VISITOR

"I'll wear my badge...
a vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends I am a visitor here...
I am not permanent"

i was listening to this postal service song the other day. it always makes me think of how we as christians are only visitors or strangers in this world.
i was also over at my highshool the other day. i really had an awesome time in junior and senior high. lots of crap that i had to go through...along with every other teenager....but the people there were awesome. lots of good times. so anyways, my friend shelley and i went back to visit some of our teachers. we had to sign in and get these "visitor" badges. as we were leaving, shelley nearly forgot to give hers back and i said something about us only being visitors and how someone should write a sermon about that.
so, here is my sermon. just kidding. mostly just my thoughts on this world. in a paragraph. lol.
its funny how much work and effort we put into the things of this world. i know that there is a certain amount of stuff that we have to do to survive, but, and i know this from personal experience, i could be working on better stuff most of the time. why do i automatically store up for myself treasures on earth?
i constantly need reminding that this world is temporary. it won't last. what i do for God and heaven is what really matters. easily said, not so easily done.
also, as strangers, i think that we are supposed to act differently. not in the annoying touristy way. with cameras and souviners and such. but in a way that makes people realize that we have something better, a hope of somewhere better.
i know this is randomly written, but it's kinda good to think about. i think especially in our teenage years, we spend so much time trying to fit in. or, as i've heard, trying so hard to be unique, just like everyone else. we forget about eternity and sacrifice it for temporary satisfaction.
maybe we need to help each other remember why we are on this earth, and that we won't be here forever. don't get too comfortable.

newest member of my family

I have a new friend!! heheh. he's pretty cute, but kinda shy....likes to hide.

yeah, i'm a geek. i got a chameleon on sunday. and i love him. i'm not actually sure if i'ts a male or female (apparently you can't tell when they are that young....aren't you glad it doesn't work that way with humans.....lol). i haven't picked a name yet, i'm referring to him as my little man right now. or whatever comes to mind when i see him.

yeah, that's about all the exciting news for now. it's nice and warm out right now, so i'm happy. perfect for snowmen and snow fight...hmm.

well, have a great weekend guys. see ya'll soon.

blah

as the title states, i feel blah. boring, bored, meh....whatever.
not that life is bad or anything, i just sometimes have blah days. it also doesn't help that i had today off and instead of doing something productive, i watched about 4 episodes of smallville. now i have nothing to show for my day. oh well. and the oilers lost again last night...my life is pretty much over...lol.

i finished my rotation at the hospital yesterday. as much as i enjoyed it, i defnintly am glad to be done. i was talking to another girl in my class and we were saying how it's funny how we wish our lives away one course at a time. it seems like we are always counting down the days until we are done the next course. how much of our lives are we missing out on?
it's funny cause i do that alot...count down days. i've even written about it before. how i have this tendancy to set my sights on a goal a week or a month ahead and then ignore the rest of my life until that point. sad, but true.

so now what. i like to complain, but never do anything about it. i'll see if i can go get inspired somewhere. maybe i need to go outside for a while...that always helps. i'm laughing to myslef right now because if you are reading this, you are probably thinking that my life is really boring and not only that but it's so boring that the exciting part of my day is to write down how boring it is. wow, i'm bored.

lol. i'm let you know how my search for inspiration goes.