I know, I know, I'm lame. This month has flown by and I'm not sure where all it went! But here's a month in review of my picture-a-day project. I have two or three pictures that I took on my phone that I'll put up later. And this past week has been absolute chaos, so I'm missing a few days. But if you want to know where I was in my absence, I was taking the GRE and Spanish tests. It's been insane. Hopefully after a presentation Monday and Homecoming this weekend life will slow down. Despite the craziness, God is doing big things! Maybe later I'll fill you in on them. (:
I uploaded the pictures as if I had posted a new post each day, so they are in reverse order. You might want to start at the end of this post to get the full effect because some pictures relate to the ones before. (: I also found a neat collage program on my computer, so I can now upload many pictures and not take up so much space! (:
Day 31 | See You At The Pole
September 28
Always a favorite time for me in the Fall! I went to the middle school to pray with our kids in the morning and then we ended with a community-wide service that evening. God did big things this day.
Day 30 | School House Rock
September 26
Our theater department put on School House Rock and Becca and Angela and I went! So much fun to remember all the songs that taught us Grammar and Math!
Day 29 | Tiger Serve Day!
September 24
We got a Tiger Serve Day team together with our youth girls. Such a good time to build relationships AND help the community. It was good. Really good. (:
Day 28 | Sunset
September 22
We have a terrific view from our window and the sun was setting perfectly. So I took lots of pictures of it. This one is my favorite.
Day 27 | Austin's Picture!
September 21
Austin drew me a picture as I was leaving the school! The green person is me and the blue people are him. It was so cute and basically made my week! (:
Day 26 | Flowers + Sun = Fun
September 20
These were too happy and the sun was too pretty not to take a picture of them.
[I got these by basically laying in the grass. One of the guys in some of my classes walked by and thought I was really strange. ha! All in the name of photography!]
Day 25 | Fender Bender
September 19
A man ran into my car. Poor Eugene has some lovely scrapes on his rear. Not a fun start to my week.
Day 24 | Rain!
September 18
It rained for the first time in many weeks! Not the best picture, but at least I took one! (:
Day 23 | Boomtown Classic
September 17
The OBU band traveled for the first time in 6 years to El Dorado, AR for the Boomtown classic. The team won, the band was great, and despite being really bus-sick, it was a great little road trip.
Day 22 | Clark County Fair
September 16
Becca and I explored the fair. It was so cute and fun! I mean, we were finished walking the entire fair grounds in about ten minutes, but it was definitely a fun time of craft rooms, people watching, animal contests and of course, cotton candy and carmel apples!
Day 21 | Little Italy
September 15
After band practice one day, Erica had a craving for Little Italy so we introduced Kelly to the great restaurant!
Day 20 | Sonic
September 13
Kim and I took Laura (one of our youths) to dinner at Chick and then to Sonic one evening. A good time of fellowship and relationship-building. (:
Day 19 | Abnormal Starbucks
September 12
Erica, Angela, and I are taking Abnormal Psychology this semester and we had our first test. We got together and reviewed the material. We all aced the test, too!
Day 18 | Decisions
September 11
We have hired new interns to work with our youth this year. Most of our crew graduated last year, so we expanded to hire on awesome new ones. Many applied, and it was our job to accept or not accept the applicants. This was taken as I was thinking and praying over the candidates and if they were fit to work with our youth. It was a heavy decision. I take the lives of our kids very seriously and we only want committed interns. It was an intense, but good decision. (We kept all five applicants, in case you were wondering, and it has been a good decision so far!)
Day 17 | OBU Football
September 10
I can't remember who we played, but I remember we won! This was taken at our first football game. It was surprisingly more fun than previous years. (:
Day 16 | CogLab
September 9
Every Friday night we have an assignment due for my Cognition class. We get to participate in psychological studies and learn how the brain learns. Crazy! This was taken as I was finishing up one Friday night.
Day 15 | Spanish Homework
September 8
A typical sight on Monday and Wednesday nights as I try to finish up "Tarea de Espanol" for the next morning.
Day 14 | America Reads
September 7
I joined the America Reads team this year as a volunteer. America Reads is a program that sends students into the elementary schools to help students learn to read. I get to tutor a 1st grader named Austin. It has been a blast! September 7th was the first day of tutoring, and it has been amazing ever since. Austin loves to learn to read! He is so excited everyday as I show up and loves reading to me. We play fun games (which teach him letters and words without him knowing). He is a precious kid! Tutoring has definitely been a stress-reliever in my semester. To get outside of normal activities and be around first graders is a definite change, but so worth it!
Day 13 | 125th Musical Showcase
September 6
This year is OBU's 125th anniversary. Sept. 6th has been named state-wide Ouachita Day by governor Beebe. The music department put on a showcase to celebrate and I snapped a few pictures while I was in the audience. The performances were awesome!!
Day 12 | Labor Day
September 5
This one might should be called "Labor-less" Day. I spent the day reading and relaxing.
Day 11 | Frisco Date
September 4
Kelly, Erica and I are all native Frisconians and happen to all attend OBU! It has been an absolute blessing and a blast having all three of us around this year! (Kelly joined Erica and I this fall). We decided one Sunday afternoon to go on a walk to the train park. It was such a relaxing and fun time!
Day 10 | Downtown Photowalk
September 3
I wanted to go shoot some pictures, so I picked a theme for today: Buildings, wheels and reflections. I wandered around downtown for a few hours and had a blast finding a few neat gems. Next time I'll have to take someone so its safe to explore sketchy parts. (:
Day 9 | AHS Football
September 2
I went to the football game with Becca and Angela to support some of our youth in the band. These little girls were precious! So I kinda stole some pictures of them. It was fun to join in the community event and actually sit at a football game. I've realized that I'm not sure how to behave at football games if I'm not in the band. Arkadelphia football games are definitely a community event. I've decided that I like football (Americano and futbol!)
Day 8 | "Men Working"
September 1
There has been construction in our lobby for a few days to correct some water damage, and I passed this sign a few times today and found it really funny. One time that I walked under it, it was hung on a clothes hanger... Oh Arkansas!
Day 7 | Youth Games
August 31
Our first official "regular" youth night! It was actually the parents' meeting, so I'm not sure how regular it was, but Nate and I got to lead games, which is always a blast
Day 6 | Bugs!?
August 30
Danielle and I were getting ready for bed and we found this lovely slug on the wall. Naturally we freaked out a bit. It took some guts ( no pun intended ) but we captured the little guy and flushed him. The next morning, I got up early and went to breakfast and came back to a text from Danielle saying she had found the giant bug on the ceiling when she woke up! Not something fun to wake up to. This time we were real grossed out so we got our dorm mom, Sarah, to come help us. He was flushed too. We don't usually have gross bugs on the third floor of new buildings, but we think these guys were from some construction they are doing to the lobby. They have sprayed our room twice since, and we've only found a few crickets. I know God made them, and they are sort of neat, but I sure hate finding them in my sleeping space!
Day 5 | Ice
August 29
I opened my fridge today and found this stalagmite (or is it a stalactite?) on my little ice tray. So I thought I should photograph it because it was kinda funny and neat. My life is exciting, I know. (:
