college grad

well, i haven't posted in a while because i have been so busy with school...but now i am DONE! i am so happy to be finished! (notice in honor of being done with english classes and research papers forever, i am not going to worry about punctuation/spelling/capitalization errors woohoo!) needless to say, the last couple of weeks have been crazy! my mama graduated from auburn and is now a dr. almost a week later my sister, kristen, and i graduated together from troy. and my brother graduates from high school in just a couple of weeks! we have been so blessed for these opportunities! my daddy is elated! it is hard to imagine not being in school ever again, and i've tried to come to grips with it. it's so weird. i'm constantly thinking about things i need to be reading/writing for class and there just isn't anything to do! i don't know what to do with myself! i need a hobby... anyway, here are a few pictures from the fun going on..

dr. penelope messick!

getting her doctoral hood

diplomas...woop woop

me and my boyfraaaand

justin, me, paul, kristen, and chad

i love my sister and brother!

the graduates.

umm

I must say that I have been super busy with school lately, so I haven't had much time for playing on my blog! I have not had time to breathe! BUT! The good news is that I have *drumroll* only NINETEEN DAYS until dead day! That's official days of class, not counting weekends. Then, I'll have a few more added after the 19 when I'm actually finished with finals! I AM ECSTATIC. REALLY. I AM.

i have something to say:

spring break! spring break! spring break!


that's all.

Mere Christianity

I'm taking a break from studying to write about one of my assignments this week. Seems a little weird, right? This week for my Fantasy class we're reading this:



I have been so ready to read it this semester! We have finally gotten to it and it has not disappointed me. C.S. Lewis is a genius. I've read two other books of his before. (You may be wondering why we're reading this for a "Fantasy" class. We're actually reading the Chronicles of Narnia, which ARE fantasy stories and also by Lewis. We're using Mere Christianity to kind of compare with his writing of Narnia. I'm not complaining...FINALLY something we're reading that really matters in the grand scheme of things!) Anyway, here is one of my favorite exerpts from the book so far.

"God is the only comfort. He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies."


I highly recommend reading this book! It will really open your eyes to things in Christianity and also just in humanity itself. He really "sees" people and puts things in such a "duh" way that you wonder how you never noticed it before. By the half-way mark smoke was coming out of my ears...

study break

right now i'm taking a break from my online class. i'm a little distracted and i realized i hadn't written in a while. and i thought i'd get better at this blogging thing! not a whole lot has been going on.. justin is getting ready for hunting season.. he's getting the itch. and me, i'm just spending every waking minute (it seems) doing homework. i have an overwhelming amount to read this semester... ahh the joys of being an english major! i'm finishing up one novel for this week soon and starting another a.s.a.p. i need to start that one..um 4 days ago. too much! anyway, i'm blessed that i'm able to go to school. and one as fine as troy. (sarcasm...that is for another, much more lengthy post) i'm finished. back to homework!

busy, busy

have you ever had so much to do that you can't seem to start (or finish) any of it? yeah...

i am literally about to pull my hair out this semester! i just can't seem to get anywhere close to organized and when i'm not organized i can't do much. between papers, reading loads, and sub-par administration at my wonderful university, i'm going nuts. the good thing is that i can actually see SOMEWHAT of a light at the end of the tunnel. i'm telling you, i'm gonna need some serious prayers, coffee, and possibly nerve and/or adhd medication lol. and think of justin too...he comes home from work to a wife trying desperately (sometimes failing miserably) not to complain every second about school.

on a less whiney note: i recently upgraded to the world of the iPhone. i've never really cared that much about having the latest phone, etc, but for some reason when it came time to upgrade i decided to try it. i. love. it. i am totally hooked. one of my favorite things about it is that i have all my music right on it. i just plug it into my car and WALAH! i'm ready to go. i would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves to procrastinate like meee.

and another way i procrastinate on the weekends now is ...FOOTBALL. it is finally here! if i'm totally honest, it is the main reason fall is my favorite season. and because you can actually walk outside in south alabama and not melt. i love waking up to college gameday on espn. the last two weeks we've missed it though...opening weekend we went to tuscaloosa (rtr) and last weekend we were in auburn. and by the way, peeling is way worse than the sunburn. justin and i got reaaaaally burnt at that auburn game (nail biter). my perfect husband just tanned beautifully the next day. no big deal. i've been hurting for days and now my entire face is peeling off. no big deal.

later-
Andi

yay

Well, there has been a lot going on so I really haven't had time to think about updating my blog. I just started back to school 2 weeks ago and we are definitely already in FULL swing! I am excited to say that I am graduating in the spring! My sister is graduating Troy with me. My little brother is graduating high school. AND my mama is graduating from Auburn's Dr program! So, we're all sporting the caps and gowns this spring. We're very excited. More later!

Just words...

Needless to say, I have not been on here in forever. Over a year to be exact. I just recently got interested in blogging again and decided I would try it...again. So, here we go...

I just have to say how excited I am that it is almost SPRING! I am not a cold weather person at all and I am glad it's finally starting to look like south Alabama weather again. And sring brings in my favorite holiday: Easter. I love the colors of Easter, the fellowship, the family, and of course, the story. Nothing makes Jesus more real to me than reading through the story of His crucifixion and resurrection and just thinking about it. Looking at it through the perspective that He did it all for me... wow. Easter is on Justins birthday this year...so he gets to be special. :) He will be 27!

I am on Spring Break right now. It's my first (almost) completely free spring break since the 8th grade. I finally get one where there are no softball practices and no set working schedules!! Woohoo! I've really enjoyed it, even though I've done more reading for school this week than I do when I'm IN school. :) So I'll be the only nerd ahead of the class when school starts next week.

On a more serious note, there's been some sad days in Troy this week. On Monday, Brittany Shepard Pugh and her baby boy, Shep, were killed in a car accident. I didn't know either of them, but I know Brittany's husband and Shep's father, Clint. It just breaks my heart to think of what he is going through right now. All we can do is continue praying for Clint and all who were close to Brittany and Shep. Life is so short. - Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4