The beginning of a new semester. New roomates, new classes, new routine... It's going well so far. :) The opening meetings were extraordinarily good this year. One message was on not letting things that have gone wrong in the past, i.e. the summer, keep you from continuing down that path. God has been speaking at me lately... and this semester... things are going to change. It's time. :) He has been so good to me, constantly reminding me of truths that I haven't thought about lately. I am SO thankful for the verse "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Truly, God is so good.
I have been away from home for 3 full years, and this is my fourth fall in Florida. I haven't been homesick since freshman year. This weekend, I was SO homesick. I sat in.my room and cried! Partly because I missed fall and PA and because I just wanted a hug from my dad. But its ok. :) Florida isn't so bad...

This is how I feel these days. ;)

Two months of events and I do not have nearly enough time to bore you with them. Quick overview:

1. Roadtrip to NC with my best friends! Many stories to be told. I think my lot in life is to always be an accomplice. hehe.

2. I was recertified in CPR and AED. I have a mouthpiece and I am not afraid to use it.

3. Jim Thorpe Whitewater Rafting. It caused me a huge headache, but in the end, it was alot of fun. Good laughs. ;)

The whole group, advancing into the unknown waters of the Lehigh. ;)

4. I turned 21. Old age looms before me. I got a new license with which I proudly showed when I was carded. :D

>> Side note: The most notable present I received was a GPS. My days of exploring the countryside have come to an adrupt and happy end. Her name is Bridget Jones, complete with an English accent. Sometimes, we get into arguments when I try to outwit her but all together, we get along just fine.

5. Family camping trip in the wilds of Pennsylvania. We lost electricity on our camping trip! You can imagine my horror. Roughing it? Really.

6. I paid off my school bill. Huge answer to prayer.

7. Summer is wrapping up. :( It went incredibly fast. I am ready to return, though. I always have the feeling that I can't stay in one place for too long. Maybe I've grown accustomed to constant upheaval. Anyway, packing has begun, goodbyes are being said, car is being prepped... And so on.

Hopefully I'll get one more on here before I head back to the constant state of happiness, otherwise known as "PCC". ;) *snort*

So I Kinda like this blogging thing. I didn’t think I would. So the past few weeks have been so busy it seems! Summer is going way too fast. To update on a few highlights.
I really like my job this summer. Well, it is still incredibly boring and unchallenging, but the client I’m with is one of the coolest I’ve gotten to work with. I can’t describe it in detail because of HIPPA, but my client is 19 years old, a freshman in college. She is so fun and I already know I am going to miss her a lot when I go back to school. I spend the day with her and help her with personal care stuff. ;) Gets interesting. Two weeks ago, she went to a camp for physically disabled and I got to go with her and get paid! Let me tell you, it was so weird when I got there because even though I work with these type of people, every camper was in a wheelchair and had some type of brain injury or physical disability. As in they can’t even go to the bathroom by themselves. And I’m totally a germ freak so it disgusted me when they would pee all over themselves and then hug me. Plus, like any other normal person, I felt awkward around them because I didn’t want to stare and I didn’t know what to say. That was Monday. By Tuesday, I learned their names and actually talked to all the campers. These people are amazing. They were some of the kindest, most personable people I have ever talked to. They look so pitiful to me at first, you know? But once you Talk to each of them, they each have their own sense of humor and an amazing personality. They can’t walk, hold their own cups or poop by themselves. But they were so happy! They had the best attitudes and they encouraged each other constantly. I love to hear them laugh. I think I might be interested in working with them in the future. They make you feel like you’re the most amazing person in the world for helping them. It’s a nice feeling. ;) By Friday, I didn’t even mind their pee hugs. Of course, my Germ-X was on hand 24-7. Haha.
And so after that I went to NJ to visit my roomie for the night. She’s my bed buddy at school. ;) Every since I have had my license., I have been awful with directions. Really really awful. This was proven again on the trip to Seaville, NJ. To begin with, Mapquest said to turn left out of the driveway. I got a little confused and turned right which took me about, oh 15 miles in the wrong direction. ( I still don’t know right from left actually) The first in a series of frustrating wrong turns. I got that fixed and then drove on my merry little way until I got to Philly in rush hour. I love Philly- the busyness, the people, the cheesesteaks, the history, the freakin road signs that make no sense at all… So I missed my first turn and took a nice little tour through center city Philly, passing by the Liberty Bell and other areas of interest. Then I went over the Ben Franklin Bridge about, say, 4 times. Which cost me $20! An hour’s pay! The gas station lady didn’t know what she was talking about, neither did the homeless man I met on the street. And let me tell you, I might be pregnant from how hard Mapquest raped me that day. Haha. I’ll spare you the rest of the details, sufficing it to say I got totally lost in NJ. But all in all, after that completely disastrous trip, and the help of my roommates brother who had to bail me out, I made it. And we had a lovely time. Caught up on the boy news. Watched movies ‘til 3 am. So fun. One of the perks of college. ;)
I don’t want to bore you with 4 weeks of activities, because it will be ridiculously long. So I’ll end here and continue in my next entry.

So it goes....

My first post. I spent about a week making the page, still can't come up with a cool title, and I kept procrastinating actually blogging. I didn't know what to say! :) So... I'll keep it short.
I didn't work too much this week which coincided nicely with my dad and brothers being gone. My mom, sister and I had the house to ourselves which gave us many opportunities to catch up on our chick flicks. And eat ice cream and other sorts of junk food. The evidence is right on my face- it looks like I have a constellations on it. *sigh* It was a nice, quiet, relaxing week.
The Reading Hospital offered me a job on second shift as a phelbotomist in the ER and surrounding departments. I wanted it so badly, but I couldn't take it because I didn't want to quit my current job (it has got to be the most incredibly boring job in the world). I don't know... It would just seem so irresponsible to quit a month after starting. So I tossed around the idea of working both which would mean a 14 hour day. The monetary return would be fantastic, not to mention the experience. On the flip side, I would be incredibly grouchy (what happens when I do not sleep at least 7 hours), no church on Wednesday night, and generally no life to speak of. I'm home for my last summer, I might as well enjoy it while I am able to, right? Yes. I agree with you. I'm glad we're on the same page. I will just have to trust the Lord for my school bill. Every semester, it always gets paid. I don't know how. But it does. :)
I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice. It's on my summer list. While at school this past semester, I made a list of things to do this summer. I'll share them! :D

• Ride my bike to Philly. (I don't think I can do it. But I'm looking for a new destination)
• Go fishing with my brothers.
• Read at least 5 "worth-while" books. None of this other nonsense I usually find myself enjoying. (2 down!)
• Explore Bethlehem, Allentown, and surrounding areas for amazing local restaurants and cafe's.
• Run 3 miles without stopping. (Halfway there!)
• Spend a weekend with my gram and pap, looking through photo albums and drinking coffee on the deck.
• Go white water rafting in Jim Thorpe.
• Go to New York/Philly/D.C. Either or.
• Sleep outside.
• Budget my paycheck. (*sigh* work in progress.)
• The most important: Get over it, and move on. Because there is so much more to life than the ridiculousness I get myself into. ( I know what that means. You don't need to. haha)

I know there are more. I forget them though. So I need to share 2 quotes from Pride and Prejudice with you.

If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.--Chapter 6

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
--Chapter 24

I said that would be short. ;) My bad.