I'm Done

Just a few minutes ago I finished my final final!

I'm sitting quietly in my class room for the last time for a while. Other students are still finishing, but I just had to let you know.

God got me through.

A Week From Now

What will I be doing in a week from now? Will I be cooking, running wild in the North Carolina backwoods, writing a poem, hanging out with friends?

I don't know know, but I can tell you one thing: I won't be studying for finals!

I won't be sitting in this chair in this house in this city in this state. Yes, Lord willing, I will be far, far away from this place. Far away from college. Far away from these new friends. Far from my church.

But I'm glad. Really glad.

I'm glad God brought me here. I'm glad I finally said I would "go to BCS and forget about it." But it has been a really difficult 4 months, and I am so excited that I get to go home.

Home.

Home to the woods, old friends, my old church, my house in the woods (which is probably miserably deserted), my sisters, my parents, cooking, dancing, singing at the top of my lungs in the open air. So many things to make me overjoyed.

Tomorrow, I'll sit in that classroom for the last time for a long time.

Goodbye, Minnesota! I'm comin', Staley!

Sisters

Hannah and I will be going home soon, so Priscilla took us all out to get ice cream.

Rolled Thai ice cream. Because that's what we do for breakfast.

We didn't have a whole lot of time together, but it was fun to just hang out as sisters again. Sota is the best place to go for this delicious ice cream.

There it is. I told the girls that this is where I want to go for my 21st Birthday. 

I got espresso express. I also told the girls that if I had a boyfriend I would want him to take me here.

Priscilla got mint Oreo. It was so good. Mine was good too. 

Hannah, well, she got a coffee, but ate Priscilla's and my ice cream. That's OK, that's what sisters are for. Pretend you don't want ice cream and then eat everybody else's. 

Sister dates are fun. If you don't have a sister, get one quick. 

Te uibesc, surori!

Elisabeth

A Little Girl Again

For a few hours last week, I was a little girl again.

It had been a stressful, strange week for me, with drastic downs. Anyway, after math class, somehow I didn't have the focus I needed to study for my grammar final. I got really crazy: dancing, skipping, running, jumping. The pain and agony was still there. The confusion and hurt still lingered in the back room, but for a few moments, I was happy.

I wore pearls and flowers to the final.

I smiled and laughed.

I was a silly little girl.

I am thankful for the respite God allowed me to have while so many others were stressed and weighed down by school.

Finals

Right now I am in the midst of finals. This morning I had a math test that actually was better than I thought it would be. I got a 77. Yay!

After math, I helped with the Somalian Adult Literacy Training where I helped a woman who has a daughter in college. Her daughter is coming home for Christmas and she is excited. It made me think about my own mom and how she's excited that her daughters are coming home.

Then I went downstairs to help at the Bethlehem Staff party, and I had fun with Hannah and some of the juniors. They are my favorite people.

Then I went home and cleaned. I am supposed to be studying, but Jesse and Scott are over, and I am not getting anything done.

A Cozy Evening

The other day after class and a cold walk in the snow, I went home with Hannah. We did a lot of napping. I was very tired that day, and her cozy, dark house only added to the problem. But it was certainly a memorably good night. I am thankful to have a sister nearby to hang out with.

We also made dinner and cookies together, drank tea together, and napped together. Wait, I already said that. The point being, I spent most of that evening resting on Hannah's couch. Then, when her room-mates came home, I laughed at them as they danced and laughed at crazy things.

Cozy evenings are good to have once in a while, although maybe I have them a little too often.

Christmas!

Friends

I was having a lot of fun taking random cozy pictures. 

This picture has a comforting tone about it. 

Tea: "Just my type."

Have a cozy Friday and stay warm (North Carolina, I know what it feels like).

Last Class

Today was my last official class for the semester.

Now we have finals. That'll be fun.

Uhhhhhh.....maybe...not.

Anyway, it is good to be done with the actual classes.