where do i even begin? things lately have been absolutly crazy! but amazing, nonetheless. last week i went down to anderson & visited friends at college & stayed with my grandparents for a few days. i was there tuesday through saturday night. saturday night i was w/ my awesome friends. came home early sunday morning and my daddy took me to a chicago cubs game! i loved it. i got burnt to a crisp but it was really nice to spend time with my dad. well i got back sunday night about 8 pm and left to be w/ my friends again... i was gone until about 6 pm monday night. came home for an hour... and i mowed. yeah, i seriously mowed. first time since i was like 7 years old. after i mowed i left and went swimming w/ friends againnnn. and i came home late monday night. thennn today i had a chiropracter appointment. and i got to spend time with my family! i was actually @ home, first time in what feels like forever. me and my brother rented wild hogs & we watched it with my dad. i got to spend some time talking with my mom. tomorrow morning im getting my hair cut earllyyy... & then driving to ft wayne to spend a few days with my other grandma and my aunt and uncle and cousins. im super excited. ill be there tomorrow ( wed ) through friday. friday night i have to be back for another appointment at 5 pm. going to watch my brother play football out of town @ 7 30. then probably go spend time with friends after that. saturday morning watch my brohters game again. then im going to an indoor water resort wth my family in ohio until sunday night. monday i have ANOTHER appointment. plus lots of packing. tuesday i have a lunch date with one of my best friends, my mom and her mom. and more packing. shopping for thing si need somewhere in between all that. geeesssh. thats how crazy things are right now. its tough trying to find time to see everyone. but im doing my best. imt hankful for the time i have with eveeryone. it was really really hard saying good bye to my friends at AU. im going to miss them all so much. i went and saw breann... she went to j bay last year and she goes to AU now... we swapped places. well i saw my friends and the room i would've lived in and everything then i went and saw breann. and honestly after everyone and everything i saw i was getting a little sad. it was tough to see everyone moving in and not be moving in. it was tough to see my "roommate" and where i would've lived this year. but then i went and saw breann. and i was sitting talkign to her and everything... which i loved. and  i started looking around her room. and i was surrounded my jeffrey's bay stuff. and it was like everything fell into place. i know everyone will be here when i get back. even though its tough right now. im going to see amazing people in j bay. im going to do amazing things. im going to see so many things. i started going through breann's pictures of j bay and seeing all of the children... i just knew i was doing the rightt thing. it melted my heart. and gave me so much peace and assurance. when i  was @ school i worked at applebees down in anderson. i fell in love with everyone there. and i have some of the best friends ive ever had from working at applebees. i miss all of them os much. but i got to see them a few times, have dinner & go bowling. it was so good. i cant wait to ge tback and start working again. i loved it. its so good to have all of the support that i have. the encouragment means the world to me. it gets hard sometimes because i try to tell people what im doing and sometimes i get really ignorant answers. but when someone says "thats really great what you're doing" or "i hope you have a blast" or even a simple "ill be thinking of you". you have no idea how much that means. it means more than any amount of money anyone could possibly give. just knowing that someone genuinely cares, that means more then anything to me. support, love, and encouragment... i wouldnt be where i am without it. plus all of the prayers. prayer is key. please please pray for me. now, next week, next month, six months from now... up until may 16th. please pray for me as i prepare to leave. the next week is going to be the hardest week for me. saying good bye to my best friends, and my family. im dreading it. but at the same time... god is blessing me ginormously with an amazing NEW family. all like 21 of them. i cant wait. i already love each and every one of them. we're all here for a reason. and god definetly put us together for a reason. and i am seeing why day by day. these people are amazing. ok thats all my rambling for now... ill write before i leave. but just so you know...
i leave in ONE WEEK . exactly one week. this is me smiling really really big right now... =) !

oh by the way... i only need $87 left of support money. =)

i know it will be there. i know it. ive been BLESSED beyond words with my $8,000 already. =)