SPRING AWAKENING!

Thank goodness Spring is here. I needed this transition, as I'm sure most of us did. The sun is out and I'm feeling the giddy atmosphere rising! ahaa, anyways, about freshman year, for me, it was the freshman five, and although I'm not proud of it, while a lot of people called me fat when I went back to ocm, I was glad I didn't feel offended; in fact, I was cool with it :) because I know my first focus at this point is trying to develop a habit of reading the bible and praying every night.

So, it seems like spending spring break alone at home doing some spring cleaning and enjoying myself can always be appreciated. At the back of my mind, I know I'll have a cluster of things to do when I get back to MICA, but I think I must try enjoying everything I do and keep at that mindset, since it's so easy to stress. [sigh] Officially, there are 7 weeks of school left. wow. If you come up to me to ask how freshman year was, I hope my answer improves through these last few weeks...

SPRING IS HERE! Let the skin wars begin! hah!

The Outdoors Club

The Outdoors Club is my kind of club. We went hiking from 9:30am - 2pm. That's a lot of walking, a lot of nature, and a lot of adventure for one day. It brought me back to my childhood days when I carved out narrow paths in the woods in my backyard. I say this with full conviction when I say, "I was made to be a nature girl." I feel like I'm wired that way, and I feel most connected to my inner self when I'm in the wild, in the woods, by the streams, by the lakes. Today was a good day, because it made me happy to know that I don't have to burry a part of me that's being suppressed by the pressure of having to grow accustomed to this technologically-advanced society. I can still appreciate what's left of the woods and draw from man-made things the beauty that I also see in nature like I have been. Funny how being in my element has made me discover more about myself. I am really thankful for the Outdoors Club. It's my new family, my new fellow explorers, and for the first time, my kind of people.

Mary J. Blige "I Am"

Be Still - Chapman