Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Stand


"So I’ll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all"



It's been a really deep day. Ya know? I thought about all the lost opprotunities I've missed and given up. And I strongly believe in everything happening for a reason, but I still have those woulda-coulda-shoulda thoughts. Okay, peacccccccce.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Here we go.


So I started this blog because I think it will be a healthy way to vent. Don't know if anyone will read it, probably not, no one is really interested in what I have to say anymore. Last night I had the best night I've had in the longest time. Danie and Willy came over and we just talked for four straight hours. Okay not four straight. We ate cheesecake and LOL'd at my sister's dumbness too. But besides that. We talked about eeeeeeeverything. From past friends to current worries to favorite movies to plans for next weekend. I felt so good after, I felt so relieved. I've been so stressed out lately so it's so so nice to have such good friends to fall on. SADIES IS NEXT WEEKEND, and I did not realize how stressful planning a successful school dance is. Props to those stu co members in the past who have thrown wicked dances. All I can hope for is success! There have been so many changes in my life in the past six months, I have lost so many people in my life. At the same time, I have made the most incredible friends at the start of summer. God gives and takes, and I am so happy with where I am right now.


These are the MapQuest directions to my best friends house from my house:

1: Start out going SOUTH on S 39TH ST toward E GLENHAVEN DR. 0.0 mi
2: Turn RIGHT onto E GLENHAVEN DR. 0.1 mi
3: Turn RIGHT onto S 38TH WAY. 0.0 mi
4: Turn LEFT onto E SALTSAGE DR. 0.0 mi
5: Turn RIGHT onto S LAKEWOOD PKWY E. 0.1 mi
6: Turn RIGHT onto E BRIARWOOD TER. 0.2 mi
7: Turn RIGHT onto S 40TH ST. 0.4 mi
8: Turn LEFT onto E PECOS RD. 0.9 mi
9: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto AZ-202 LOOP E. 4.6 mi
10: Take the AZ-101-LOOP N exit, EXIT 50A. 0.9 mi
11: Merge onto AZ-101 LOOP N. 8.8 mi
12: Take the AZ-202-LOOP E exit, EXIT 51. 0.9 mi
13: Merge onto AZ-202 LOOP E. 2.6 mi
14: Take the AZ-87/COUNTRY CLUB DR exit, EXIT 13, toward PAYSON. 0.4 mi
15: Turn LEFT onto N COUNTRY CLUB DR/AZ-87 N. Continue to follow AZ-87 N. 73.6 mi
16: Turn RIGHT onto AZ-260 E. 53.0 mi
17: Turn LEFT onto AZ-277. 6.8 mi
18: Turn LEFT onto AZ-377/DRY LAKE RD. Continue to follow AZ-377. 33.9 mi
19: Turn LEFT onto AZ-77. 3.1 mi
20: Merge onto I-40 E (Passing through NEW MEXICO and TEXAS, then crossing into OKLAHOMA). 761.1 mi
21: Take EXIT 139 toward JOHN KILPATRICK TURNPIKE. 0.8 mi
22: Take the KILPATRICK TURNPIKE EAST exit, EXIT 139. 0.5 mi
23: Merge onto JOHN KILPATRICK TURNPIKE (Portions toll). 24.6 mi
24: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto TURNER TURNPIKE (Portions toll). 16.9 mi
25: TURNER TURNPIKE becomes I-44 E (Portions toll) (Crossing into MISSOURI). 454.1 mi
26: Take the I-270 exit, EXIT 276, toward CHICAGO/MEMOHIS. 0.2 mi
27: Merge onto I-270 S toward MEMPHIS. 6.2 mi
28: I-270 S becomes I-255 E (Crossing into ILLINOIS). 24.1 mi
29: Merge onto I-55 N/I-70 E via EXIT 25A toward CHICAGO/INDIANAPOLIS. 9.1 mi
30: Merge onto I-70 E via EXIT 20A toward INDIANAPOLIS (Crossing into INDIANA). 210.7 mi
31: Merge onto I-465 S via EXIT 69. 21.8 mi
32: Merge onto I-70 E via EXIT 44B toward DAYTON (Crossing into OHIO). 159.9 mi
33: Merge onto I-270 N via EXIT 93B toward CLEVELAND. 16.5 mi
34: Merge onto I-71 N via EXIT 26 toward CLEVELAND. 102.5 mi
35: Merge onto I-271 N via EXIT 220 toward ERIE PA. 40.4 mi
36: I-271 N becomes I-90 E (Portions toll) (Passing through PENNSYLVANIA, then crossing into NEW YORK). 448.1 mi
37: Keep RIGHT to take I-87 S/NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY S toward MASS PIKE/NEW YORK/BOSTON (Portions toll). 14.6 mi
38: Take EXIT 21A toward I-90 E/MASS TPKE/BOSTON. 0.9 mi
39: Merge onto NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY E (Portions toll) (Crossing into MASSACHUSETTS). 24.1 mi
40: NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY E becomes I-90 E/MASS PIKE/MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (Portions toll). 130.6 mi
41: Take EXIT 18 on the LEFT toward CAMBRIDGE/SOMERVILLE. 0.5 mi
42: Merge onto CAMBRIDGE ST. 0.0 mi
43: CAMBRIDGE ST becomes RIVER ST. 0.2 mi
44: Turn RIGHT onto PUTNAM AVE. 0.3 mi
45: Turn RIGHT onto NEWTON ST. 0.0 mi
46: End at 5 Newton St Apt 1 Cambridge, MA 02139-4777

It's 2659 miles away and 40 hours and 55 minutes of straight through driving. I don't know when I'm going to see her again for the first time since she moved and it's killing me. But God is good to us and He takes such good care of our friendship.