Plans...

My brother Art came home two days ago.  I hadn't seen him since August.  cheers! It's so awesome to have him home again... just seems so right.  Carson & Katie came this weekend to hang out... so excited for my family to all be here... 'cept... [sniff, sniff]... my dearest Half.  I haven't yet mentioned that my Half has been missing from my life for the past few weeks.  I know... it doesn't make sense at all.  How does one half function without the other half anyway?  Circumstances are forcing me to find out.  It's been rough... but here I am.  Yup, I'm still alive.  I'll see her in three weeks!

So yes... Art is staying around for over a week.  A few days after he leaves, I leave. :) for Nicaragua :) cheers!  Okay, yes. I am beyond excited!  I'm taking off school with three other kids from our high school to join a group of workers from our church who are headed for Nicaragua to build a roof on a clinic.  One of the girls from our youth group, Rhonda Zook, works there at the clinic.  My parents are going along as well as my brother and some of my awesome friends.  Aaaahh it's gonna be a party. :)

Erika comes home before we come home... and joy! We'll be together again :)  A week after we come home is our school's Spring Program.  I could freak out every time I think about all the work and practice that needs to be put into that yet... then a week later my youth group leaves for a weekend chorus tour that we've been practicing for for months.  cheers!

After chorus tour, there are only three more weeks of school left... three precious weeks to cram in things like finishing the end-of-the-year school newspaper {which, btw, still has not yet even been started}, planning the details of graduation, and catching up on lessons that we missed while in Nicaragua.  Then it's Track & Field. and the last day of school. and school picnic. and graduation... then the rest of my life begins.

And in the midst of all of this busy-ness, I'm trying to hold onto each moment. breathe. love. really live in the place I am right now... cuz I'm not going to be here long anymore.

My life doesn't slow down very much at all until July, but I'll not elaborate on that now.  Ta-ta.
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