Today

So today we had our first game of our third weekend of league games. We played College of the Rockies... they are not very good. We played well in the first set and won. And then in the second set, something happened and we just could not stay focused and we lost it. But we came back to win the 3rd and 4th sets so that was nice to finally have a big 'ol W on the board. We play them again tomorrow and hopefully we can take it iin three this time.

I am very frustrated on another topic. Boys are really a big waste of time. Either the ones that you do not like pursue you, or you end up liking the ones who dislike "blonde haired giants" (dutch people) or the ones who are so shy that you cannot even have a normal conversation with. It would be nice to be the one who is pursued by someone who is genuinely nice and caring and cute and Godly and what not. But right now that person does not exist. So I am going to give up for real this time. I am so sick of wasting my time on thinking about guys. It is seriously so stupid.

Anyways.. I just needed to rant and get that off my chest cause I am just a little bit angry right now. It got triggered because some guys were over at my house (one may or may not be a guy I might like) (and the other may or may not be a guy who likes me too much and is probably jealous) and they just got up and left. Seriously??? Who does that? I find that to be so rude! I am just not a fan right now.

Back to volleyball, I totally packed (hit the ball into the face) a girl today and it was awesome. That may sound mean, but really, it only happens if you do not defend yourself properly so it's not my fault. I feel as though I played generally well today. I missed too many serves which I will focus harder on tomorrow. I think I could be getting more blocks too. Other than that, I think I did pretty well. The fact taht I was only tipping in practice all week because of my shoulder made it easier for me to tip on games because I used to never do that. I think I managed to tip approximately 4 times today so that was good.

Ok well it is now late and I have an early game toorrow morning so I am going to go to sleep.

Good night all.

Some Thoughts

Why do poeple get mad at other people? Well it is usually because they did something hurtful to them. But what if they apologize? Then what? Are they supposed to accpet it and move on? Is there a designated amount of time for getting over what happened? Should the first person declare war on the other? Should they pretend like everything is okay when it's not? I just do not know what is supposed to happen. Is there more a person can do than apologize?

"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you,  live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." -Romans 12:17-21


This is saying that we need not get revenge on people and that God will take care of it. So if someone does "declare war" on you because they are mad, we can, in turn, respond with kindness and love.

Four and O

So my team had our second weekend of league games this weekend and we played against our cross-town rivals. Our game on Saturday started out really good and we almost won the first set and we played so good. But after that, we shut down and lost in 3 sets. Then on saturday after two very long team meetings and watching game tape and talking about how we were going to play better and do what we weres upposed to do, we came out and played so bad again and lost in 3 sets again. It is so frustrating to lose all the time and since I'm so competitive, I get really angry after we lose. So I was not too happy. Also, I did something to my shoulder in the game on Friday and I do not know what, but it has been hurting so much since then and I could not play properly yesterday because of it which was also frustrating. I will have to make an appointment with physio I think to get it checked out. I just feel like physio does not do much. Last time i went for my back and it did not help at all. Our record now is four losses and no wins. Hopefully we can turn this around because it sucks and I do not want a repeat of last ear where we lost all the time.

Movies and a song

So I am so happy that it is the weekend finally!! I am chillin at home alone because my roomies and some friends went to a movie. They went to see Paranormal Activity 3. I dod not go because I am wayyyy to scared for taht kind of movie. I do not do well with scary movies at all. It's not only that I get scared with them, but I also just do not really agree with them. Why should we fill our minds with such things as blood, gore, killing, massacres, demons etc.? Is it wrong? No. But is it necessary? No. I do not have a problem if other people want to watch those types of movies, but I just think that I can be filling my mind with better things. Since they are all gone, I was kind of bored and I am now listening to my worship music, singing along and relaxing (and blogging obvs). I am listening to one of my favourite hymns right now: How Great Thou Art. I absolutley love the lyrics and so I am going to share them with you:

O Lord my God,
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all
The works Thy Hand hath made,
I see the stars,
I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy pow'r throughout
The universe displayed;

When through the woods
And forest glades I wander
I hear the birds
Sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down
From lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook
And feel the gentle breeze;


Refrain:
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!

When Christ shall come,
With shouts of acclamation,
And take me home,
What joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow
In humble adoration
And there proclaim,
"My God, how great Thou art!"


Refrain:
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!

This song has always been one of my favourites and it brings tears to my eyes sometimes when I sing it because it is so true. God is so GREAT!!!!

Intro

Hello,

I created this blog so I can just write out my thoughts and have a place to vent or share news or whatever. So to start, I am very happy that it is Wednesday because that means that I have officially completed all of my biggest midterms and I can finally relax tonight! (I am a student at Columbia Bible College and I also play volleyball there.. I will probably talk about it a lot) I am very sore from volleyball. We had team workout yesterday and my back is very sore. I have an ongoing back problem that physio has not been able to really help me with and they do not seem to know exactly what is wrong. Something in my spine is abnormal and it causes all the muscles in my back to be tight and sore. Sometimes they even spasm. I have good days and bad days. Good days are when I do not have any pain at all and bad days are where it hurts to do pretty much everything except lay down flat on my back. So that hurts :( We had practice today and that went really well and now since my midterms are over and I have no assignments for tomorrow, I am going to chill out tonight. Take a long shower, listen to some music, eat some food, maybe watch a movie. The options are endless.