The Wild Weekend

What a weekend!
I am still exhausted
from the crazy
shenanigans.
But it was totally worth it.

Friday we left for
Kings Dominion
at 7am.
(And by "we"
I mean me and 4 friends.)
It was a
3 hour
drive.
But it seemed to pass by
rather quickly.
We were laughing,
dancing,
singing,
and I was
so excited
about getting to ride roller coasters.
I'm pretty sure none of my friends
had ever seen me
that 
excited before.
We only had one snag
the initial leg of the journey...
we got pulled over.
But what did we get
pulled over for??
Not speeding.
My friend had her graduation tassel
hanging from her rearview mirror...
and that's against the law
in Virginia.
It's an "obstruction to the view."
Ha!
So they pulled us over for that.
We got a verbal warning,
and then were released to go
on our merry way.
We spent the ENTIRE day at
Kings Dominion,
which was fantastic!
There were SO MANY roller coasters!
Anyway, after the day was over,
we got some dinner,
then drove to our campsite....
where we encountered another cop.
But this one helped us figure out where to go.
So, it wasn't a bad thing.
We got our camp set up,
and then went to bed.
Needless to say,
we laughed a lot Friday,
and a good time was had by all.

Saturday we got up,
ate breakfast,
(the boys cooked!),
and we went out to the beach.
It was a little chilly,
but it was still lovely.
We all just slept under the sun
on the sand for about an hour
or so.
Perfect.
And then we just hung out
on the boardwalk.
Stephen brought his
guitar and played and
Colby sang along.
(They earned some money
doing so...$3 each.)
But it was a lot of fun.
Finally, we decided that
we should get some dinner,
then head back home.
So we did.
The car ride back
was a lot of fun.
We laughed a lot.
But we also had some
really great conversation.
And it was good.
It was good
to get away for a little while,
to spend time with friends,
to de-stress,
to enjoy God's creation,
and to just relax.
We got back around 1030
Saturday night,
but I still had to get
some food ready for the
pot luck
at church the next day...
so I was up rather late.
But, it was worth it.

Easter arrived the next morning!
And it was a wonderful
celebration at church.
Seriously.
It was great.
And then afterwards,
we had a good time of fellowship
as we, as a church family,
shared a meal together.
It was good to be around
family this Easter.
If we hadn't had that,
I would have felt very alone...
(Easter is a big family get-together
back home,
and I'm not back home.)
So I'm very thankful
God gave me a family
to spend time with.

I'm not ready to go back
to school!
I'm really not.
I just want this semester
to be over.
I know, I know,
only 5 more weeks.
But really,
I just don't want to do it anymore.
I have zero motivation.
But I must keep going.
I must finish out strong.
And I will. With the Lord's help.

This weekend really opened up my eyes
to how slack I've gotten
in my relationship with Christ.
I was slacking off on spending time
in the Word
and praying.
I'd become okay
with where I was spiritually.
And that's not okay with me anymore!
I don't want just an "okay" relationship.
I want a growing, vibrant relationship
with my Savior.
So, whatever it takes,
I want Jesus to wake me up
out of my slumber,
and get me going again.
I know that I'm not always going
to be super on-fire for God,
but I still want to be
completely 
consumed
by
HIM.

So, that's where I'm at right now.
I'm tired.
I'm ready for school to be over.
And I'm ready to see what
God is going to do in my life next.

Blessings.