as i sit here i can hear birds talking away and feel the most refreshing morning breeze filling up the room. it strikes me that i'm ridiculous. for some reason i hate it when i wake up early on my own but i can't deny that i love being awake for mornings. there's just something about them that gives one a sense of a fresh start. a clean slate. that is how i'm approaching today. a brand new day untainted yet by my silly human nature but a chance at radiating God's light with every move i make and with every breath that leaves my lips.

today as a whole will give me a sense of refreshment. it's the first day of my vacation. in about five hours jo beth and i will be packing up the car and hitting the road for the ten hour journey to knoxville. oh knox vegas, i miss thee. knowing that there are people waiting for us that are so happy to see us is humbling. it's made my heart swell listening to sammi, "i'm probably not going to be able to talk to anyone when you leave, i'm going to be so upset" and "i have a feeling i'm not going to be able to say anything to you for the first two minutes because i'm going to be in shock that you're HERE!" and i know that beyond a shadow of a doubt i'm going to be so sore tomorrow because my dear hannah will closeline us. i wouldn't have it any other way :]

what am i looking forward to? i shall tell you:
*frisbee
*snowballs [yummmmmm]
*mckays
*the disc exchange
*perhaps a trolly trip
*random walks around campus at night
*twister and sparkling juice!
*friday night out on the town with ashley, rachel and jo beth
*avatar with hannah
*fosters and every other movie ever made with sam
*THE LIST GOES ON.

i'm also extremely pumped because kayla worked it out to where she'll be there on thursday!

oh how i can't wait to see these friends. it's been way too long.

these few hours won't pass soon enough.