seeking God more

We all should be seeking God more everyday but we usually aren't. Many things get in the way, but we need to set them aside and focus on the things that really matter. This is me trying to and hoping to seek God more. my websites: http://tiny.cc/howie399

Saturday, September 16, 2006

what you all have been waiting for

thursday-mowed the yard.. all of it today since Andrew is working in DC this week. around 6pm i went over to Tim S. and then shortly after that Tyler, Tim and I went up to Petra in New Holland to the Eagles Wings conference thats up there. it kinda started around 7pm. i bought the Eagles Wings new cd as well as a Joyce Meyer cd.. theres a song on the Joyce cd that is really good. well the whole cd is really pretty good but yea.
friday-picked up Marisol, Marie and Elise in the Burrowes parking lot around 9:30am... then drove to the 81/83 split and picked up Jeremy at 10:30am to go to Knoebels... we got there before noon. ate some lunch, then Lindsey and Christina showed up. went on some rides. including bumper boats... ate supper at the International Food Court. went on more rides. went on like 2 roller coasters. ended the day with prayer in the park (Knoebels that is). then took everyone home. was lots of fun.
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saturday 7/22/06 - helped dad service my car and work on some window air conditioners for our apartment. then around 4pm i went over to Tim s. and looked at his computer. tried to make it faster. then around 6pm we left ... one of his friends, Tim and I went back up to Petra in New Holland again to the last day of the Eagles Wings conference there. it was really good. im glad i went both days.. its basically re-kindled my fire for God. got a dvd on Israel for putting $25 in the offering.
sunday 7/23/06 - church @ UCF. lunch at home with parents. Andrew, my bro, is still working in the DC area for about a week now. Barnstormers game at 6pm with Justin Bandy from UCF. my parents went to the game around 4pm because there was a vintage baseball game that they wanted to see. then after the real game that started at 6pm.. there were fireworks. then Justin and I went back to his and Bernies apartment. there Bernie had 5 billion things to show me.. lol.. such as an mp3 player he got.. pretty nice.. its an iRiver. then he had a friends computer or somethin for me to look at .. but he actually knew the memory was bad in it so i didnt have to do much. then we looked at photos he had from the Alaska mission trip.. it was crazy.. apparently theres lots of mosquitoes up there. i think i got home around 1am.
monday-didnt do to much during the day. then there were a couple friends and ppl i didnt know in a chat room online and we finally decided to go and hangout at Jennys Diner in Lancaster.. so around 11pm i left to go there. it was Jeff Tragedy, Matt W, Tyler, Steph and I at Jennys. it was good and lots of fun. i thought Tyler and Steph were both gonna be new people that i havent met before but i actually kinda knew Tyler already from going to YFC (Youth For Christ) back in the day so that was crazy seeing him again. he paid for everyone. then after a while we went out into the parking lot and talked a good bit.. got to see Tyler's tractor-trailer truck that he drives coast-to-coast. its a nice truck. then we all went in Stephs Saturn Vue to Walmart.. you could tell that Jeff wants some things but he wouldnt let anyone buy them for him... hes broke too.. then we played some video games there and found a paintball video game that was free/broke so we got to play it as much as we wanted basically.. then we went back to Jennys and talked and hungout more in the parking lot.. we talked about possibly going to Philly or the beach and were kinda serious but it didnt happen.. then we finally decided to leave and meet back at Jeffs place... so i went with Steph and Tyler to Stephs place to pickup her computer because theres somethin wrong with it.. then we stopped at Sheetz to get 3 coca-cola smoothies.. and went to Jeffs.. there we basically just stood outside and talked.. we hid from Steph once and that was fun. so around 6am we decided to break up and go home and stuff. so Steph, Tyler and I went back to Jennys since my car was still there and then I came home.. got home around 6:30am.
tuesday-i was supposed to meet and hangout with Elise and Lindsey at the Sugar Bowl around noon but I had to call and cancel because my i felt sick to my stomach from around 11am till about noon or so... im glad it didnt last long. around 11:30pm i left and went to hangout with Lindsey at Lenhardt. around 3am i went home.
wednesday-Jon Francis called me wanted to go to the mall to get sunglasses... so thats what we did like around 8pm or so. we went to the sunglass hut in Park City.. he was looking for driving sunglasses so thats what he got. then we walked around a bit. then we decided to leave. and i had to try and figure out what to do next. i mentioned Geoff L. so he decided to call him and we went over to his apartment. then Jon, Geoff, Michelle and I went to Giant in Centerville to get food supplies to make waffles. at Giant we saw Tia and talked to her and when she heard we were making waffles shes like im coming over so she joined us. we went back to Geoffs apartment and he made us waffles. they were good as usual. we watched some of the movie Titan AE .. looks and seems really good. then after a bit Tia had to leave and then Jon was gettin tired so Jon and I left and went home at midnight.
thursday-mowed the yard. around 5pm i got supper with Jeff and Matt at La Casa Bella (Italian Restaurant).. they both got medium strombolis and i got 3 slices of pizza.. none of us could eat all of ours but it was really really good food. they even gave us some free food at the beginning..its supposed to be stuff their gonna start making/selling soon. then I had planned to go with Tim to bible study so i went over to Tims apartment around 6:15pm or so.. and we left around 6:50 to go to bible study at Hersheys.. we got there before they started. it was a really good time. God was definetly there. worship was good and gettin in the Word was good as well. thank you God. then we went back to Tims place. i looked at his computer some. then i got a call from Jeff and Matt wanting to hangout so i decided to go and hangout with them. we tried to get ahold of Steph but she wouldnt answer any phone. so we just went to Eat N Park and got some sort of drink (i got somethin like a Chai Tea smoothie or somethin).. it was good. it was good talkin too. then we drove around some and decided to go to the Foot Bridge at F&M. so we did that. its a bridge that goes above the train tracks. and we hungout on it and around.. tried waiting for the train to come by but it never would.. just keep going forward and backward a good bit away from us. then a cop showed up at F&M near my car so we decided we should leave or somethin.. so after talking about some options we did decide just to leave.. so we went down and actually parked at the Waffle House close to F&M and walked to that bridge for cars down past subway.. and we got to see more of the train and engine up close. basically just standing on/near the bridge. it was fun.. more good talkin. then around 2:30am we started gettin tired so we all decided to just go home.
friday-trimmed with the push mower. around 10pm i went over to Bernies and Justins apartment to watch the movie Signs. was fun.
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saturday 7/29/06 - today we had an early birthday party for Lindsey at the Millersville Park. first i picked up Marie around 10am and went to Elise's apartment. then we went to a dollar store and then Weis to get things for the party. then we went back to Elise's apartment and by then it was time for me to go get Marisol. so i did that and brought Marisol to Elises.. Elise and Marie were ready to head over to the park so i took all 3 (Elise, Marie and Marisol) over to the park. then i went to get Lindsey... wasted some time before and during picking up Lindsey. then we got there. first Lindsey opened her gifts and presents.. then we ate lunch which was hoagies.. then we threw some water ballons around and at each other. then we went on the swings and jungle gym (Jesus Tower and Jesus Mobile)... then Lindsey climbed the tree.. then we had the cake. then we threw more water ballons. we were thinkin a bit about throwing frisbee but we ended up not doin that. then i wanted to get goin kinda to hangout with Tim S. and stuff so we all dropped of Marisol, then i dropped everyone off. then I went over to Tims and then Tim and I went up to the Bethlehem area to hangout with Ray V. and Jon B. first we decided to go get food at Ray's relatives pizza restaurant. its nice lookin. i got some pasta. then after that we went bowling. then it was gettin late around 11 or midnight so we said bye and went home.
sunday 7/30/06 - church @ UCF. Tobias (from Germany) gave the message. it was good. then around 3:30pm i went over to Craigs to meet up with everyone who was planin to go hiking. we had to wait a bit for Chris. then once he showed up we left. all 6 of us (Elise, Annie, Angie, Craig, Chris and I) piled into Criags car. and went to Chickies Rock in COlumbia. we met Chris' friend Val there. so we went hiking on the trail. went up the trail next to the rock to the top. beautiful scenery. then some of us went back down basically the way we had come kinda. and the rest of us ended up goin out to the road (other parking area) and then walking along the road to the original parking area where we had parked. some of us went in Craigs car, some in Vals .. so us in Vals car went back to Craigs to find that most of them had split up some to get food and stuff and then were gonna meet back at MIH later. so Elise, Val, Chris and I went in Vals car to House of Pizza. for food. then next door to the ice cream place. then we went to MIH (Millersville International House). at MIH we played Dutch Blitz... first we split into like 2 groups of 4 people to play 2 separate games. then we ended by playing 1 big game. the big game included Craig, Angie, Annie, Elise, Anton (from Russia), Tobias (from Germany), Val and I. Chris had a headache the whole time so he didnt feel like playin.
monday-hungout with Lindsey in Harbold and Burrowes. Jeff Tragedy and Matt were chillin around Millersville i guess so they stopped by when we were in Harbold. it was fun. Lindsey and I watched National Treasure. i got home at 3am.
tuesday-went with my bro, Andrew, to bring him home from dropping his car off at the body shop to get worked on. then Jeff and Wiggy and some others were gonna go swimming but then those plans were later changed to go to a Barnstormers game. so our family was in the middle of eating supper so i couldnt go right away. around 7:30pm i left and went to the game. surprisingly i was able to get a seat right next to my friends. they were in 9-M seats 9-6 and i was able to get seat 5. amazing. so like right after i get there Steph i like can you get me a sno-cone and im like yea sure. i get both of us a sno-cone and come back to our seats. so i sit down and the 2 girls on my other-side tap my shoulder and are like "are you Ben Roberts cousin?" and im like yea crazy. and their like "yea.. we know him from Elysburg" and im like yea. and so yea i guess they lived in Elysburg and just moved here to Lancaster around March. just like my cousin and most of his family. Ben and his family except for his sister moved from Elysburg to Lancaster area. his sister is married and like out in Indiana right now but their both planing to move here to Lancaster as well. .. so yea.. the 2 girls .. one of their names was Jen and i dont remember the other ones name. so yea fun game but the Barnstormers lost again.. just like the last Barnstormers game i was at like 2 sundays ago. but at one point in this game both teams were tied at a score of 2. so i was like we could still win but nope. then Steph left early to go take a shower cuz today was one of the hottest days this year. and it was definetly hot.
wednesday-around 4:45pm I picked up Elise and we drove down to the Pequea creek at river road (where it takes a bend). so we walked maybe a mile past a couple people swimming up stream from where we were going. kept walkin and finally got to where Steph and Wiggy were. so they told us how we could get down to the water so we did and then we got in the water. all except Steph. she said she was in earlier and it was cold. well we had fun since today was the hottest day this year. and we were staying cool in the creek. i got out once and then got back in and that was when it was cold. seemed colder than before but that was probably because my body had cooled down a good bit. then Wiggy went up a little and came down through a small little rapids or somethin without a tube or anything... crazy.. then he did it again since i didnt get any pictures so i ended up taking a video of him goin down the creek. he got a battle wound doin that. after a little while we left cuz Steph had to switch cars with her mom or somethin... so we all went home to change clothes.. then Elise and I went to Darrenkamps in Willow Valley to pick up supplies for our cookout. then we went to buchanan park in lancaster. Steph, Matt, Jeff and his wife Katie met us there at the park. they were playin a little disc golf.. but it was gettin dark and they knew we had to get cooking in order to not get kicked out and stuff. so we finally got the charcoal goin.. and started cooking the hamburgers.. then Jeff and Steph were like thinkin about leaving cuz it was gettin close to 10:30pm and thats the time that the park rangers come around to see that everyone is out.. and Jeff was like the fine is $1200 per person (but thats probably not correct) but anyway we kept going back and forth whether to leave or stay so i got tired of it and just basically said lets go.. so Jeff and Katie ended up gettin in my car and we left as it seemed that a park ranger pulled up behind us. so we just went to McDonalds at Willow Valley and got food that was cooked and all... cuz Jeff didnt think Wiggy was cooking it good and right either. and so Steph and Wiggy were left in the park. so we called their cell phones and finally after a while we got ahold of them and found out that they were able to eat the hamburgers. well after we got done at McDonalds we drove back through the park and the park rangers were there writing somethin up .. so they had us stop and told us they were givin us a warning and that were not supposed to be in the park after dark or dusk or whatever. so yea.. so after that we Jeff, Katie, Elise and I just went back to Jeff and Katies apartment and chilled. played a bit of playstation.. then Jeff talked to Wiggy and they said there were gonna go to the Brickyard for a bit so then we just decided to watch a movie. we ended up watchin Underworld. Katie went to bed before it was over and then after the movie was over Jeff went outside to talk to someone on the phone and then we just chilled and talked with Jeff some. then came home around 2am i think.
thursday-mowed the yard and while i was a praying mantis landed on my shoe. met Lindsey, Marie, Holly and Todd in the parking lot of Burrowes at 5pm. Todd was running a bit late but its all good. then we drove over to York to the 5 Guys Burgers and Fries... we got off track and so Holly helped us since she is from York. it was good. good burgers and good fries as far as im concerned. im just not sure which was better .. the burgers or the fries. so then after that we came back to Burrowes... with a stop before that at McDonalds for Lindsey and Marie because they were feelin sick. then i stopped at Circuit City to get somethings and then home.
friday-weeded some, sprayed weeds and checked the oil in my car.
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saturday 8/5/06-was supposed to go to Ocean City, MD with Matt Wiggins and Steph and her friends but it Steph cancelled it basically because most of her friends cancelled. she said we could hangout later so i tried calling her for an hour around 10ish but she never returned a call. and i could have gone with my bro to computer game at a friends (Mark S. apartment) but didnt.. then around 11pm i finally decided to hangout with my friend Jason Gatchell since nothin else was workin out.. so i met him at the Brickyard in lanc lanc. hungout there for about an hour or so. he said it was kinda dead but i thought it was aight. then we kinda went over to one of his friends but nothin much worked out there so then he dropped me off and i came home. please pray for Jason Gatchell because he is doing some things he probably shouldnt.
sunday 8/6/06-church @ MBC .. mostly went because Matt Saxinger (a friend) was preaching. it was good. then around 4pm or so my bro and i went over to Mark S. apartment to computer game with him and Zim. we all got supper at Burger King around 8pm or so. it was fun. played CS and Motocross Madness 2. left around midnight.
monday-at 7pm went to the Burrowes Hall care group meeting.. prayed and thought and talked about what all needs to be done. its alot but yea.. should be good and stuff.
tuesday-turned off alarm at 7am and went back to bed by accident, woke back up at 7:17am and realized i needed to get up and get goin because today is the Philly trip day. so yea. picked up Lindsey around 8am @ Burrowes and then drove to the Lancaster train station. got free parking about a block away :) sweeeeeet. got the train at 9:10am from lanc lanc to Philly. met Mike M. at the train station in Philly and started our day of sightseeing basically. took the bus to another section of town.. walked around the city some.. then went to the Market.. then to see Mike's High School. then back to the Market to get real Philly cheese steaks at Ricks. then more sightseeing. saw the liberty bell... the carpenter hall, city hall and independence hall. also stopped in a Christian bookstore in the city. got the train out of Philly around 7pm. got back to lanc lanc around 8ish. dropped Lindsey off and came home.
wednesday-3pm Lindsey to DMV drivers license center and she got a new license without any problem. was pretty crazy how quick it all happened. then we went to Walmart and Circuit City. good times. wish i could just do this.. go and chill with friends when im bored.
thursday-went with Lindsey and Marie to Issacs to help support the Alaska team around 5pm. then I was gonna go with Tim to bible study @ the Hersheys @ 7pm but Tim didn't want to go so i went and Mel was there.
friday-picked up Justin Bandy around 6:40pm and went to Mel's apartment. so Justin could watch 2 little league games on ESPN. so we ended up watchin a good bit of that and of course Justin watched it all. it was good and fun. Mel made bread. we ate moose tracks ice cream and barbeque chips that were amazing by Herrs i think.
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saturday 8/12/06-Jon Francis called me up and wanted to do somethin so about an hour later he picked me up to go get a new bolt for his car brakes cuz he broke one. so we first went to the hardware store which was closed, then to Lowes but probably got somethin to short.. then we went to AdvanceAuto on columbia ave and got the right part. yay. went back to Jons place. ate supper which was good. then Jon fixed the brakes on his car. then after talkin and hangin out some we finally went to the mall to pick up Geoff from work. he works at S&K. then we took him home. and we decided to go shoot pool at the billards behind Eat N Park. more fun. stayed there till like 2am. i was gettin tired some. so we finally got back to Geoffs but Jon proceeded to go randomly driving around even after we got to Geoffs so everyone was in the car and it was kinda crazy but fun i guess. and late. then we finally made it back to Geoffs and dropped off him and his gf and then Jon brought me home.
sunday 8/13/06-went with Lindsey to church @ Life Center in Harrisburg to hangout and visit with Jon Blauvelt. wow it was really good to go. then after church we went over to Jons apartment. then went and ate at a diner close by. good stuff. then Lindsey had to get back to work so we came back to MU. was gonna go to a friends pool party but i didnt go cuz i felt God didn't want me to go.
monday-went over to Pauls house to game with Will, Paul, Zim and bro (on our computers). was fun. everyone left around 11pm but i stayed till about 4am to upload pics.
tuesday-weeded along the house and in the garden, cleaned/washed 4 rugs, put together a grill to barbeque on.
wednesday- mow
thursday- we came down to the beach @ Seaside Park, NJ (everyday we pretty much went to the beach from about 3pm till about 5pm and then we would go to the beach house and get supper and cleaned up and then go on the boardwalk around 9 or 10 or 11pm) - Tony was already there and had been for at least 4 hours because Geoff and I hadn't planned on gettin stuck in traffic and the car breaking down. Geoff and I were in his gf's (Michelle's) car and it broke down at the last toll in PA right before the bridge to go over in NJ. i think the engine started knocking and stalled a bunch of times. so we had to wait for Geoff's dad to get off work to come get us and take us to the beach house. so about 2 hours later he showed up and took us down there.
friday-
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saturday 8/19/06 - Nathan showed up shortly before it got dark.
sunday 8/20/06 - Jon F came down to the beach house. so after Jon showed up.. Jon didnt want to make much of anything at the beach house because he thinks its costs the same money to go out to eat as it does to make your own food in a house. so we ate out for supper like everyday now.
monday- Andy showed up for a few hours and got supper with us. supper at Pier 1 right on the other side of the bridge... i got Chicken Cordon Bleu with a dish of Linguine with tomatoe sauce. as the server was serving my dish.. i noticed steam coming out of it so i decided to cut it up into pieces right away and Jon kept stairing at me while i was doing it but i was unaware. was good but i got full quick so i couldnt finish it. the Cordon Bleu was good except the cheese sauce it was in was to thick. we went back to the beach house. Nathan and Andy left to go home.
tuesday- Geoff and Tony left to go home. Geoff's dad ended up taking him home because the garage was closed (Geoff was planin to get a ride home with the towing people while towing the broken car home to Lancaster but the garage was closed so that didnt work). Jon and I went on the beach around 3pm.. then around 4pm Jon and I were talkin on the beach and finally he got me to go find a girl and talk to her so i did. it went well.. so yea i met a girl named Tracy and shes really kool. really nice, easy to talk to and down to earth. she was on her break from working on the boardwalk and her last day of working on the boardwalk. Jon and I ate supper at some Cafe Bistro somethin or other that seemed to mostly serve italian/pizza food. it was good. i got some chicken in a lemon pepper sauce.. i guess i really didnt like it cuz the gravy was some type of thick stuff that i guess was too peppery for me. the mashed potatoes and vegatables were pretty good tho. and we had fried Calamari (rings of Squid) for an appetizer and it was pretty good.. but kinda hard for me to swallow since it seems i have a small throat. around 9pm Jon and I went on the boardwalk and stopped at Tracy's stand on the boardwalk and talked some. she talked about goin on the beach tomorrow so i asked her to call us tomorrow when she got on the beach.
wednesday- Tracy called me around 1pm to let me know she was on the beach so Jon and I got ready and joined her. it was fun of course. then we left after 2 hours cuz we wanted to get on the road and get home at a decent time. ate supper at IHOP and i was actually amazed at how good our waiter was today. i dont know that i've had a waiter that good. like she got everything in pretty quick time and all. and let us know that our food wasn't up and ready yet. around 2am Jeff Instant Messages me and asks me to come over cuz Wiggy is and stuff. so I go over and we walk to the Waffle House on Harrisburg Pike. i have 3 cups of coffee and a waffle. so now im wide awake.. when we leave its rainin so we just go back to Jeffs and hangout in his living room. then around 4am Wiggy and I leave and go home to sleep.
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thursday- woke up at 1pm because i was up so late. then around 5pm I went and helped Marie move all of her stuff from Burrowes Hall to Hull Hall. around 6pm Marie and I got something to pizza to eat at the Sugar Bowl.. i dunno but i was amazed at how good the pepperoni and pizza was. i didnt think the SUgar Bowls pizza was that good but it was. the pepperoni was so fresh. then at 7pm everyone had to go to some Pride Meeting so i went home. they got out around 8:10pm so then i came back to MU and was gonna help bring Lindseys loft from Burrowes to Hull to Maries room but Lindsey and Mike M had already brought it over to Hull Hall so we just had to help carry it up to the 3rd floor. so after a little while we finally got it all put together. Then I took Lindsey and Mike to Walmart on Fruitville Pike. Lindsey got a sewing machine and some other things. Then we went over to Lititz Pike and we went through the drive-thru at Burger King. and we basically at that on the way back to MU. Then we hungout in Lindseys room and Mike went to bed pretty soon but he was probably pretty tired because its RA week. then around 1am Steph called and wanted me to bring Jeff T over to her place to install some software so I left and headed towards Jeffs.. then I called Jeff and found out that he didnt want to do it tonight or somethin .. so Wiggy and I ended up goin over to Jeffs.. and then we walked towards and to the Linden Diner from Jeffs. along the way we were looking at cars we might be interested in buying at the different car lots and of course since it was like 3am the police stop and ask us about what were doin and all. they seriously had way more police there than they needed too but oh well. then we continued on to Linden Diner. then back to Jeffs. around 4:30am Wiggy and I left and went home to sleep.
friday- woke up around 3pm... very good sleepin tho so thats good.
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saturday 8/26/06 - OC, MD
sunday 8/27/06 - church @ UCF .. today it was held in the SMC on MU campus because the freshmen are here. normally UCF would have had Papa Johns pizza for lunch but instead they had us all go to the dining hall (Gordinier). was good. 2 main choices were a hamburger or chicken so i had a hamburger. all their food is better than Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology food. :) but yea. then after lunch Elise, Michelle and I went to Weis markets and got a cake for Lindsey. then we met Lindsey in her room in Burrowes and surprised her with a cake (included Allison, Marie, Jeremy, Becky, Katie, Elise, Jon F, Cory, Mike M and I). ate cake, then we prayed. then after a bit we played some frisbee in her room.. then we decided to go out and play frisbee in the quad out-front of Burrowes Hall. very fun and enjoyable. only thing was the wind made the frisbee act weird (goin up and down).. kind of a pain. then we played frisbee golf (just the 7 of us) but after the first goal we were pretty tired and worn out so we just stopped and talked.. still fun tho. ya know.. being with friends. always good times. ok maybe i say that to much.. maybe not but yea. then Allison, Jeremy, Lindsey and I went up to Lindseys room to buy care group t-shirts. well Allison didnt buy one but it just makes sense cuz she hasnt attended yet. talked.. stopped by Allisons room on our way to the care group leader meeting in Chryst at 6pm. Jeremy, Lindsey and I got there late. seemed to still kinda work out tho. then we went to Burrowes and got to meet Lindseys parents. then i took Jeremy to his dorm on the otherside of campus. then i came home.
monday - went to coffee house in the SMC @ MU for the different religious organizations on campus.. so yea i thought it started at 7pm so i got there around 7:15pm but it didnt actually start till 8pm butit was good cuz i helped get the drumset to the SMC and i also quick got some snacks for the event too. good coffee and fun. then after the coffee house .. like after 10pm a bunch of us helped pack things up and get the drumset and sound system back to the church from the SMC. lots of fun. at least 7 of us illegally riding in the trailer over to the church. then after all of that we went to Lindseys room in Burrowes and mostly prayed.. talked some. really good time.
tuesday - stayed home
wednesday - hungout with Tim Smither around 3pm. looked at his laptop some because it keeps gettin slower but he just decided to take it to the shop. then around 8pm i left lanc lanc and came back to Millersville. i went to Burrowes and hungout with Lindsey, Allison, Sarah, Melanie, Jeremy, Elise and Kayla. we talked, did a bit with decorations because it was bathroom decorating party time... then we talked about God and prayed. finally around 2:30am Jeremy and I were the last to leave.
thursday - mowed the yard (bro was away workin)
friday-
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-saturday 9/2/06 - got up around 8am. met and hungout with Matt Ruffner in Morgantown and Pottstown area from 10AMish till 5pm. good times.. we got to catch up on things and just have good talks and stuff. got lunch in a mall at TGI Fridays. we actually basically went in 2 malls total. ya know Matt being the mall rat that he is ;) jk but yea. it was fun of course and good. then we parted around 5pm. i came back to Millersville and got supper at Subway. then went to care group.. brought Jon F. to Burrowes Hall care group. now this was good... i'm a leader for it and so i will be teaching and stuff on witnessing so this time we roll played like i was a non-Christian and would ask questions and everyone would have to come up with answers. Lindsey did the worship/prayer room thing.. Jeremy kinda was just trying to find out what we wanted and expected to get out of the group.. and im not sure what Marie and Mike were doin but they are leaders too. Jon F., Michelle and I left around midnight and went home.
-sunday 9/3/06 - church @ UCF, then lunch from/at the George St. Cafe, then the start of the UCF beach trip of 2006. (off to Bethany Beach in Delaware) i paid for my part.. then put my stuff in a van.. then after a bit we started the trip. got to the campsite around 4PMish.. setup tents/camp.. had some food i think it was now.. then went to the beach (right near the boardwalk) from about 7pm till about 9:30pm.. then we all came back to the campsite and had snacks and chilled at the campfire and such.. talked... and sang songs.. i went to bed at 1am.
-monday - woke up around 8:30am. got some breakfast, helped tear down the tent.. packed up everything in the vehicles.. and we left for Bethany Beach again. this time we went to a different place.. kinda kool place .. with beach and a consession stand and restroom/changing rooms so like everything all at one place. spent the day at the beach basically.. from about 10am till around 3pm. ate lunch/snacks around 1pm.. then around 3pm we got ready and left to come home. the van i was in got back to MU around 7:30pm.. so we had like over an hour before Outlet.. but the last van didn't show up till late like 8:30pm or somethin... then went to Outlet from 9pm - 10pm. Outlet is always good .. good worship.. good time with the Lord.
-tuesday - went to the Alpha care group. was good. then hungout at Brandon and Aaron's apartment, played Xbox, listened to music, went to Weis for lettuce and chips.. chilled... had good conversation :) very funny stuff... "yea good conv, ah no".. then left and took Michelle home on my way home around 1am.
-wednesday - trimmed back 3 bushes in our yard. then Jon F. called me and suggested goin over to Geoffs for waffles so after a 3 way call we did. Jon and I went over and had waffles. i met Geoffs roommate. then Jon talked to Melodie Smith and she came over. much fun. Michelle came over to for some time. then after a bit Geoffs roommates gf came over too. it was like one big party... lol. jk. but it was fun. Geoff and Jon played Mario Kart some. everyone got to see some videos i took when us guys went to the beach for a week @ Seaside Park, NJ. Jon left around 10pm or so. and i think Michelle left around 11pm. Melanie and I left around 1am. Geoff has to decide by tomorrow if he is taking a better paying job in Maryland with the same company S&K. it seems like he is so he'll be moving down there if he does.
-thursday - mowed. Jeff Tragedy just had an interview out in OH and got the job being a band manager for some band. its gonna be hard work cuz he has to be a like a salesperson.
-friday - around 5:50pm my bro and I were off to the Jeff Tragedy show.. we helped some here and there where we could. it was good and most of the bands were good. Mel and Tiffany were there which was kool and different. then after the show Mel, my bro and I went to Waffle House and the 2nd to last band was there at the Waffle House as well. awesome times. after we got done eating I called Jeff and he said he was on his way over so we waited for Jeff and Katie to show up. finally they arrived and it was more good times. as always but yea. just chill yo :) so yea.. then i guess around 1am we called it a night.
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-saturday 9/9/06 - woke up around 9am. got some breakfast then went to Gilbert @ MU to help Jeremy move to Burrowes with the pickup truck (Tan Monster). started loading around 10am.. (helpers/movers were Mike, Lindsey, Jeremy and I) and had everything unloaded at Burrowes around 10:30am. kinda chilled and helped Jeremy till about 1pm. Mike left sometime. then Lindsey wanted to go to Weis. so we went to Manor.. caught lunch @ Ruby Tuesday. then went to Weis for Lindsey to get Pizza Kits for care group. then i brought Jeremy and Lindsey back to Burrowes after getting gas in the truck. then i came home around 3pm. then around 4:15pm my bro and I went over to the camp grounds for the MBC picnic .. chilled, got supper then we were off to Tim's place. got to Tims and then Tim, Heather, my bro and I went to Reading to Club Worship to enjoy the event which included worship, some DJing and Andy Hunter was the headliner basically. wow it was good and a Christian event too.. hehe.. not that i've never had a good time at Christian events but yea. talk about live Christian techno and kind of a dance party scene somewhat.. was fun and good. definetly would go again. we stayed till about 11pm.. then we thought about getting food somewhere but ended up not getting any food and just goin home and all.
-sunday 9/10/06 - picked up Jon F. around 10am.. then we were gonna pickup Lindsey and Jeremy at Healing Ministries @ GraceUM but ended up picking up Lindsey, Marie and Jeremy @ House of Pizza around 10:10am.. and then we were off to LCBC.. got there around 10:40am i think. kinda chilled a bit, then we were gonna get some drinks but thought better of it and just went into the sanctuary and found some seats... then we all got to meet Steve (Jons business partner). after a bit the service started. it was good.. basically one witnessing and how it should be as easy as meeting someone new and i agree it should and could be. of course there was worship before and after which was good. then we left the sanctuary, talked a bit, checked out the bookstore and then left LCBC. we decided to go to Gordiner Dining Hall on MU campus for lunch. then Jon, Jeremy, Lindsey and I went to Jeremy's room to watch the ZOEgirl music video again. after a bit Jon and I left. I took Jon home and then i went home. i got home around 4pm.. then an hour later I left, picked up Jon and we went to the care group leadership meeting @ da A-Frame church.. had pizza for supper before the meeting. then after the meeting Jon, the Duke and I went to a piano/music recital thing at Lyte Auditorium which lasted about an hour. then Jon wanted to go home so he could get to bed at a decent time to start the week off good. so i took him home. then I met Geoff and Kim @ Leisure Lanes but they were done bowling and she wanted to get somethin to eat so we went to Friendlies ( i think thats spelled correctly).. anyway after Friendlies the 3 of us went back to Geoffs place and watched the movie Bad Boys. i thought i hadnt seen it before but i actually had. then about 1am or so i came home.
-monday - forgot to go to Outlet but i was already hanging out with Jeff and Wiggy. first i met Jeff, Katie and Wiggy at McDonalds, then we went back to Jeffs place. then went and got my camera out of my car and walked around the city some.. took some pictures.
-tuesday - went to the Alpha care group @ SMC room 51 @ 7:30pm. then i was gonna take Michelle back to her place but decided to go check on Lindsey and see how she was doin so we did that. went to her room and chilled and talked. her arms were gettin better and stuff so thats good.
-wednesday - Wiggy and I went over to Jeffs around 11pm. chilled on the internet.. we listened to the F&M radio station from like 1am till 3am and called and talked to the DJ and stuff. crazy times. oh wait thats a song by Jars Of Clay lol. anyway so we found out this girl at the radio station has Facebook so i added her. then around 6am Wiggy and I left and went home.
-thursday - then I woke up at 11am. got ready and went over to Tim's apartment at noon. i was gonna look at his computer some but we also wanted to get lunch so lunch was a higher priority so we (Tim, drummer from December Rose and I) drove around and decided to go to Two Cousins in lanc lanc (brigeport). so we did that.. good pizza by the way. then after that it was time to drop Tim off at work. so i dropped him off around 3pm. then i went over to Jeffs apartment and we went to CyberWarehouse.. i was gonna get him a power cable for his laptop but they didnt have the right one, what a bummer. so i just decided to buy a hard drive enclosure for myself (for an IDE drive i have). then on our way back home we stopped at the Salvation Army to see if they had any cheap computers or sofas for sale but nothin cheap enough for Jeff aparently. then we went back to his apartment. Hardcore Steve was there. so we all chilled at Jeffs place. playin Playstation and such. Wiggy finally came over and Eric did too. then Eric and his friend (band mate) left to practice for the band. then Hardcore Steve left so that vinyltragedy could have their meeting. then we got pizza. then we were gonna hangout with the girl from the radio station but that didnt work out so Eric picked us up at Toms and we came back to Jeffs place. later we all pilled back into Erics car and drove around a good bit .. then came back to Jeffs and then we all left around 4am. Jeff couldnt stay awake any longer.
-friday - i slept till about 3pm cuz i didnt set an alarm. i was planin to go to the LCBC coffeehouse but Lindsey called and invited me to the movies with other friends so i decided to go. i tried to invite Jon F. but he already had plans to hangout with other friends. then Elise IMed me about helpin her pickup her bf later so i decided to invite her and she accepted. so around 7:30pm we all finally got to Manor shopping center to watch the movie. we saw Invincible. it was good. im glad i saw it. i feel bad and sorry that i didnt invite everyone. im so sorry. then we waited for the ones taking the bus to get the bus.. then my bro and I went home in my car. i chilled at home for a bit till i had to get Elise and take her up to Harrisburg to meet her bf (around 12:30am we left)... we got coffee at 7-11 up there in Harrisburg. we got back to Millersville around 3am with her bf. dropped them off at Hobbs then i came home.