Caught Between Boredom and Excitement

It's crazy, to be caught between boredom and excitement. My life's been nothing but busy, and now that I'm out of school and 'relaxing' for the Holidays--I find myself bored most of the time. There are a few times when I'm not so bored, when I'm doing stuff with my family, friends, or sending out a quick post to you lot. Hints why I've been posting so much lately. :( But most of the time I wander about aimlessly, thinking about all the great things that are yet to come.

I'm excited about Christmas--but it's so close now, that's the problem. It's close but not here, and that drives me crazy! Maybe it's because I'm not patient, or maybe it's because I'm really excited about the iPod I may be getting for Christmas. I've been dying for one for a while now--and while I always swore I'd never cave and get one...I will admit now that I have completely caved and I'm really thrilled about getting my hands on one. Only problem is, I have to wait. Tedious days that tick past slowly are absolute torture for me. Just let the Christmas celebration start already! I'm going to go insane!


Then I'm excited about going back to school. I miss the friends I met there, and I'm really eager to start back. I hesitate though, to be excited here because I could have a completely rotten semester. While I hope that won't happen--I still worry. I'm praying hard about it. I'm praying that God will amaze me and make this semester even better than the last.

But in the meantime I have to sit and wait for my school to start back--which means, for me, worrying over this semester will be too much for me to handle or that I will have a really hard time with my fellow classmates and or teachers. I'll admit, I'm a worrier--and God is working on me in that area. I don't like unknowns, I don't handle them well--but I hope to get better. Trusting God is hard for me, I confess.

It's tedious, to say the least, to wait excitedly for things. When you do everything around you becomes less than thrilling and you quickly become bored. It's strange because, before, I was more than content to stay cooped up in my room and busy myself with a few of my own personal projects--but now all I want to do is go places and see things. I want to go cool places with my family and friends, make new friends (choosing wisely), and even have some busy work that moves me towards an ultimate goal of mine! 

But God has me here, and I think he wants me to spend this time with my family--and working on a few things in myself. Sometimes I reason and say "Oh, you're fine right now--but look at all you can't have right now!". Reasoning, refuting God's word because it doesn't make sense to me, is a problem for me and it enables me to create a million and one excuses for not doing what God has called me to do. 

I have to also remember that while there are some pretty cool things that I have to wait for--there are also some REALLY awesome things I have right now! 

Things I Have Now: 

Time to spend with God, and time to grow in Him. (It's a rare time to readjust my priorities and work on a few things in myself.) 

Time with my family, (Holiday times are always special!)

Time to write and work on my book, (I have twenty eight chapters out of forty done! So happy! But I still have a long way to go! I'm making some big changes to the middle of the book--basically dumping what I had and writing new material. 0_0 Giant thing for us writers!)

Time to spend with my really close friends (My friends Jessie and Clara are coming over tomorrow and I am really looking forward to seeing them!)

Time to work on personal projects (Like cleaning out my closet....dun dun DUN!) 

Time to read (this is VITAL to writing...a good author needs to read just as much as they write!) 

Time to celebrate, 

Time to relax (I won't have uninterrupted relaxation time for a while after I start back to school!)

Time to get my health and caffeine intake back on track (slipped up on that these past few days) 

Time to practice my photography! 

Time to reconnect with old friends,

Time to catch up on some of my favorite shows! Just finished "The Office" and, by the by, LOVED IT! Dwight is hilarious and I want to marry a man just like Jim someday! I'm trying to get my brother to watch it now. 

And, also....a few more days before The Doctor regenerates. 

I Had a Photoshoot! :D

 

 

 

Well hello, to my lovely bloggers on this fine, crisp winter day! :D

How is everyone? Cold?! I bet! There was a freeze last night that WE DIDN'T know about and now all are plants have been frozen! Though, they may still survive. Let's hope! :D

 

But winter is trying it's best to set in here in the little town I call Mayberry (don't look at me like that, my aunt started it!). We've already had a fire in the fire place a few times and chopped wood for more fires! Ahhh, hot coco and apple cider here I come!

 

 

It was really cold yesterday, though the weather man assured us it would be in the 7Os. He lies! LOL!

Truth is it was cold and cloudy--but that didn't stop us from having an amazing day!

 

You see, yesterday, Mrs. Gaskill invited me to go on a photo shoot with her, Mr. King and this really sweet lady named Mrs. Sandy! :D I was THRILLED! :D *Does a happy dance!*

 

I know I have said this before, but I LOVE it when Mrs. Gaskill let's me model for her! It's SO much fun! I'm afraid I don't have any pics to show you guys just yet, but here are a few I took with an SD card that Mr. King very graciously let me borrow since I'd left mine at home. *Face palm*

 

This time we got to go to this beautiful park not too far from Mayberry! As you can see from the picture below, the clouds did move away around three o'clock or so.

 

 

 

We had SO much fun up there! I wish I had better pictures so I could show you the real beauty of the place! That's Mrs. Sandy in the water followed by Mrs. Gaskill and Mr. King.

 

We got to the park around twelve and stayed there until four thirty! WOW! It was amazing!

 

No one was at the park, which figures seeing how it's winter and no one really wants to go swimming in 50 degree weather! But, the setting and lighting were PERFECT for a photo shoot.

 

As Mr. King and Mrs. Johnnie explained, sunlight isn't always good for shoots because it isnt' a dependable light source and causes a lot of dark shadows. But the clouds helped to keep the light steady and really made the colors pop! :D  

 

 

 

There were also some really awesome rocks near a bend in the river. And, since the river was really REALLY low, due to the lack of rain, we were able to get to them and take some pictures.

In one of the pictures Mr. King had me climb up on top of the rocks. It was actually really easy to get to them--since I went around, up and then down. But once I got out on them I was like 'AAAHHH!'

Seriously, it was really high! I took a picture ^ but it isn't very good. The rocks were in angled layers and so it doesn't look very high...but trust me it was. I'm not exactly sure how high I was...but I was at least twelve feet and for someone who hates heights--that was high enough!

 

Here I am on my way up from the ledge. Yea, scary.

 

 

 

Here's a picture of the river from the look out point that was up on the mountain! Again, I wish I had a better picture...but this will do for now! :)

 

It was really fun, getting to spend some time with Mrs. Johnnie and Mr. King! I hadn't gotten to model for Mr. King since the first time I modeled for Mrs. Johnnie. (That was back when I had REALLY short hair!) It was also wonderful to meet Mrs. Sandy! She was so sweet!

 

But, overall, I had a wonderful time! Mrs. Johnnie and Mrs. Sandy were SO sweet and Mr. King was REALLY funny! :D I was sad when it was finally time to pack up and go home!

 

But, it won't be long before I get to do another photo shoot with Mrs. Johnnie! :D

 

This Sunday, after church, Mrs. Johnnie and I are going over to a local college to meet up with a girl named Madeline for another shoot! :D YAY!! I can't wait! :D

 

But as for right now, I've got to get ready for the day and get back to work on my NaWrMo story! Can you believe it's going to be over in TWO DAYS! AAAHHHH! I've got to get busy!

 

But before I do go, please pray for my mom. She's caught a nasty cold and isn't feeling too good! So just keep her in your prayers! Thanks! :D

 

So until next time!

 

Rebecca

 

She of the Munchkin Cold

Well, to put it lightly I'm sick. To put it not so lightly I feel like I was run over by a speeding semi, which then backed up and ran over me again, which was then hit by another semi which also ran over me. And then both semis fell over with one landing on my head and the other on my stomach. I could go on but I figure you guys get the picture.

So yes, I'm sick. Terrible sick. But not only with a head cold but also with some sort of stomach bug as well. Not the germ kind, the kind that only girls have problems with. The kind that makes you want to cut off your entire lower body. Seriously, I've spent the last two days feeling like my nose was going to explode and my last meal was threatening to make a reappearance. Yea, so I'm a ticking time bomb here people!!

Even as I write this post I'm fighting back nausea and the urge to blow my nose every five seconds. I don't know why this cold had to come at this particular time....I mean really, isn't enough that I'm fighting back a stomach problem?! Oh well, we beggars can't be choosers.

I'm not sure where I got this cold...but I highly suspect I got it from Mayberry Munchkin Farm. Now I love the little munchkins...I just don't love their germs! It's really sad when you consider the fact that I was pushing hand sanitizer like there was no tomorrow! But alas I guess one is never safe when it comes to Munchkin germs. :(

But now I've got to miss Jessie coming over today, and Piano practice tomorrow, and youth Wednesday and probably Mayberry Munchkin Farming on Thursday. I can only hope that I'm better by next week so I can go to Accelerent (spelling). I can't go up to the mountains with a cold! :O So hopefully I'll be better by then.

Well, I think I'm going to try and take a nap or at least take a break from the computer. Please pray that I will get better soon and that this cold will pass quickly and smoothly.

So see you guys next time!

Your Snotty Nosed Blogger,

Rebecca