I hate being fat.
I love Maroon5.
I miss my best friends that aren't in Lincoln.

so long texas

I've been over the whole blogging thing lately.  Why would I blog when I'm busy doing and enjoying and living?  Which as you've probably guessed means that I've been consumed with Kyle and family so I don't ever want to take precious time away from us to log on and blab.  Basically in the last two weeks, I've finished up my SPAN 303 class.  Let me just say that the Spanish program at UTA is a COMPLETE JOKE!!!  I feel totally unprepared for the SPAN 321 (Spanish Civ) class I'm taking this semester and I breezed through my summer Spanish classes (at least it will boost my GPA...)  OK back to my last 2 weeks-ish.  I've finished up my last week at the wonderful place known as CCH!  Ummm packed for Nebraska in literally 1 night, drove to NE, moved in and set everything up in 2 days (!!), drove to CO and enjoyed time with family.  It ended with me taking Kyle to the airport (thanks Nate) at 4am in the mornin' and then getting sick and having to skip my cousins wedding.  Yea, I got another UTI!  Which was not fun to deal with on my 7 hr drive back to Lincoln alone..  I have a love/hate relationship with Nebraska.  I hate the state as a whole.  I find most of the people to be very vanilla, the state to be boring, people to be very closed minded and ummm not the most accepting of cultures/people that are different than what their used to.  But I love living on my own, I love my roommates and friends, I love husker football, and even school.  So I'm not sure how I feel about being back.  Mostly the same I guess.  Another year down.  OK this post is getting weird.  It has no direction and that's bad because I can ramble for another 500 words...  I'm going to end by picking up where I left off.  Pictures of where I want to get married!

In this view you can see where I worked all summer

I like it.

I'll probably change my mind a thousand more times before I get married, but for my now this is the place for me :)

A more coherent post will be up soon..  probably with pictures!

Wow.  Eventful morning.  I was planning on signing on here this morning to complain and vent about a just barely missing having a major car accident (be the grace of God) on an exit ramp off of I30 this morning.  I was upset and called Kyle crying and telling him how much I hate being on the road for nearly 2 hrs every day because careless, reckless people have nearly killed me about 5 times in the last 3 days.  That's a little unnerving.  At the end of our conversation he says "Well I hope your day gets better, and I'll pray for you."
Well it did. 
Not even 5 minutes later I was in my boss' office and she was complimenting me on my performance this summer.  I mean she said some of the nicest and most encouraging things I've ever heard, especially from a non-family member.  I am still completely floored.  She told me that the work I've produced this summer is easily graduate-level or better and that if I chose to go to medical school at UNTHSC she will do everything in her power to give me a job so I can work throughout all 4 years of school.  She also offered me a job for next summer saying no matter what she will always find money to fund me (we're non-profit and work out of grants).  What a blessing this job has been!  I am so thankful for my wonderful boss and that God has placed me in the most amazing work enviornment I could ever ask for.  I am surrounded by wonderful Chrisitan women who are truly exceptional at what they do.  How many people (that work in a non-christian field/faith based organization) can say that everyone they work with is in love with God and live their lives for him on a daily basis?  I can!  Praise be to Him because He hit me with the best ton of bricks this morning and said "hey there little miss, I know what I'm doing, I'm still working in your life, chill out about the stupid stuff because I have it all under control. Didn't you know it was me guiding your vehicle out of that wreck? Didn't you know I would take care of your school and career because you are going to do great works for me?  Come on now Lauren, don't forget about me."

Preview

I want to get married here

Photo taken by me before work, more to come as promised.

I wonder if people actually think I'm dumb enough to believe some of the lies they feed me.