Mark Schultz Concert

Today was a really busy day. I took care of the little girl I normally take care while shopping for the dress I would be wearing to my cousin's wedding this coming Saturday as well a few other things I needed for the car and the trip. I am little upset that I missed church service, but this shopping needed to get done.


Anyway, I made it to the Mark Schultz concert and I had a great time listening to the stories and songs. It made up for missing service this morning, and I was able to worship God. I also found out that Mark Schultz is adopted (adoption is very near and dear to my heart as I have gotten cousins through adoption), and seeing the music video based upon the letters that his grandmother (or great-grandmother I don't remember) had received from her boys while they were fighting for our country. She kept a diary of these letters. My father is an air force reservist.


Both these things made this concert memorable for me, but the highlight of it all was meeting Mark Schultz and getting his autograph on a book as well as getting pictures of the two of us together. I was fortunate to be standing next to people in the line who were very kind to me. We were only allowed to have one thing autographed and the family in front of me was able to use one of their kids to an insert to a cd for a friend of mine so that I could also get something autographed for myself. Also the couple behind me use their digital camera to get a picture of me with him while someone used my cell phone to get a picture of me with Mark. Also this couple will send me this picture soon when they have the time to do it.

Anyway, I thought I leave you with two pictures from the concert. The picture of him singing is when he was singing my absolute favorite song from him which was "Walking Her Home."












This was a perfect way to end the day. I will post the other picture once I get it.

3 Days until trip

Well, not much is going on. I have had a few days of relaxing. Today, I took care of a little girl and cleaned up the apartment that she and her mom live in. They are fixing to move to a new place, and her mom gave me more money for cleaning the apartment. After taking care of her tomorrow, I will have enough money to get my hair done. Other than that, I am going to church tomorrow morning with the little girl and there will be a potluck lunch at church. I love it when we have potluck lunches at church. I also will be going to a Mark Schultz concert tomorrow night which I am really excited about, because I really love at least two of his songs (Walking Her Home and Broken And Beautiful). I will be meeting up with friends for this concert which will be great. Monday I have to work, but when I get home, I have to clean my room so that I can find a library book (which is due the next day) and another item that I will need for the trip. Tuesday I will get my hair done, do some final shopping, and pack.

8 days until trip

Well not much has happened today. I worked, but I have to deal with flood waters as the town that I live in has been flooded. Although only in low water crossing areas is where we were flooded so the town is fine. Anyway I am just busy trying to get things done before I go on this trip in a couple of days.

I have to take care of some school stuff before I go, because when I get back I will not be able to get on campus with an expired permit on my car. Then I have to deal with house stuff, and other things like packing and practice my music for the wedding.

Fun days

My friend Liz and I had a great time together. Took her awhile to get to where I lived so that we could go to Fiesta Texas. We spent four hours there. We rode three rides, ate lunch, walked around the park, got into two photo booths, and watched a show. Then we had to go back to my house due to all the flooding that was going on where I lived. Instead of taking about an hour and a half to get to my house, it took us three hours. We still enjoyed going to Fiesta Texas.

When we got to my house, we watched some animal planet, made dinner, and watched "Freedom Writers". Which she did enjoy since it was her first time to watch it. Then we played on the internet, and had one of our girl talks about important issues in our life.

Then after finally managing to get out of bed, we got dressed and went to eat at a restaurant that our age loves to come eat at whenever they are in town from school or our visiting family members that still live here. Of course due to flooding we could not go the direct route into town, and had to use a back way to get there. After we ate, we went to see the river. Then we went back the way we came, and she had out whereas I came home to rest up before I took care of a little girl. We definitely enjoyed our time together.

12 Days Until Family Trip

Yikes! I just realized that I will be leaving in under two weeks. Well today I got to practice with a friend of mine who plays the piano for my part of my cousin's wedding. I feel better knowing that there is only a few spots that I need to work on, and make sure that I count my measures of rest so that I do not come in at the wrong time.

Anyway, before I get packed up for the trip, I have a friend (one of my best friends) coming with to an amusement park tomorrow and then she is spending the night. She is in the middle of the picture, and I am wearing the white with red and gold shirt. The other girl in the picture is another of my best friends. She has not spent the night at my house since we were both in high school. We both are very excited about our time together. Plus when we get back to my house we are going to watch "Freedom Writers" which is a great movie that everyone should watch especially those people who plan to be teachers. I am not going to be a certified teacher, but I feel that the movie made me a better person. I will tell you how everything went on saturday.

15 Days until Family Trip

It seems so hard to believe that in fifteen days I will be heading out of Central Texas to go up north for a cousin's wedding. I am excited but scared as I will be playing my flute in front of the church at her wedding. I am going to play Pachelbel's Cannon in D. Most of my part will be fairly easy to play as long as I pay attention to the piano, but there are a few lines where I am worried about doing alright on. Sixteenth notes are sometimes really hard to play depending on what the fingerings are, and how fast they are going. Anyway, for the next fifteen days I will be helping to clean the house, working both of my jobs, practicing the piece of music, and packing. As well as a multitude of other things for school this fall. I can not wait for this wedding to get here so that I do not have to worry about playing my instrument, I wish that I could still go to my church during that time. Oh well, I guess we all have to make sacrafices.