It ahs been waaayy too long since I last blogged.
And so much has happened! Now that I have a laptop, I reallyreally need to get better at keeping track of all this.
There has been A LOT of snow lately. Which makes be seriously happy :]]]
I love snow. And although it can get annoying and old after awhile, I still like it. I think its awesome that God created something thats so beautiful when it lays on the earth, but also so much fun to play in! Like snow forts, and snow men, and snow angels, and sledding. Lovvvin it.
With all this snow, I haven't gone to school in what seems like ages. I didn't go all last week, and I didn't go this monday, and am not going tomorrow either. Honestly, I don't mind at all. I had only been back into school for 3 weeks, and I was already feeling stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted. I felt like I just had so much school work, and had to do it so well to keep up my grades, yet that I didn't have enough time to do it. I just had no motivation it seemed like. Which is aweful.
But with this mini break I have been able to relax. And I mean REALLY relax. It's been so nice.
There is one thing I don't understand though...the roads aren't very safe, and they are cancelling school so much, and there is beautiful snow outside, but I have seen so many people out driving in my neighborhood to go places. Now, I understand DC doesn't slow down. People have to go to work. But I mean, people are just going out to shop, or for fun, or whatever...and it just makes me wonder if people ever slow down? Why do we have to be in a rush all the time? I know society is pretty much a big part of it. Its just the way life is today. But why can't people just stay home for A DAY? And enjoy their famalies, neighbors, the wonderful snow God gave us to enjoy.
I used to live in Nebraska. Not for very long, only 10 months and then we moved here. But for those of you that know your geography, Nebraska is in the part of the US where they get LOTSLOTSLOTS of snow. We had a total of 20ft the winter we lived there. That was easily the longest winter of my life. But a important one nonetheless. Thats when I really learned how to trust God for everything He is.
We lived in the tiny town Nebraska City. It was in the eastern corner of the state, only 10 minutes from both Missouri, and Iowa, and then 30 minutes away from kansas. The town was so teeny, they didn't even have a wal-mart. The nearest one was in Omaha an hour away. Not cool.
Since the town was more than used to lots of snow, they where always prepaired for it. The roads would get plowed right away. But what was so neat about the town was that, if the roads didn't get plowed, it wouldn't have mattered. First, because like I said these people where used to it, so they had car gear for such weather. Second, people got all the grocery shopping they would need done earlier. And third, because the people there weren't always in a hurry. They took the time to be with those they loved, and to relax and play with their kids in the snow. Or to have nice dinners since people are always so busy to have them during the week. They would go caroling, and walk around to see the pretty snow cover the teeny tiny town. We lived in downtown, smack dab in the middle. So I was blessed and got to see all of this.
So here when I see people not stopping for anything, it just kida of took me by suprise. I understand there are things like work and important situations in which people need to go out. But I guess I just wish sometimes people would slow down, and take this crazy weather as a blessing :]
