Word of the Day

Nunce

Meaning: Never and Once

Example: Claire was sewing a snap onto her Hand Sampler. She was tired and didn't understand exactly how to do it. In a moment of extreme aggitation, while the other students giggled at her, she threw it across the table sighing, "I've done this nunce and I just can't do this!"

How Embarrasing...

This morning Nick and I were supposed to have coffee together, chat, and all that good stuff. Well.. I got there and got my cider and was you know, a little uber excited and a wee bit nervous. So I sat there... and waited... and waited... and .. waited. Needless to say, Nick didn't show up. Well, instead of being upset by it I felt the need to just buy a coffee and take to Nick. So I did.

I walked into his office, thankfully it was open and he was there! I laid the coffee down onto his desk and he seemed quite surprised. Apparently he was shocked and thought that we weren't going to have coffee this morning. I asked why, quite confused. (So he hadn't forgotten about our 'date'.. why wouldn't we still have it?) He supposedly had sent me an e-mail over the weekend telling me that he wasn't going to be able to make it. I explained that I never got said e-mail and we verified my e-mail address.

So I kind of stood there for a second, awkwardly and then asked if he wanted to rearrange. He seemed hesitant but then said yes. I being slightly offended then said, "well if you don't want to..." I could tell he was reluctant and I don't want him to say yes just to appease me and be nice. Come on people.. just be honest. Then he was. He informed me that he was starting to see someone right now. ... Oh... I see.... But if we wanted to get together just to chat and stuff, we'd set that up later.

So yay... (sarcasm). What a crappy start to a day. Le sigh.

Verse of the Day

You all are used to my random "Quote of the Day." yes I realize I haven't posted one in a while, but well, no one has said anything witty enough to be deserving of my QOD's. Neverthless.. not only will there be QOD's (when I get a good one), but I am now introducing Verse of the Day. Recently as I've been delving more and more into the Good Book I've been finding some verses or phrases that I really enjoy or just simply speak to me.

Today I was reading Titus 1 in accordance with my Chapter A Day thing that I'm doing with my church back home in Texas. So the verse of the day is:

Titus 1:15 "To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted."

God Works in Mysterious Ways

When I moved to Illinois I was slightly nervous that I wouldn't be able to find a church and that of course would lead to a spiritual decline and that would just be all sorts of bad. However, God is awesome, faithful, and always takes care of His children.

My roommate Tracey is a christian and she totally rocks. Through her I found The Vineyard, the church I now attend, and from there life has just blossomed. On my first day there I went to the little after service, new comers welcome area. I met Bob and Kelley, a wonderful sweet couple whom lead the small group I'm in. I also met Claire. Claire is another Theatre Grad and she's focusing on Stage Management, of which I have to give her props because wow... it takes a really incredible and strong person to do that. Claire and I have become instant friends. It's nice knowing there are other christians in theatre and that we're not alone. We pray for each other, go to church together, and now we're going to be having our own little Theatre Bible Studies/Prayer Sessions. She's awesome.

Claire knows another Stage Manager. His name is Adam. They're friends and through her, God has brought Adam to church and he's now a christian. Yay! (happy dance) She also knows another guy from Krannert named Nick. The other day randomly she felt in her spirit the need to pray for him, unbeknownst by me.

Now I don't personally know Nick, but I've seen him a lot in the building and I think he's really cute. Well the other day, last wednesday, I walked by his office and as my stomach gnotted, I stopped, and asked if he'd like to have coffee with me sometime. Now all of you know I despise coffee, but I do enjoy tea, cocoa, and cider, so I'm sure one of those will be there too. Nevertheless, coffee is safe and not generally too long. To my surprise, he accepted! So this coming Wednesday at 8 am (ugh) we're going to have coffee together.

I told Claire about it last night after church and she got really excited. I don't know why all these pieces are falling into place and what the Lord is working on, but I'm sure it's going to be something awesome. Claire and I are getting together tomorrow to pray together, at the coffee place. I know I want to pray for her, I want to pray for Adam, we'll pray for Nick, and I'll pray that the Lord can use me effectively and I don't let my emotions and such get in the way. I'm really energized by all this. The Lord could totally sweep through Krannert and touch so many lives. Maybe Claire and I are the venues for that to happen. We'll see.