First day of Interim...I thought it would be soo nice, easy, and relaxing, but actually it was a pretty busy day.  And I must be stressin a little cause I can't see straight and I have a little headache .  So today I had an ITC team leader meeting which was pretty boring.  Then I tried cramming for my Costa Rica meeting, which consisted of me trying to read for a couple hours straight.  I surprisingly did well - got most of the reading done and with just one quick nap in the middle of it.  Well, it ended up that the reading wasn't really necessary; atleast not for the meeting today.  It was pretty good though.  I got to meet everyone who's going.  I feel this trip will be really good.  Not just fun, but educational and possibly spiritual.  I'm still a little scared and nervous about it all though.  Just being outside my comfort zone, not really knowing what to expect...

Tomorrow we have to have all our stuff and bring it to the meeting.  Unfortunetly I don't even have all my stuff yet so that's a little stressful.  I think tomorrow we also get taught how to journal.  Well that's wonderful cause maybe I've been doing it wrong on Xanga this whole time.  Okay, Xanga has no right or wrong, but seriously, tomorrow they will tell us what are journaling should be like.  We're supposed to journal Everyday so I hope there is something good to write about.  I don't want to expect too much, but I really hope this trip is spiritually renewing.

I think this is about to get random, but I just feel like typing...
TV is such a waste of time, but it's so addictive.  Once I sit down I could just channel surf all day.  When I turn on the tv while eating breakfast it's so hard to turn it off.  And it's probably somethin stupid on anyway.  Like lately - Blind Date Marathon, VH-1's 100 hot hotties, MTV's Real World, Punk'd, A Dating Story, Dawson's Creek, E True Hollywood Story, Music Videos, ESPN, Cartoons, Soap Operas.  And today I saw MTV Boiling Points for the first time.  That was fairly interesting.  Let me just say Simple Life is an extremely stupid show.  And a stupid movie I saw recently has to be How to Deal, although Mandy Moore is really cute.  oh, and how can I forget Charlie's Angels...that was stupid too.  Oh well, it was nice watchin them with friends though.  Again, I am reminded how much my friends mean to me.  Too bad I'm leaving them to go to Costa Rica. Yeah, well it's only 2 weeks, but still.  Maybe I will make a new friend, except I wouldn't be disappointed if I just kept with the friends I have now.  It's sad how tired I am.  And it's not even that late     ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz

This weekend was nice and fun, although it was pretty sad that Kelly couldn't make it.  Wow, Friday I almost went bowling again which would have made it 3 times this break  I hate how bowling alleys are so smokey, but then again, lately I've been wanting a smoke...pipe, cigar, maybe even a cigarette .  It's so bad, but just hangin outside in the cold makes me want to light up.  Anyway, the wait for bowling was too long so we played Beyond Baulderdash which was surprisingly pretty fun.  My friends surprise me with their imaginations and there were for sure some laughs.

Saturday was my Grandparents 60th wedding anniversary so we got together for that.  They're both healthy and happy so that is definitely something to be thankful for.  And 60 years of marriage...well that's pretty amazing.  It's hard to comprehend, considering I'm only 21 years old and won't be getting married anytime soon.  How hard is it to live with someone that long.  Some people don't understand why one person might leave a marriage because - well, it's the same person you married.  Can't you see someone changing though? I can see over the years someone changing quite a bit actually.  How can you garuantee your love for the unknown which lies ahead.  I like to say that if I am to get married, there is not a chance that I am going to get divorced.  I think faith, committment, and prayer is enough to get through 60 years, but I haven't really convinced myself of it yet.

This break is practically over!  I definitely want to stay and hang out here a little longer, but at the same time I want to see some GR friends and head off for Costa Rica!  It's snowing hard now and it's not going to stop anytime soon.  How fun is the trip back to GR gonna be tomorrow?!

Happy  2004 Everbody!!!  Well I seriously hope your New Years Eve celebration was better than mine.  Isn't it so overrated though?  Jill and I think so.  Well maybe we wouldn't be so bitter about it if we actually were hangin out together.  It really isn't that fun hangin out for hours with people that aren't really your close friends, or the friend that is there has his girlfriend with

I've never kissed anyone for New Years!  Is that some sort of tradition?  Well I suppose I wouldn't be against it.  I mean, I'm not gonna just kiss just anyone, but where was that special someone?  Oh yeah, Northville! 260 miles away

I've never made a resolution before.  I just thought they were really stupid.  What's the point?  Well, I actually kinda have one.  It comes from Leviticus 26; I want to walk with my head held high, know that the Lord is God, and obey his commands

After playing poker til 3am yesterday I decided it was best not to wake up 3 hours later and go to work.  I still only got 6 hours of sleep so that sucks, but I needed to get up and get the day started.  So, I just learned how to play Texas holdem last week and now I'm in with a group of old high school buddies.  Last night, there was six of us to start and after about 7 hours later only 2 people had gone out.  I was doing soo good for awhile, but when we called it quits I was basically even.  It's fun, but I wonder if I really should be getting into this poker stuff :-/

today I ran 5 miles!  first time ever.  it actually didn't seem that bad, but running with a friend helps a lot.  my left foot went numb for about the last mile so that wasn't cool, but it's happened once or twice before so I guess it's somewhat normal.  I'm feelin pretty ready for Costa Rica;  I feel in shape and I'm just ready to go!

I got kicked out of my room tonight.  And I was forced to clean it before too!  Yeah, my sister and her fiancee flew in today so he is staying in my room and I get the basement.  Supposedly it was too cold in the basement the last time he was here.

Grades were posted today.    I did worse than I thought; and I thought I did bad!   Oh boy, this is not gonna be good.  Yep, I failed a class.  And this just screws up my scheduling.  Probably my whole life, to be honest.  I should seriously just drop out of school for now...

Jesus' birthday is only once a year, but the Christmas festivities are still comin!  Tonight was my moms side and we still have my dad's side to party with next week .  Tonight went surprising well though.  I drove seperate from my parents thinking that I would be leaving early, but I ended up staying for awhile just talkin to the cousins.  My parents actually beat me out of there for once .  It was a good time though, except that some of my cousins are really good at gossiping.  And the food was great; I've been eating like a horse lately though.

Watching Michael Jackson on 60 Minutes tonight is just kinda creepy.  I don't really know all the stories and allegations against him, but he's denying any child molestation.  I don't know what to believe except that he is definitely a different kind of guy.  His appearance is so bizarre!  why do that?!  anyway, he's wierd, but I think he deserves to be treated fairly.  I don't know if he's telling the truth now either, but he claims cops mistreated him and it wouldn't surprise me.  It's totally possible considering that I would be tempted to just kick him around alittle bit.  He's just so different and creepy, but it makes me mad cause it's wrong.