cold noodles.

Stressed.

Just took a bite of some leftovers I zapped and started crying upon realizing my food was still cold.
Cold food shouldn't make me cry.

I am really not a fan of school
or the fact that my GPA controls the rest of my life.



Mental breakdown in 3....2......

Friday's kid quotes

Quick quick study break for Friday's kid quotes.

After my stomach growled, Jaela (3) says: "You fahting or hungwy?"

Ben: "Miss Alyssa, why were you gone yesterday?"
Me: "I was sick."
Ben: "Why?"
Me: "I must have caught some germs."
Ben: "Were they boy germs? Britta says I have boy germs."


Now back to being productive like I have been nonstop for the past TWELVE hours. Literally non-stop. My only break was to take a shower. Yay, school.

Can't wait until Friday when I can breathe! Going home for P's baptism, going to be her Godmother :) So excited to see little P, the fam and the extendeds! Oh AND Kristin, Jordan & Lea. I'll be a happy little camper next weekend.

I'm losin' it.
I need to go back to camp.
It's not even a question between wanting & needing to go back.
I need to go back for my sanity.
If I could just spend a few days in that setting with those people and those kids, I think it would do me a world of good.
The outside world is way too stressful and busy.
I enjoyed my bubble without technology and school way too much.

Maybe it's just an off day.

For your entertainment

My art history professor says some odd things.

Quotes from class today:
*"You can run, but you can't hide! That's right folks, your first exam is on Tuesday."

*"His legs are cockywampus. Not sure what the artist was doing there."

*"Gravity is what holds your body in place. You can test this out. Go stand in front of your mirror, and take your clothes off, and you can see how this works. If your roommate walks in, just tell him your professor told you to do it."

hmmm..

In other news, I have been studying like my life depends on it. Well, actually it kinda does. Hellooooo, stress.

I can't wait until next week when all of these tests, labs and papers are done!

boo.

Quotes of the day from the kiddos

-Ruby: "My baby is going marrying today."

-Ellie: "Austin, you can't play Wii with us, you're only three!"
Austin (screaming/crying): "I DON'T WANT TO BE THREE ANYMORE!"

-Ben: "Britta, I'll be your Prince Charming. WHOA, look at that sword!"

Dust bunnies don't hop.

First off, I need to pre-apologize for the long post. It's story time, everyone. Please prepare yourselves.

My worst camp-fear came true.
In Lincoln.
Inside my apartment.

Never have I ever been so grossed out in my life.
Let's retell this traumatic event, shall we?

I was minding my own business, rearranging my apartment around 2am.
Not the typical evening, but I couldn't sleep.
(&thank goodness I was awake or who knows how I would have stumbled upon this.)
I spotted something on the floor, even did a double take and realized it was just a dust bunny.
Then, it MOVED.
Dust bunnies do NOT hop.
Frog.

I quickly jumped on my bed, phone in hand and well..started freaking out.
Screaming to myself.
0.2 seconds away from crying like a baby.
There was no way I was going to touch that thing.
First instinct: Call Dad.
Then I remembered if I called him at 2 am he would think I was lying in a ditch somewhere, not having a battle royale with a frog.
Next instinct: Call Dave.
Dave lives 7 hours away from Lincoln. He would have been useless.
I don't use my common sense when I panic.
Light bulb: Sara lives next door.
I texted Sara, praying she was still awake, or by golly I was going to pound on her door until she was.
Two minutes later, Sara was at my door.
She very bravely trapped the toad under a cup while I jumped and screamed every time it moved.
I am useless.
She slid a plate under the cup and then we both ran outside. Poor thing took a nice ride through the air when Sara threw the cup from the doorway.
Both the plate and the cup are in the trash can.

I then borrowed indoor bug spray from Sara, spent the night lying awake, seeing images of frogs in my mind. I could not stop itching, my skin was crawling people. Frogs do not belong inside!

I didn't even go to school today because I was so freaked out something else would get in while I was gone. I spent the day deep cleaning my place like it was nobody's business.
The nice little maintenance man brought me a thingy that goes under your door so nothing can crawl in.

I still have about 3 loads of laundry to do, but I ran out of quarters. I know I will not sleep until everything has been completely deep cleaned. Even things that don't touch the floor got a nice 409 disinfectant shower.
I couldn't even eat or drink anything until about an hour ago. Every time I tried, I only saw frogs.
Eeewwwww. Weirdest thing ever.

What a day.

Square dancing, soccer, studying.

Last night we had a leadership retreat for church. We went to a camp outside of Lincoln, had dinner, worship and a few other activities. One of these activities was square dancing. Not gonna lie--it was the highlight of this school year so far. Maybe it's because my life is kinda boring, or maybe it was because square dancing is actually pretty fun when you're with 30 college kids. We all felt like huge dorks, but that was part of the fun. Oh goodness. I think I'm gonna have to bring this idea to camp for big group game time.


During the night--my biggest pet peeve happened. The lady who has introduced herself to me I swear 6 times now, sat next to me and said "Have we met?" I wanted to say "Yes. Yes, we have. This is the sixth time you have asked me that. Why don't you remember me!?" But I refrained and was polite. It's not even like we have just introduced ourselves, we've been on a trip together, I see her twice a week, we were partners for an activity, and she was at an event I was at a few weeks ago. Hmmphh.

Anyway..
Today, I didn't have to work. (Yay!)
I studied and cleaned during the day, then my sister and brother-in-law stopped by after the game. After that, I went to watch my friend Lindsey's soccer game at Concordia with Taylor. SO incredibly good to see camp friends. I needed that. Although it just made me miss camp and dislike school even more. Oh well. Life.

Tangent over.
Now I need to end my study break and get back to astronomy.
First test of the semester is tomorrow..oh joy!

Go 'skers?

Husker football dictates my life. (and also the state of Nebraska)
No, I am not a crazy fan.
I enjoy going to the games and I don't mind watching them on tv, but I am definitely not disappointed if I miss it.
Football season controls my life because I babysit during all of the games.
The money is well worth it, but I can't go home or visit friends until there is an away game, which puts a damper on my social life (which is non-existent this year)
and sometimes you just need to go home.

I am very excited that the family is taking the kids to the game this weekend, so I am free!
My sister and brother-in-law are coming up for the game, and I'm hoping they bring Paisley so I can babysit! I don't think I can wait another week to see her.
It's crazy how much I miss that baby, so thankful I ended up staying in Nebraska this year.

They're huge Husker fans, if you can't tell.
Aren't they just the cutest little family?

Travis, Paisley & Ashley

Look at those cheeks!

Fambam.

I really like my new job, but its not without its emotional moments.
I can tell that a few of my kids have a really sucky home life and it breaks my heart.
I can't even fathom what it would be like to not have parents you can depend on.

I've never been so thankful for my family.
(and I can't wait to go home next weekend!)

I had to throw another Paisley picture in, I couldn't help myself. :)

Kids say the darndest things

I recently started a new job at a preschool.

Preschoolers say some funny things..

Today while playing "color/shape" Bingo, I called out "purple circle".
Ben (4 yrs old) says: "I don't have a purple circle, but I can give you a purple nurple!"
Reverse sexual harrassment??
Ben also calls rectangles, "recticles". Hmm..

Britta calls circles, "squircles".

I'm sure I will have many posts to come with quotes from my 3 & 4 year olds.
That's all for now!

Paisley!

New pictures of my darling little Paisley.
She's such a happy baby.
I am never ever homesick, but I can't wait to get home and see her!
2 weeks, baby :)

Isn't she precious? :)

On fire.

I am on fire right now.
Not "on fire" as in angry, but on fire as in I have a million things I can't wait to do.

First, I can't wait to continue with my job!
I started today, and my kids are angels! They are all so well behaved and adorable and they warmed up to me really quick.

It was also the first night of leading Bible study, it went great (thanks to Quenton for being a great co-leader!). I'm really excited to meet my girls next week.

Another thing--lately I've been really confused on what I'm doing with school.
In the past 5 days, I have met three people who have a Child, Youth & Family studies major. Not quite sure why I've never looked into this before, but after chatting with a few people, I'm seriously considering it and hoping to talk to an advisor soon.
I don't think it was just a coincidence that I met all these people this week.
Go God.

Far less important...but I am also in a really crafty mood. Wish I had time!
I also started a new book when I should have been doing homework and now I can't put it down...
AND within the past week I have become reADDICTED to Design Star..I started watching from Season 1. I've already seen them so I know who wins, but I just love it too much.

All this to say, I have so many things I want to do right now, but homework has to be put first. Boo.

A day of firsts..on the 2nd.

Tomorrow is a big day!

I start training at my new job tomorrow afternoon.
I will be working at a nonprofit ministry that is basically like a daycare. Parents bring their kids in everyday while they are at work for no cost to them. I will be working with the preschoolers. I was secretly hoping for elementary, but it didn't work with my schedule. I am really excited for this, I think the perfect job just fell into my lap and I think it could lead to some great opportunities.

I have another "first" tomorrow.
I am leading a Bible study for college girls for the very first time.
I am pretty excited, but the nerves outweigh the excitement. Tomorrow night I will have a co-leader since it's the first night, but after that I'm on my own! I've lead Bible studies before, but the people have all been at least 5 or 6 years younger than me. We'll see how this goes...
ahhhhh!