hiii friends. so i've been learning some rad stuff in comparitive religions recently, about islam. its blowing my brains out a bit. i just posted something about it... A LOT of stuff about it and what stuff says in the koran if you actually read it. i have some notes that andrej made that are AMAZINGGG about it. i posted it and then i deleted it because i felt weird/not right about posting stuff about it on here. if you want to see them, its great stuff and i'd love to share.

NYCCC

i just got back from nyc last night! i left on wednesday evening- took the red eye, and got there on thursday morning! my mother, sister, friend allison from san clemente, and her mother came. it was so much fun! we stayed in the marriot marque i think its called in times square. thank goodness for free hotels thanks to having time shares. anyways i fell in love with it! i know everytime i come back from a place i say i want to move there... but man if i have a good job before i am married i am going to move there. some highlights: we saw phantom of the opera, statue of liberty, went up to the empire state building- such a typical tourist thing, went shopping like crazy, found my senior ball dress!, went to st. patricks for mothers day service, saw rod stewart in central park, took a carrage in central park, and just had lots of laughs. and man oh man. i loved it. i have no more money in my bank account. i stoked up on clothes. the whole time i was watching the phantom of the opera i couldn't stop thinking about how long they had to practice and all there life stories.. kind of distracted me from actually watching it, but it was soo good. times square is a blast. i tell ya, i feel real safe in new york. maybe thats because i was in manhattan and not the outside bit of it. but i wasn't worried at all, which is very unusual for me. the people were really nice too. all in all: i loved it.

senior trip and grad thoughts.

this weekend was a blast and i am soo thankful for all the leaders who put it together and were there for us. we had the wondeful oppertunity to go up to yosemite and go white water rafting. we had time to spent together and reflect on high school... and it was super fun and got me thinking about a lot of stuff. i had a really hard time with my asthma while i was there. but it was cool because i felt like God was just telling me that he will take care of me during the whole time, and he totally did. i'm in a bitter sweet place right now i must say. i was SO excited to get the heck out of high school but now i'm so sad. i am so sad to leave all my friends from donlon, to hart, and then to foothill. even if i didn't hang out with them in hs i'm sad. its so odd. and then tonight we had a salt meeting with all the leaders and i am SOOO thankful for all the leaders who spent time with me! like it means the world to me. its also a very cool time because i am just realizing how thankful i should be that God has put so many amazing things infront of my eyes and has blessed me in so many ways in high school. man i am just so thankful. heres some cool lyrics from phil wickhams song always forever.

You are the hand that catches my fall
You are the friend that answers my call
You are my day, You are my night
You are my love and all of my life

You are the love I need
You are the air I breathe
You are my love my life always forever
I would lay down my life
Just to be by Your side
You are my love my life always forever

You are the grace that covers my sin
You’re everything the beginning and end
You have my soul, my heart and my mind
You have my love and all of my life

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, forever

EXCITED!

i am excited for...
1. seeing spiderman @ midnight tonight! thanks to quest!
2. finding out i DIDN"T break my finger but just sprained it.
3. that i get to sleep until 8 tomorrow and have tim make us senior breakfast!
4. having a super easy schedule tomorrow!
5. senior trip this weekend in yosemite and WHITE water rafting!
6. going to NYC next wednesday!
7. and i am PUMPED to be graduating soon!

man. that is an exciting list.
and speaking of graduation. heres my senior pic.

finger madness.

first off i'd just like to say i really like this blog thing. i don't think anyone actually reads this, which is kind of funny, but i still like it.

so i'm pretty sure i broke my finger. or maybe its sprained of something. on saturday night we went to cheesecake factory in the city for xtinas bday. and a lady in the bathroom slammed the door on my poor little finger haha. and she didn't even say sorry! oh well. anyways it didn't hurt until yesterday during SALT when nate darnell told me i probably broke it. last night i couldn't sleep it was a night mere. and i didn't go to breakfast because of it haha so lame. and i didn't even have to work! YES! anyways i went to the doctor because at lunch melanie told me they would have to cut off my finger if i didn't! so dramatic. of course i believed her. its so funny how serious doctors can be. Dr. Wang was so serious! he had to use this blaze thing to cut open an infected area on my finger and i kept saying "ahh is it going to hurt?!" and side note: isn't it nice to have a doctor who is super caring and reassures you it's going to be okay? yes! but nope, that did not happen with this doctor. anyways he did it and i got through it. and then got a x-ray and the whole bit. kind of ridiculous just for a finger. now its feeling much nicer. afterwards i went to tullys to get free ice tea from my sister. and i saw nate darnell there and got to show him my finger again haha. he should be a doctor or something. anyways its going to be okay!

this weekend if senior adventure weekend at yosemite. i am pumped. i'm hoping that people can get work off and such to go. common white water rafting, why wouldn't someone go?! i'm excited. i think everyone should go.

well i hope yal are having a great day :)