Gnome Thief

So today was the worst day ever since I've been here at college....but once you hear what happened...you won't think it was a bad day, but it was for me. So I think there is a gnome hiding in my room that steals my things. A few weeks ago my comb disappeared...how am i supposed to part my hair in the morning??? Then my pink highlighter vanished!!!!!!!! I'm telling you, there's a gnome hiding and stealing my things. I've never lost things like this before! Then...so when my grandpa (Ahrens) died 5 years ago, I got this Ahrens Dairy milk bottle (the Ahrens family owned a dairy farm) that was filled with stones my grandpa had collected. I had it sitting on my desk, but I put it on top of my tv to create more space on my desk. Well when I was moving my refrigerator (my tv sits on my refrigerator) the milk bottle fell and shattered on the carpet. I literally had to fight back the tears...I put all the stones and pieces in a container to take home this weekend, and hopefully my dad has another one I can bring back and NOT put on my tv...I'm so stupid sometimes. But seriously, that bottle meant so much to me and reminded me of him, it was very precious to me. So that really stunk and made my day the WORST day since I've been in college. So from about 5pm until 10pm...I studied astronomy and did homework for that class...it wasn't a continuous 5 hours...I ate dinner...dropped the milk bottle and had to vaccuum it up, and went to latenight. so at 5pm I popped in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers....and then put in the Return of the King, but stopped after the first half. I realized that studying with Lord of the Rings playing really enhanced my study performance. It was great! Okay I'm gonna get 9 hours of sleep tonight. Goodnight!

Rach

i am captivating!

Remember how I talked in a earlier post about being in a picture that represents reconciliation with God? That picture above is it, it didn't turn out the way the photographer wanted cause it is really dark, so we may shoot it again, for the fun of it. But yeah, that's me in the picture. So last night I went to sleep at 11:20pm and slept in until 9:00am....it was sweet. But then I had an anthropology exam today..my first college exam. It was...okay. Some of the questions and multiple choice answers were straight forward and simple. Others contained answers that were very similar and specific, making it harder. So we'll see. I got these books I ordered online last week..from christian book distributors company...one of them is "Captivating: Unveiling The Mystery of a Woman's Soul" by John and Stasi Eldredge. So yeah...I'm gonna do some unveiling of my soul and learn to be a true woman of God, I am excited. Well if you read this, you must leave a comment, it's lonely when no one leaves a comment...especially if I make an effort to put a picture in the post!

Rach

Falling Down

I went to the Fall Retreat this weekend for Illini Life. It's funny, just when I feel like I know everything and know all about God, I trip and fall and realize there is so much I don't know...I'm like a little toddler, I think I can walk perfectly fine and then I fall. He just reminds me that I don't know all the plans He has in store for me, and He doesn't want me to know yet. I don't have time to write all about the retreat, just trust my word that it was good, and God is teaching me to be a woman of God, it's great. Here's a picture of the people from my I-team that went.
I'm sure I will post other pictures from the retreat in upcoming posts!

Rach

(From Left to Right: Ty, Laura, Mike, Erin, Sarah, Matt B., Clay, Jeff, Rachel (me), Matt M., Chuck, Chad)