Followers

Okay, so I know I JUST posted something, but then I found this nifty little area where I can see stuff about who is viewing my blog. Check it out! This is sooooo cool!... I mean, I am not sure I can trust these statics... like why would 14 people in China have stumbled upon my blog? I have never even mentioned China, I don't think! It is still kinda cool though :)
Sorry for the way it looks, the sizing is all wrong, but I hope you can read it fine :D

No-knighters

Thats right.... did you see what I did with that title there? I Turned No-nighters (the original intention) to No-knighters.... cause I'm a UCF Knight and thats what we do.

Anyway, this is my study break. yuck. That's right, its 12:31am and I am blogging for a study break. I have a test tomorrow plus a group meeting about a project for that same class. Ugh. Actually, I have had SUCH a full week. On Monday, I had several things due online, then Tuesday I had a Medical Terminology Test and work that night. Wednesday, I THOUGHT I had a Spanish paper due and seriously spent probably about 7 or 8 hours on it (between Tuesday and Wednesday) BUT as it turned out, I still have a week! Not such a big deal EXCEPT for the fact that I could have been studying for my test tomorrow! Ah!.... actually, I mean today! This sucks! I have had an average bedtime of 3:30 am on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and now tonight BUT and average wake up time of about 8:30am. :/ I am running on empty here. Actually, It does suck, but I don't really notice too much of a difference during the main part of the day as long as I keep eating stuff! lol PLUS, to top off my misery, it is homecoming this week! (Hence the Night to Knight shift) and it has literally been a No-Knighter for me! I haven't been to a single homecoming event nor will I get to go to any other ones except Spirit Splash on Friday. Thankfully, this is one of the most important ones. I will be sure to update you then :)
After my thursday classes (which run until about 9pm) I get to enjoy a little frozen yogurt at Ikiwi (yummmmmm) and then hopefully catch up on a tv show or two then beddddd!.... until I have to get up for spirit splash the next morning, but again, more on that to come!
As for other important news: the 7th Harry Potter movie (part 1) comes out in LESS THAN A MONTH!
I really don't know what to expect from it since I really disliked the 6th one but we'll see. I will always love the Harry Potter books anyways <3
hmmm, I guess that is it for now. :) Hope you enjoyed my newest woes. haha Probably pretty boring but hey, it sure is fun to rant a bit! =]

Vows

It is 3am and I am still awake.... should be sleeping, though. Today I went to a college church group called kaleo. I was pretty good, nothing amazing. The pastor, Dan, had this strangely Amish-like beard.  His sermon was about the topics of the love between a bride and groom and the symbolism in marriage ceremonies that come from the bible. Afterwords, he told us that it was his 13th wedding anniversary and he was surprising his wife that night by renewing their Wedding Vows. She had been in another room with their two girls. He had four or five of his friends there to be the wedding party and the pastor too. She had no idea beforehand! AND, what was even more awesome, was their little reception they had complete with pizza and cake. They even got to do their "first dance" over again (to the tune of "A Whole new World" lol).
They didn't say write their own vows (obviously, since this was a surprise for the wife) but I thought it was still a really cute idea. I felt a little odd being there with me two other friends since we didn't know them before, but they didn't seem to mind! haha
Just thought I'd share. Peace Out. Gonna watch some Phineas and Ferb till I fall asleep.

Forgeting Sleep

Ahhhh HeAdAcHeEeEeEeeeEe. :(
So to shed a little light on what I can only assume to be a typical experience for most college students.... the all-nighter.
Of course, it wasn't really an all nighter, I did get a liiiitle sleep. You see, today (well, by now it is probably yesturday).... monday, I mean, I had a Statistics test and a Spanish Test. Plus, Monday I have my Accounting homework due via the web AND I a Spanish essay due. Then, on Tuesday I have a Health Care test. Soooooo..... I stayed up till about 3/4am-ish Sunday night then woke up Monday morning @ 7 to get me study on before my 9:30 am Stat test. check. After class, about 10:30 or so, I settle back in my room for some quality Spanish writing. essay check. (insert rapid food break) about 12:30ish.... get distracted.....1:30 Study my actual spanish notes for the test. 3:30.... head to campus. 4:30 test. check. 6:00pm head home. food. 6:45.... The Current, my bible study group thingy..... they had ice cream this week....  :) ...... 9:00pm home. reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddd. 12:15am.....nowish. bedtime snack. bed. 8am.....wakeup.....stuuuuuuuuuudy. food. stuuuuuudy.....2:00pm head to campus. 3pm test. 5pm back home. food.  7:00pm..... kaleo(sp?) this other church group thingy....miss Glee.... 9pm home....accounting hw.....11pm....misc. tv......midnight. pass out.
What is the hardest part about all of this?  1.) NO FACEBOOK DISTRACTIONS and 2.) RESIST THE NAP TIME!
Welcome to my life. I'm here every Monday through Tuesday :P lol
Good night.

Academic Advisers

Do you ever get the feeling that the Academic Advisers that schools like to recommend so much really don't know anything? Obviously this is not true for all academic advisers, but the ones I have been to the past couple of years have definitely given me that impression. It starts when you receive an email or a notification that you have either been assigned an Academic Adviser (I'll call them AAs from now on) or that you should come visit their offices to see one. Then, you decide "hmm, maybe that would be a good idea" and go in. When you sit down with them though, they give off the air of "and why did you came see me, again?" which is totally opposite how they should be making you feel. Besides that, I feel like they never actually give me any useful information. I mean, one adviser the other day was going over  my degree audit with me during my meeting. There were two sections that  listed how many credits I had left but they both said a different amount. When I asked her why they were different, her exact reaction was : "uhhhhh..... I don't really know." Wow. On top of that, I have two majors, but no officially assigned AAs. Is there something wrong with that picture? 

Love Song for a Savior

I don't just decide to post lyrics very often, but I really like this song. It  is by Jars of Clay.  I have been listening to it a lot recently for this thing I am working on, and I thought I would share it here.  :)

"Love Song For A Savior"

In open fields of wild flowers,
she breathes the air and flies away
She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses
in no simple language
Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all

He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
Someday she'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call her and she will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"

Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
The sermon echoes through the walls
A great salvation through it calls to the people
who stare into nowhere, and can't feel the chains on their souls

He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
Someday we'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call us and we will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"

It seems too easy to call you "Savior",
Not close enough to call you "God"
So as I sit and think of words I can mention
to show my devotion

"I want to fall in love with You"

Love + America

I haven't updated anything on here in a while! well, today is not super exciting, I guess though. I really just have to study study study for a test later today. It so getting so hard to keep up with my homework AND tests! Ah!
Butttttt, hopefully this will start to come together soon! :) I've already got Sigma Phi Lambda going so that is awesome! I love my sisters!
Something I have been thinking about: Patriotism.
When I was in Spain it was obvious that, despite knowing they had flaws, they thought Spain was the greatest country ever to be a part of. That all had the  jerseys, the flags..... anything red and yellow in general lol  But here, is a different story. This past weekend was 9/11 and I didn't see any of extra "American Stuff" in stores. And I looked. In the end, they handed out about a million tiny flags on our way into the football stadium later that day, but I was still a little sad. I guess after seeing the amount of love the Spanish have for their country has made me a little jealous that we don't share that feeling about ours. So let me just say that I really love our country. It is not perfect in any way, but I do love the USA. I love the song Proud to be an American by Lee Greenwood...even tough it doesn't bother mentioning my dearest Florida lol.

If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I’d worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my family by my side.

I’d thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘ Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can’t take that away.

And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

From the lakes of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee.
Across the plains of Texas,
From sea to shining sea.

From Detroit down to Houston,
and New York to L.A.
Well there's pride in every American heart,
and its time we stand and say.

That I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

And I’m proud to be and American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.