"Flightless Bird"

The term is wrapping up. It's getting intense, but the Lord is faithful. The great thing is that no matter how crazy school may be it will always come to an end. No matter how little sleep this week may allow, the weekend WILL come. It may just seem like it took longer to get here. The key to it all is perseverance, looking at the bright side always, and enjoying where you are at this point in your life. Oh, and never forget to LOVE the people around you. <3

Twilight the movie came out a few weeks ago. Girls in my house have managed to see it as many as three or four times. Impressive to say the least. I saw it at midnight. I had to. ;) I've been to SO many Harry Potter premieres with Jenna and Holly, not for myself, but because it seemed like a fun thing to look back on. Holls and Jenna are extremely into it, and I wanted to experience their excitement with them. This would be my first premiere I could go to where I had actually read the book with them before the movie came out. Exciting stuff. This is huge for me. Once school started I stopped reading, so the evening before it opened I busted out the book again. I read the last 150 pages just hours before the movie premiere. I snuck it into Divine rehearsal. Jenna would look over at me and ask where I was in the plot line. I'd tell her and she'd say something like "OH!! KEEP GOING!" I read two chapters out loud in the car to her as we drove to Eugene. She'd finished the book months ago, but loved listening. As the chapters got more intense my reading speed increased. The pages flew by. I read the last chapter in the theater about an hour before the movie started. haha. CUTTING IT CLOSE. The feeling of accomplishment was awesome though.

The book was good. I'll give them that. The last 150 pages were great. That's when the plot line really developed. I kind of grew impatient for it to come. Page 375 (or maybe 376) the book really kicks it up a notch. Before that it's more mystery and romance. Well, maybe 1 part mystery 3 parts romance. That's probably why the girls in my house are freaking out. It's pretty funny to watch. Men are now being compared to Edward Cullen.

The soundtrack to the movie is great. Check out "Flightless Bird" by Iron and Wine


*Photo of a gift at the white elephant gift exchange at our Red and Green Party. SO MUCH FUN! The girls especially loved this treasure. There was some fighting going on over this one. lol. The best part was Lauren, who thinks the obsession is as silly and hilarious as I do, opened the gift. AMAZING