Procrastination

Well, it's time for a real post! I haven't done that in awhile. I probably shouldn't do it for awhile, or at least until after finals. I need some sleep too. But... yeah. I rarely get the urge to write here anymore, so I thought I'd take advantage of the moment!

So... what's going on in the life of Rache right now? I really don't know... too much, probably, lol. I'm studying hard (or trying to study hard) for finals right now. I have my Understanding Dance final on Tuesday and my History final on Wednesday. I'm a little concerned that I'm not ready for either, and I also have a 5-page argument paper to write before Thursday, so I'd really appreciate your prayers this week.

As soon as finals are over, we have pretty much constant dance practices/rehearsals/performances throughout the rest of the week, which will be a lot of fun, though pretty exhausting. I'd appreciate your prayers for that as well. Sorry I'm just going to have to make that request a lot this time, lol!

I can't believe that my first semester in college is only a few days away from being over. It went by so slowly, and yet so fast... it was a huge roller coaster ride, but I made it through, thank God. I've grown a lot this semester. I've had more than my usual bouts with depression plus fatigue and stress and all of that and sometimes I've actually gotten pretty near the edge, but God is so faithful to me and every time I fall He pulls me straight back to Him.... It's just been incredible to see how each time I go down, I learn more how to trust Him and rest in His love. And then He pulls me back to the surface so I can breathe again. So yeah, I've really learned some amazing lessons this fall.

On a less serious note, I have to write about some of the stuff I've done this past week.... First off, the Switchfoot and Lifehouse concert! That was absolutely incredible. Two of my favorite bands of all time in one concert! Howie Day opened for them. It sounded like he'd be really good on the radio, but in concert he just didn't quite cut it for me. But that's alright, since my friends and I spent that time talking and being our usual crazy selves. Then Lifehouse... wow. They were absolutely beautiful. For most of theirs I just sat back and listened. And ! That guy's voice... it always gives me the shivers when I hear it on cd, but it was a million times better live! Switchfoot ROCKED. They are definitely my favorite band. We had fun annoying everyone around us on the upper level by standing up (or sitting on the back of our chairs) and having screaming contests... yeah it was fun. And we were all singing along at the top of our lungs of course. The best part though was at the end... their last song was "Stars" which none of us could believe... it's definitely not my favorite of theirs by any means, so that made me sad. But the crowd was all pumped up and we all started shouting for one more song, so finally they came out and did... guess what... "We are One Tonight!" One of my all-time favorite Switchfoot songs! That was definitely the best song in my opinion. And it was really awesome being there with my friends. Lol, we all randomly hugged each other and had a sappy friends moment... I love you guys!!! So that really made the concert... it was a wonderful end to a wonderful concert.

But it was not the end of the night, lol. All of us (Sara, Lora, Stephen, Aubrey, Hannah and me) went outside to our cars, only to find a ready-made ice-skating rink in the parking lot! In other words, a lot of water had frozen on the ground to make a huge sheet of ice. We stayed for 40 minutes I think "ice skating." Hehe... wow... I wish we could have gotten a video or something. We did ballet, break dancing, do-si-doed, hip-hopped, and really anything and everything else we could think of.

It was an awesome night.

The next night was just as awesome! Breakaway went POLKA DANCING!! And I went along, of course, even though we had just spent 6 hours at troupe practice. But it was soooo much fun! We went to the Yukon Czech Hall. There was a live polka band and everything, and of course t-shirts, which we sold them out of, lol. But anyway, we all learned to polka, and I swear, Breakaway is not ever going to be the same, hehe. We all had a blast. Most of it was polka dancing, but the night also included some swing dancing, Cotton-Eyed Joe, the Mexican Hat Dance, and the dreaded chicken dance. Oh, and at one point about half of us or more randomly decided to start break dancing, hehe.... that must have been quite a sight for everyone else there. We DID get videos of this. :D However, they're not on our website... yet.

Afterwards, when we went back to the church, some of us stayed afterwards and yet again found a convenient ice patch to go ice skating on! We were there for awhile, playing on the ice and polka dancing on and off of it. I found out that parking lots are very fun to polka dance in... lots of space! :)

One more thing: 5 guys came! Which was a lot better than I was originally suspecting. Most of them, if not all, danced most of the night. So a big congratulations to them. You guys were awesome. Stephen and Eric, you were both really good!

Well, I should probably get to bed. I was so exhausted I totally slept through my alarm this morning and missed first hour at church. :( I have so much studying to do tomorrow. But anyway, thank you all for your friendship and prayers, and I will probably see some of you tomorrow at Mazzios! Yes, I'm actually going! Wow! Choir's out, and I'll probably need a break just about then, so yeah... you all (who can) had better be there. :D

Mar sin leibh an-dràsda!

Rache