Happy Halloween

Enjoy all that candy!!!

A Phanatic Series

Last night marked the conclusion of the best few weeks of the year: October Baseball. The Fall Classic ended with the Philadelphia Phillies beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4 games to 1. While I personally LOATH the Phillies, and because my grandparents live in Tampa, I was personally biased towards the Rays, and I know that they are pretty bummed down there in Florida. Nonetheless, the Phillies were a great team and deserved the title.

While it sucks that baseball season is finally over and not returning until April, the World Series is such a fun and exciting time. Yes, it can get kinda stressful as I attempt to watch each and every playoff game from start to finish, yet I love every minute of it. I guess I can revert back to my patriotic roots in thinking that my reasons for loving it is that it brings that small, but abundant inkling of home (Thank you NASN). I think that is why we call it "America's Pastime".

Fall Break!

Its October Break!!!!

Yes.....time to relax with no school for the entire week!!!

(minus the college apps, homework, and wisdom teeth removal surgery I will have to go through before week's end)

The Brown's

I do realize this post is coming about a week and a half too late but oh well...

LAST WEEKEND (during our nice 5-day weekend) our old YoungLife leader Liz got married to her fiance Phil. For those of you have not had the opportunity to read about Phil and Liz, click hereOur entire family attended the ceremony, which was held at an old English church. Liz was about 20 minutes late (it wouldn't be LIZ's wedding if she wasn't late) and the ceremony was highlighted by their hilarious yet insightful minister, lots of excited British people, and even poppers. The ceremony was a bit different than our normal American ceremonies. First of all, the whole vows, rings, and kissing the bride is done at the beginning, followed by all of the music and readings, and then they leave for about 10 minutes to sign the register. Its all quite different.
Following the ceremony, we attended the reception at a nearby school hall. It was a traditional English Tea (at least an American's interpretation of an English Tea) with scones, tea with milk, sweets (American Translation: Desserts), and biscuits (American Translation: Cookies). At the same time we were able to have the whole YoungLife group at our table which was a lot of fun.

It was so neat attending a pseudo-British wedding and a pseudo-English tea. My mom was saying at the ceremony, "I can really feel the presence of God here" and you totally could. I'm so happy for Liz and Phil because I've never seen a couple with such a strong love for God and each other. I can't wait to see what He has in store for them. Congrats Phil and Lizzie!

College Apps!!!

I love this cartoon, I mean it mixes my favorite thing (american football) and the dreadful thing that is taking over my life (college applications)

As it gets closer and closer to deadline (the early-action deadline that is), I've used this 5-day weekend (yes we have been having a 5-day weekend for teacher conferences/workdays) to do the majority of my applications; or at least all the ones due by November 1st.

This means I have conquered Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina State, and Texas! wooooo thats more than half!! Now all I have left is Elon, South Carolina, and Syracuse......yay??

As a few of my friends have stated, I am an "eager beaver". But why shouldn't I be? I mean isn't it better to get the applications out of the way as soon as possible AND know many months sooner? I'm just thinking logical.

While dealing with apps AND regular hw is such a hassle, it is awesome moving along in a process that will ultimately shape who I am in the real world...and a little scary...

It's October...

THE MLB PLAYOFFS ARE HERE!