Rambling...

So today has been a pretty average day. It consisted of me sleeping till 8:30, doing a bit of homework, driving to Lipscomb and spending 40 minutes looking for a parking spot, sitting through convocation (ugh), writing a paper, going to class, attending the mandatory English Major meeting and driving back home while very sleepy. As you can tell, there is not much excitement in my days. It is definitely weird/hard not living on campus. I miss out on most/all of the drama but I also miss out on spending all day with my friends. And now that I am a senior and have a ton of reading every night, my social life is pretty much non existent at the moment. But when I really think about it I think that God is protecting me. When I lived at home last semester, it was hard, but I made all A's. I was able to focus on homework and on my classes. Since that worked last semester I can only hope that it will work this semester too!

Well I feel like I'm rambling. I'm just in a really strange mood that I'm not sure I can explain with words...so I guess we will never know! I think I need just need sleep, and I need the weekend to get here faster.

God Bless!

Hannah

Weekend Happenings...

Well I didn't have much to this weekend since I am living at home this year. I don't know if it was because my parents felt sorry for me but Saturday night we all (plus Natalie) went to the movies and saw The Help. I highly encourage everyone to go see it. It is such an inspiring story (and the clothes are really cute too). Sometimes I wish the forties and fifties style would come back. But that is besides the point. I wish I could have read the book before seeing the movie but there is no way I will have time to read any books for fun this semester. But eventually I will read the book. So if you get the chance to read the book first, do it. But you should see the movie all the same. The weekend sort of dragged by. This was a good thing and a bad thing. It gave me more time to prepare for week 2 of senior year, but it also got quite boring at times. I am officially registered for my Spanish class and Laura and I worked on our homework yesterday after church. We also spent some time filling out our Jovenes intern applications and researching good mission trip preparation books. One of our goals to prepare for Honduras is to get involved with the Hispanic church at Smyrna Church of Christ. We have been helping with the children's class for four weeks now and every week it gets a little better. The children are not used to getting attention and discipline so it has taken a while to set the ground rules. Yesterday we decided to try speaking some Spanish to them and we figured out that speaking their language helps a lot.

I am ready to knock this next week of school out! This week I get a breather in my Romanticism class. We are watching a movie for the entire class period today and then we might not even have class on Wednesday so that makes me feel tons better. Well its almost time for Spanish so I am gonna go find Laura!

God Bless!

Hannah

Wrapping up Week One

So if you didn't already know, I started my senior year on Monday. I was already not looking forward to being back in school and then when I went to my first day of classes and started suffocating I thought to myself "what have I done?". So for the first three and a half days of classes I was very negative about my semester. I began to freak myself out about the amount of work I had. After talking to several people I realized that I basically needed to just get over myself and suck it up. Yes, I will have a tough semester and a lot of homework but it is manageable and I am not the only one who is feeling all this stress. And then Dr. Hearn kindly reminded me that at least I am not taking Organic Chemistry. So it has been a rollar coaster kind of week for me.

Last night was the first Sanctuary of the semester. I am so thankful for that time set aside in the week to just forget everything for an hour and give everything to God. Sanctuary is definitely going to be one of those things getting me through my crazy semester. I know that God will not give me any task that I cannot do. So even though it may be hard and I may feel stressed out at times, God is there for me.

So I am still going to need prayers and encouragement but I think, as I end this first week of school, that I will do great this semester. I will enjoy my classes and I will learn a lot from my teachers and fellow students. I am excited to see what all happens and how it happens.

God Bless!

Hannah

Sea of Faces

There are SO many new people on campus this year. It is somewhat overwhelming. Since I am living off campus this semester I have to spend most of free time either in the student center or somewhere quiet where I can get work done. It is amazing how many people I don't know.

I am very interested to see what God does with my semester. I am extremely overwhelmed but in chapel this morning, President Lowry reminded me of God's command to "not worry". That is really going to be a struggle of mine with the hectic semester I have signed my life away to. There are so many things to worry about (grades, money, social life, spiritual life) but God says to not worry about any of it. He has everything under control. So I am really going to be praying for peace this semester. I think God is going to do great things this year...I just need to keep reminding myself of that.

Well, time for class!

God Bless!

Hannah

Fall 2011 Schedule

Well here it is! You can decide for yourself if you think it will be as stressful as I think it will be...

MWF
12 - Spanish I
1pm - History of British Literature II
3pm - Seminar: Romanticism

TR
10:55 - Chapel
2:45 - Fiction as Genre
4:10 - Seminar: The American South

Beginning of the End

So, I'm not gonna lie...this semester might just kill me. Don't get me wrong, I love my classes but they are all extremely reading AND writing intensive. My life for the next three months will be reading and writing and then a little more reading. I guess I kinda expected senior year to be like this. And I especially knew it would be like this for me since I am trying to squeeze a bunch of English classes into three semesters. So for the past two days I have been so overwhelmed and stressed and pretty negative. But today I decided that if I keep that kind of attitude, it is just going to make this semester worse. So I am going to do what doesn't always come naturally to me and think positive. It is true that I am very excited about the classes I am taking and the teachers I have. I am going to be reading a lot of good books and learning some really neat things. So I will have that to look forward to this semester. Hopefully I will try to blog more this semester and maybe venting on here will get me through all the stress that is going to pile up in a few months.

But...this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.

God Bless!

Hannah

Last Days of Summer

Well, school starts on Monday. I'm not exactly sure how to feel about it. I am really excited about my classes, I think I will have a good semester school wise. But with the end of summer comes having to say goodbye. Parker left this morning for Harding. Saying goodbye last night was tough...tougher than I ever thought it would be. He is on his way to Harding as I write this, I know he will have a great time!

Still waiting for a complete thumbs up on my Spanish class, but I have high hopes and I know that God is on my side so I'm not too worried :). I have decided to go back to an active status in my social club, Delta Omega. I am ready to be a part of my friends lives. I had a tough Spring semester and I am ready to erase it from my memory and move on. As hard as this semester is gonna be, I have been praying about it and I know God is going to do amazing things! I still have to get all my books, but I am probably going to end up waiting until the last minute as usual.

It's beautiful outside today...a little hot but the sun is shining and my sunflower continues to grow (I planted a sunflower a couple weeks about and it is growing as tall as ever)! I will post a picture of it soon! Tonight I am taking Graeme to his cross country meet. Hopefully I will run the 5k tonight. I am running the Murfreesboro Half Marathon in October so I really need to get serious about my training. But first thing is first, I need to get some good running shoes. I guess that is on the schedule for this weekend...along with hopefully getting a new computer. Well that's all I really have to say right now!

God Bless!

Hannah