And Whaddya Know...It's Superbowl Sunday.

I was running later than usual (sounds familiar?) and sloppily threw together an outfit for church today in under 10 minutes (for those of you who can do this faster, I applaud you.) 

Little did I know, Ashley and I sorta-kinda matched! 

(In a "we-wore-the-same-trend" kind of way - shoulderpads are totally making a comeback.) 

So there you go, Shoulderpad Sunday "in honor of the Super Bowl". 

But you can really wear shoulderpads anyday! There're so fun!

(Please excuse my awkward squinting "Why am I staring directly into the sun?" face.)

Certified Shenanigans

Identical Tattoos...

Psych!

Your favorite girls got trained in First Aid and got CPR Certified today!

Yeh-hey!

friendships.

Friends are such blessings, aren't they?

Let's admit it: we love our friends, but we have our selected few that we will keep around for a very long time. We just have a chemistry with them that is the stuff of myths and legends, like David and Jonathan, Sherlock and Watson, Spongebob and Patrick.

Do you ever catch yourself thinking I wish we had been friends earlier in life? That would be nice, wouldn't it? Think about the person you were then. Would your friend have liked you back then? I don't mean to sound preachy our condescending, but I've found myself thinking that. There are reasons why God orchestrates people to enter and exit our lives. I can't tell you how many times I've had close ones leave and move on. It hurts, let's be honest. I found myself blaming me, like I wasn't good enough to remain friends with them, or that I was too "vanilla." haha..

But this post is dedicated to the ones who took a cue from the Author of my life. These are the ones who are in the supporting cast with me in a film in which God is the star. I know it sounds cliche, but I don't know what I'd do without them. They know when I'm down in the dumps and either a) want to talk about it or b) want to be alone and cry. I can be rude to them, which backfires 'cause they're rude to me too, but that is such a huge plus in my book. Most importantly, they give me godly counsel--something I sometimes don't want to hear, but I know I can never have enough of. 

Sometimes our "-ships" are only meant to pass others, but with my mains and God as my anchor, I know I can withstand the stormy weather. 

So here's to you, you know who you are. I'm glad our "ships" are floating along together.
Y'all aren't getting rid of me anytime soon. ;P

Share the Love

So I bought a bundle of blank notecards from Target today. I really wanted to order them online but I didn't want to order a ton of notecards just to sit in my room - I need to test drive this new project... habit.

There's something about a handwritten note - something...awesome and genuine and alive.

Ashley is amazing at this stuff. I'm thinking I need a little practice...

So I have 10 blank cards. I've given myself a 2 month period to pass these things out.

2 months to perfect my penmanship and share a little love.

After Dusk

Yesterday, I was running later than usual to class AND there was an accident on the freeway therefore throwing a wrench in my plans for a quick and speedy 15 minute drive to school. The 57 was moving at a glacial pace. Anywho, I was so late that my usual parking structure was FULL (at 8:30 in the morning... seriously?!? We need more parking structures but that's a topic for another day...)

But here's the thing, on Tuesdays, it's dark when I get out of my last class and parking in this other parking structure means I would have to walk all the way across campus just to get back to my car...in the dark. Obviously I was having one of those infamous "Should've Dormed" moments.

Long story short - I got out my last class a little early and, as nervous as I was walking across campus to the parking structure, I realized that what I originally thought was a problem, wasn't.

Walking across campus just after dusk is beautiful and I get to have some time to myself which is a luxury in this day and age, don't you think?

I think I'm purposely going to start parking in this new parking structure...on the top floor...because I can.
Anyway, I'm also thinking that next Tuesday I'm gonna put Instagram to good use.