excitement

so in a whirlwind of excitement about the new series i am conducting with my youth (to save a life...it's going to be pretty epic)

i have fallen behind in my studies



sadly this does not upset me nearly as much as it frustrates me.
i came back exhausted from intensive retreat no.2 in brentwood, to present youth sunday then to write a paper (cough just completed a day late cough) and to have discussion group and to figure out if i'm going to buy a car for adam and i or just adam.

captain z told us that 1. we are not cymj(obs) nor are we to be negative to bring eachother down...
however...not that i feed off the negativity, but it is encouraging when others are not succeeding on an equal level of my lack of success. not that i am seeking validation for my laziness or frustration with the materials BUT....
it aids me in knowing i am not so far on the totem pole.

basically i don't look at our whining and complaining about the stuff we do for class or lack of stuff we do as negative but as a way we can compare ourselves to one another....in a way we are helping one another (no not helping one another slack off) but to feel confidant that they too are normal that yes this is a lot of material and yes it is hard.
no you are not a dum-dum.

:-D

new shoes and organization using technology

i realize this is a vain post...but i really do like my new shoes. (adam picked them out)


and you say, well so what lauren...well the fact that these are closed toe and heels makes them a big deal. most closed toed shoes make me uncomfortable, same with heels, however.....these are awesome. proly cause for once i got them someh where that was not payless, target or wal-mart


this is how my feet normally look on a typical work day....yes i have chaco lines and yes i wore pants today for the first time since christmas....it was cold and i didn't have time to look nice enough to wear a dress or a skirt.

on to more important things


i don't know how many of you are familiar w/ google docs or google apps or google calendars
but i have a classmate who has made a calendar (google) for the entire class so to that i added an additional calendar for my life and for work....they are all color coded and let me just say it's the most incredible thing ever.
and with google docs everyone can edit and such and see the same work in progress document. which is great for class projects when your classmates are 3 driving hours away.

ahhh technology.