6. January 2009 by Sarah.

Not much has changed from my last post, still in my PJ’s (although I have gotten dressed since my last post) but instead of the couch I am blogging from my desk in my room. Depending on how long this takes to write I may end up posting from various points in the house.

Since I have had a blog, every January 1st I write a Year in Review type post. The idea isn’t original, many bloggers do the same things, I gathered the idea from a fellow LnHS grad. This year I do intend on including pictures with each month of synopsis. Sit back and enjoy the past year of my life in a blog post!

January

Rang in 2008 with the Webers as normal. It has changed from past years, no little kids, most of the party goers can drink, legally, and the conversations focus on colleges and careers. There were many events to look forward to in 2008, Hannah’s graduation being just one of them. Looked forward to going back to school, having a better roommate makes it so much easier to go back.

February

Long cold month of school and gearing up for Relay For Life. Going to work at the gallery three days a week. End of the month was spring break, which overlapped into March.

March

Spent Spring break in Lexington, VA with Monica and her family. Went shopping and worked on school work, also made Bananas Fosters. March was also the Relay For Life event, it went really great and we raised a lotof money! It was a very long 24hrs, but it was totally worth all the hard work!

April

This month was the last few weeks of classes for the semester. Finals felt like they were never going to arrive. Was inducted to OKD and flew home for the summer. Not a very exciting month.

May

This month I turned 21 and had a blast! Started the day off with orange juice and champagne, then Daddy cooked tacos and celebrated my birthday! At the end of the month Hannah graduated from high school.

June

Pretty slow month here, started my internship at Assembly Women Runners Office. Realized that riding my bike to work was a lot more fun then driving. Did some house-sitting for Kiley again, went to Santa Monica for a day. That was pretty much all that went on, not a particularly exciting month.

July

Monica flew in from VA and we had a great time. Went to Santa Monica, swam in the pool for a day, went down to Hollywood, and loved showing her Cali! This month was also Hannah’s graduation party. Again I house-sat for Kiley and had a fun time hanging out at his place.

August

Flew back to MBC to start my Senior year of college! It was a very exciting and scary time. Daddy accepted a job in Alaska and the Tyndall’s made the decision to move to AK!

September

Hannah started her freshman year at UC Davis. On the first of the month classes started for me.

October

Wore my cap and gown for the first time for MBC’s Founders Day celebration. Traveled to Annapolis MD for Fall break and stayed with neighbors from CA. Enjoyed a Halloween party at the Alum House.

November

Went to Philly for Turkey day and enjoyed some very yummy CA wine.

December

Flew home to CA for a very exciting Christmas. Daddy and Hannah came home as well. Attended Mandi’s wedding, snow in Lancaster, and much more holiday fun!

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8. December 2008 by Sarah.

Finals week has arrived. Today was Christmas Cheer, the annual event to celebrate the season, est some yummy food, then go back, lock yourself in your room, look over your notes one more time and pray like mad to God that you will remember everything in the morning. That is finals week. Well for me though it is really like a sprint of finals. I leave rather early on Wed so I will be taking my four finals in two days. However I really only count two finals. Meaning one is open notes and the other is graphic design, which really, who gives a test in graphic design? Oh well it is an easy “A” therefore I won’t complain.

The other two finals that I have to take are so not easy. First up to the plate will be Media Law, I am freaking over it! I have looked over my key terms and know the difference between work for hire, prejudicial review, torts, defamation, and copyrights. But still it is a lot more then that, I just want it to be over with. The other test that I consider to be “real” will be my astronomy exam. Harder then you would think. Was so not the class that I though it would turn out to be, however I did P/NC the class and am not too worried, but it isn;t like I can completely bomb the thing and still pass.

But I just have to be confident, and pray that God will allow me to remember everything and not worry so much. I strongly believe in the fact that we can over think things and then our performance suffers due to the fact. So I am just going to take a deep breath and keep in mind that in less then 72 hrs I will chowing down on a pizookie!

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5. December 2008 by Sarah.

God works in mysterious ways. This morning I woke up at 8am. I was suppose to wake up at 6:30am to get a study guide written for a study group this afternoon. I went to bed early last night, and by early I mean 11pm, so that I could get up and type. But last night for the first time in my life I forgot to set my alarm.

Instead of just laying in bed for a minute to gather my thoughts, I jump out of bed and run downstairs. Then I run back up stairs to grab my cell, thinking, oh my people will have called me and I need to have my cell phone. Then I needed some socks, my feet were cold, so I ran back up stairs to get my socks. Sterling said all she saw was this pink blur running up and down the stairs a couple of times.

You are probably there thinking, Sarah, if you are so busy and have so much work to do, then why are you blogging. Because, I may have gotten up late, but I was able to get the study guide typed in half an hour, sent out, washed my face, ate breakfast and just need to get dressed. Therefore I have time to tell you of my story.

I realize that God wanted my body to get some sleep, since actually this is the only morning until I go home that I have time to sleep in, ironic, yes. Since I went to sleep early last night I got a really decent amount of sleep and feel great this morning.

Today also happens to be the last day of classes for the fall semester of my undergraduate degree. Oh no! I will never have a last day of class again in the fall semester. Tear. Not really these aren’t my favorite classes, but still there will be no more!!!  Happy Friday!

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20. August 2008 by Sarah.

Currently I am sitting in a plane 2,900 miles in the air. As I was reading my book I decided that I would rather write out some stuff. The other day I read my sister’s blog. Her latest post is about her faith. I realized that I have never written about my faith and it is such a major part of my life I thought that it was about time.
I am Lutheran, born and raised and will probably not ever change. I may switch different synods, but I am pretty sure that I will always remain a Lutheran. So as I sit here on this plane, heading back east to go to school, it is my faith that will get me through this day and the days the lay ahead of me. When I had to make the choice of which college to go to I did more praying then I ever had in my life. It wasn’t really which college, it was more the fact: do I stay in CA or take one major leap of faith and go to Mary Baldwin. As I am sure most of the readers out there in Internet land know, I choose MBC. I knew that God had a plan for me and that whatever choice was made would be the right one.
My faith has now brought another curve to the path that God has in store for me. My Daddy accepted a job in Alaska about two weeks ago. He has moved into an apartment and has started work. For him getting out of Lancaster was so important and he needed to do this. It is extremely difficult knowing that in a few months, every person in my household will be living somewhere new. The only way that I can get that thought through my head is to know that God isn’t going to throw anything at us that we can’t handle.
Some of my friends aren’t into the religion thing that much. That is fine, I completely and utterly understand. If it wasn’t for my parents taking me to church every Sunday morning, how do I know that I wouldn’t have the faith that I do today? So the people that aren’t sure on religion need to have it shown to them, maybe that is why I am in their life, to show them my religion. Setting the example and willing talk about my faith, that is something that I strongly believe in and practice. If I didn’t have the faith that I have, I am pretty sure that there would be an emptiness inside of me that would need to be filled.
When I was confirmed in 8th grade we had to give a statement of our faith. I remember writing a poem with the help of my 8th grade English teacher. I am sure I still have it, and I am sure some of it remains the same. But my guess is if someone asked me today to give a statement of my faith, it would be much longer, more in depth and more meaningful.

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