Still don’t know what I’m doing with my beautiful piece of equipment (i.e. Canon T2i). Probably won’t for awhile, but here are a few shots from an event we had at the restaurant I work at.
Disclaimer: worst lighting in the history of photo taking…why not start with those conditions, right?!
Chocolate mustache cupcakes for the Keep Cleveland Boring birthday party.
{Yawn} Oh hey, Reader-Friends!
How did you sleep last night? Well, I sure hope it was a more restful night for you than it was for me! Ya’ll, the single loudest thunderstorm in history hit my little college town in the wee hours of the morning.
You can imagine how thrilled I was to be wide-eyed at 4 a.m., especially since my alarm was scheduled to ring about an hour or so from then. God bless! My roommate wasn’t stirring, and Jon, whose bed is positioned against a window definitely was sound asleep, thus leaving my rant-texts un-answered. But lo and behold, after a quick glance at the online weather radar to see when I would be able to fall asleep again, I found just about the whole town (besides my roommate and boyfriend, of course) updating Fb and Twitter statuses. It’s always nice to feel that you’re not alone.
Here are a few anonymous storm statuses from last night:
4:30 AM & we're all awake. Loudest thunderstorm I've heard in a long time! Sounds like an African rainstick concert at a bowling tournament~
Lightning through my windows here is probably one of the scariest things ever! #needcurtains
I love storms but not when i'm trying to sleep and i have to be up soon anyway.
Not crazy about this thunderstorm right now!!
man it is poppin!
I love thunderstorms!!!!
And my bad attitude tweet:
Well, this blows. So much for a good nights sleep.
And my FB status:
Hello, Mr. Thunderstorm. I guess you haven't heard how I really needed sleep b/c tomorrow is the first day of school for the students AND I have to get up at the crack of dawn. You are SO rude! Meh.
And the very true status of one of my besties:
Jesus is LOUD tonight in Cleveland...at times like these, I'm very thankful that I'm on the same team of the God who is rattling my windows with thunder and illuminating my room with lightning..biggg God, litttttle human...wowww
Amen? In the middle of all my annoyance, I found a reason to praise God. That statement is actually a pretty good description of my life lately. It seems so common for us to forget the authority, and power, and presence of God in our lives when we become self-absorbed. Sometimes God sends a storm to wake us up. Big, big God. And he is there, in our storms, and in our sunshine.
"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours." (1 Chronicles 29:11)
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Oh my, Reader-Friends!
It’s been an intense few days! I made it to Cleveland Sunday night. Yesterday, as I was gearing up for a day of hard cleaning (actually, I was about to write a Monday post), I received an ever so pleasant email. NOT! Apparently, there was a misunderstanding between some of the university faculty and me, and I have missed out on a week of required observation at a school.
Lovely.
So, here I am, flipping out. What do I do? Call Mama, of course! And Mama has news for me too.
She had taken Daddy to the ER. Remember how I said he had infection from his surgery? Well, the surgeon actually put a hole in his colon while he was under, and that’s what has been causing the amazingly disgusting and painful issues Daddy has been experiencing. I will spare you the details.
I ugly cried at this point, needless to say.
But believe it or not, there were some positives in the truck load of stress dropped on my lap.
1. Thankfully, Mama was fed up enough with the doctors to make them take a closer look at Daddy, and now he is at the hospital where he is getting proper care. They are talking about surgery to repair the hole, but right now they are nursing him to a more stable condition.
2. Luckily, yesterday was the first day of school for Cleveland (as opposed to last week where I am from), and there is a private school that starts even later this week. The education department at my school is allowing me to jump on board with that academy. But gez, did I not come prepared! I have no big girl clothes here. I just might have to splurge on a new teaching outfit. #hatelivingintwotowns
3. At least, I got flowers out of this bad day. Jonathan brought these to me after he got off of work yesterday.
I will say one thing! I’m glad I’m back to tracking with a daily time with Jesus, because God must of knew all this was around the corner; I have read a lot of scripture lately that kept my head on straight yesterday. Has scripture saved anyone else’s sanity?
Well, I will be letting ya’ll know how this week of unexpected observation goes!
Hey there, my sweet Reader-Friends!
I haven’t linked up with Jamie for What I’m Loving Wednesday in quite awhile. So, here’s to a long over due link-up!
I’m loving…that I have dinner plans with a sweet friend that I haven’t seen in about three-ish years, yet I see her almost daily in the lovely blogosphere!
Do you know this doll? Visit her at The Delighted and be prepared to be delighted yourself!
I’m loving…that my summer online classes are OVER. Done! A couple more A’s for the transcript and a little less stress for me! I am, however, still taking Biology and lab for another week, but it’s a pretty interesting course, so no excessive gripping here. #dork
I’m loving…that this time next week my feet will be planted in delta soil! I take my last test on Tuesday afternoon and then I ‘m headed to Cleveland for a few days to see my man and spruce up the house for the semester! The trim needs a clean coat of paint!
I’m loving…that tonight I get to gather with some Jesus-loving folks to prayer walk the schools in our county. We will be praying for all those involved in the school system, from the board members to the students and their parents.
“What if His people prayed?”
{If your in Desoto County and are interested in lifting up our schools, then feel free to join us tonight! We’re meeting in the Hernando Baptist Church fellowship hall @ 6pm and then heading out to the schools.)
A bunch of random loves, but nonetheless, lovely! What are you loving today?
