I *heart* Starfire.

"Robin, who is this girl? And why does she call you, 'Poo'?" -Starfire, Teen Titans

(There you go Kels and Am. I did it, and yes, it made me laugh when I typed it. :) *C

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Alright so, in my last post I said that I don't really miss anyone from school, and I read it and felt like a huge jerk. :) It's not true. I'm just missing the whole school enviroment. But I know at the end of the week I'll be ready to go back.

So...the last week-ish has been really....weird. :) I can't think of any more potent word for it. It's just been WEIRD. I survived my first Penner Christmas last week, and it was SO much fun. I turned 19, which is strange. No one EVER talks about 19. It's always 16, 18, and 20...and then it seems to be every decade is a big deal. But never 19. Hmm. Anyway, we actually had a really goof Christmas at my house this year. Usually it's really stressful and everyone's just super tired, but this year was good. Thank goodness. Yesterday I was really sick, and then I had to sing/play in church today. It was actually really fun. Robyn was pretty nervous I think, cuz she sort of had to lead it, but I was just like YEEAH...havin so much fun. :)

I hung out with my "married" friend Ashley Budd on Friday, and it was awesome. I miss hanging out with her. It was cool though, she was bringing up all these crazy old memories of us and I had actually forgotten alot of them. She seemed to miss our talks and times, too. That's reassuring for me. I thought that I was old news, and I was kind of ok with that. :)

OH MY WORD!!! I talked to my mission rep from Sierra Leone the other day. He's at home in Virginia right now, and he just called to say hi. :) I flipped out, like FLIPPED out. It was probably the biggest surprise of my life. :) I was SOOOOO excited. He just asked me about life and school and such, and told me about some trips he'll be taking this spring. There's some really REALLY exciting stuff going on over there....it all makes me want to go back SO bad. Now I'm pretty sure that I will sometime. Just for a few weeks or something. He said that anytime I want to go back, just to let him know and he can set stuff up for me. Oh dang. That's scary, but so so so incredibly exciting. THAT idea is one thing that makes me almost burst with excitement.

Anyway, I'm out. EVANESCENCE in 15 SLEEPS!!!!! Woo hoo!!! :)

*Caitlin

Umm....2+2 is 4?

Oh retail therapy. It's a wonderful thing really. And all I bought for myself today is three sweet rings...and yesterday it was necklaces. :) I admit, I'm addicted.

Ok. So it's Christmas Break...and I'm not actually missing school as much as I thought I would. Weird. My parents were gone with the little kids for the whole 1st weekend of the break, so that was kind of fun. I got to cook (I suck) and hang out with my next in line siblings. We did some kind of random things...we're strange. We belted out Point of Grace Christmas songs in the kitchen, watched "Elf" and laughed our heads off (I did anyway), wrestled as usual, had a sort of freaky experience babysitting til 4:30 am, and played a crappy game of Skip Bo. I hadn't played that since I was in Africa, so it brought back some random memories. :) But ho man, I laughed SO hard at Will Ferrell in Elf...my brother tells me that I'm a "freak." But I already know that, so it's all good.

I don't actually miss anyone from school except my roommate. It's weird. But I miss her TONS!!! We're pretty tight, and we've never ever fought or even been annoyed with each other. It's amazing. Last year the roommate thing was rough, but ended good, this year so far is just all phenomenal. :)

The whole "next year" thing has been bothering me SO much lately. There's alot of things I would like to do, but nothing like, "I HAVE to do this with my life." Right now the goal I have is to finish school, and that will last me for a few months yet. The only thing I can think of that I REALLY want to do is go back to Africa for a while. I have NO clue when or with who, cuz I am NOT going alone. But I kind of don't want to think about it too much, it's bad for me. Even my dad asked me what I want to do with my life. I threw out a few really random things that I always thought would be cool, but none of them stuck out to me. He didn't reassure me too much, but I know it'll be ok. Oh bah! In my own words, "WORRY IS SIN!" :) And I am guilty of it often. Ha. :)

Anyway...I have a hankering for lime and black pepper chips. Oh yumma.... :) Thanks for the 3 bucks for that, Kerri! :) Merry December 20th...I'm 19 in 6 days. Woot.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Gal. 5:1)

*Yeama

Done done done...

Prepare yourself for some pretty useless info that I just felt like typing out. :) Ok, so does anyone remember Gus the mouse from Cinderella? When I said, "Done done done" in my head, I thought of how he says, "Don't don't don't" with his chubby arms crossed over his chubby belly and shaking his head like crazy. It makes me laugh. I hope someone else knows what I'm talking about. :) But yes, I am DONE all of my assignments for this semester. WOOOOOO!!!! I was actually not all pumped up on Friday when I finished, but it does feel good. Now I just have one exam on Wed. and I'm TOTALLY done for three whole weeks. OH joy. Oh bliss. Yesterday I watched my siblings in the kids Xmas play at my church. They just looked SO thrilled to be up there, ho man. :) I remember loving those things, but I also got to play cooler parts like Mary. :) It was nice to see them a little bit more this week. Hopefully that "niceness" will stick around for the break. I will be really super sad to leave school though. Rachelle and I already talked about how much we'll miss each other. We talk ALOT...so it will be weird not to have her around. Man, she is SOOOO different from me. It's cool how we balance each other out. I will definitely miss my care group, too. I love love LOVE those girls! The other day one of them hardcore tackled me into the snow. She said it, but I know it...I am a HUGE wuss! My neck was SO sore the next day...and now I'm like, so paranoid that she'll do it again. :) We laughed about it. So yup. I will miss those girls alot. I had a dream about camp last night, and now I want to be there SO bad! :) I'm already a little anxious about it. I really don't know what I'll be doing, but I REALLY want to still counsel. I love doing that....just love it SO much. It's always hard at times, but I seriously forget the crappy stuff. Thankfully I remember the good times, even with really tough girls. I am just so freaked out of doing new things, stuff I've never done before. But it NEVER fails, EVERY summer I get asked to do something new that I do not think I can do. We'll see. I just can't believe that I want to be there already. It's like, 6 months away! :) Anyhoo...Go see the movie Blood Diamonds (it's about Sierra Leone), wear flip flops in the winter, paint your nails bright purple, and please please please remember that "you need that boy like a bowling ball dropped on your head which means not at all." (That was for my Kels :) *Yeama