I feel like a freakin rollercoaster.  Up, down, up, down. I'm working on the whole coasting thing.  My last post sounded a little anti-guys.  Sorry guys!  I love you; I promise.  I'm doing better, prayer and a really cool aunt have helped a lot.

This weekend was super fun.  I went to Shaumberg (a suburb of Chicago) on Friday and shopped.  I had a blast with some of my fellow Master's and did some Christmas shopping.  Then Saturday night I went to the heart of Chi-town. I went with my small group and ate down town by the river on Michigan Avenue.  It was a B-L-A-S-T!  My small group kids called me Mom all night cause I wanted to walk behind them and make sure everyone stayed together.  Then on the L (which is the subway) I made them all get in first.  It was funny.  They are hilarious.

This morning at church the kids had their Christmas Choir performance. This one kid was dressed as a donkey and was still behind the curtain.  My friend Brent was waving at him just being nice.  Donkey kid made a really mean face then slashed his finger across his neck like pretending to cut his head off.  Brent stood up and was like "What kid?"  Oh my gosh, it was hilarious!  Then Donkey kid forgot his lines and Brent started laughing.

Well, tomorrow we have Missions Day.  It's like missions trip team building and conditioning.  We have to be at the church at 7 am.  AGH!

Gotta go!  Love yall!

Christen

Let's talk.  If you and your significant other break up, don't wait 8 months to say you screwed up royally.  The likelyhood is they have moved on, they are okay with their life, they don't want to hear from you.  Yes, appologize, but do it like within a month.  Then let them have closure, let them be at peace.  I'm sorry to be on a soapbox, but I'm not getting off.  Today I got an email from the guy who broke my heart.  He wanted me to know he was sorry.  And, you know what, I genuinely appreciate it, but I was doing just fine without it.  I really had closed that part of my life and was going on.  It definitely brought things back.  It's like a scraped knee that's just about healed.  You think it's okay to scratch off the scab, but then it starts bleeding and the whole process starts over for the healing.  Why on earth would he wait 8 months?  God, help me forgive him.

Christen

Okay, this is super exciting.  Today I was setting up my computer in my apartment to look at something, and I noticed that the little green light on my wireless card blinked to green.  Meaning...I have wireless connection in my apartment!  YEA!  I'm not gonna tell anyone (here) because I'm not sure if I'm supposed to have access to it.  They have wireless in an office across the street from me.  Super cool though, huh? 

I guess I'm be getting on Xanga more, which of course is cool.  Peace out my brothers!

Christen

We just got in from our Fall Retreat. You know your youth group is huge when only 10th-12th graders go on a retreat and there are 400 people.  It was awesome.  They don't have traditional services.  Friday night and Saturday night they have praise and worship and then a drama.  They rock!  Saturday night's was called "Bleachers".  It was about this football team from like 10 years prior.  Their coach had died so they all came back for his funeral.  It was so awesome because they had done a bunch of filming ahead of time which flashed back to their high school days.  It was like an hour long; like a movie!  Anyway, the retreat rocked.

Thanksgiving was pretty cool.  I went to my friend Steph's house.  We stuffed our faces with her family.  Illinois food is pretty much the same as Texas except they have acorn squash, weird dressing and rice pudding.  Otherwise food rocked!

I go home in 2 weeks and 6 days, but who's counting.  I can't wait til Christmas. Oh yeah, my aunt and her fiance decided on March 6 for their wedding for sure, AND I get to be a bridesmaid!  YEA! 

I love you all!  Christen

Life is good.  Master's is good.  God is EXCELLENT!

Get this...we do Bible college classes through correspondence. Okay, so on our first test, I made a 100.  Not to brag, it's just that the study guide was pracically the test.  But this is it...some girls in my first year class got mad at me!  They, in round about ways, asked me if I cheated.  Remind me, did I just warp back to junior high?

Besides that, everything is wonderful.  My small group kids rock!  I just love them to death!  IT SNOWED TODAY!  Not like blizzard, can't see where you are going; actually there were just a few flakes, but it was still cool!

Well, my fellow Texans, I fly home in less than a month!  I love you all!

Christen

Hey go see my brother's new Xanga site!  He rocks!  Bartimaeus

The House of Horrors is OVER, OVER, OVER!  YEA!  We finished up last night about 1 am.  I'm so glad.  Life can become normal again.  They haven't given us an official number yet, but they said around 12,000 people came through this year.  Wow!  God really moved.

Well, I'm going to a Jeremy Camp concert tonight.  Yea!  He's hot, yet engaged to a girl in Benjamin's Gate.  That's really too bad.  hehe!

BYE

Christen