- Slept in til 10am
- Cleaned the shower
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Did the dishes
- Vacuumed the house
- Tidied my room
- Did 2 loads of laundry
- Went to Metro to get brown sugar
- Made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies
- Did my homework for 3D class
- Went to class
March 29, 2011
Today
I have:
March 25, 2011
March 23, 2011
Wednesday...
...was a pretty good day. I was sitting in Berkelouw's bookstore cafe with Hannah yesterday afternoon and we decided that now would be as good a time as ever to start exercising again, so we made a little schedule of the time we have before class and now we're going to start jogging (ahem, walking...) for an hour three times a week, and then go to class.
This seemed like a fine plan and so this morning (calling each other up just to hear Saskia Hamilton as our ringtones) Hannah swung by and picked me up and we cruised over to Sydney Park ... while the sun rose higher and got hotter.
In hindsight it was probably pretty stupid to go walking at 11:30, when the temperature was as high as it was ... but we hadn't expected it to be so hot! Thankfully there was a cool breeze that made it bearable. We explored the park and let our inner-child roam free on the play equipment, met a cute German Shepard puppy named LuLu, and bolted the last few yards up the hill with Regina Spektor and Matt & Kim as our soundtrack. Like the cool indie kids we pretend to be.
We arrived at TAFE feeling like puddles thanks to the heat, but Web Design is in a tiny little room where the air conditioning blasts full board so we survived ... until the chill started to sink in and I wished I had remembered my jumper. Such is TAFE - it can be 40 degrees outside and you will STILL want to be wearing a jumper in the classrooms.
After that was the dreaded Exhibition Concept class, where the teacher is an arrogant noob who knows about as little as we do. Ugh. Oh well, at least we've attended every class so we can't really fail....
Home now, and early, which is nice :) Gonna chill out tonight and then do it all again tomorrow.
This seemed like a fine plan and so this morning (calling each other up just to hear Saskia Hamilton as our ringtones) Hannah swung by and picked me up and we cruised over to Sydney Park ... while the sun rose higher and got hotter.
In hindsight it was probably pretty stupid to go walking at 11:30, when the temperature was as high as it was ... but we hadn't expected it to be so hot! Thankfully there was a cool breeze that made it bearable. We explored the park and let our inner-child roam free on the play equipment, met a cute German Shepard puppy named LuLu, and bolted the last few yards up the hill with Regina Spektor and Matt & Kim as our soundtrack. Like the cool indie kids we pretend to be.
We arrived at TAFE feeling like puddles thanks to the heat, but Web Design is in a tiny little room where the air conditioning blasts full board so we survived ... until the chill started to sink in and I wished I had remembered my jumper. Such is TAFE - it can be 40 degrees outside and you will STILL want to be wearing a jumper in the classrooms.
After that was the dreaded Exhibition Concept class, where the teacher is an arrogant noob who knows about as little as we do. Ugh. Oh well, at least we've attended every class so we can't really fail....
Home now, and early, which is nice :) Gonna chill out tonight and then do it all again tomorrow.
March 20, 2011
NEW!
Yeah, so I was messing around in my room today doing a bit of photography, so I thought I'd make a new blog header just for fun. And I can now introduce you to my blog's new name, Alt Escape. I kind of like to think of it as the keys on your keyboard, alt and esc, but also as an abbreviation for Alternate Escape. Seeing as this blog is one of my many escape-the-world outlets, it seems fitting.
Anyway, I feel pretty bad that I've only blogged three times this month, and two of those blog posts barely even count as they only consist of two photos and three sentences.... But I don't actually have time to keep blogging right now as I've got homework to catch up on for TAFE this week. Ta ta for now!
Anyway, I feel pretty bad that I've only blogged three times this month, and two of those blog posts barely even count as they only consist of two photos and three sentences.... But I don't actually have time to keep blogging right now as I've got homework to catch up on for TAFE this week. Ta ta for now!
March 9, 2011
March 8, 2011
March 5, 2011
Get excited.
Hello. I'm listening to Regina Spektor right now, because ever since Wednesday I haven't been able to get Samson out of my head. It's one of those songs that I loved and then somehow forgot about ... probably due to small memory space on my ipod.
Anyway. It's very late and I have to be at work in less than twelve hours so I should probably be asleep, but I felt like writing about something. I've been planning out more plot to Fat Beagles, and I need to get on with actually writing it now. Hopefully I'll find some time this week. Another thing I need to write is all the thank you's for my birthday gifts. I have such incredibly generous friends :)
TAFE is going good. So good, actually, that I can't help but sending up constant thanks to God for sorting everything out and making it go so well. I'm so glad that I trusted Him with the decision of what to do this year, because I was scared that I would make the wrong choice ... and I think I probably would have. I'm enjoying my classes and I've made friends already and I can just hear God saying, 'See? I told you it would be okay. Aren't you glad you trusted me?' Yes, Lord. I'm so, so, so glad. And so grateful. He has a plan for this year and I'm only just seeing the beginning of it... there's more to this story, I'm sure.
You know, I don't think people every appreciate how much LOVE God pours into the tiniest of things. I found the below quote on the internet, and you've probably seen it on my facebook or my tumblr, but I'll have to put it here too because I love it so much.
"What if gratitude was as natural as breathing, because we knew in our hearts that the air we breathe is grace?"
I wish we all thought like this. Breathed like this. That off the cusp of every breath were the words 'thank you'. I wish we woke up and felt thrilled that GOD SAVED US. I read this blog post this morning and I completely and utterly agree with Kylee. She says "What would happen if we took great delight in being God's most important creation? The type of delight that enables us to wake up every morning absolutely giddy to speak His praises. Every second of every day?"
I wish I could respond like that every time I woke up the morning. I wish that when I bumped into people I would have a bright smile on my face and be lit up with joy and they would ask me why I was so happy, and I would explain that's it's because my amazing God made me, and loves me, and saved me. Every. Single. Day. Ever. Can't we live like that? What's stopping us? Why don't I feel excited?
I'm going to pray about this. Pray with me. Let's be excited for God. Thrilled. Amazed. Awed. It's unbelievable, really. That the creator of the universe would love us unconditionally and want us to be with Him even though we turn away from Him. He has the power to destroy this earth and build a better one, and yet he hangs on to us. He loves us. And there's nothing that will ever stop him from loving us. He died for us. Doesn't that just bring you chills? The God of the universe died for you. And even more amazing, He conquered death, He rose again, and now we can be with Him forever. Honestly, it's more than my brain can comprehend. If I think to much about this thing called eternity, I start to freak out a bit. My human brain just can't take it all in. But God! He knows. It will all be okay if we trust in Jesus.
I'd really love to go into church on Sunday, and into TAFE on Monday, feeling thrilled because of Jesus. Let's be the Christians that are known for their love, their passion to serve, and their excitement for God.
I mean really, what's more exciting than knowing that because of Jesus' love for you, this earth is not the end, but the beginning?
p.s If you have a question, some encouragement, want to tell me that you feel encouraged, or you just want to say hi, please leave a comment :)
Anyway. It's very late and I have to be at work in less than twelve hours so I should probably be asleep, but I felt like writing about something. I've been planning out more plot to Fat Beagles, and I need to get on with actually writing it now. Hopefully I'll find some time this week. Another thing I need to write is all the thank you's for my birthday gifts. I have such incredibly generous friends :)
TAFE is going good. So good, actually, that I can't help but sending up constant thanks to God for sorting everything out and making it go so well. I'm so glad that I trusted Him with the decision of what to do this year, because I was scared that I would make the wrong choice ... and I think I probably would have. I'm enjoying my classes and I've made friends already and I can just hear God saying, 'See? I told you it would be okay. Aren't you glad you trusted me?' Yes, Lord. I'm so, so, so glad. And so grateful. He has a plan for this year and I'm only just seeing the beginning of it... there's more to this story, I'm sure.
You know, I don't think people every appreciate how much LOVE God pours into the tiniest of things. I found the below quote on the internet, and you've probably seen it on my facebook or my tumblr, but I'll have to put it here too because I love it so much.
"What if gratitude was as natural as breathing, because we knew in our hearts that the air we breathe is grace?"
I wish we all thought like this. Breathed like this. That off the cusp of every breath were the words 'thank you'. I wish we woke up and felt thrilled that GOD SAVED US. I read this blog post this morning and I completely and utterly agree with Kylee. She says "What would happen if we took great delight in being God's most important creation? The type of delight that enables us to wake up every morning absolutely giddy to speak His praises. Every second of every day?"
I wish I could respond like that every time I woke up the morning. I wish that when I bumped into people I would have a bright smile on my face and be lit up with joy and they would ask me why I was so happy, and I would explain that's it's because my amazing God made me, and loves me, and saved me. Every. Single. Day. Ever. Can't we live like that? What's stopping us? Why don't I feel excited?
I'm going to pray about this. Pray with me. Let's be excited for God. Thrilled. Amazed. Awed. It's unbelievable, really. That the creator of the universe would love us unconditionally and want us to be with Him even though we turn away from Him. He has the power to destroy this earth and build a better one, and yet he hangs on to us. He loves us. And there's nothing that will ever stop him from loving us. He died for us. Doesn't that just bring you chills? The God of the universe died for you. And even more amazing, He conquered death, He rose again, and now we can be with Him forever. Honestly, it's more than my brain can comprehend. If I think to much about this thing called eternity, I start to freak out a bit. My human brain just can't take it all in. But God! He knows. It will all be okay if we trust in Jesus.
I'd really love to go into church on Sunday, and into TAFE on Monday, feeling thrilled because of Jesus. Let's be the Christians that are known for their love, their passion to serve, and their excitement for God.
I mean really, what's more exciting than knowing that because of Jesus' love for you, this earth is not the end, but the beginning?
p.s If you have a question, some encouragement, want to tell me that you feel encouraged, or you just want to say hi, please leave a comment :)
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