I had minneapolis adventures tonight. I miss living in downtown Minneapolis; a lot. I think if I don’t get in to my program for school next year, I’m going to get an apartment in downtown and work at Starbucks and go on Minneapolis adventures everyday.
Life is such a journey. I’m searching out joy.
love. goodnight y’all!
I love Bradley Hathaway.
Wait Wait Wait Wait a minute
Hold up
STOP
…The pressI woke up today without that 5 million pound boulder of stress on my chest and now I feel blessed and can rest.
Oh! to rest these weary extremities that have been inflicted with infirmities unseen or experienced by them before
So tell me, what does the future have in store?
I don’t know
I’m just going to let today be today, I’m going to wake up this morning with a smile on my face, look in the mirror brush my teeth and not wrack my brain wondering weather shes going to call me or not because when a girl says “lets just be friends,” what she really means is “I’m never going to talk to you again.”
Accept it
Move on
I just didAnd after that I’m going to put on my play clothes, go in the front yard and climb that pecan tree like I did last week, but this time I’m not going to get halfway up it and start debating weather morality is…
A social adaptation
A product of Evolution
Or put there, by GodI’m just going to climb the thing and have fun like I did when I was a kid
And after that I’m going to go to vertebrate zoology class and listen to my boring lifeless instructer talk about how there are 50 different species of minnow in Arkansas alone.
But I’ll smile
Nod
SHOW INTEREST
Act interested(because that really is interesting if you think about it. Think about it)
And then after that I’ll go home and have lunch. The same ol’ boring lunch again! Two more fricken’ frozen monterey jack bean and cheese burritos with a glass of distilled water and an Orange. But I’ll give thanks that I do have food to eat because so many peple don’t
And after that Ill go to work and paint But I’m not going to paint that boring eggshell white on that old ladys wall like she requested…no, I’m not going to do it. I’m going to pretend I’m a juvenile Leonardo Da Vinci and paint a stick figure masterpiece of a young couple frolicking in a field of flowerswith little butterflies and gophers popping up here and there. (I’m sure the old lady will appreciate it later in life)
And after that, I’m going to have dinner with my Paw Paw and when he cries to me about how his arthritis is bad his own daughter rejects him he’s sad, I’ll put my arm around himand listen watch his old weary eyes glisten as he experiences my love for him.
And after that I’ll go home, sit on the floor and start singing songs to the one that gave me this joy that I’m feeling, but it’s more then just some fleeting feeling, it’s eternal truth in which I am reeling.
And then at night I lay my head to rest without the slightest bit of fright or fret knowing I made the day the best I could
And that God truly is good
Dear snow, thank you for coming. I am so excited for a white Christmas.
Dear finals, I can’t wait till you’re over.
Dear cute 3 year old boy in the drive through, you made my day when you smiled and waved at me.
Dear deer, thank you for not running into my car.
Dear crabby people at school, I know life is stressful…but you should find joy in the little things in life. That way, maybe you wont be so crabby and look so stressed out. life is life is life is life. We all go through it. You mind as well go through it with a smile on your face and happy.
Dear school parking lot, you are way too big. I get embarrassed when my car gets lost in you. Yesterday was a very bad day for me to lose my car. It was very cold out and I wandered around you for a very long time pretending to be on my phone ‘pacing’ around when really I couldn’t find my car. Please don’t engulf my car again. Please?
Dear amazing Lord Jesus, I praise you because you are different and efficient
Thanksgiving. UP. Love. Lots of family. Lots of friends. Childhood BFFs. Ninja. Laughter.
dear UP, you are an animated movie and yet you still made my cry uncontrollably. I cried my eyes out while watching you. you’re sad, but soooo cute.
dear Ninja, the gash on my wrist is my memory of how brutal and harsh you can be. but as blood drawing as you are, you’re thee most fun game we played all weekend. I’m such a fan of you. I’m glad we discovered you.
dear house full of 16 people, you are very very loud and crazy fun. I like you, alot.
dear grandma, I’m sorry you had to yell at me for being too loud. sometimes i sing, or laugh, or just have a random outburst and usually they are very loud without me realizing. i am sorry. you probably think it’s ridiculous i’m 20. i just like to laugh loud. and sing loud. and be loud. i’m a college student.
dear mom, thank you for making that pot of coffee every morning so i can wake up to that smell.
dear Mac,
I really like you 
dear Psych,
you’re my weekend obsession and i am happy you were only $12.99 on Friday.
dear starbucks, thank you for my pay raise.
dear life, thank you for adventures and love.
I have 9 days left of school. 9 days till freedom. 9 days till I don’t have to feel smothered with stress, anxiety and homework. I cannot wait for freedom.
Thanksgiving was last week. yay! it really made me think. think about what I am truly, really thankful for……………………..
This last week I met with one of my most amazing friends, my biggest encourager, my biggest prayer warrior. She encouraged me with my dreams and goals so much. We talked nonstop for 4 hours and it was exactly what I needed this week. I think alot of the time, ‘friends’ get caught up on just hangin out and havin fun..especially when they’ve known each other so long. but friends need to encourage, uplift and talk….just simply talk sometimes. they need to open their hearts up to eachother. I often have trouble with this; I don’t really truly open up to many of my friends. This friend of mine is they only person who knows everything about me. every secret, every single thing i’ve ever done. things that I just feel I can’t open up to other people about. But…she’s so gentle, so non-judging. I know she’ll only listen and never judge me for what I’ve done; choices I’ve made…she’s such a strong prayer warrior…I always feel so loved when I spend time with her. I love friends like that. I love that feeling. I love going out to Applebees together and sitting in the car praying in the Spirit, forgetting what time it is, forgetting I have homework, forgetting about other cares in the world. I love the feeling of the world slipping away and just being so engulfed with Jesus and his love. I wish this friend didn’t live so far away. I wish I could spend that kind of quality time with her every weekend. But she’s following her dreams, and I’m following mine.
So for now…I’m so thankful for prayer, a chance to talk to God, for best friends and quality time I can spend with them, for my incredible family and for love. love changed the world.
I’m so thankful for so much. ‘Thanks’ isn’t said enough. ‘Thank you from the bottom of my heart’ isn’t thought much. But truly, I am so thankful…for so much.
“May I please have a half-caff, triple, grande, sugar-free vanilla, non-fat, extra hot, no foam, with whip, caramel macchiato?”
sometimes make me crabby. Not usually, just sometimes. Like this morning. Welcome to Starbucks….
When I get engaged I want to have my ring to be given to me in a cupcake.
puddle jumping isn’t just for summertime.
Caramel Macchiatos are my favorite.
‘Pure’ is a poem written by my friend Jesse. He performs it so incredibly it gives me goosebumps. I love it.
Pure
I want to be pure,
like water,
simple, but deep,
transparent—no lies.
Yeah I may not be flashy hun,
but I still sparkle shine from the sun – or the Son.I want to be gentle, soothe you,
as water drunk from a bowl,
yet strong and powerful
as I pull you with me as a whole
waterfall come crashing down
on all that is wrong and unjust,
all the hatred, anger, greed and the lust.
I want to be pure like water,
solid, like ice—you can trust
me with anything,
I want to bring
about change for the better.I want to be pure,
like water, clear
on what is right and is wrong,
set apart from the throng
who only base it upon
what they want for themselves
and forget everyone else.
I want to be
pure in my anger,
pure in my faith and
pure in my love.I want to be pure in my love,
full of grace coming down from above.
I want to be pure in my faith,
one-hundred-percent sold out
to my God.
I want to be pure in my anger
when I see the undeserved hurt of a stranger,
or when I see all that is tearing us apart,
that is tearing us down,
this human race,
no matter the color of your face –
let’s take back our missteps,
retrace,
and start again – together this time
all you brothers and sisters of mine
stand up, take action,
‘cuz we’re at the end of this rhyme.
Amazing huh? Yea…this Poem was written by my friend Jesse. Listen to the lyrics. Listen to the words. Grasp the meaning. It’s deep. He’s such a fabulous writer.
dear tears, please don’t visit me everyday.
dear life, please fill me.
dear hope, please return.
dear stress, please leave.
dear joy…where are you?
Adios Summer 09, hello Fall. Here’s how far I got on my ‘Summer ‘09 List’
[Fall 2009 in the process ]
1. Eat sushi
2. Have a tea party
3. Fly a kite
4. Build a sand castle
5. Go puddle jumping
6. learn to water ski
7. Get a new Camera
8. Watch a sunset on lake superior
9. Eat a pint of ice-cream in one day
10. Dance in the moonlight
11. Squish my bare feet through mud
12. Get lost
13. Make a bonfire on a beach
14. Go rollerblading in down town minneapolis at night
15. Sit on a rooftop drinking tea
16. Yell at the top of my lungs
17. Go fishing
18. Go kayaking
19. Go three days without seeing another person
20. See a moose
21. Go canoeing and camping in the BWCA
22. Have a real picnic
23. Go to as many states as I can
24. Sit on Lake superior at watch the sunrise
25. Throw a rock in all the Great Lakes
26. Learn to salsa dance
27. Get another piercing
28. Photograph a wedding
29. See Mount Rushmore
30. Dance in the rain
31. Swim at night with my favorite people.
32. Hug a child who doesn’t know love
33. Take a three day road-trip
34. Run through a field and make the butterflies dance
35. go on a spontanious adventure and not tell anyone where we’re going or what we’re doing
36. Not wear makeup for a week
37. fall 100% in love with Jesus (Still working on it:) )
38. have a candle lit dinner.
39. Go up in a hot-air balloon.
40. Visit Hot Coffee, Mississippi
41. Go to a Thunder game
42. learn french. again.
There are some thing in this world that just drive me crazy…they just annoy me so much I can’t stand it. It’s little things. Little things that I let get to me…and these are what are getting to me this week:
First: People who drive convertibles with the top down while blaring country music
Second:Those ugly skater shoes
Third: Tongue piercings
Fourth: Anime
Fifth:Cocky people
Sixth: People who wear all black…all the time
Seventh: when guys let doors slam in my face
Eight: The statement, “I don’t mean to be rude but…” umm..clearly they DO mean to be rude
Ninth: When people say, “oh you look sick” when I’m feeling just fantastic.
Tenth: When people get legitLY angry about their coffee being too hot, or too cold, or too bitter, or too strong, or too full, or too empty, or too black, or that I put in too much cream, or that I didn’t put in enough cream, or that I put in too much sugar….I’m sorry, but…IT’S JUST COFFEE
“Good morning! Thanks for stopping at Starbucks, my name is Joelle can I interest you in a Pumpkin Spice Latte?”
“Ummmmm…No. I want a small coffee.”
“Ok, so you want a tall brewed coffee?”
“no. I want a small dark roast”
“Oh ok. So a tall dark roast brewed coffee?
“NO! I want a SMALL”
“Yea I know. Our “tall” is actually our “small”.
“Oh.”
“So…that’s a tall dark roast brewed coffee. I’ll have your total up at the window. Please pull ahead”
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