I have so much intense brooding life stuff rolling around in my head that I do not want to even address... so instead here are some random thoughts I have had recently that are of absolutely no consequence:
- I love Chinese Food... I want some
- Did you know that they now have snuggies for dogs? Ridiculous.
- I really want to cook something. Preferably soon.
- Officially used a whole box of Kleenex in a week. Gross.
- 80 days until granduation... whoa.
- Oh's is my new favorite cereal... thanks Robyn
- Haircut must happen soon
Ok, I think thats it. This is the most ridiculous blog post ever. I'm a little sorry you had to endure it. But not really. Hopefully you didn't read this far.
Love Love.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Week Dos
Song of the Week: "Pretty Baby" -The Spin Doctors
Look around your world Pretty Baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy
The wrong situation
The right time to roll to me
Roll to me
And look into your heart Pretty Baby
Is it aching with some aimless need
Is there something wrong and you can't put your finger on it
Right then roll to me
And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there
So don't try to deny Pretty Baby
You've been down so long You can hardly see
When the engines stall and it won't stop raining
It's the right time to roll to me
Topic of Discussion: Applying the "Belt of truth"
Quote of the Week: "Love is never too common, but it's always too rare." - Preston Morgan
Something I learned about this week: Forgiveness
Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Haircut
Picture of the week: All the Single Ladies... the grandmother of the bride was working the hardest to catch the bouquet. Haha...
Look around your world Pretty Baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy
The wrong situation
The right time to roll to me
Roll to me
And look into your heart Pretty Baby
Is it aching with some aimless need
Is there something wrong and you can't put your finger on it
Right then roll to me
And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there
So don't try to deny Pretty Baby
You've been down so long You can hardly see
When the engines stall and it won't stop raining
It's the right time to roll to me
Topic of Discussion: Applying the "Belt of truth"
Quote of the Week: "Love is never too common, but it's always too rare." - Preston Morgan
Something I learned about this week: Forgiveness
Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Haircut
Picture of the week: All the Single Ladies... the grandmother of the bride was working the hardest to catch the bouquet. Haha...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Weekly Update
Ok, in the spirit of jumping on the bandwagon, I have decided to do a weekly blog. However, in the spirit of individualism, I will do my own thing. I will be giving information pertaining to that specific week and will include a weekly photo. So here we go...
Song of the Week: "You are God" by Charlie Hall
You’re closer than our troubles
More present than any danger
More grand than gold and silver
You are God, You are God
You’re the joy of man’s desire
You are Father, satisfier
We are stunned with wide-eyed wonder
You are God, You are God
You fill our hearts with love and faith
You fight for us, You make us brave
You are God, You are God.
You walk with us, You lead us on
Faith, hope and love wakes up with dawn
You are God, You are God
Topic of discussion this week: The Wedding
Favorite quote of the week: Resident -"Brooke, I need your tall-ness to help me hang my cutains"
Something I learned this week: I know nothing about my identity in Christ
Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Make a doctors appointment and quit avoiding the problem
This weeks picture: Me, the bride and two of the other bridesmaids at a wedding shower. T-minus 3 days till the wedding.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Hola, me llamo...
This weekend was muy bueno...
First, I relaxed on Friday and Saturday. It was great.
Second and really more importantly, I went to Dallas with Retta. It was totally great. I had a lot of fun... and I got to practice my spanish. Which I totally wish I could do more frequently. Any takers?
I have decided that I really like going home with people. Now, I realize for some going home with someone would be an anxious time of meeting a lot of new people... Not for me. I love it. I love to see where people came from. It opens up my eyes to how people became themselves, why they have certain traits and its like opening up my eyes to a whole different part of who that person is.
I have had dicussions with friends about how mind boggling it is that we only really know one side of one another. But most people have many sides and lives. Who we are at home, with friends, at work, in romantic relationships.... And really we only get to see the people around us in 1 or 2 of those lives. Mind blowing.
When I go home with someone, you have the opportunity to know that person better and on a different level, in one of their "other lives". I just love it.
On another (funny) note, I went with Ret and her mom to a family reunion in which they were related to no more that 5 people... out of a ton. This was awkward and hilarious enough... But then we realized that I was 1 of only 2 white people there... Hello conspicous, my name is brooke.
First, I relaxed on Friday and Saturday. It was great.
Second and really more importantly, I went to Dallas with Retta. It was totally great. I had a lot of fun... and I got to practice my spanish. Which I totally wish I could do more frequently. Any takers?
I have decided that I really like going home with people. Now, I realize for some going home with someone would be an anxious time of meeting a lot of new people... Not for me. I love it. I love to see where people came from. It opens up my eyes to how people became themselves, why they have certain traits and its like opening up my eyes to a whole different part of who that person is.
I have had dicussions with friends about how mind boggling it is that we only really know one side of one another. But most people have many sides and lives. Who we are at home, with friends, at work, in romantic relationships.... And really we only get to see the people around us in 1 or 2 of those lives. Mind blowing.
When I go home with someone, you have the opportunity to know that person better and on a different level, in one of their "other lives". I just love it.
On another (funny) note, I went with Ret and her mom to a family reunion in which they were related to no more that 5 people... out of a ton. This was awkward and hilarious enough... But then we realized that I was 1 of only 2 white people there... Hello conspicous, my name is brooke.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
5 things I love
As requested by one ms. robyn allison here are 5 things I love... not in order, maybe not even the things I love the most. But I do love the following 5 items...
1.) My brothers: these two make me want to be a good person. They challege me, tease me, stick up for me, and let me just be me.
1.) My brothers: these two make me want to be a good person. They challege me, tease me, stick up for me, and let me just be me.
2.) My friends: Old or new, these people are the reason I love my life and my job. Without them I can honestly say I would not be the Brooke you all know.
3.) Cooking: Very few things bring me as much joy as making a meal for someone else. especially if i know they loved it
4.) Books: I love books so much that I willingly lug them from place to place when I move. In fact, when I have a more permenant residence there will be two rooms I can about, the kitchen (referring to #3) and the room I will make into a library. I just love love love books.
5.) Coffee: Nothing makes a bad day better for me that some good music (which I also love) and a good cup of coffee. Hot, cold, plain, fancy... I love them all. Man now I really want some coffee....jpg)
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Top 10 moments of the Summer
10.) My grandmother telling my grandfather to shut up and talk to someone else...I literally couldn't stop laughing
9.) Babysitting and earning an obscene amount of money for it...4 teenagers, 2 dogs, one dead bird, 7 gallons of milk and 8 days. This week proved to me I am not ever going to be ready to become a mother.
8.) Fraiser and Will and Grace with Retta, some of the best nights of the whole summer
7.) All of the intense movies/episodes of Army Wives watched with the greatest friends ever
6.) Riding in the golf cart with Matt...with him driving and me clinging to the pool table cover for dear life
5.) Astros game with the family where I ate a hot dog as big as my head
4.) Fleas/Raccoons in Burt, if you haven't heard this story yet, ask... its hilarious
3.) Dinners with Sarah, many adventures and lots of laughs
2.) RA Training, enough said.
1.) Trip to Austin with Robyn, Allye, and Angie. I love Freebirds, "Away We Go" and those three amazing ladies
9.) Babysitting and earning an obscene amount of money for it...4 teenagers, 2 dogs, one dead bird, 7 gallons of milk and 8 days. This week proved to me I am not ever going to be ready to become a mother.
8.) Fraiser and Will and Grace with Retta, some of the best nights of the whole summer
7.) All of the intense movies/episodes of Army Wives watched with the greatest friends ever
6.) Riding in the golf cart with Matt...with him driving and me clinging to the pool table cover for dear life
5.) Astros game with the family where I ate a hot dog as big as my head
4.) Fleas/Raccoons in Burt, if you haven't heard this story yet, ask... its hilarious
3.) Dinners with Sarah, many adventures and lots of laughs
2.) RA Training, enough said.
1.) Trip to Austin with Robyn, Allye, and Angie. I love Freebirds, "Away We Go" and those three amazing ladies
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
3, 2, 1... Blast Off
Ok, so much has happened since I last posted I can't even start to go through all of it. Between a long trip home to see the family (which was needed and wonderful), to RA training, my new wing and the first week of classes... Whew. Crazy.
First of all, I am so so so glad Burt is full of girls again! I missed all my RAs and having residents... I love my new wing, a lot.
Second, can I just say that for the first time in my life I feel like I am finally in a stable place. Which is ironic since I will be uprooted from this place in exactly 106 days, but it feels really good. I have the best friends I could have ever asked for, my depression is more managable than ever, my family is happy and healthy and classes are relatively enjoyable. Not to say that life is perfect, obviously. But I guess I am just so grateful for this chance to breathe before life takes off to another place. God is so good.
Third and finally, a treasured friend last night said something so profound to me. She probably didn't even realize how much it would affect me, but it has. "Brooke, you are no longer the victim, you are a lot stronger than you think you are". And it hit me, all of the growing and brokenness and counseling and love that has poured over my life this past couple of years has been worth it. Somehow, I don't know how or when, I stopped being the victim. And let me just tell you, there is no feeling like realizing evil didn't win. There is light at the end of the tunnel and boy... is it beautiful.
First of all, I am so so so glad Burt is full of girls again! I missed all my RAs and having residents... I love my new wing, a lot.
Second, can I just say that for the first time in my life I feel like I am finally in a stable place. Which is ironic since I will be uprooted from this place in exactly 106 days, but it feels really good. I have the best friends I could have ever asked for, my depression is more managable than ever, my family is happy and healthy and classes are relatively enjoyable. Not to say that life is perfect, obviously. But I guess I am just so grateful for this chance to breathe before life takes off to another place. God is so good.
Third and finally, a treasured friend last night said something so profound to me. She probably didn't even realize how much it would affect me, but it has. "Brooke, you are no longer the victim, you are a lot stronger than you think you are". And it hit me, all of the growing and brokenness and counseling and love that has poured over my life this past couple of years has been worth it. Somehow, I don't know how or when, I stopped being the victim. And let me just tell you, there is no feeling like realizing evil didn't win. There is light at the end of the tunnel and boy... is it beautiful.
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