Hey guys (and gals)!
Wow - Im updating! It has been a while! Sorry for that. Just to let you know, I did try to update last week, and 'twas a pretty good update, too, but it got deleted! Well.... my life's been pretty busy lately, altho, if I'd simply organize and use my time more wisely and not simply waste so much time doing nothing or next to nothing, I'd have so much more time for this, and other, more important things. If any of you'd like, you could pray for me on that. I really need to use time wisely, especially for the future, as I'm sure I'll be much more busy than I am now. Also, when I do do things, I need to give them my all, 'cuz I usually don't.
What else, what else... Well, I had an oisome (you hafta say it out - I like using it, because I don't much like using awesome, because, really, only God is truly awesome [can I get an Amen? :)]) day today. We had a golf walk fund raiser thingie, which since many of ya don't know - 'tis an event in which we send out letters asking for donations to people for our walking (or golfing at) a golf course one day. 'Tis a really fun time actually - you can just hang out with your friends and talk to people, eat, etc. There are people at our school who it, but I really don't see why - I really have enjoyed it the past couple of years. Altho, the sending out of brochures is not all that much fun, filling out 25+ brochures to people, a lot of whom I didn't know (see, every kid is s'posta send out 25 of them, so we sent out 150 this year and last, not including my dad's 50 (I think 'twas 50) that he sent out in order to golf. 'Tis a good way to get donations, I think, but I think 'tis getting a bit old - we've done it foe the past 3 years, and I think we're changing next year.
Anywho, so today, after our first 3 classes (of which English was really good, btw), we drove (or rode) over to Hickory Stick Golf course, where pretty much our entire school walked, ran, piggybacked, etc around 9 holes of golf (which was about 2miles or so). We ate a pretty good meal of hamburgers and hot dogs and brauts and chips, and then most everyone ('cept the elementary kids) huddled in our cars in order to keep warm until the event began. I was with a few different people, but I ended up being in Ashley's car w/Hope, Cassandra, Christy, and Ashley. 'Twas really pretty cold outside, and, as I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt (having given my sweatshirt away already), I appreciated the warmth that the vehicular device provided - and besides that, 'twas fun talking and such in there!
After a few minutes, we all gathered on a hill over looking some of the path, and watched a living golf 'banner' enacted by our beloved sophmores for us all to see (there were different people who acted and dressed thier part - i. e. John Lederman was the ball, my bro was the hole, Beouy was the club, etc), had some instructions and a prayer, and then began the walk. during the walk, we did various things such as pictures, bible triva (I won a blow-pop!), bubble blowing, and just walking. I had the Wonderful oppurtunity to carry my good (altho somewhat heavy) friend Aaron Short on my shoulders for probubly about 20 minutes or so. :) Great experience, lemme tell ya, altho my shoulders and back were a bit sore afterwards, along with Aaron's... well, Aaron was kinda sore as well. THANKS to Mr. Short (the elder) for the very excellent 'popping' (what other word could I use??) of my back when we finished.
Good times. When we got back, many left soon afterwards, while others drank free beverages and/or played on the playscapes (or with the sumowresting suits) provided by... ooh - I can't remember the name of the place! I should know - I had the oppurtunity to work for them for a day... something to do with Fun. Oh well. So, I jumped on the moonwalk, sumo wrestled, among other things, and we got out of there at around 3:30. Then, I took a nap, ate, did chores and etc, and I'm now doing this!
One thing I neglected to mention - the houses at Hickory Stick around the course were really cool (I would use gorgeous, but I don't know if that's how you spell it!) - Aaron and I were talking about them for a few minutes as we passed them by. One other thing - I also wore Whitney Brown(Whimar)'s jacket thingie (I don't know what they're really called...) - the long jacket-type things that s oft are clothed in - doya know what I'm talking about? Well, anywho - 'tisn't quite part of a man's wardrobe (so people were kinda making fun of me), but I was pretty chilled out there, and Whimar (pronounced Whimmer, in case you were wondering) had it extra, and insisted that I wear it, so I gave into her wishes for a while and wore it.
Well, that was my day. 'Twas a pretty good day, if I do say so myself. :) I had a great time, thanks mostly to the oisome friends I have. I love my school. The people, the teachers, the other staff - they all are really cool. I love my class especially.
Hmm... I also got the ECHO trip confirmation letter and list last nite!!!! I was so psyched!!! I was already feeling real good after the prayer meeting we had at Aaron's humble abode - we (Zachary and I) always have a great time at those. Devon, John Emmett, Hope, Casey, Kristina, and Christy were those present, along w/me and Z. We had a good time discussing things we'd learned, our favorite Bible characters, the Sr. camping trip, among other things, and a good time in prayer, and then in more chit chat afterwards. Then I go home ad check my email, among other things, and I see the ECHO conformation letter! For those of you who haven't Yet been, 'tis an oisome experience. I HIGHLY recommend going, if you are high school or college age. And, if you Have been, but not yet had the experience of being w/me there, you're definitely missing out! I go pretty crazy down at Ft. Myers! Heh - but, whoever you go with, you have a great time, renewing, deepening, and making new friendships, while you are working to further God's Kingdom all over the world. There are always some real good Bible QT's and sharing from the Bible, listening to your leaders, etc. 'Tis so good. I hope to go 2, even 3 times next year, because I just enjoy it and gain so much from the experience.
Well, enough about ECHO. Enough about other stuff too. 'Tis time to 'hit the sack' as the phrase goes. 'Tis been a good time writing once again! Sorry again for my neglecting it for so long. Also, thanks, David, for the prompting to take up blogging once again! I've missed it.
Thank you, thank you very much folks. 'Tis been great. Have a spectacularly wonderful, phantasmagorically good God blessed day today! I appreciate your patience, and I hope you have a good time reading once again!
~ Al'n ~
Song for this post:
The Reason, by Hoobastank
Verse for this post:
Proverbs 12:1 - "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who s correction is stupid."
Quote for this post:
"Ya know when you have to write for school... you write your thoughts in a set order... your ideas have to flow smoothly from one point to the next. With a blog you can write as discursively as you wish. You don't really have to think about what you are writing you just write whatever is on your brain at that moment. Its kinda fun."
~Christy Helweg~
Wow - Im updating! It has been a while! Sorry for that. Just to let you know, I did try to update last week, and 'twas a pretty good update, too, but it got deleted! Well.... my life's been pretty busy lately, altho, if I'd simply organize and use my time more wisely and not simply waste so much time doing nothing or next to nothing, I'd have so much more time for this, and other, more important things. If any of you'd like, you could pray for me on that. I really need to use time wisely, especially for the future, as I'm sure I'll be much more busy than I am now. Also, when I do do things, I need to give them my all, 'cuz I usually don't.
What else, what else... Well, I had an oisome (you hafta say it out - I like using it, because I don't much like using awesome, because, really, only God is truly awesome [can I get an Amen? :)]) day today. We had a golf walk fund raiser thingie, which since many of ya don't know - 'tis an event in which we send out letters asking for donations to people for our walking (or golfing at) a golf course one day. 'Tis a really fun time actually - you can just hang out with your friends and talk to people, eat, etc. There are people at our school who it, but I really don't see why - I really have enjoyed it the past couple of years. Altho, the sending out of brochures is not all that much fun, filling out 25+ brochures to people, a lot of whom I didn't know (see, every kid is s'posta send out 25 of them, so we sent out 150 this year and last, not including my dad's 50 (I think 'twas 50) that he sent out in order to golf. 'Tis a good way to get donations, I think, but I think 'tis getting a bit old - we've done it foe the past 3 years, and I think we're changing next year.
Anywho, so today, after our first 3 classes (of which English was really good, btw), we drove (or rode) over to Hickory Stick Golf course, where pretty much our entire school walked, ran, piggybacked, etc around 9 holes of golf (which was about 2miles or so). We ate a pretty good meal of hamburgers and hot dogs and brauts and chips, and then most everyone ('cept the elementary kids) huddled in our cars in order to keep warm until the event began. I was with a few different people, but I ended up being in Ashley's car w/Hope, Cassandra, Christy, and Ashley. 'Twas really pretty cold outside, and, as I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt (having given my sweatshirt away already), I appreciated the warmth that the vehicular device provided - and besides that, 'twas fun talking and such in there!
After a few minutes, we all gathered on a hill over looking some of the path, and watched a living golf 'banner' enacted by our beloved sophmores for us all to see (there were different people who acted and dressed thier part - i. e. John Lederman was the ball, my bro was the hole, Beouy was the club, etc), had some instructions and a prayer, and then began the walk. during the walk, we did various things such as pictures, bible triva (I won a blow-pop!), bubble blowing, and just walking. I had the Wonderful oppurtunity to carry my good (altho somewhat heavy) friend Aaron Short on my shoulders for probubly about 20 minutes or so. :) Great experience, lemme tell ya, altho my shoulders and back were a bit sore afterwards, along with Aaron's... well, Aaron was kinda sore as well. THANKS to Mr. Short (the elder) for the very excellent 'popping' (what other word could I use??) of my back when we finished.
Good times. When we got back, many left soon afterwards, while others drank free beverages and/or played on the playscapes (or with the sumowresting suits) provided by... ooh - I can't remember the name of the place! I should know - I had the oppurtunity to work for them for a day... something to do with Fun. Oh well. So, I jumped on the moonwalk, sumo wrestled, among other things, and we got out of there at around 3:30. Then, I took a nap, ate, did chores and etc, and I'm now doing this!
One thing I neglected to mention - the houses at Hickory Stick around the course were really cool (I would use gorgeous, but I don't know if that's how you spell it!) - Aaron and I were talking about them for a few minutes as we passed them by. One other thing - I also wore Whitney Brown(Whimar)'s jacket thingie (I don't know what they're really called...) - the long jacket-type things that s oft are clothed in - doya know what I'm talking about? Well, anywho - 'tisn't quite part of a man's wardrobe (so people were kinda making fun of me), but I was pretty chilled out there, and Whimar (pronounced Whimmer, in case you were wondering) had it extra, and insisted that I wear it, so I gave into her wishes for a while and wore it.
Well, that was my day. 'Twas a pretty good day, if I do say so myself. :) I had a great time, thanks mostly to the oisome friends I have. I love my school. The people, the teachers, the other staff - they all are really cool. I love my class especially.
Hmm... I also got the ECHO trip confirmation letter and list last nite!!!! I was so psyched!!! I was already feeling real good after the prayer meeting we had at Aaron's humble abode - we (Zachary and I) always have a great time at those. Devon, John Emmett, Hope, Casey, Kristina, and Christy were those present, along w/me and Z. We had a good time discussing things we'd learned, our favorite Bible characters, the Sr. camping trip, among other things, and a good time in prayer, and then in more chit chat afterwards. Then I go home ad check my email, among other things, and I see the ECHO conformation letter! For those of you who haven't Yet been, 'tis an oisome experience. I HIGHLY recommend going, if you are high school or college age. And, if you Have been, but not yet had the experience of being w/me there, you're definitely missing out! I go pretty crazy down at Ft. Myers! Heh - but, whoever you go with, you have a great time, renewing, deepening, and making new friendships, while you are working to further God's Kingdom all over the world. There are always some real good Bible QT's and sharing from the Bible, listening to your leaders, etc. 'Tis so good. I hope to go 2, even 3 times next year, because I just enjoy it and gain so much from the experience.
Well, enough about ECHO. Enough about other stuff too. 'Tis time to 'hit the sack' as the phrase goes. 'Tis been a good time writing once again! Sorry again for my neglecting it for so long. Also, thanks, David, for the prompting to take up blogging once again! I've missed it.
Thank you, thank you very much folks. 'Tis been great. Have a spectacularly wonderful, phantasmagorically good God blessed day today! I appreciate your patience, and I hope you have a good time reading once again!
~ Al'n ~
Song for this post:
The Reason, by Hoobastank
Verse for this post:
Proverbs 12:1 - "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who s correction is stupid."
Quote for this post:
"Ya know when you have to write for school... you write your thoughts in a set order... your ideas have to flow smoothly from one point to the next. With a blog you can write as discursively as you wish. You don't really have to think about what you are writing you just write whatever is on your brain at that moment. Its kinda fun."
~Christy Helweg~
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home