sunday minus internet

The title of this post stole my introduction.

On Sunday I was completely stranded. I had pulled the lazy college student "I'll just do my homework on Sunday and spend the rest of the weekend having fun."

That would've worked except for the fact that on Sunday the internet was down...

...and all my homework was online. 

My logical solution: take on an art project!

Whenever I get frustrated, I tend to either run, play piano, bake, or do something artistic. 

So if you ever see me doing any of the above, I'd suggest you step away ;)

I think having some sort of therapeutic hobby can save anyone from blowing a gasket....so here's the result of MaryC being frustrated over the fact that none of her homework was turned in on time. Enjoy!

This was actually pretty simple (but time-absorbing). I peeled around 50 crayons, hot-glued them to a foam board, then melted them with a hair-dryer and two kitchen lighters. Took me all afternoon, but the end result came out just right.

Days without access to the wonderful world wide web are good for me. Way too much of my time is sucked away by mindless internet goofing off. So whenever I have a day like this, I'm always reminded that life can go along just dandy without the internet constantly having to be available to me. (well...aside from needing to do homework, but we'll ignore that part)

Point of this story? MaryC did not explode with frustration thanks to her love of crayons and pyromanic behavior :)

busy busy busy...

Oh well hello there. Its been a while since we've spoken, hasn't it? I take full blame and sincerely apologize for that. As much as I'd like to tell you I've been off busily doing incredible things, I'll admit to the fact that I've just felt like I've had nothing to post about.

Over the summer I mentioned to someone that I'm going into my sophomore year of college. She told me that if I could survive this year, I'll survive college. Well, I laughed to myself thinking about how I had breezed through my freshman year...

turns out she was right.

The excitement of "being in college" from freshman year is gone. The encouragement of "woohoo! I'm halfway there!" isn't going to appear until next summer. So its a rut that I think the majority of sophomores tend to fall into. But as many little miniature mental breakdowns as my sophomore year has caused, I've managed to keep busy enough to inspire myself to 'keep on truckin' along.'

God's been taking care of me lately. By "taking care of me", you could also say "challenging" me. Aside from helping with Young Adult Group and organizing the St. Lawrence Girls Retreat, He decided that its about time I step into my future ministry.

On October 5th, after weeks of prayers and planning, St. Catherine Church launched her very own youth ministry program...with MaryC. as the youth minister :) 

Everything fell into place so smoothly. The teenagers really enjoyed themselves. I'm so looking forward to what God has in His plan for our new group!

So as ordinary as I claim my life has been, God has been doing extraordinary things. But I'm thankful for the ordinary. If there was no ordinary, we wouldn't appreciate the extraordinary. This is why as crazy and crammed as this sophomore year of mine has been thus far, I'm absolutely loving life.