Hello, November!

Hi, readers! SO sorry about this long break I've been taking… we’ll just say that there are only so many words a week this blogger can produce, and that word capacity has been maxed out recently! But tonight I’m avoiding my research paper, so I have plenty of words to spare! haha! But unfortunately, my brain has no substance to give you! So sad.

Well, I will update you on some fun items: I re-learned how to crochet, and from Saturday to today, I have finished two pieces and have started a third. And, as I type this, my BFF has requested a scarf for Christmas! Woohoo!

Anyway, I’m going to have a date night with George Winston, my bed, and a novel. :) Happy evenings, folks!

Depending on your perspective…

There are only 5 weeks left of classes! Praise Jesus! This means that it’s really crunch time, and I’m working all the time on project after project. Sorry, blog world, that means that you get a bit neglected. So sad. But I promise that Christmas break will more than make up for it!

I met with my academic adviser for the last time today. Sad! I will be registering for my last college courses next Monday. Holy nut-lugs, Batman! I graduate in like 6 months. Augh!

My adviser is great, though, and she kindly offered to write me a letter of recommendation for either grad school or a job. I thought that was very sweet of her. And she told me she thought I was gutsy, because I moved across the country to attend a school I was unfamiliar with, and here I am graduating in 2 years! God is so good. :)

Anyway, that’s the brief update on life. Pray for me, please, dear readers, that I do the crunching during crunch time and that I don’t get crunched!

Photo Journal of Bek’s Boring Life in College

Ha! I promised I would, and look! I did! :)

My slippers! First thing I see every morning :)


I took a shower this morning- aren't you proud!? Here is my towel & my cover-up


Picked out my clothes for the day…


My deodorant choices!!!!! Woot! I love deodorant!
P.S. This blog is not promoting, advertising, or supporting these brands in any way, shape, or form. The choices of these companies do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of this blogger. But I do totally support the wearing of deodorant! :)


Spent time with Jesus- this is the equipment ;)

Close up of my gorgeous journal!


Met with my professor before class- we discussed our plans for the week


Walking through campus

On my way to lunch… isn't this a beautiful campus???


Headed to my dorm to get more books- this is the jack-o-lantern on the porch


Checked my CPO box… nothing :( hint hint :)


Here is my sack lunch- wrap, chips, fruit and veggies, and granola bar- yummo!

This is when things get crazy- if I had really been on my game, I would have stopped to take pictures of all my class rooms, or of the textbooks, but from 1pm until 6pm I’m literally running from class to class. So, sorry, readers. As a consolation note, the classes are boring! :)

This is dinner at 6- see lunch for more details. Yep, I have the same lunch and dinner every Monday and Wednesday, and boy am I grateful for food on the go!


There, I took a picture of one book. This is for Industrial/Organizational Psychology… oh yeah


And lastly, to end on an up note, these are the meds I take so I can breathe! Haha, I know, boring. Perhaps I’ll do a photo journal on a weekend, because they are much more exciting.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this, readers! What do your days look like?

Coming Soon!

Today I’m going to try to do a sort of photo journal of my day. I've done well so far… granted, I've only been out of bed for about an hour, so that’s not saying too much :-p but we’ll see how it goes. Come back later tonight or tomorrow for a photo journal of Bek’s Life In College… dun dun dun! :)

To prove that I’m really doing it, here is a sneak peak for your viewing pleasure.


These are the first things I see every morning, and they make me happy. Thank you, sister who gave these to me after I stole yours! :D

Why Remember the Old, Bad Memories?

For my capstone course, my group is researching the Balkan war(s) that took place in the 1990s. There is so much history here! Part of me loves how old the country is, and how rich a history these people have. Part of me resents them for being that old, because it’s a lot to learn about and write a paper about in a month! And part of me is saddened by all the painful memories these people have. “Issues” surfaced during WWI & II that dated back to the 1100s and 1300s, etc. That’s more than 600 years of bitterness held in the memories of these people! I’m blown away by that, first of all because our lovely nation isn't that old AT ALL, and secondly because why would you want to hold onto the bitterness and pain?

I have friends from Germany, and I had the privilege of visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. with one such German friend. I asked him what history class in Germany was like, and he told me that the Nazi regime and the Holocaust are taught in schools to remember the mistakes that the country had made, but would not make again. I've heard that it is illegal in Germany to deny that the Holocaust actually occurred.

My question/thought/contemplation today is, why couldn't the Balkans teach their history lessons without adding bitterness and revenge to the mix? Isn't it possible, as Germany is demonstrating, to remember wrongs done by us and to us, and then forgive and ask for forgiveness and move on, vowing to not let history repeat itself?

My next thought is, will the United States be like Germany or like the Balkans in regards to our own mistakes? I’m thinking particularly of slavery, the Civil War, and racial equality. Will it be something that we teach our children, this is how we used to think, and then we learned this, and now we do things this way? Can it be like that? Or do we have to keep pointing racist fingers at each other, repaying the crimes of the past, and never moving forward in our future?

I’m reminded of the message my pastor gave to my MC class during one of our first weeks. He spoke about Potential, and how our expectations determine how much potential comes into existence. Can we expect that people can change and that we just need to forgive and live our lives? Thoughts, readers?

Um, sorry I’ve been a slacker…

So my one and only excuse is that it’s midterms… haha, not like I’ve stopped doing anything fun! My weekend was AMAZINGLY LONG AND RELAXING, and it continues today and tomorrow, because of dear old Reading Period. Sigh of contentment.

My friend’s dad picked me up after work on Thursday, so I really had a 3 day weekend and I did NO homework. Ah, praise Jesus. It was delightful.

So this weekend I participated in the following activities {including but not limited to}:

• watching Disney princess movies
• working on a puzzle
• baking cookies while playing cards with dear friends
• attending a 4-H meeting {my first!}
• being my friend’s assistant during a photoshoot
• eating AUTHENTIC Southern chicken and dumplings
• introducing myself 93102938102984392483 times to my friend’s grandma- she has Alzheimer's
• quoting Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• finishing a great new book by Kristen Heitzmann
• hanging out with lots of lovely friends
• ladies’ brunch while the men were camping

It was a truly lovely weekend. How was yours?

I know this is random…

… but I totally woke up thinking about this, and I wonder what all my dear readers think.

So. You’re a Christian gal. He’s a Christian guy. You like each other. You’re not married yet. But you get pregnant. Oops.

How many young Christians who sin and conceive automatically think about getting married to “redeem” the situation? I’m honestly curious, and first of all may I say I’m glad that abortion is not chosen! But I’m not sure that a quick marriage is the best solution all the time.

I’ll be honest, I have friends who have done this. I’m not sure what the long-term results are going to be, but I’m definitely glad that the child is alive! I’m glad that the families of the parents are still involved with the couple, and I’m glad that so far things are working out for them.

But is marrying the person you slept with always the best decision? I’m not convinced that it is. I think that marriage is something that should be considered long and hard, and that definitely more than 9 months should be spend praying about it and preparing for it.

I’m not a fan of the automatic marriage that can follow a Christian out-of-wedlock conception. The emphasis is on the word automatic, because if this really is the person God has for you, then prepare to be joined to him or her for the rest of your life! But my hesitation is that he or she is not the person God has for you, but the wedding happens anyway. Do you see what I’m getting at, readers? I don’t believe that something can be redeemed by marriage… I think that God can redeem situations and people, and that if marriage is in His plans, that’s great, but I hope someone doesn't get married just because they’re pregnant. Does that make any sense? Comments please?