Waking Up.

My day starts off with a phone call:
Sophia: Good morning!
Me: Hi
Sophia: So I just wanted to call and let you know that I'm not going to Brooke's house tonight...Oh, and I won't be riding down to Florida with you.
Me: Wait, what? Why?
Sophia: Oh, I don't know. My mom will talk to your mom tonight, go back to sleep.
Me: Well okay, bye.
Wow. What an awesome way to start off your day, canceled plans for the day and no longer having a 16 hour car ride with your best friend. Fantastic.
But you know what, its okay. We will both make it to Florida somehow and we can spend the rest of the week together. Maybe we will drive back together! See, I found the bright side. Ha, thats a first.
Today is also schedule pick up. This makes me happy on so many different levels. Finally something to do other then sit around wishing I had something to do. I'll go back to school and see every person I have missed over the summer. Well that would include Jamie, Deanna, Alex Curry-Lipka, and I would say Jasmine but I wont be seeing her there. One year. One year ago I was going to pick up my schedule for my freshman year. This year has been fun, but I have also had more of a struggle then I have ever experianced. I made alot of bad decisions. I'm hoping this will be the year I get my stuff straight. I need to start taking things more seriously. Not to seriously but it cant be a big party like last year was. I'm waking up to reality. I'm waking up to the fact that I can do just about anything I want to, but I have to get motivated, I have to get informed. I'm waking up to the fact that I can't jsut sit back and expect to have an awesome future. I have to work for what I want. I have to get out there and try to find where I fit. See what my options are and go for something. I will make something of myself.
I have one life to live, I have to make the most of that.
Here is to waking up to reality.
Here is to making my future.
Here is to new beginnnings.

Leaving a Legacy.

We will all leave our mark on the time line of forever. The question is; what kind of mark will you leave? Doing Fine Arts has been a real blessing. A hassle, yes, what with all the practices and such, but I know God gave this message to Rog and Brooke for 3 reasons. Reason number one; to show people that ultimately your time will come, and its up to you to decide whether you are going to "Leave a legacy" or "Make a memory that fades away" This message is such a powerful one, and I think it's mainly directed to the teens of today. I mean would you rather go out and party every night, wake up the next morning, not remember a dingle detail from the previous night, then go do it all again? Or, would you rather go on living your life knowing that your safe no matter when its "Your time" because you have God in your life? Reason number two; Sophia Niccum. God knows how much of a struggle she has had the last year. He is showing her that even though she hasn't been living up to her full potential she can change that around and life her life for Christ, she can leave her own legacy. And, reason number three; me. I know that for so long the people that love me have sat around and watched me destroy myself. They watched me destroy that legacy that I was supposed to leave. Well now they don't have to anymore. I finally got it. I sound so cheesy but honestly I don't think the meaning of this whole Fine Arts thing has officially hit home to me until now. I mean, every single word of that song sounds like its directed to me.
"Oh, I want to leave a legacy to be remembered.
More than just a memory that fades away
Because we only,
we only get one life
Free me, my hands are tied
I'm so tired of wasting time
These endless inventions
Steal my attention from real life
And when its done, when its over
Oh, I want to leave a legacy to be remembered
More than just a memory that fades away
Because we only, we only get one life
And will the world see Christ
When they look at my life?
Oh, will the world see?"
So I say from now on I'm going to do my best to leave a legacy. What is the point in going out and getting wasted anyways? God gives you every single second of every single precious day. What a waste that would be if you are not able to recall one moment of it because your too intoxicated. No smoking weed. What good does that do you? No smoking. God gave you your body. He made it in his own image. Don't ruin such a magnificent creation. No inflicting harm to yourself. You are made from his image. So go ahead, live your life to the fullest. That is what God wants. Just make sure your doing it in all the right ways.

^I'm a cheese ball. What else is there to say?^