Becky's brain!

earpants @ 2006-01-09T15:19:00

2006-01-09T21:20:03Z

well as much as i love writing on here, i'm pretty sure i am going to consolidate and switch entirely over to xanga. so you can keep updated on my life there. :) www.xanga.com/earpants

have a great day!

earpants @ 2005-12-27T11:24:00

2005-12-27T17:25:13Z

well i dont really feel like updating right now. if you want to read what i'm up to right now, read up on it at www.xanga.com/earpants

earpants @ 2005-10-11T10:06:00

2005-10-11T14:07:22Z

an update that decided it didnt want to update yesterday, so we'll try again today

well i just got the call from my mom this morning. not only am i going to be an aunt in march(i think its march), but i'm going to be an aunt to a little girl who will be named charlotte, charlie for short. :) yay!!

earpants @ 2005-08-16T23:00:00

2005-08-17T03:05:50Z

i dont even know where to begin to express the thoughts that run through my mind day in and day out. i'm not sure what can comfort that besides God. no one will fully understand what i am talking about unless they are going through the same thing, if you didnt meet the same amazing students, build a strong community with the same teammates or experience God in the same way and missing it at that level its hard to explain. four months is so far away, what will i do until then. it just wasnt this hard last year. well i'm out for now. i love you as the mouse loves the rice and will try to compose my thoughts better for my next posting.

earpants @ 2005-06-21T20:24:00

2005-06-22T00:30:53Z

and alas, the journey is about to begin again. i remember when i arrived back in the states on august 9th last year i didnt know how i was ever going to make it through the year before i could return to china. i didnt know how i would say goodbye to friends who had grown so much with me over the previous month. but here i sit. i have one full day left here and then i'm off to california. this summer is going to be so different from last summer, but in some respects its going to be the same too. i'm going to be in a culture that i'm so fond of, one that people just cant even imagine to reality until they have themselves experienced it. i know my heart will be touched, my life changed, my heart remolded and my eyes opened again. i'm enjoying these last 30 hours, savoring them, but anxious at the same time. i guess this is me signing off for the summer. if you want to get ahold of me, well i guess you will just have to wait til i get back in august, or else track down someone who knows how to get ahold of me and go through them since they have received special instructions. have a wonderful summer everyone!

earpants @ 2005-06-12T22:34:00

2005-06-13T02:34:28Z

i had an amazing weekend. i think it was really good to see her and really have someone i could actually talk aobut china with. i mean talk about it not worrying if they care about the story or not. as the days tick down farther and farther until training i get nervous and excited at the same time. i miss my xining people though, being all the way down in arkansas, michigan is a long ways away from there! but yeah after the weekend this morning when i was journalling i came to a great realization in an analogy. bear with me for a minute. so going to china is sort of like having a kid, well not that i've had any children before, but so i hear. the first one you are really careful with and you love it so much and you take a million pictures and all that. well the second child comes along and you love that one so much too. you dont love either one more than the other, but yet they are different, not because you made them htat way, but their personalities just evolved that way. hmmm yeah. anyways i had a great weekend. we ate at chipotle, went to china town and had the most amazing tea ever, megan and i made a little video of us and our adventures in china, bought the cd of the century(worship songs sung in chinese that are so beautiful), went to the chicago blues festival, drove around looking for pizza for like 2.5 hours, chilled and laughed with megans teammates, went to the chinese christian church. oh it was such a refreshing weekend. now this is my last full week before i fly out to california. woa!

earpants @ 2005-06-11T08:54:00

2005-06-11T12:54:46Z

off to chicago i go! i get to see megan. can i tell you how excited i am?! very!! i havent seen her since october and i miss her super much! alright, i'm off. :)

mail!

2005-06-10T18:08:47Z

isnt it awesome how much it can make your day to simply receive a bible verse from a friend in the mail. :)

earpants @ 2005-06-09T11:18:00

2005-06-09T15:19:20Z

EXACTLY TWO WEEKS FROM THIS MOMENT(EVEN TO THE MINUTE) I SHOULD BE LANDING IN CALIFORNIA!! AHHHH :) :) :)

earpants @ 2005-06-05T18:53:00

2005-06-05T22:54:54Z

oh man guys. i fly out to la in 18 days. this is crazy. well i'm not feeling top notch today so i'm going to go lay down for a while. oh exciting news of the week. i bought a video camera last week and it is so stinkin fun! i'm so excited to be able to show all you guys my adventure in china and what me and my team experienced. yay! i miss china, i'm excited, i'm so close to being back.

earpants @ 2005-06-04T17:12:00

2005-06-04T21:13:43Z

so today as abby and i were watching final destination and suddenly the tv breaks into a warning of a tornado over lake poygan. lake poygan is like 15 minutes from here. scary! many of you probably know how much i hate tornados. but then guess what. i go downstairs til it passes. and then meggy called! i was excited. so i stopped even thinking about the tornado and tlaked with megan. :) now i know how to solve the fear of tornadoes, talk through it.oh an di'm going to visit her next weekend! i havent seen her since october. yay!

earpants @ 2005-06-01T23:13:00

2005-06-02T03:13:49Z

its official!! as of about ahalf hour ago i have names of my teammates!! :) yay. katie and i are going to have the summer of a lifetime with 8 other amazing people. i'm excited!!

earpants @ 2005-05-23T09:03:00

2005-05-23T13:04:01Z

i officially have my tickets!! :) :)

earpants @ 2005-05-07T23:49:00

2005-05-08T03:50:15Z

i am home and i miss people. maybe its because this year was the first semester where i didnt live in the dorms so i didnt have that to be excited to leave. i missed erins randomness. i missed hearing melissa's playlist repeat. i miss random people stopping by. i miss seeing lard in giant letters. i miss my swing. i miss fellowship.

at the same time its weird to think that i leave for china in under two months. i dont even know what to think about that. though i still have a bunch of fundraising to do.

well i'm off to bed and its mothers day tomorrow. :)

hopefully i'll update more that its summer. love you guys!

earpants @ 2005-04-29T12:25:00

2005-04-29T16:30:32Z

well i dont really know what to write. as the semester dwindles i begin reflecting on what this semester has been to me. the growth, struggles, joys, and stretching are indescribable. the past few weeks God has continued to really make me struggle through some stuff and had me thinking about things. yeah, i dont really know what to write, but please pray that i can have faith in the little things.

earpants @ 2005-04-19T19:47:00

2005-04-20T02:47:54Z

man, its just been one of those weeks. when will it end?

earpants @ 2005-03-31T15:23:00

2005-03-31T20:25:38Z

10 REALLY RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME

1. i cant smell
2. i have recently taken a huge liking to argyle socks
3. i have changed my major too many times and will still manage to graduate in 4 years
4. Numb3rs is totally a tv show that was made for me!
5. my fish's name is pengyou
6. someday i will travel the world
7. i like to read these surveys a lot more than filling them out
8. i love a good deep conversation
9. i make awesome oatmeal cookies
10. puddle jumping is awsome!

9 WAYS TO WIN MY HEART

1. be honest
2. talk to me about math in some shape or form
3. smile
4. random greetings to let me know you're thinking about me
5. be on fire for God
6. enjoy life for the little things
7. get along with my family
8. comfortable to joke around and be sarcastic when appropriate
9. communication

8 THINGS I CARRY/WEAR EVERYDAY

1. my jade necklace from china
2. my wallet
3. glasses
4. God(He carries me, so i think that counts)
5. smile
6. funky socks or flipflops
7. my lone earring
8. clothes

7 THINGS THAT ANNOY ME

1. people who talk on their cellphones in public places WAY too loud
2. people who underestimate my God
3. gossip
4. wasters of their resources
5. people who have a lot of love to give, but wont give it away
6.when i'm in the middle of a conversation and the wireless internet goes out
7. the expensiveness of travel

6 PLACES I'VE VISITED

1. california
2. arkansas
3. china
4. japan
5 friends houses
6. emergency room

5 THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1. fall in love
2. love on people with every ounce every day
3. jump out of a plane
4. go scuba diving in the caribbean
5. do everything for the Lord

4 THINGS I'M AFRAID OF

1. dishrags
2. wet leaves
3. dentists
4. Hell

3 THINGS I DO EVERYDAY

1. pray
2. wake up
3. smile

2 THINGS I'M TRYING NOT TO DO NOW

1. fall asleep at work
2. forget all the stuff i learned today

1 PERSON I WANT TO SEE NOW

1. my cousins little baby. i havent gotten to meet her yet and she's all the way in north carolina

earpants @ 2005-03-30T22:57:00

2005-03-31T03:57:34Z

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Visual/Spatial

75%

Interpersonal

61%

Intrapersonal

57%

Verbal/Linguistic

46%

Musical/Rhythmic

29%

Bodily/Kinesthetic

25%

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earpants @ 2005-03-15T17:39:00

2005-03-15T22:43:21Z

in 24 hours i will be chillin with my buddy andrea!! yay!! i'm excited that shes coming to visit getting to meet people here. yay!!! i love my andrea!!

earpants @ 2005-03-10T06:35:00

2005-03-10T12:40:18Z

well i am doing a little better. i talked to the person which the previous entry involved and while i cant say its all back to being peachy i know that they at least know how sorry i am. i have given it entirly back over to God and i know he will take care of it. i'm so amazed at how even though i tried to take the situation over for myself God totally still had his hands wrapped around my heart to protect it. My God amazes me everyday. yay God! i know it hurts but it would have been so much worse if God wasnt there to take my pain and wrap me tightly in His arms. His love is sufficient for me and i will rejoice in that.

well today i spend the day up at the middle school getting in observing hours. have a great day and if you could please say a prayer for who i hurt i would appreciate it. thank you so much. love you guys! my friends rock, even though i know you guys didnt know what was going on yesterday i could still feel your love and prayers, thank you for that! bye!!

becky

earpants @ 2005-03-08T22:09:00

2005-03-09T04:09:17Z

:: SIGH ::

i dont even know what to think right now, my heart is so heavy and i cant even explain to people why. well i know why, but i cant explain it. yeah. lets just say i think i might have screwed up the hugest blessing God has given me in a long time. yeah. its been an amazing past two days so we'll see how the rest of the week goes.

earpants @ 2005-03-05T09:50:00

2005-03-05T15:50:01Z

well i actually survived last week. at somepoints i really wasnt sure i would make it, but i did! yay! having three midterms, a lab report due and a project for my education class all due in the same week that i left on thursday night for home and worked 20 hours was a ton. when i update from my computer again i'm gonna post some pictures from last weekend. it was a super fun weekend with outhouse racing and a man party(spurred of an idea i got from my meggy! yay!)

this week i'm home on break and sorta jsut chillin. i have a lot of homework i'd like to get done. i have tons of chinese to learn and papers to write. my goal is to get my china scrapbook all the way done. i'm bound and determined to finish sending out my support letters. and i have a secret present i'm working on too. i hope everyone has a wonderful day! i love you guys. oh and thanks to elisa for listening to me get something off my chest last night. hope to hear from you guys soon!

earpants @ 2005-02-17T09:58:00

2005-02-17T15:00:31Z

yeah i havent updated this thing in years and a half it seems. i apologize for that. its been a long week physically, emotionally, academically and spiritually. i dont really even know half the time why i keep this up, i dont know if anyone ever reads it, and if they do, what does my life matter to them. i havent had time to write any deep thoughts. if you want to know whats going on in my life read up on my xanga journal i guess. have a great day and i'll try and remember to update soon, but no promises

solitude

2004-12-16T17:10:45Z

one more night of sharing a room. ahhh... i am so ready to not be sharing a room with two other people. i love my roommates and all but sleep is not usually easy to come by. last night i was so excited cause i actually slept through the night. it has been freezing cold in our room at night lately and i've been outnumbered with people who voted to keep the window open. when i'm sleeping that part of skin above where my socks are and below where my pants are just gets super chilly. well last night i put my sweatshirt on and duct taped my pajama pants to my socks so that no skin would be showing to get cold. this morning i was so excited that i had slept like a rock. i went to tell my roomie and she was just like "yeah ya did, and you were snoring the whole time" well duh, after hardly sleeping at all for the past couple weeks because of loudness you're dang right i'm gonna snore! yay for sleep. and yay for my own room next semester where i can actually have quality becky time and God time at 4in the morning like i enjoy and being able to turn the light on and some worship music if i feel like it.

rollercoaster ride

2004-12-15T23:42:35Z

this week has been an emotional rollercoaster. well for me a roller coaster isnt very much outwardly, but in my heart, wow it has. i'm so excited to go home and see my family and just hang out with them again, and of course to see my boots and oscar. yay. and the sooner i leave here the sooner i get to move into my house up in marquette. keith even has my walls done, at least that was when kelly updated me on the status earlier this week. i even have a letter from china waiting for me at home! however at the same time its sad leaving here andleaving some of the awesome friends i have made and continue to grow with. then a couple days ago i was working on my budget and i was sorta stressed cause i was a few hundred dollars short and i had no idea where it would be coming from. after crunching every penny i just couldnt figure it out. i went in my ebill to try and check when my payment was due and if somehow by then i would have it. well when i get into my account i see that the number i was using to calculate my budget as far as what my bill is for tuition was much higher than i actually have to pay. so that was a definite down but it came back up again. the most recent issue that has really had me thinking and emotionally thinking i learned yesterday when i talked to my mom on the phone. i found out that a guy who graduated the year ahead of me from high school was killed in iraq. when you come from a school wherethere are under 400 students and you know everyone this impacts the whole community. my dad put it best in his quote for the newspaper article i read today from the oshkosh northwestern "“I’m going to remember him with a smile on his face, a twinkle in his eye and his excitement about life,” Amundson said. “He was always concerned about people around him.”"

my finals are going pretty well and i leave in less than two days. i wish you all safe travels and i'm excited to see you when i return in january! love you guys!!