I don't want to survive, I want to live!

So yesterday I had an amazing day in Raleigh! I got to see GREAT friends, share laughs and hugs and pictures and ringtones. What an amazing time with Lacey, Sandy, Quinn, Heather, Laura, and Yaron! Following this, Aaron and I went out to eat with other YL friends to celebrate the births of Katy and Kristina! We ate at a great Seafood Grill called Michael Deans. Now, for me to say this place was great is... crazy. I don't consider myself to be a fan of seafood, but here I was eating halibut, crab cakes, mahi mahi, and tuna... but not just tuna, but raw tuna! Oh my gosh. You guys should be soooo proud of me. :) We stayed there until late, but Aaron and I made it even later by going to see Wall-E!!! SUCH A GREAT MOVIE. <3 Definitely awesome. And it has a great pre-video with a bunny who is pretty sick at some magic tricks. I love bunnies and rabbits.
This morning I woke up early and left Durham to drive back for the trash-a-thon. Dangerous drive for me because I was so tired! The trash-a-thon was great though. We beasted it and got done really quickly. And it was great times with some girls that I unfortunately haven't seen in a while.
My aunt and cousin are in town for my cousin's soccer camp. Tonight I went to dinner with my aunt and it was such a great time. We talked for about an hour and a half; it blessed my life so much. She's amazing and I hate that I don't see her more often.
The title of this post is a quote from Wall-E. I loooved it. The captain said it when he began to realize what all he was missing out on. Let us strive to LIVE. We all have something to live for, so do it! We should never be "okay" with how things are, we should strive to Love, Invite, Value, and Encourage people through the love with which Christ taught us to share.

Celebrations

It always seems like there is so much to celebrate... birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, etc. Sometimes it seems like everything comes on at once, but really isn't that how life should be?? Full of celebrations? We should celebrate with our Lord for those who turn to him and praise him. We are his handiwork, and that is such an honor. Let us always turn to Him and lift up our voices and emotions to show Him how much we rejoice! We can never show our God enough praise!!!
This came to mind because I am about to head out to Raleigh to celebrate the birthdays of two lovely females, Kristina and Katy. It should be good times with some great friends, brothers and sisters in Christ, and role models. :)
I will get the chance to see some of my closest friends before going to dinner, and I couldn't be more excited about it! Because of this excitement, I'm going to shower and hit the road ASAP!

Dear avid readers

Hello all! All being the 4 of you that will read this... :)
So...I'm really pumped that a lot of people are being all cool and awesome and blogging. That word just makes my face light up. I used to be a blog addict, I can admit this. I miss it at times, mainly because I don't want to forget where I was in my life at these times. So much happens, and we can't remember it all. Of course we can't keep account of it all either, but bits and pieces will help me remember when I am old and gray. [I just lost...]
Anywho--I hope that through this blog, I can update you on little happenings in my life. I don't want this to just be an account of what I did when and how much I enjoyed it. I also want it to be somewhere where I can share things about my faith. I know some of my closest friends will be looking at this from time to time, and though we are all so close (and growing closer), the deep parts of our lives aren't always at the forefront of conversation. This could be such an avenue for us to share things that we may not bring up as we sit and watch "I love the new millenium."

This post wouldn't be complete without a run down of some recent fun times that I've had.
Yesterday I got off of work at 4 and drove to good old Kenly, North Carolina to see that kid that I call boyfriend and his grandparents. We had dinner, discussed the amazingness of the E. Coli infestation in the Greenville water supply, and talked about Aaron's miniature horse, Jimmy. After dinner we drove to Zebulon for a Carolina Mudcats game. For those of you that aren't as country as this... I'll fill you in (though I can't lie, I wasn't exposed until yesterday). The Carolina Mudcats are a minor leauge baseball team out of Zebulon. There are quite a few teams throughout NC that I am learning about. :) We had fun and enjoyed the game though those silly catfish lost. After that adventure, Aaron and I had to go to WalMart to get bottled water and the classic disney movie, The Sword in the Stone. We didn't finish watching it, but we will soon. I drove back to Greenville this morning, worked, went to the UBE for a book, and went to Town Commons with my bible for some Jesus time. It was awesome... it was a hot day, so no one walked by the the entire time. Great alone time. After that I went to the CB and met up with Mike and Bryan. After ordeals, we ended up at the U. Manor pool and went TaNnIn' together. Hahha. We were all reading books and working up a sweat. After a dip and some drying, we headed back to their place and watched the tele. We had some great laughs at the "I love 2003 and 2004" Oh wow. I love those boys. They've blessed my life since freshman year hanging out in Jones hall. I went for a run tonight too! How exciting!!! I ran 3.5 miles and was very proud of myself... I haven't been running much at all, so this is a starting point for me.
Life is grand. Sorry for the long post, but I hope that if you read it all, it brought you some smiles and good times.