somewhere else...

i want to be faraway from here. is it possible to love where you are at, but at the same time want to leave with everything in you? well if it is, that is where i am at.

my heart is heavy... my mind is slow... i am trying to see past it all to keep a smile.

As Ingrid Michaelson says it...
Far away far away, I want to go far away.
To a new life on a new shore line.
Where the water is blue and the people are new.
To another island, in another life.

contemplative

sitting at Panera, trying to write a paper... as you can tell, it isn't working.

jbu graduation was yesterday. it is weird to think that i graduated a year and a half ago. i am thankful that i have a solid commitment until this time next year, but i also realize that this time next year, i will be looking for something new to get involved in. i am not worried about it, but i do hope that God shows me what/where it is that i need to be next year.

it's sunday and i have too much to do, but it is because of my perfect ability to procrastinate...

Tornado's and Closets

last night I was rudely awaken by what sounded like a bomb siren... don't worry it was only a tornado siren...

Growing up overseas, I have no clue what to do during a tornado. I ran down stairs, got my four other roomates together and proceed to make a disaster plan. The five of us quickly realized that we did not have a single room in the house without windoes. Not to mention our house is a 100 years old and could fall down at any moment.

the only space that 5 girls could fit was this tiny little closet under the stairs... so we emptied it out and realized that we were still not going to be very safe in this tiny little closet, under a hundred pounds of stairs.

so at 4:25 we decided to run OUTSIDE (yes... in the pouring rain) to our neighbors house. After 5 minutes of standing outside in 50-80 mph winds and banging on the neighbors door we realized that we had made a stupid decision. So we ran back through the rain, under huge trees, and tumbled into our house completely soaked.

at this point we were exhausted and tried to all fit in the closet again. We kept watching the news and realized that the tornado was past us and it was safe to come out.

this morning we woke up and realized that the schools were cancelled, a 15 year old girl passed away from a tree falling on her, and we had been outside during the worst of it...

we have had many laughs over the funny things that were said at 4:00 in the morning, but are very thankful for our safety! What a night!

Here is a couple pictures from the damage... more proof of our stupidity

the first creation

This is the first attempt...

More to come...