Oh My...

They say good things come to those who wait...Oh how I beg to differ! Nay! Good things come to those who wake up!

After several days of waking up around 11:00, I decided I'd better start waking up at a "decent hour" (meaning a really ungodly hour for someone on Winter Break, but a pretty good one for someone during school), otherwise, I would be totally screwed up once school started. So I took it upon myself Sunday night to set my alarm to a "decent hour" to wake up and went to bed. The next morning my alarm went of at said "decent hour" and I promptly got up, turned that stupid thing off, and went back to bed, only to wake at 12:15 later that day. I was very disgusted with myself for doing this, so, last night I once a gain set my alarm for this "decent hour"and then laid in bed for a couple hours trying to go to sleep. This morning, my alarm went off, I got up and hit the snooze button, and went back to my bed. Just as I was about to snuggle under my comfy covers I glanced at my window, I saw something orange glowing through my blinds. I peeked through the blind curiously and was amazed at what I saw. I got up quickly and peeked through the blinds again, "Oh my gosh..."I then quickly opened my blinds, letting in the light of the most beautiful sunrise I've ever seen in my life. The light of the waking sun shone though the clouds turning them the most beautiful shades of pink and orange. I stood there at my window for a good while, just staring at the beauty all around me.

I am continually amazed by the glory and splendor of the earth that God created, and amazed at the grace he shows me by allowing me to see such a wondrous thing as this sunrise was. I cannot describe how content and loved I felt standing there staring at this miraculous picture spread before my window. I felt so amazed, so loved, to think that the same God who created such a beautiful sight, created me, and loves me more than I could ever imagine or know. I am truly blessed to be so loved.

So people, get outta your bed sometime and appreciate the beauty around you! There is much to be thankful for!

So, Christmas is over, and I have made out with some sweet loot. I'll make a complete list of plunder some other time, I'm too lazy right now. I will say this though, I got The Sims Unleashed expansion pack for my computer, it is such a cool game. It didn't work at first, because my computer didn't have enough RAM, but Peter fixed that quickly and I am now able to revel in the joy that is simulated life.

Not much else is going on around here. I am trying to finish writing some literature tests for my old 7th/8th grade teacher Mr. Mayer. It isn't the most enjoyable task, but his promises of pay keep me hard at work. I'm just going to finish them all and get it over and done with.

Ah the joys of Christmas break. . .

*sigh* I don't know what it is about her, but Jenell (my best friend since before I can remember) has this awesome way of bringing me up when I am way down. God bless her, I love that girl!

Hey guys! Merry Christmas!

I apologize for my grotesque lack of postings, but not much has been happening at the Harrison household. (Unless you really want to get into the gruesome details of my personal life, and I don't think you guys really want/need to hear that.) A couple of old friends stopped by the house yesterday, Megan Siefert and Scotty Lawrence. Megan is a friend of Nathan and I from last school year and Scotty is Nathan's best friend who is going to college in the far-off land of Idaho. I miss hanging out with Megan during lunch and I miss seeing Scotty all of the time, he's a sweet guy.

Ah yes, I had the rare "privledge" of going to my Grandmother's yesterday to work. I spent the day doing lots of housewifey little chores like polishing silver, vacuuming, folding laundry and mopping the floor. I was regular June Cleaver. (Sadly I forgot to wear my 50's dress and pearls. What a shame.)

I love my Grandma very much...but she's weird. Every towel has to be folded in a certain manner, and people can't tell her what they want for Christmas, she gets them whatever she thinks they want. For my birthday this year I got a ceramic clown doll and a hot pink shirt with cats on it. Need I say more? We are going to her house on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with my Dad's side of the family, I fear the time of gift-opening immensely. My Grandma seems to be under the impression that I am still eight years old and infatuated with all things involving the color pink, Barbies and other doll things. She's really a cool Grandma (I mean come on, do any of your grandmothers have a X-box they actually play with?) But I wish she would, I don't know, ask our opinion on what we want as gifts? Or just give us a gift certificate to some store? Mom says it's just not her way, and there's no sense in trying to change her mind after it's been made up. So I guess I'm just doomed to a Sunday filled with dolls and the color pink.

I...waza...aba...umm....

wow

I went to The Return of the King last night. There are not enough words in any language in the world to express how great that movie was. The closest I can come is to say that it is the best movie I ever have or will see. If this movie doesn't win the Oscar for Best Picture, it will be the final piece of evidence to prove that the Academy doesn't know anything about what makes a good movie.

Another "wow" is what happened to me tonight. It was the choir's first performance in the new auditorium and it was amazing. The songs we sang were beautiful, especially "Send the Messiah" which is a church favorite. I can't wait to go back and sing again tomorrow morning for the Sunday services, even though I have to be there at 8:00 AM.

I love weeks like these!

AHHHH! Creepy! I was messin' around on Google and I discovered that you can search for "The Lights are on but nobody's Home" and find my blog! I find that intensely disturbing.

Perhaps I'm just crazy...well actually, i know I'm crazy, but that's beside the point...ah well....

*sigh*

What a day, what a week! I'm beat and I still have two days to go! And the number of things I want to do over break is growing at an astonishing rate! But first things first, last night's choir concert.

I must say, last night was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had in a while. The music, the fun, the laughter! It was awesome. While the lesser choirs were slightly...disappointing, our two most advanced choirs were stupendous. Expressions was simply marvelous, I can't describe how beautifully they sang. Pro Cantorum (the group I perform in) was also good. While I can point out some things we could have improved, I'm still wholly satisfied with the three songs we sang. The only disappointment of the night was the fact that Mr. Frick (our ailing director) was not even mentioned throughout the program. I think they should have said something.

Tonight I had a make-up piano lesson to attend and (due to the fact that I have had little to no time to practice) my playing was not all it could have been. But I plan on practicing intensely over break to compensate for my slackerness over the last few weeks.

Tomorrow is my totally cool party/let's go see The Return of the king shindig. I'm very excited, but I'm also going to be very tired, and my week doesn't come close to stopping there. Saturday morning I have to practice my choral music for the performance at church on Sat. night and Sun. morning. Then, after hours of concentrated practice, I have to go perform my newly memorized music in front of the multitude of people who attend GSCC. (Good Shepherd Community Church) Oi! I'm gonna drop dead as soon as I get home on Sunday.

If I don't post much after tonight, you'll know why. I will be in a coma and unable to type.