If I only had a dalmatian..

Well it was quite a week folks. It started out with a wonderful day of worship and fellowship. After church I got to hang out with John and Troy. We did homework and watched the olympic games. I know way more about curling now than I ever cared to I think.
School wise it was a pretty busy week with several tests, and projects to keep me busy. I'm starting to worry a little more about all my grad school applications. 4 students from my class have applied to my top choice school. 2 of them have heard back and been accepted. I have not heard yet. I know it will not be the end of the world if I don't get in but I'm anxious to know.
Thursday I got to have lunch with Sampa,Nana,Uncle Varley, Aunt Judy, and Uncle Norris. It's always so great to get to see them. I hate that I'm so busy so much of the time and don't get to see them very often even though we live in the same town.
I've spent a lot of time at the gym this week and it's definitely paying off! I got into and comfortably wore a size smaller jeans!! woot woot!
Today started off with a bit of excitement. Well let me back up and say that my super exciting Friday night consisted of me sitting on the couch watching a Criminal Minds marathon. Why is it that these whodunit shows always suck me in?! So after finally getting to sleep around 2 a.m. it was quite startling to be awakened at 4:58 on a Saturday morning by the high pitched screeching fire alarm!That's right people...everyone came flooding out of the building to stand out in the cold as the fire trucks arrived.. Well...there was no fire..apparently a toilet from the 3rd floor had leaked all night all the way down to the 1st floor and was shorting out the system. yay i feel safe! The alarm persisted, going off for a solid hour total. So my roomie and I went and got McDonald's breakfasts at 5:30 am.(It was still going off when we returned) Needless to say I did make it back to bed and didn't wake up until 11! The only bonus to this would have been getting to see the hot fire guys..but our R.A. had our check point too far away from their truck...O well I think I'll bake some cookies and go thank them for saving us from the evil toilet one day next week. :)
I spent tonight with my favorite little guy, Riley. Liz called me Friday and asked if I could keep him and of course I said yes! As soon as I knocked on the back door this afternoon I heard him come running, "SAWAHS HERE SAWAHS HERE!!!!" How sweet he is! We played at the house for a little while, then it was off for a fun treat, dinner at "Old McDonald's"! We ate then played in the play place for an hour! He had a great time and bonus it wore the little dude out! All in all a wonderful evening! I just love that little guy sooo much!

Gerontology

Well I survived Valentines Day weekend with the help of my best friend Jaime. We spent Saturday in Hot Springs, we had a lot of fun running around and finished off the day with a meal at our favorite Italian spot "Angels". YUMO! Sunday I went to church with Mom and Dad. Mom fixed a great lunch for the 3 of us, Dad's friend Joe, Joe's daughter Madalyn, Mam and Bro. Allen. It was a lot of fun sitting around and visiting with all of them. I got ready to head back to Searcy and guess what it was SNOWING! It was beautiful! The last time it snowed on Valentines day was in 2004, I was dating Aaron. So this snow brought back bittersweet memories of spending that day with him. I was so blessed to have had him in my life. He was a great guy and lived each moment to the fullest. He is really missed.
Monday was pretty run of the mill,as far as class goes. Monday night our apartment celebrated the engagement of Shayna and Cole. We all got to go to her ring ceremony after her club meeting with Iota Chi. It was so sweet to watch them tell the story of their engagement.
Tuesday I went to the gym then headed to the clinic for an exciting day of audiology! We had one older gentleman and his wife that came in for a little wax removal. After they were all done with the wax, the gentleman and I were visiting. He wanted to know if I went to Harding, and when I would graduate. Then he told me that he used to work on campus as a plumber, I say wow that's great I could use your help we've got a cranky toilet! To which he replies, well would you might have to go out with me. Haha! That's right, he wanted to trade a date for fixing our toilet! haha (never mind that his wife was standing right there the whole time...she said, you wouldn't want him!) haha! How funny! Wish he would have been around last weekend, I would've had a hot Valentines date! ;)
Wednesday afternoon I made a long drive to Pine Bluff...you may ask..Sarah why in the world did you go to Pine Bluff..well I had to go pick Dad up at a marina where our boat is now residing. So I get there by car a little quicker than Dad can get there by boat. It was about 7 p.m. when I rolled through Pine Bluff..its a lovely city..the family dollar has bars on the doors and windows. I mean..really?! The guy that runs the marina there is quite the character as well. Tight jeans, leather jacket, black t-shirt with a skull, pointy toed boots and he was sporting an awesome mullet-ish ponytail. O yea did I mention he used to be a bouncer and he also has his barber license. I just love meeting new people! :)

Global Warming

Yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday, so after a great period of worship and lunch I prepared some snacks for the gathering at Dirk and Wendy's. Matt planned the theme for the menu, "Bacon Wrapped". That's right hold on tight diet everything was wrapped in bacon. Chicken,steak,shrimp,pork,green beans,stuffed peppers etc. too much bacon! I made the green bean bundles and fixed triple chocolate brownies for desert. My diet took a small hit because I couldn't pass up trying all the goodies but I stuck to small portions of everything. The game was exciting but the commercials were a little disappointing in my opinion.
This morning I got up a little late so I hurried to hop in the shower. While trying to decide what to wear I took a gander out the window and what do you know SNOW!! So I checked Harding's website to discover a 2 hour class delay! YAY! It gave me some time to do a little reading and catch up with Jana on MSN messenger. Then it was off to class, outside was a winter wonderland! Both of my Bible classes met but one other class was canceled. When I got back to the apartment my roomie and her boyfriend invited me to go play in the snow with them. We bundled up the best we could and headed out. It was soooo much fun! The front lawn was on epic snowball fight!! There were probably 200 or more students out there having a blast! We joined in and had a great time! Of course once our clothes got wet we were freeeeezzzinngg!! So Molly and I headed back to the apartment. Yea, right global warming! Pttp! This snow is AWESOME!

Smoothies :)

Well let me think back over the last few days...Wednesday was a busy day of classes. I had a terrible headache Tuesday night during/after dinner, which made studying for that Missionary Anthropology test a little difficult. It was not a terrible test, but a little lengthy so I got a little bit of test ADD around question 60. I didn't do too well on the listing part either. O well, I try not to worry about first tests, next time I'll do better. :)
Wednesday night I went to Bible study at the Smith's as usual. This semester we are reading another book by Francis Chan, "Forgotten God". The study is going very well and I try to read/study the chapter, look up the corresponding scriptures and have something to bring to the table. This week, I read chapter 3 in preparation to discuss it, however Dirk had other plans (he noticed last week that not everyone has a book/is reading) so we watched a video from the Passion 2010 conference.
Wendy had fixed brownies, and although I am now keeping a food diary (the trainer at my gym suggested it so she can check up on me :) ) I still had one tiny brownie. yummy! Some of the guys got out playing cards when there were just a few of us left sitting around visiting. We started what turned into a pretty vicious game of ERS. It got so bad there was actual blood spillage! (accidental of course)
Thursday morning I met with the trainer at the gym. She informed me that I'm not eating enough. I should be doing more small meals and snacks throughout the day, so I will continue with the food journal. She suggested a smoothie as a snack, which is all well and good...if you have a blender to make a smoothie..So I went out and got one..hehe! yay new kitchen gadgets! It's pretty snazzy! Thursday afternoon at clinic was non-eventful aside from one patient that tried to fool us and pretend they weren't hearing as well as they should, but its hard to fake a hearing test...so don't try it..and why would you want to be hearing impaired anyway?!
Friday not much went on. I had a girls night, 4 of us went to see Dear John. It was ok...I think The Notebook is better. Mom got here late tonight so I'm excited to get to spend time with her tomorrow. Sorry this is a long post..guess I'll try to keep them short and sweet.

A ROCK?!

Today started with a trip to the gym. I blamed my absence on the weather. First it was, "I'm not getting out in that snow and ice to go work out." Then it was "I'm sure my ice skating moves on the way to class were a sufficient workout." Well today I had no weather to shove the blame on so to the gym I went. I did my cardio and some hard core abs. There is a determination to look rocking at the beach this summer. The trainer at the gym and I have an appointment to work up a program to make that goal happen. Even though I've had a trainer before and know what I should do I still seem to need that little boost to make it happen.
So here's the exciting part:
It's well known fact that little kids stick things up there noses. You know they find a stray bead or pea laying around and next thing you know there's a trip to the doctor for a bead-ectomy. As some of you know I've started my off-site clinical work this semester so on Tuesdays and Thursdays I shadow an audiologist. Well did you know...kids stick things in their ears too! Today we removed a rock! That's right this poor kiddo had no idea how this piece of pea-gravel ended up in the ear. From the looks of it the rock had been chilling in there for some time, it was COVERED in ear wax! This little sweetie took the rock removal like a champ, it's bound to be an odd sensation to have a rock pulled out of your ear. Can't wait to go back Thursday and see what else we find in ears!

Tonight was open dorm and since my dear friend John had a birthday Saturday I promised him a birthday dinner today. All his favorites, poppy-seed chicken, corn, and rice. I tried a new Italian bread mix too. I thought it was pretty good but the boys didn't seem to care for it, o well more for me...o wait..no that means more time at the gym. Anybody want some bread?! But the thing he was most looking forward to were the triple chocolate brownies, no worries waistline..I sent them all home with him.whew! It was a good dinner and I'm glad I got to spend some time with John, being seniors in college keeps us busy and our time together is growing smaller and smaller.

Well I have a test tomorrow in my Missionary Anthropology class so its time to look over notes and fill in study guides. Fingers crossed that it's not too difficult.

The Beginning

I'm really excited about starting a blog. Hopefully it will be more successful than my last few attempts at journaling. Those only seem to last about 4 days max, then get lost under a pile of books and magazines never to be seen again.
A lot of exciting things are happening for me. Such as graduation from Harding coming up in May, a 5 week trip to Zambia, Africa this summer, and hopefully beginning a doctorate program in Audiology in the fall. I hope that I will be able to keep up and keep you all informed with everything. If I slack off someone please call/text/email and remind me that I have this blog haha!
So one funny story to start off this week. Sunday I attended a house church with some friends that go there regularly. It was a wonderful experience, the group was very open, generous , and loving. We worshiped and studied together then shared a meal. The funny part came after the meal. One of the families that attends have a little boy that's 5 yrs old, let's call him "John". He's quite the character. The conversation went something like this...
Daniel, Sarah (that's me) and Taryn sitting on the couch. "John" approaches me.
"John" : I want to sit there
Sarah: O well you didn't ask me very nicely.
"John": Can I sit there PLEASE, I was sitting there before.
Sarah: O really, I didn't see you sitting here before, are you sure you aren't pulling my leg?
(Look of confusion on poor lil "John's" face, guess he'd never heard that expression)
Daniel: Just pull her leg and see what happens
Taryn: Be careful she might toot if you pull her leg
Sarah: O no I wouldn't do that girls don't toot!
"John": Uh huh my momma does!!

Thank goodness his mom was in the other room and didn't hear sweet little "John's" comment. Kids..they say the darndest things!