The joys of video chat screen shots

Ok, I just had to share these somewhere.

Tina is probably going to kill me, but my facial expressions are hilarious.

This is what I do when she's not paying attention during our video chats.

 

For some reason, we can't hear each other through the computer, so we have to talk on the phone while video chatting. Apparently, I like to eat my phone cord. (I have no idea what Tina is doing.)

 



I think my face here speaks for itself. :)



This one is a part of a series. Here's both of us looking shocked at something...



WHERE DID SHE GO??!?!?!



WWWHHHHYYYYY???????

And, that's pretty much it.  Let's just say these conversations happen late at night, and I take pictures when I'm bored, wait 3 months, and then post them on my blog.

'MERICA.

Love you Tina!! :)


That's all for now!
Alaina

Birth of a Social Butterfly (well, kinda.)

Guys.

Guysguysguysguysguysguysguysguysguysguysguysguysguys.

You'll never believe what happened!!

Are you ready??

Are you sure??????

Ok, here it goes.




I JOINED A CLUB.

*cue various exclamations of shock and awe*

I KNOW.

Crazy.

Or, to some of you, not very crazy.  And to those people, I offer this explanation.  Yes, I am an outgoing person, and yes, I like to hang out with people and do fun things and such; however, I am a selectively outgoing person. If I get put into a situation where I feel uncomfortable and/or don't know anyone, I won't really talk. So that makes joining new clubs/organizations slightly difficult sometimes.

So the fact that I am now part of a group that consists of more people than my roommates is a pretty freakin' big deal.

Anyway....

I am now an attender (is attender a word? Well, it is now.) of Christian Campus House.

Yes, I'm in another church group.  Stick with what you know, right? I freakin love Jesus. Plus, it's nice to be a part of a church group where I'm not a leader. :)

We actually tried out two different campus ministries last week. While CRU had pretty awesome worship (which is a big point boost in my book), I don't think anyone talked to us. At all. And we were in a room of like 200 people.

Needless to say, we didn't feel very welcome.

But when we went to CCH, we were introduced to like 7 people within 10 minutes.  I don't think there was a time that we were standing by ourselves the entire time we were there. (Fun fact: one of the girls we talked to was actually a former student of my grandma. Who knows how that affects her opinion of me, seeing as my grandma is quite the character lol)

Now I feel like I should mention that the CCH event we attended was a bonfire, where the CRU event was just a regular service thing. But still. I actually made friends at CCH. I could've had the same experience I had at CRU by listening to a worship CD.

*NOTE TO MY DYM KIDDOS: THIS is why connections are important. I met the CCH people on Friday, and I already consider myself a part of their group. I'm hanging out with them again tonight. Talking to people, making connections, making them feel welcome-these things are how we get people to stick around in youth. MORAL OF THE STORY: TALK TO PEOPLE.

Anyways, I felt like I had to share that with you guys. I had a few requests to make another blog post (but no suggestions on topics!!! Seriously, help a girl out.) and that's the biggest thing that's happened in the last few weeks.  For those of you that are interested, I will be posting the sermon I was supposed to give last Wednesday on here soon. It'll actually probably be much better as a blog post than as an audible sermon anyway. It's much more interesting to ramble via text. :)

That's all for now!
Alaina

One Semester Down!

Well you guys, I survived my first semester of college!! It's so strange. It doesn't seem that it was that long ago at all that I was getting all of my stuff together to start, and now it's 1/8 of the way over! (Well, hopefully. Since I have no real ideas of what I would like to do when I grow up, who knows how long it will take me?)

Can I make money with my random pop culture knowledge? I have a lot of it!  If it were possible, I'd seriously consider dropping out of college.

I wouldn't drop out of college. I'd just consider it.

:)


Anyway, I came out of my first semester faring pretty well...however (and I know this will be a shock to some of you) I did get my first B.

*le GASP*

I know, right? Alaina Arner got a B???

Yep. (It was a B+, actually.) And I was thrilled beyond belief.  Pulling off a B+ in a 5 credit hour math class is no simple feat. Especially as a first year.  So I am now sitting at a 3.73ish GPA.

*Side Note: You know how in high school it didn't matter if you got an A+ or an A-? An A was still an A?
Yeah...not the case in college. Just so you know.

I say that because I got an A- in my honors English class, and it did bring down my GPA a bit.

But hey, I thought I was getting a B in that class too, so YAY A-!!! :)



So now I'm enjoying the last few days of freedom that I have before I go back to school.  I love being at home and getting to spend time with my family, but I'm kind of ready for this next semester. Hopefully some of these classes will help me solidify what I want to do with my life.  Plus, I kind of miss my roommates a whole bunch. (And Beth and Lauren, I now have Pitch Perfect in my possession. So GUESS WHAT WE'RE WATCHING??!?! I also got like 5 other movies, so get ready. lol)

Anyways....I think that's just about everything so far. Not much has happened over this break, and it was kind of nice that way.  Hopefully I'll have something interesting to talk about soon.  Plus, if you have anything (and I mean ANYTHING) that you would like me to discuss on here, message me or leave a comment or text me or email me...write me a freakin letter. Just let me know, ok? :) (but I do reserve full rights to veto any topic ideas that are submitted. Just sayin'.)

That's all for now!

Alaina :)