You won't believe this...

So if you read my blog, you know about the fish, the rock, and the smashed head...(see yesterday's blog). Well today a shocking similar experience happened to me. I was at school helping the set up of the after prom party that the school hosts. I get service hours in doing this. One of the ladies that was in charge asked if I would help her move a couch from a classroom into the cafeteria. Two other guys and myself went into this room, picked up this couch, and watched as four mice ran out from under the couch. The lady screamed...us guys smiled really big. One of the guys picked up a yardstick and started swinging. I, however, knew that it was unlikely to hit a small mouse with a yardstick so I picked up a 2004 yearbook off of a nearby shelf. After picking up said yearbook, I watched as one mouse that hadn't already gone back under the couch continued running....then SLAM. The mouse's screeching stoped... and there was blood on the yearbook....mission accomplished. Now usually things like this don't happen to me. It has been an eventful week.

I am doing a stock market project in Economics class and I have stock in a few companies. But the one that is hurting me the worst is Starbucks. It has been going down for days. So...I need everyone's help. TODAY, go to Starbucks at least once. You will be helping me to get an A.

....I wish it were that easy to make stock go up, I'd be a millionaire.

Someone is either walking in the flesh or they are walking by the Spirit. When you(when I say you, I mean I) let trivial, meaningless things catch your attention, you are no longer walking by the spirit. However, "healthy" these trivial pursuits might be, if they are causing you to put them ahead of God...it's sin. Whether it is school, relationships, money, or whatever you may be dwelling in or on...it isn't glorifying to God. Notice that school, relationships, and money are all good things when put into perspective. It doesn't take things like selfishness, anger, or self-pitty to be walking in the flesh...however those don't help.

I don't write about serious, real life stuff, like this, much anymore because I have noticed that whenever I'm being honest and sincere no one comments. But here it is...I'll try to hold off on the next un-mindless blogging for a while.

The beauty of TAKS week continues. The past two morning I have gone fishing at Grapevine lake with some friends. Jack put one of his fish in a plastic bag and then left it in his car the rest of the day yesterday. And then today, he decided to keep another fish, put it in a plastic bag (without water), and the fish was pretty much without the ability to breathe for TWO hours. When we took it out of the car it was still alive. So we had to do the only humane thing...put it out of it's misery. I took a large rock the size of my head or so and dropped it on the fish's head. STILL ALIVE. This fish was a fighter. So I slammed the rock onto the fish's head again. It was over...

This week is going to be awesome. First of all Seniors get to arrive late at school everyday at 11:30. And then on Saturday we have prom...which I'm not stressed out about this year, because in the words of some unknown person, "I'm not in control of the situation." So I am going to show up and have a great time.

OK. For the first time it is really feeling like late April. It's not the weather, it's not the advertisements for season finales of TV shows, but it's school. I go to school everyday and hear teachers talk about "end of school" stuff like caps and gowns for graduation, or our senior T-shirts. It will be May in like 11 days.

We had our first Mexico mission trip meeting today. I can't even begin to explain how excited I am. This is my favorite trip in the world.....SO EXCITED!

My mom is making good pie for dessert today...mmmm....(trust me, it needed to be said)

Sometimes things are so different that they are refreshing...

Grrr...no more Wendy's 99 cent value menu. A Jr. Bacon Cheese Burger for $1.29? It's almost not worth it. However, I think that the Wendy's cup of Chili stayed the same price...they aren't charging extra for fingers these days.

When I first saw this I figured that everyone would do it and it would get old fast. I soon found out that it didn't and I really enjoyed reading everyone's comments on other people's blogs whether I posted or not...so here it comes...three days late.

"If you read this, you must make a comment of a memory you have of me. It can be anything you want, it can be good or bad, just so long as it happened. Then post this to your journal. See what people remember about you."

My past couple of blogs have been short, one liners. I'm sure that most of you actually prefer shorter blogs...but occasionally I might have more to say.

The Senior English classes got to go to Medieval Times today. It was pretty fun. I just don't understand some of the people in my class. We have six more weeks of school and a couple of seniors just blew it. There were a couple of guys that decided to bring alcohol to the field trip...I know..STUPID. Well, they ended up getting expelled. Bad trade-off. They don't get to graduate with the rest of us. If they finish high school this year, it will have to be a JJAP or AEP alternative school. Another person decided to start smoking during the performance. Also STUPID...considering we were indoors and everyone in the room could smell it. I think there needs to be a Common Sense Booster shot in order to be admitted into school.

Katie is right, I am going to start making the choice to be happy about the rest of school. It won't be easy...

Scavenger hunt and a free cowboy hat. That's all that I have to say.

I've gotten into the habit of constantly looking around for ministry opportunities. Many of you would say, "well that's a good thing." And it would be, except for that I am not realizing what actually is a ministry opportunity. Mission fields are not only those that involve helping people, serving the less fortunate, or traveling to another country to build houses. I am active in doing those, and when they are done, I ask when the next thing is that I can do. Every breath that I take, every word that I mutter should be my ministry. I should be a full-time missionary whether I live in Djibouti, Africa or Flower Mound, Texas, whether I am stocking shelves at CCA, or playing paper football in the lunch. Those other things should be awesome, exciting ways to serve my God, but not the only ones.
Everyone.....a minister, at all times.

Do you ever have one of those nights when you just stress out over the most stupid things thinking that the longer you lay awake in bed, the more likely it is that the problem will be solved. It doesn't make any sense. It would make more sense to stop worrying about it, get a good nights rest, and worry about it the next day if at all. But no...I, for some reason, expect all of life's questions to be answered while staring at my ceiling at night, when I am already exhausted and not in the right mind-set(especially since I'm not a night-time person).

Recently I have been really missing wrestling. What I would give for just one more match...
Any takers????Anyone at all?

Dentist Part II

I got three more fillings today. It isn't my fault, I inherit bad teeth. But once again, as soon as they put me on the gas...I couldn't have cared less.

Well I must go to school now, but tonight is my favorite night of the week so I'll have something to push me through Economics. grr.

I just realized that I didn't blog Dentist Part I. So just to let you know, Wednesday of last week I had four fillings on the right side of my mouth. FUN. However, it's kinda sad that I would rather be getting my teeth drilled than have to go to band first period.

Epidemic

The most severe case of senioritis yet swept through Craig County today. It was disastrous. Right after third period I went to the band hallway to talk with some of my friends before D-lunch. However, most of my friends were leaving for senior out, while I was staying to attend the second worst class in the world, BCIS(2nd only to Economics). As this took place the only thought that I had in my mind was, "Why didn't I graduate early?" Very unhealthy......


I have decided. The coin landed on heads(see blog March 21) and I will be getting my guns up at Texas Tech next year. It feels so good to finally know for sure. I can think of a lot of people who are probably very excited about my decision, not to mention any names ....Nathan....Jude...
And there are plenty more....Brad...Jordan....Adam....Parents

Daylight savings time really throws off my schedule. Since I'm a morning person, 7:00 seemed really late this morning, almost like I wasted part of my day. This will take some getting used to.

But this weekend rocked anyway.

I, unlike Brent, do not like days like this, all rainy and cold. That means no frisbee golf with Danny and Nurge. It really means no anything, with anyone outside. I did have coffee with my friend Seanathan this morning. That was awesome. It's always cool just to sit with a brother in Christ and have "Eternity Practice." Fellowship that will continue one day in the Kingdom. But in the Kingdom it won't be RAINY! Anyway, I'm not bitter or anything...

Well I finally figured out how to add links to my blog. Now the next step is figuring out how to add a list of other people's blogs. Don't bother trying to explain it to me...I am computer illiterate.

I just mowed the lawn. It only took me about 20 minutes to do the front and back. It's kinda funny to think about all of the excuses I used to make a few years ago to get out of mowing the lawn. I would spend over an hour just coming up with reasons to tell my parents as to why "this is a bad time for me," instead of just doing it in 20 minutes and getting it over with.

Don't tell my parents this....but they usually are right, they do know what's best(most of the time), and I don't view them as two unlimited ATMs. I have a lot of respect for them. They will have three kids in college next year (and they are paying for it) as well as one still at home. I have no clue how they are going to do it. I'd quit....I know that much for sure.

Do you know what is really weird? When people change font color every line or couple of words. It's actually pretty annoying........ Maybe that's just me. I don't mean to offend anyone, because if you do it, then more power to you.... I just find it a little distracting.


You know what I mean????