I'm a late blogger...what can I say?

Ok so my life....in a nutshell I am beyond rundown and have yet to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I am trying to buckle down trust in God and ride this rough patch out. Now that you are caught up I need to share with the most amazing terrifying thing that happened to me the other day...by the other day I mean

January 18th 2011

On this day I intended to go to placement at the Elementary school and live life normally thank God that His plans are always far better than any that I have for myself. I woke up in a panic and there was a knock at my door and about ten missed calls on my cell phone. I ran to the door and said leave without me knowing immediately that I had woken up late. I already wasn't feeling well when I went to bed the night before and I woke up feeling worse so I decided to stay home for the day because I needed some R&R something fierce. I texted my friend Allyson who rides with me in carpool and told her that I just wasn't going. She responded that she wished she wasn't going either...little did I know how much we would wish for this later.

I slept until around 11 when I got a text message from Allyson

"Hey girl. We got in a bad accident this morning...i am so thankful you wernt in the car cause you would have been really injured."

In disbelief I thought why would she joke like that. Then immediately after I got a similar message from another girl in my carpool. Shocked I began to pray and cry and inquire for more details and continued to pray and cry some more.

Not long after leaving from not picking me up they were headed down the road when another car was suddenly skidding towards them in their lane. There was nothing they could do to avoid it. My friend Allyson was injured the worst. She suffered a broken rib, internal bruising on her kidney and her chest cavity. The other girls were both banged up, bruised, and scared.

I would have been the last one to be picked up that morning and I would have been sitting in the worst spot of the wreck and I could have been very seriously hurt, but....

My God had other plans,
My God kept me safe,
My God was with me this morning!

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways..."
Isaiah 55:9

College Part Three...Blah

I just am not really enjoying college right now. There are really fun moments sometimes, but overall this just isn't my favorite year. I like everything that I'm doing, but I am having trouble loving it with all my heart.I am stuck in this weird limbo of going to the elementary school and being an almost teacher and then having to go to classes and be taught(although in some of them not much learning is happening on my end). Seeing these children just makes me want to be done with school and have my own classroom. I really, really, REALLY want to be placed in a self-contained special ed. classroom. Seeing as this is where I plan to spend my life I would like to visit one before my first day on the job when its just me. I am LOVING all of the children!!! I feel God reassuring me in little ways that this IS what I am meant to be doing, but I just want to go ahead and do it already and stop learning about the hypothetical situations. I learn from experience...the first week in a Kindergarten inclusion class I had my hair pulled and had to have a child pulled off of me twice. I learned to wear my hair back everyday and that she is the one student that you should not try to be on-level with when you are talking to her...I LOVED it!!!

As far as my life though...something, more like someone, is missing THIS GIRL. I love being an Alpha Gam, but she was my favorite part of it. I love going to bible study and obviously God is my favorite part of that, but Lindsey was a close second. I got a date for formal, but

a)I don't really want to go without her.
b)I got a date that I like and I'm not even as excited about him because I can't share it with her.
c)All of the above

Everything I do I feel would be exponentially better if she were here. I have no time for anything though and normally I would go to her house and hang out at whatever random time I felt the urge. Now we have to plan our hangouts. She tried a surprise visit and I was not here. I cried so much that my mom offered to skip the JDRF walk that we were headed to and drive me to Dahlonega to see her. This was the second failed attempt because of my ridiculously hectic life.
Lindsey has been so good to me in so many ways. She is a true friend, a wonderful big, an uplifting sister, and a sister in Christ that found ways to bring me closer to Him. So basically it is easy to see why I love her so much and why I need her in my life.
Well fear not bloggy friend because in just a little more than one short week I will be traveling to the wonderful land of Madison, Georgia to see this lovely gal.
Update to follow (I promise)

I finally finished...kinda

I finally finished my fabric flower garden:
It turns out I had more residents on my hall then I expected so I had to make a few more...Then I decided I like flowers so much that I made some out of construction paper and buttons to put in a vase (sugar jar from the $1 store) on the window sill.
Then I made some lovely road trip inspired pillows for my common room. They were intended to go on the couch...unfortunately my common room is the only one that has yet to receive a couch.
On of my favorite projects came from Little Bit Funky. I especially like this project because I found a frame for free at home so it cost less than a dollar to make.

Unfortunately, it was too heavy for 3m tape and I can't use nails in the walls at school. So late one night while I was decorating the rest of my hall I heard a big boom and found it sadly broken on the ground. Today I found a smaller frame at walmart for only $3 though, so I made a replacement.

Hi my name is Brandi and I'm a blogaholic

After reading the title you may be thinking...not true Brandi you barely ever blog. My real problem is that I have become addicted to reading them and stealing new ideas for my to-do list. These are the new projects that I have begun...

I want/ desperately needed some furniture for my room. After going to my first ever auction with my grandmother, then several yard sales, and a flea market I got two new pieces for $15 total. I tried my hand at haggling...I offered $10 she said no and I said ok $15 it is.
I have big plans for this stuff mostly inspired by knack. The bottom picture will actually go on top. I have been sanding and sanding and hopefully I will reach the wood soon.
I am going to be a Resident Assistant starting in August so I have been working on decorations for my hall. I am currently making a fabric flower garden to go on the wall. This is what I have so far...

For-Real-Babysitting and it's Friday!!!

Today I am REALLY babysitting...like it is a REAL baby! Usually I babysit children, but this kid isn't even a year old. He is adorable and we are having a blast together except for the whole teething thing which is really no fun at all. Initially I said that if all went well I intended to find a boyfriend, get married, and have a baby before the Summer ended...after the entire day and several diaper changes I have decided I will take my time!

My excitement about Friday is thanks to the little things we do for the ever fascinating

FILL IN THE BLANK FRIDAY

1. If I could choose my last meal it would be Country fried steak, mashed potatoes with the white really bad for you gravy, corn on the cob, green beans from a can, a Butterfingers milkshake from Sonic, and so much dessert that the list would just go on forever .

2. My favorite person to share a meal with is Lindsey and Caitlin because it is always more fun eating at their house especially chicken taco Thursday!

3. The best meal I've ever had was During revival at my church we eat outside on the picnic tables those have probably been my best meals because everybody from the church brings their best dish and you get to have a little bit of each.

4. The one food that makes me feel instantly better when I'm having a bad day is milk and noodles, but it is best one my mom makes it because I find a way to mess it up every time .

5. My absolute specialty in the kitchen is I am best at desserts, mainly cakes, brownies, and cookies. Other than that I make a mean spicy Asian chicken and noodles .

6. The city that has the best food is Canton, because I haven't traveled much so it's basically all I know and my favorite restaurant there is The Hoagie Shop in downtown! Everyone who has ever been there will vouch for it, but the argument then becomes what is the best sandwich. For me it is hands down the Russell special .

7. My favorite healthy snack is I LOVE those fiber one bars unfortunately they don't always love me back .

8. In my opinion the nationality which has the best food is Asian because it was a toss up between Chinese and Japanese .

9. If I could learn to cook anything in the world (and be really good at it!) I'd choose pancakes because I love them oh so much, but I still haven't got the hang of flipping .

10. The most outrageous dessert I've ever had was I've had some pretty outrageously gross ones, but the most outrageous one that I've ever made was a heart-shaped red velvet cake for my mom's birthday aka Valentine's Day. It was from boxed cake mix and I used either three or four boxes. It was HUGE !

First-evers

One of the things that I looked forward to most about blogging was fill-in-the-blank-Fridays from the little things we do unfortunately I missed Friday and I don't want to start off breaking the rules so that will just have to wait until next Friday. The other thing is this guy...

Look what I got:

My lovely first ever bloggy friend(and also real life friend) Lindsey gave me my first ever blog award. I now have to tell 5 things that make me happy and pass it along to 5 people. Unfortunately I have been working on this for days and I just don't have five bloggy friends to extended the award to just yet. I will however tell you 5 things that make me happy and I will work on that other part later.

1.Crafting-This is a pillow that I am currently constructing for a friend.

2.Kent Boyd- He is my favorite new contestant on So You Think You Can Dance. He is a wonderful dancer and he is adorable. Also he said that not only is he interested in women, but his perfect woman would be just like his mom (whom I am sure I have tons in common with).
3.Weddings-I have been to several weddings this summer and all of them have been wonderful especially the recent union of Mr. and Mrs. Shostak. I cannot wait to meet Mr. Right and I am already planning our wedding so I hope he is ready!4.Summer days at my Grandparents' house- I spent over three and a half hours stringing beans...I thought I liked to string beans until I did it for three and half hours now I'm pretty sure I hate it. By the end I felt as if my hands looked like this:However, I do love spending summer days at my grandparents house. Everything is more leisurely there.

5.Kayaking- This weekend I am going on a kayaking trip with my dad. This time we are going on a set path...a good idea considering the last trip we planned ourselves took over six hours and we only got half way to our destination. Kayaking trips with my dad are so great because he is just hilarious. Last time we passed some cows and he continued to moo for the next five to ten minutes...he is so weird= I love him!

Unemployment

This summer has been eventful...to say the least. I have been trying to find a job since I got of school at the end of April. In the beginning I was very upset, but then something unexpected happened. About a month ago my thirtyish-year-old uncle had a very unexpected stroke. I helped them finish their homeschooling so that their mom could spend more time at the hospital. I KNEW that this was part of HIS plan. It made sense that I couldn't get a job because this is what I was meant to be doing. HE made it possible for me to help them. Through the whole time I became more and more amazed at my aunt. I kept thinking back to something we had read at my bible study during the year; Hannah's song. Hannah is this incredible woman. She wants more than anything to be a mother, but her womb won't have it. Instead of being angry with God for not allowing her to have children

"Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation." I Samuel 2:1

Her relationship with her husband is the kind that I hope for. Elkanah had to wives and the other had given him many children, but Hannah was his true love. My aunt reminds me so much of Hannah because even during this tragedy she never question God and her faith never wavered. She was thankful that God had looked over them all and kept something much worse from happening. She has been incredibly strong the whole time and now her husband is going to be coming home soon!

Her strength has been incredibly inspiring and although I want to be more like that it hasn't happened yet. Thus I am incredibly frustrated because I have applied to several more jobs and nobody is hiring me. I interviewed at Cracker Barrel and the guy really liked me and said that I was very qualified and had a good personality that would fit in well. Unfortunately he knew that right questions to ask and I had to tell him that I could basically only work for two months. I tried to convince him that I would work weekends and breaks during school. He said that he would try to talk to his boss about it, but the two months was the big catch. Well he was supposed to call if I got it and... no call = no job as of yet. I wish that I could have the strength of Hannah, but I still keep thinking OK God I understand they needed me, but not anymore so why can't I get a job! I know that he'll work it all out, but I have never gone into a school year with this little saved up so yeah... I'm nervous.