They are yours, and be the measure
Of their worth for you to treasure,
The measure of the little while
That I’ve been long away.

Gtg!

Love to all!
Amy

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the SOUND!

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:58:09 GMT

I love God! He is so awesome! Every Sunday Krystal, Gabe, and I pick a time to go to Kelley Prayer Chapel and sit down at the piano and sing hymns and some choruses. I love the messages in some of the old hymns esp. this one....fav. parts highlighted....I also love the tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

Gabe is talking to Hector on the phone in spanish...lol...not bad! Now she is conversing with her favorite Jeff.... : ) : ) : ) Too bad he wasn't more spiritual then they could go out. But I am sooooo proud of her because of the high standards she has for her boyfriends now.

Oh my, accounting is satisfying, but only when I have done it! (have you guessed that i haven't begun my accounting hw yet?) My accounting prof. is cool and has really good devotions at the beginning of class...but he has one fault...he mispronounced "Worcester, MA" in class the other day...tsk, tsk. We all know that it is "Woostah!"

My roomie just said that she is going to burn her nose off now...I was teasing her by mimicking Christian Sanchez. He touched his finger to her nose once in a friendly manner and I won't let her forget it! While we were waiting in line today for food, I was fooling around with Jeff with our trays (hitting each other and hiding) and I was also trying to hit him on the nose with my finger (gabe dared me too...and then it turned into a game). It was entertaining...ya'll should've been there (wow, I actually said "ya'll" ... Gabe is rubbing off on me).

Did you know that I am a grizzly bear? Yeah, Janna now is in the habit of chasing me up and down the hall trying to "shoot me" and then leaving notes on my door saying that this campus is a "no grizzly zone." Yep...all fun and games over here in Parrott 4th floor North! We don't do ANY homework here!!! lol jk We actually do, believe it or not.

Remind me to teach you all the "hand-fist-elbow" game...and the cup game...we were playing them at lunch today and making A LOT of noise in the cafeteria...lol...but it was fun. We also have gotten in the habit of playing with the salt shakers "it's snowing!!!" lol and leaving a lot of salt everywhere...

Last night we went bowling!!!! It was fun, except I can't bowl at all...lol...I am soooo bad. And the boys were a little TOO excited, if you know what I mean. I won't go into details...nothing bad happened though...it was just a weird bowling night that's all...The guys aren't that attractive anyway and I have someone else I like a lot better....ahem...gutentag! (to all you who don't know that joke...which is everyone back home...gutentag refers to jan...my german lovah...haha)

I love being single! It rocks! I can go out with all my girlfriends and not feel bad! But it is also difficult sometimes, because a lot of people here are in serious relationships and it kinda makes a girl wish she had a "significant other." Of course, I have that whole thing with Jan going on. But, there are a lot of things that need to be worked out (like spirituality, and when on earth are we ever going to see each other...lol...actually, it's not that funny) before our relationship goes in the direction we would like it to go. But, he is so incredibly sweet and I love him so much. I hope and pray that it will work out in the end. Hey, I still believe in miracles! And SO SHOULD YOU!!!!! haha...I am serious!

hmmm....I love nutty bars! I think I am going to sneak one from Gabe's closet.

yummmmmyyyyy

Oh guess what? I cannot have any caffeine anymore. My heart usually palpitates a lot when I have too much (it can get pretty scary)...but today I turned white in the face and had to sit on the floor because I felt like I had just run a million miles and my chest was seizing up and i felt light headed...it freaked Gabe and Krystal right out. I was fine after a minute though....which was good!

Well...over and out chicos and chicas...I got to do some work now....'cause tomorrow morning is accounting, whether I am ready or not!

--Rings and Jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

--Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end-- Psalm 119:33

Love to all!

Amy

PS Ich liebe dich auch, Jan!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Beginning

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:53:35 GMT

Hola to all my happy friends!!!

I would love to begin this journal with something important and deep and THOUGHT-PROVOKING...but currently I have my roomie talking in the background and the movie Twister on the tv, so therefore I can hardly think to even write this much. I will quickly wrap up my day in a few sentences.

Went to church and heard the same sermon that I heard last week.
TALKED TO JANNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for...like...2 seconds...but it's ok
Got a small job working with adorable kids.
Ate a sundae at dinner!!
Created this journal.

Will write later gaters!

Love to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amy