So, I feel like I have a lot of time, but at the same time I've been feeling really busy. Further, it's been quite a struggle getting up in the morning, which I suppose is not too abnormal, but I've gotten in a groove this semester, trying to wake up earlier (usually between 6-6:30 on MWF). This Saturday I was supposed to meet Lifegroup on campus to carpool over to Waco for training at Antioch for Edinburg, but I woke up at 7:54. The plan was to wake up at like 6 so I could take a shower and what-not. I mean, I heard my alarm...and I thought that I had woken up... but it was one of those things where if you don't get up right away, you don't get up at all. Next thing I knew it was almost 2 hours later. Ridiculous! And then this morning as well, I was planning on getting up at 5 because I desperately needed to wash my hair (I need to be at church at 7:15 to help set up for band), but I ended up waking up at 6:45. Sigh.

SO, my weekend!

Man, there's been so much that I've wanted to blog on; I keep thinking of things to say. Specifically, today I really wanted to blog on the Love of Christ. I will say, though, that today has been the best Valentine's Day ever! And I do love VD :). God is just so good. I woke up to a beautiful, sunny, blue-sky morning. When I walked outside to my car, I heard birds chirping, and - though it was cold - it just all made me really happy! I felt like God was saying, "Happy Valentines Day, Molly!" :).

Real quick about my weekend, then I'm going to bed, because I'm POOPED.

Friday
1. Skipped Intro to Christian Ministry. I'm sure daddy will be less than proud to know that. And it was pretty blatant, too. I was cold, it was raining outside, I was tired, and we weren't doing anything spectacular that day.

2. Yoga was awesome; we did all these deep stretches the whole time. Amazing!

3. Met with Carly at her apartment, we talked/prayed/did discipleship-y stuff for about 2 hours. It was wonderful! And one of her roommates, Sam, was going to Taco Bell with her boyfriend, and asked if we wanted anything. I had JUST, no lie, been thinking about how much I wanted T-Bell, but didn't want to spend any money/get out and drive (though, it's not like going to Taco Bell, or anywhere for that matter, in Belton is considered a strenuous outing). Anyways, of course when she offered I jumped at the chance and handed her a $5. When she came back, she gave me back my money and said that it was on her! What a blessing! God provides - even in simple stuff like that :).

4. Went to the Library. I know, what a fun Friday night, right? But I really do love the library :). Walked around for a while, ended up checking out the movie Amadeus - one of Andrew and daddy's favorite movies.

5. Finally watched the stupid video series on Riley/Trey/Brian's facebooks. Watched them backwards, and then when I got to the first one and realized what actually happened, all the sudden thought it was all hilarious. Called Riley, he told me the story, and then him and I actually had a really good conversation. It was so good to get to talk to a friend from back home about Cypress-y things! Precisely what I needed. Helped me feel a little less homesick.

6. Popped some kettle corn and watched Amadeus (about Mozart, essentially). Of course, I ended up watching it backwards as well, because I didn't realize that the DVD was split into the two halves of the movie on each side of the disk (I mean, who does that?!). So of course I watched the B side first, and then called Andrew, saying, "So THAT'S how the movie ends?". It was utterly confusing and weird. Of course, it didn't take him long to figure out what happened. So then I watched the first half. Ah, it makes more sense now. But it's still a really weird movie. Disturbing. Well-done, but I won't watch it ever again.


Saturday
1. Woke up late (as I mentioned earlier), drove to Waco and got there right on time (needed to be there at 9). Wore my hair curly all day.

2. Training Day was really good!! I'm super excited for the trip. I'm on Kids Team with Heath, Sherry (pastor's wife), Katie/Grant, and Mel. I'll maybe post more on that later.

3. GOT TO SEE MY FAMILY IN COLLEGE STATION AT OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE!!!!! :) I cannot tell you how elated I was to be with my family! It was so pure and fun. We just sat and ate together, talking at the table for nearly 2 hours. We all got a good chance to talk (I mean, I'm sure I talked way more than everyone else. Sorry, guys), and just had a generally great time! It was weird - at one point, I kind of realized that this is how it is going to be, if not now than in a few years; we'll really have to be intentional about seeing each other. It's weird; just a different phase. But it was still really special.

4. Got to talk to Andrew a lot in the car on the way there and back. So good.

5. Got a gift card to HEB from mom, a journal from dad, and some money from Mama :). So awesome, so needed.

6. Went to HEB when I got back to Belton. Felt like a queen carrying actual groceries, and felt like I was "splurging" or "treating myself" because my basket had items such as Goldfish, cereal/milk, Apple juice, and chips and salsa. Welcome to my life.


Sunday
1. As I said again, woke up late. Wore pink :). Improvised with my hair - actually, it turned out cute. French braided it on the sides and then pinned up my curls to make it this bun-ish thing. Got compliments. Score!

2. Church went really, really well today. Message titled "Focus". The series is called "Prepare the Way for the Lord", based on Isaiah 40:3-5. Message today really, really challenging. I'm so thankful for this church that God provided me here in Belton. I'm constantly being encouraged, poured into, challenged, and influenced. One of the points under how we can get focused (specifically, focused on preparing the way for the Lord; basically, being "eternity minded", living the Kingdom on earth) was "make the most of your time". Ouch. Sounds simple, but there are always ways I can think of that I'm wasting time. "Don't waste your life!"

3. Picked up T-Bell for myself and then went home.

4. Rested and did some homework.

5. Babysat for the Johnson's while they did ATS (Antioch Training School; they are the leaders of it. If you don't know what ATS is, it would take a while to explain. But essentially it's this training school they encourage people to go through, basically to be trained to plant churches/GO). Very interesting experience because they have three boys (Taylor, 6, Nathan, 3 or 4, and Abe, not even 2 yet), and the times I've babysat this year has always been either all girls or no boys over 2. Change of pace; girls need to be entertained, boys need to be refereed. But it was fun :). I do have a few funny stories I want to blog on sometime (not enough room!); many times I had to just laugh at myself. I mean, HOW DO MOMS DO IT?! There were many moments tonight where I thought, "There has to be a better way to do this". Can't wait to be a mother and go through the journey of figuring it all out :).

6. I'm going to bed. So tired. Praying for grace in the morning to wake up at 6 and start my day off right. Love you all! Happy Valentines Day! :)