i just felt like this day needed to be blogged about...

for the past week i've been working on getting my financial aid done for this smester so i can pay the remainding ammount and get started on my financial aid for the following smemster. monday was the day i had set to turn in all the paperwork. well monday comes, and i head to class. im having a pretty good day, although i was missing a few part of the paperwork. My art project, that had been looming over my head like a raincloud, got finished and i was headed out the door straigt for home ot get that last bit of paperwork.

it was a beautiful day out, super sunny with anice breeze. i left my coat off and hung it on my backpack. there was noone on the sidewalk at all because most classes were still in process, so i had the whole sidewalk to myself. while walking around the scince building i noticed my coat was missing. i had only been walking for two munites, so i figured i would go back and pick it up off the sidewalk. as i turned around and headed back around the corner, my coat was gone! i thought, "oh well, i didnt really like the color of that coat anyways, i hope the person who took it needed it." and then i thougt "uh oh, my car keys were in my coat pocket." and then i thougt "my parents are going to kill me." i stopped in at every building and asked if they had a lost and found, and if they had seen my coat, i walked around for four hours looking for it...no coat, no keys, i'm dead.

i realized that since i was so busy looking for my car keys i had overlooked the fact that i was now unable to turn in my financial aid paperwork. it was useless to even think about having my financial aid done since i was stranded at the school. lucky me, i dont lock my car...ever. i could still access everything in my car...score! sicne it was a monday, I had InterVarsity that evening, and it started at 5, i had invited Theo to come along, and to my luck he was coming. Which meant that not only could we hang out, but i had a ride home:) i was super exhausted from walking all over so i took a small nap in my car, and then it was off to IV with Theo. we got icecream afterwards, and it was a nice break from the crazyness...things seemed to be looking up...

then it was tuesday...the first mistake i made was waking up
finacial aide paperwork was due, and i had no car to get to school.
i needed to call some auto place to make me a new key and apparently it takes a few days to make it, and then they have to go to your car and program it to your car...and then as i understand you pay them an arm and a leg. so a few days without my car...hmmm..who can i use for a taxi?? got it: Kayla...done

so now i need my financial aid paperwork...one needs to be printed out from online and costs $12.00 with a credit card. i dont have a credit card, so i ask my mom to use hers and we begin the process. I print out the form and then i need a secod form that can only be gotten from a lady in nekoosa. so my dad calls her and she send him a pdf file, which i in turn print it out. easy peasy lemon squeezey. so now its time to call that auto palce and get things rolling onthat key buisness. i cleverly wrote down my VIN number so i didnt have to go back up to stevens pioint to get taht information. the guy on the phone asks for my VIN number and title owner, and my lisence plate number...dang. I didnt have my lisence plate number and my car is in stevens point. Now what? i call my dad and we look to see if it is onthe insurance papers or online...nothing, well that will have to wait until later then i suppose. becuase of these minor set backs i miss two of my classes, but i head to school to make it to my last one.

Kayla kindly drove meto school, and we stopped by may car to get the lisence plate number so i could call that guy right away.

FLASHBACK(at home, on the way out the door): i put on a light hoodie, but realized it was super windy out, so i decided to change into my summer coat(not the one i had lost). i had my phone in my pocket and i took it out and set it on my bed and i thought "cant forget my phone, of all the days i need it, today would be the one"...i put on my other coat and im called upstairs...i go upstairs and we leave...the phone was still on my bed....

well, i guess i wont be calling that guy today...which means more wasted time. then i get dropped off at the financial ade department to go get things all settled....i get there and im missing a parents signature. oh, come off it! really? i needed one of my parents to sign a document, and i had no phone to contact them. i use the receptionists phone and i call my moms cell phone...dead...i call the church...no answer..finally i call my dad, and he answers and he doesnt have a fax machine, so he said hell make it into a pdf and send it out. i log into a computer and wait for the paper...mind you if i dont get this financial aid all settled i have to take out a second loan for school...not a good situation...

i am waiting for 20 minutes, and the lady seemed to be getting a little imaptient...i email my mom and she ends up noticing that signatures are missing on another form, so she signed that and got that all squared away...my dad sent the paper signed and said this "You have no idea what it took to get this. The copier on the first floor keeps jamming and is about to break and the second copier on the third floor died so everyone in the entire pulp mill is using the same copier right outside my office door. The thing has not stopped running for almost an hour now."

wow. difficulties! so i hesitantly turn in the paper to the lady, waiting for another snag in the operation...she looks over it and says "thanks, youll get an email when its done being processed"
thank the lord, i was out of that office like a rocket launching into space...so now i sit here at school waiting to got to class, and now i jsut got news that my sister is coming to pick me up, and she has a key(aka an answer to prayer)

life gets complicated...oh well.

school..ugh...I mean...school..yay!

So… I have recently realized that I need to be more thankful outside of thanksgiving day. I take a lot of things for granted...seriously...because I’ve never been without. Since I have always had everything I need it’s hard to say "WOW! I’m really thankful for the roof over my head and clothes on my body" instead, I grumble and complain about school and homework and chores and my job...instead, I need to totally reverse that way of thinking! at least I HAVE the opportunity to go to school! I should be thankful that God has provided me with a job! I should be grateful that I even have dishes that need washing, or a house that needs cleaning! In America you’re the odd one out if you don’t “have it all” but we are abundantly blessed, and I hope to spend a little bit more time giving thanks to God for all the things he has given to me:)

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British Accents...Why are they so Adorable...

so... this weekend at work, two people came into the store with British accents,







Jared or Sam, if you're reading this...they are more awesome in real life than

(would that be "Then" or "Than"...not sure) on TV!



for real...

Power tools, can't live with 'em and you can't live...er...with 'em

yeah, I don’t know why I titled this note that...but today In my art 102 class(which is really a woodshop class that they retitled so people would actually sign up for it) I don’t know a single graphic design major who is like:

"OMG! A woodshop class! I definitely need to get myself put in one of those...no....TWO of those!"

Seriously, I walk into that room everyday and fear for my life...it’s basically death waiting to happen, with wood being thrown all over and saws flying around, and blades and motors screaming "don’t touch me, or you'll die!"
seriously, they say that, it’s a new feature to warn students of the dangers of the machinery...but I guess I’m a "big kid" now so I’m allowed to use and operate these things(without any supervision, mind you!)
usually I’m the person who takes orders from the sawing person...I’m the tool gopher ..."hey Rachel can you get me some nails" "hey Rachel can you get me the hammer" "hey Rachel can you hand me that wrench, and while you’re at it, you can just go home cuz you're basically useless" yeah, I guess it’s time I hone my woodworking skills...

So aside from being utterly terrified of my woods class, I have...

Okay,
I can't think of anything but my woods class, it’s so SCARY...you guys don't even know!...

I guess if I do chop my hand off, I can just go for the whole Captain Hook look, I hear thats in style these days...

You know you're bored when you're Posting on your blog

So today...no lets back up
Um...the beginning of this semester
yes yes,
okay...

So, this semester started with a bunch of nerves...I was nervous for everything! Like:
What if I’m late?
What if I drive off the road on the way there?
What if I have something in my teeth?
Will my teachers like me? Will I meet really weird people?
I hope they have a bathroom near every room...just in case.
What if I trip in the hallway?
I wonder if my shoes are as cool as I think they are...

So aside from every day college concerns school is pretty nifty...it’s definitely different than high school!! People are free to do whatever they want!

Seriously, I could get up and walk out of class whenever I felt like it! And I could skip class altogether if I really wanted to, of course I wouldn’t do that! I think the freedom is nice, but sometimes it’s easy to abuse the freedom if we don’t handle it correctly. But, I’m pretty sure I’m doing well :)

So classes...
Yeah
Let’s not talk about those

So lunch...I eat food for lunch...and it’s yummy :)

And as for down time

I have a ton of free time in between classes

so between classes I can do basically anything I want...I usually go to a practice room and play the piano for a while...which, side note, I’m not sure if I’m even supposed to be there or not because I’m not enrolled in the music department. I just pretend I know what I’m doing and that I am allowed to be there, and no one knows the difference...
Also I read books...and such, and that about it...oh and I stalk people on facebook:)

So here i am at college, living the dream...

ps. it’s actually a nightmare

Jkjk

Hopefully ill update more often,
Rachel

i havent posted on my blog for a while...

so im just posting this to say "heyooooo"...

So, i got this e-mail...

This Rapper guy e-mails me his song, and I listened to it, and it basically ROCKS! I'm not gonna lie, he sounds like Lecrae:) his name is Pro, i don't know if those are his initials or what, but his music is great! listen to it!




This is what he has to say:
In today's society, Jesus is portrayed as so many things. Often he is seen so much less than what he is...King! The heart behind the song “Bow Down” is to refocus everyone on the majesty of Christ. We must fight to see him bigger, better, and greater than anything we could ever imagine, even ourselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT9fx6gpAC8

to listen to the son click on the link:)