happy 2009

happy new year blogosphere! i'm sorry for the dearth of posting in the past 10 days. i've been working at least one job each day since my last post, and i am at work right now, and will be here till 3pm new years day. i'm not usually one for big resolutions, but this year i do have some things i want to work on. i'm going to post more about it tomorrow. when i'm out of work, but i just wanted to throw out a 'happy new year' to all my friends. love you! r

happy birthday to me!

i'm 28 today!

there's no place like home for the holidays

wahoo! i am done with my first semester of seminary!! i just finished a 5 page self assesment (more on the joys of that later, i'm sure) and all i have to do is drop it in my teachers mailbox tomorrow and i'm home free! i'll stop at target on the way out tomorrow to refill a percription and then it's off to central pa! i'll be home till around the 9th of jan. when i head back to richmond and then on to north carolina for a conference. i know that i will have much more to post on the first semester of seminary, bur right now i'm going to finish packing and get to bed :O) i hope you are all having a lovely december! love and hugs, r

done with hebrew!

i still have to finish history and teaching ministry, but my hebrew final is out of the way! wahoo!!
this is my nice smiley face- rocking the union-psce tshirt! and then my super excited hebrew is over face :O)

this is me and my friend luke, taken at our fancy formal dance that we had last night. it was a blast and we got to dance and drink some wine and just have a good time before finals. i had my hair done which is kind of a silly thing, but i knew otherwise i would just hate it. so we're in the south and it was definatly a little high, but it was pretty and there were about 100 bobbypins in it so it didn't move :O) i'm 2/3 of the way done with my history exam which is due tuesday and i have my hebrew exam tomorrow afternoon and then a paper due by the end of this week. whew. i might take wednesday off and drive down to raleigh, nc because there is an exhibit of the dead sea scrolls down there and it leaves dec 28 and i'd like to see them. it's only about 3 hours away so i think it might be a fun day trip, and then should be headed home on friday! wahoo!
hope you're all having a a great december! happy 2nd week of advent! and happy 14 days till hanukkah! (which starts on my birthday!)

this picture is of an old tank at the military museum in boalsburg. i like the way it seems to just go on forever and if i didn't know what it was a picture of, i'd probably have to stare at it for a while before i figured it out.. also, it's quite metaphoric for my finals work, which seems to stretch into forever...
hope you're all having a lovely thursday!
hugs. r

ps i only got 4 hours of sleep last night due to hebrew studying, so my english grammar is a little rough this morning. i apologize if the words above sound awkward :O)

hey there blog readers, posting for the next week is going to be pretty pathetic, and probably mostly pictures. i have soooo much work to do the next week that it will a christmas miricle if i get it all done. three papers for one class, hebrew final, three essays for history and another paper and a 3 hour meeting for my january class. sigh. so if you need me i'll be writing or reading or memorizing. happy december!

world aids day!

There's only us, There's only this, Forget regret, Or life is your to miss, No other road, No other way, No day but today.

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