Day one of the 30 day challenge? I got this.

Who has two thumbs and didn’t wake up until 12:30?? THIS GIRL.


That’s extremely late in comparison to when I normally wake up, but it’s totally okay with me because I didn’t go to bed until 4 or 5.

Today marks DAY 1 of my thirty day challenge. The task for today is pretty simple “tell ten things about yourself.” It’s simple not because it’s easy for me to talk about myself, because in actuality, sometimes it’s not (flashback to APO initiation night = AHHH!) but merely because I’ve done this one before. Out of facebook boredom, and in need of something to do at work I have achieved this task once or twice.

1. I have a little brother named Matthew. Technically he is my cousin. He is three years old, and he came to live with us in July. He is technically not my foster brother or adoptive brother, he just lives with us, but I consider him to be my brother. It’s strange to see my parents start all over, I will be 20 this year, and they are going back to having a child in the house.

2. Oh to see the world in the eyes of a child again…
Sometimes I find myself imagining my life as if I were still the little girl that I once was. It’s strange to think that in a few short months I will be twenty years old. I feel like there is so much I was never allowed to do as a child, and now as an adult I can’t do them, but it’s okay, because hopefully one day I will have kids of my own.

3. I got a Charlie Brown Christmas Pageant nativity scene for Christmas from my Mom. It’s pretty adorable. Especially considering I was in that play when I was in fifth grade. Did I actually get cast in a speaking role? Nope! Even though I was in gifted and talented for acting. It was all about the “popular kids” and the suck ups, and I just didn’t meet the quota... I thought my gym teacher, who was the director, (weird, right?) was a jerk anyhow. I really didn’t like her. Now, she seems pretty sweet. She also has three children now, and one of them has a medical condition that I can’t quite remember, but things like that put a new perspective in an individual’s eyes.

4. I really want to apply for FUGE camps, but there are so many things that are leaving me hesitant. I don’t know if I am fully qualified. I feel as if I have fallen away from the person I have used to be, I don’t know if it’s just because I am growing up and I see so many things of the world differently, or the fact that I don’t have a strong bible study, or close knit group of Christians at the moment. Another thing is, I’m afraid to be away for three months. I know that is crazy and selfish, but it’s true. Especially because I will miss my little brother, and Nathan. Also, the fact that you can’t choose where you will be. I worked for Boone’s Creek last year, I loved it so, but I don’t know how I feel about it anymore. Last year was definitely not what I expected. It was a hard summer, and I’m still being criticized by others for it. God had it be the way he wanted it to be though, and I still have lasting relationships with some of my campers, so that’s all that matters.

5. I haven’t been to the beach since I was around the age of 8, and I am currently planning my FIRST spring break trip EVER to the beach. I am so so SO excited!! I really hope that it all works according to plan and that no one bails on me so it will pan out smoothly. I have a friend who is currently living in Orlando and her parents have offered us not one but two condos for an entire week at only $100 each! That’s craziness right there! I just have to start saving money after I get all of my bills paid, which may be awhile.. But in 9 WEEKS I will hopefully be ON A BEACH, probably getting burnt as crap, because I’m so white. Haha. BUT YEAH.

6. I once had a funeral for a mouse. It wasn’t even a pet mouse. It was a mouse that had been hiding out in my room and giving me issues for a week or so. My mom made me put out rat poisoning and the next day I found the mousey dead. I felt so bad, so I called my friend Gabbi and she said a few words for him, and then we laid the (very stinky, smelly, half ripped open dead carcass) mousey to rest in the black abyss of a garbage bag where he spent the rest of his days on earth.

7. I “met” an extremely good friend of mine, Kelsie, through the Omegle website one day last year, when I was uber bored. We talk for hours before we actually introduced who we were, and now I consider her a good friend. The sucky thing is the fact that she lives in Canada. I hope to visit her someday and meet her precious son Kevin, who of which is due to be born soon! <3 It’s kind of funny that It happened that way. But I am definitely glad it did!

8. I have the absolute worst luck with phones! They never seem to last long with me and I don’t know why! AND IT SUCKS! I just bought a new one a few days ago, hopefully it will be here by New Year’s but I don’t really know. Fingers crossed at having it last longer than the three months of life that my phones generally have. I'm getting the phone to the left. It's a pantech link. It will probably not work out, because they never do. But It was on sale, and in my price range, so that's why I picked it!

9. I love to cook, but I rarely actually get to. I look forward to the day when I have a kitchen of my own, and hopefully the money to buy the food I wish. I also love to bake. I make a pretty mean banana cream pie from scratch. I haven’t made it in awhile, but I hope to do so someday soon. I want to learn more about cooking and get better at it. Yay food.

10. I will be buying my first car in a few months. A very good friend of mine, Sarah is letting me buy her first car for a very small sum of money. I am so excited. I hope that I can finally get all of my aspects of live together and actually get to drive it sometime soon. I need my license, I need a car. I need an escape. Life will seem a lot less trapped once I have my license, I can tell you that right now!


Well originally this was supposed to be fifteen things about you, but I condensed it to ten. I didn’t think anyone really wanted to sit there and read more so I stopped. This thirty day challenge seems like it's going to be a breeze, I guess I will find out.

Until next time...

"Today I was helping deliver goody bags to kids at an inner-city school.

One of the items in the bag was a pair of socks. When a little boy saw them, a smile lit up his entire face.

He took off his shoes and placed them on his bare feet. "Ooh, so warm!" he said.

Kids who feel grateful for the things others take for granted GMH.