Currently Listening Metropolis (1989 Original London Cast) By Dusty Hughes Rain... in my dream there was rain... and the tears of my brothers in pain... there was hope... with the first ray if light.... we would all be alright... in the dawn... <3 see related

The Prodigal um... Daughter(?) Has Returned...

Well....

Think it's been long enough?...

I do...

So... here goes... my first post in a VERY long time...

I'm sitting..... here at home... all alone... as I have been all day...

weird...

A lot has happened these past weeks (ok so maybe months, but still)... a lot more than I could ever fit in this post... so I shall strive to just briefly mention some of the more momentous ones... and maybe a few random happenings as well. :)

While I was away I:

worked... a lot

got my license...

laughed...

cried...

sang...

oh, and (unexpectedly) won a singing competition too =)

got a full scholarship when I was almost done saving... (I had been saving since last year...) $$$ ;)

went to the mall... more than once ;)

discovered a love for being the only one awake...

re-discovered how blessed I really am... friends, family... yea!!

planned and successfully pulled off a surprise party for my *amazing* sister... (without her finding out, mind you)... yessssss

missed people...

became closer to certain people...

sadly...drifted away from certain others...

got to know a certain person in a way I thought I never would...

lost a friend... in a car accident...

held a tiny baby... <3

saw Christ's love in abundance...

stayed over at a certain friend's house... and um... "rented" a movie... (ah, the irony ;) (good times... wouldn't ya say, Organoff Heffnerdein?)

composed rules for probably the most amazing game ever... ;D

prayed... well of course

played...

felt helpless...

helped...

listened to a lot of music...

had probably one of the most awkward IM convos I think i've ever had... ;)

ushered at 3 operas (which btw was really awesome... not only do you get to see the shows for free but you also get these very nifty pins that say "usher" on them... go figure)

got very sick w/ the flu... not fun... I could never stand being bulimic... ;^)

babysat... a LOT

breathed...

forgot to breathe... no not really... just checking to see if you're still awake...

disappointed myself...

doubted myself...

learned that that was ok...

got a new german piece... and I LIKE it... lol

sang Really high.... too high I think

was reminded of how I cannot sing low to save my life... :(

wished I could...

wondered what on earth God has in store for me...

wished I knew now...

realized that wasn't really possible...

taught lots of sewing classes...

forgot to bring the pedal for one of our sewing machines thus making KT very angry at me... (and rightfully so... I guess)

dreaded having to teach the class all by myself tomorrow... ;)

was told by a very amazing little boy that he "loved me more than anyone else... ever"

was told by the same little rascal that I was going to marry him someday... ah, little brothers... if only he knew...

decided that no one will want to read anymore so I should stop this right now.... haha

Live life like you mean it...

In Him,

Stephanie

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I just got off the phone from having over an hour long conversation w/ KT...

weird....

guess that's what happens when i don't see her for over 24 hours...

ah.... we're such dorks...

and i LOVE it...

Honors IMEA was...

 AMAZING!!!

thanks esp. to all the people who made it really special for me... =)

Where to begin...

one of the things that was so awesome was that everyone there was just truly amazing. I don't think I have ever been in one room w/ so many talented, dedicated young people. Wow... I was between a 2nd bass and a 1st tenor who were truly AMAZING... we had every end of the spectrum... it was just so awesome... there was no "weak link" if you know what I mean... everyone was sooooo good. Now I know why it's called HONORS, b/c it's such an "honor" to get to go. I'd say everyone was comparable or better than me... esp. if everyone was as good as the two guys I was next to.... wow I could listen to them sing all day... lol. besides the musical aspect (which of course was incredible and I could go on about it for hours... if you want me to, just ask... haha) the company was quite wonderful too ;) benji, lindz, angie, other angie, rj, evan, nick, erin, jeremy, dustin, rach, oh, kt, of course, collin and charles too (the two people that i sat next to) etc... ah, it was wonderful... and i actually really miss it... i know, i'm weird. well, i really need to go to bed... more from me later, maybe... oh and thanks to everyone who came; it was great seeing y'all! night.... ~S

Currently Listening Ragtime - The Musical (1998 Original Broadway Cast) By Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie see related

my past few days have been very nice... got together w/ some truly awesome people.... yesterday kt and i met james and andrew at grand prairie... =)  then today beck, kt and i had lunch w/ our amazing cousins jp, matt, and david b/c matt is back from college!.... they are such awesome people... i love having good convos w/ them... it was really great to get to see them again, esp. matt... it's been quite some time since i've gotten to see him... k i need to get to bed. have to get up early tomorrow to leave for vacation... and i'm driving... sooo... i need to be fairly well rested... night all.... i'm sure i prob won't be on the comp for at least a week or so... but we'll see. have a great rest-of-break! see ya'll when we get back. God Bless!

In Him,

Steph

oh and p.s. could you pray for a safe trip... thanks

*drumroll please...*

Yes, I am actually updating (well sort of)... hard to believe, huh? I am still alive. Well, life has been rather crazy and this is about 2nd to last on my priority list so you know, when there are about 5674322.9 more... well yea I don't ever get to doing this. As it is, I really should be making better use of my time and doing some work for my dad so I will leave you for now. Maybe I'll get on later and actually WRITE something... (ok, so I promise I will............ sometime)

~S~

I feel positively horrid! I don't mean to complain, but I honestly do. I think it's a mix between no sleep and a really nasty cold. Could you please pray that I get some sleep tomorrow night... I not only don't have enough time to sleep, but I need to actually sleep when I'm trying to. I must of woken up a million times last night because I couldn't breathe (which btw it's a really scary feeling not being able to breathe esp. in the middle of the night). When I finally did sleep (a little) and woke up to my alarm at 6:30 I had been breathing through my mouth (well b/c I obviously couldn't breathe through my stuffed-up nose) which only made my sore throat worse. *sigh*... I need to get some sleep tonight if I'm going to beat this cold.

Play practice actually went pretty well last night... besides all the missed/incredibly late entrances last night... I think tress-face and I had about 20 more lines than usual from all our ad libbing till ya'll got there (though I must admit, that was kinda fun the first time "Well, do you know where he is".. "I don't know, do you know where he is"... ;) and etc... ) lets not have a single missed entrance tonight guys, k?... how many people missed theirs last night... like... almost everybody.... (*raises hand*) guilty... Sorry we were late for that one entrance Tress... but you guys were doing such a good job ad libbing that we seriously thought you were like a page earlier than you were... my apologies... it won't happen again...

~S~