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Mamas and Babies Need Prayer

I've 2 stories to tell and prayers to ask.

The first is for family members. A not too terribly distant relation who isn't much older than I has retreated to a women's shelter with her 2 children following her husband injuring their baby daughter. I hear they're adjusting well, but no one truly adjusts to an abusive husband/father. 

Second, a friend had her baby yesterday, which is joyous but she wasn't due until February. My friend's liver wasn't working properly, putting herself and baby Paisley in danger, so the doctors took the baby out of that danger equation in hope she'll be alright as a premi. I hear mom and baby are doing well. Mom is expected to be released from the hospital in 4-5 days and Paisley in about 6 weeks. 

Remember all these moms and tots in your prayers if you will. Thanks!

Cleanliness is next to godliness

If cleanliness is next to godliness, I'm going to Hades.

The last time I cleaned my room was about this time last year. I hate cleaning; it just isn't high on my priotority list... ok, so I admit if it's not on the bottom, it's really really close. One of my two aversions to living on campus is that they HAVE to clean their rooms once a week; I'm doing good to get all the junk off the floor once a week to vacuum and to change the sheets. (The second aversion would be that I would be forced to eat the nasty cafeteria food at $7.50 a plate. I don't pay that much for good food on a regular basis!)

I approach the tBlog community with this problem: my family is hosting the annual Christmas party for my mom's side this year, which means the whole house has to be sparkling. Now, the rest of my family aren't the cleanist people in the world, but I would bet I'm probably the worst... except I have the ability to throw unneeded things away, unlike my mother. My grandmother-- who is the tidiest person in my family except for my aunt who dusts EVERYDAY and keeps plastic covers on her furniture-- has been at my throat for months to get my room clean and is so now more than ever that I have time off. (I may have time off, but I don't particularly care to spend my vacation cleaning.) So what I need is some motivation. Please?... I think.

UPDATE!! I cleaned!!! Aren't you proud? Ok, I didn't dust but that can be saved for the cleaning lady. I even reorganized my closet. *beams from ear to ear* In doing so, I found lots of items I thought I had lost, although I still haven't found my 2 missing ID cards. I did discover however, that I have more khaki-ish colored pants than any female should be allowed to own and my number of brown flip flops has been reduced to 2 pair, down from the 5 or 6 pair last time I cleaned. I wonder what happened to those other pairs. Maybe the closet monster ate them. I also found have about twice as many books as I did last time I cleaned, not including the ones I'm selling. I'm not entirely sure how that happened. *shrugs* Thanks to everyone's motivation and bawdy, you can let the kitty go now.

If cleanliness is next to godliness, then I'm a goddess... until the next time I'm in a flurry to get out the door anyway. 

Blue

I'm feeling a little lonesome right now. I get really mad at myself sometimes, like tonight. I really want to be with people; I'm a people person by nature. Occasionaly, I would prefer to just have some "me" time to just relax and chill out; however, these yernings for time just to myself often come at times when truly exciting gatherings are occuring. Like tonight I had a Christmas party, which I enjoyed but as the night progressed, I got tired of playing games and just wanted to chill out and watch a movie. Movies and parties don't jive very well, so I just left the party early and came home to watch a movie by myself. Movie was fine, but now I wish I had stayed at the party at least a little longer.

Now comes the true "poor me" part. Like I said, I love people and I really do think I make a pretty good pal. The problem is, I have probably close friends I feel I can confide in and have a good time with outside my family and only one reciprocates. I've got lots of aquaintances. I'd like to get to know them better, but I don't get much chance to because all my friends live in the dorms on the other side of town and don't think to call ol' Bria when they're going out somewhere. I suppose I could make more effort, but I've never been the organizer of events, just the tag along. Now, before you pass judgement and say something to the effect of "there's your problem right there" on the rare occasion I DO come up with something to do, I make it a point to invite at least 2 if not 3 or 4 other people. Maybe they don't realize I'd like to join in on the fun. *shrugs* Anyone out there have their two cents to put in?

Yeah!

Hooray! I'm done with the semester! I can have a life again! :-D

 I'm getting really excited about Spain! Oh, and not to be a nudge, but I'm still taking donations over on the right bar there. *sweet puppy dog face*

Will post something at least a tad more exciting later, although I'm not making any promises as far as the content goes. hehe.

Hangers are the devil.

Public Service Annoucement:

Everyone should know that hangers are the devil, for the safety of the public. I can't stand an empty one hanging in my closet, so I throw it out into the middle of my room. There is where my feet find them early in the morning when I sprint to my alarm clock. I think the hangers jumping up and biting me wakes me more than the alarm.

That is all, and thank you for reading this annoucement.

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