October Weekends...and a few jewels! :)

I officially hate leaves. I hate them with a deep, fiery passion. My biology teacher may possibly be Satan. Um, so, yeah, and classifying them is even worse. 10th grade biology is destroying my weekend, haha.

Favorite quote so far today?

"I am never getting excited and saying LEAF! again. If I say that, it is because I saw a leaf and now I am terrified." -Cwizz :))

Diamonds- Thursday, October 15- Me and Ronni's "map" in Mrs. Gardner's class of our bubble and Zac Efron's house!

Assorted days: -Monroe's quote about fairy tales- "Sex is a fact of life. If a guy asks for it, he's a player. If a girl gives it, she's a whore. If two people wait, it's a fairy tale."
-Being told that I stand out above all the rest :)
-Explosions in math class.
-Bonding before the volleyball game; Hailey being absolutely crazedd!
-Andrew deciding to kill everyone not in the bubble; Sarah thinking he meant the literal bubble and putting her little sister Sammy in the bubble as fast as she could.
-Sarah's "Venezuela!" "or...Eureka!"

Yupp. I love my lifee.

Jordan

Tribulation Trails

It. Is. Cold.
Might I add, HELLO GEORGIA, IT WAS JUST SUMMER!
Thank you.
Haha, okay. So since I will be going to West VA to ski over the February break with Crossray Baptist, where Blake and I go to youth, I have to participate in fundraisers to help raise money.
Fundraisers...I don't know why they put "Fun" in there. Harassing people in an non-obnoxious way to give you money for a trip is not my cup of tea. Let me fill you in on exactly what we are doing.
Tribulation Trails is a walk through the book of Revelation in the Bible. Mt. Vernon Church puts it on every year during October. This is my third year experiencing it. The trail is pretty cool, but I have heard that it used to be amazing. Like, life-altering. Now, it's just cool...I personally feel like if the scenes were a bit more developed and intense, and if the actors had a great objective in mind, the trail could change many lives. However, that's just my opinion; I know it has saved many people and I am sure it will continue to bring many more to Jesus.

For us to raise money, we have to sell glow in the dark "GodStrong" bracelets at the Trib Trails entrance. It is fun. Well, it can be. It's just so cold! And rejection, it hurts. Haha. So what am I trying to get across here? Come to Trib Trails, buy a bracelet from me, and maybe, just maybe, be amazed by Jesus!

Jordan :D

Diamonds in the Rough...

I would first like to openly admit to epically failing at titling blogs.
Simply put, I don't have the gift of giving things titles. Sorry...but anyways, I called this blog "Diamonds in the Rough" for a reason. You know how every once in awhile there will be something sweet/funny/memorable that happens and you think and/or verbalize that "That just made my day." Yupp, those are diamonds. Life is rough. Actually, my life's not. Don't get me wrong, it's no picnic. It could, however, be a lot rougher. But in comparison to the diamonds in life, sure...okay fine, it just fit with the title.

This certainly is becoming more ADD and random than I had planned, but whatever.

Ahem, so when something happens that makes your day, you wanna remember it, right? I know I do. So whenever I remember, I am going to post a "Diamonds" blog to tell you what made my day. That way I can A) Brighten your day and B) Encourage you to brighten someone else's by blogging yours and C) Be able to look back on all these diamonds and smile.

I'm ready!

Xoxo.

Jordan

Whoa!

Life is going by so fast. I thought I would maybe be a mom when I realized this, but no. I've pretty much decided I want to stay a sophomore forever. My friends and I already talk about how sad graduation will be. Oh, my gosh. I am not sure I can handle it all...the change, the growing up...sigh. Okay. Well, I promised I would fill you in on recent events in my life, so here goes.

CONCERT!- Last week, Sarah's mommy took Sarah, myself, Courtney, Andrew, Ronni, and Sarah's friend Beth to the Blink 182 and Asher Roth concert. It. Was. Amazing. Haha, and I learned what pot smells like...my hoodie carried the scent for a while. Or, for a few days until my mom washed it, haha. I was slightly disappointed because the concert was supposed to be Blink, Fall Out Boy, and All-American Rejects. I knew some of their songs, haha, so it's a slight disappointment that it turned out to be Asher...it was fun, but oh gosh, he is a foul-mouthed artist. I'm pretty sure Sarah's mom's eyes were as big as saucers. Yupp, at least. Oh, and it was oh so much fun watching Andrew spazz out for Blink, apparently he's been a fan since age four? So I'm pretty sure he shed a few tears. It was great. We didn't get home until about two in the morning on Thursday, and had to be at school at eight. So, that was painful, but it was worth it. I think everyone except me was on some sort of hangover the next day, ha. To be honest, it never hit me. The exhaustion and whatnot, but it was an amazing time.

Thursday!- Yeah, so the concert was Wednesday night, we dragged through school and our Gulliver's presentations in English on Thursday, and then I went to the @nchor Community Church kid's practice...Blake and I have been doing an 8-week skit series about a brother and sister stuck on an island. It was week 8, and I was so hoping we might skip that week, but noo. Haha. Oh, dude, I totally forgot. After school, Sarah, Ronni, Leah, Andrew, Blake and I decided to go to Courtney's volleyball game. In one car. On a whim. Haha, that was fun. It ended up being at the old First Baptist of Locust Grove, which is attached to the @nchor! So Blake went home, and I just stayed and watched the game then walked over to practice. At that point, all of us were beginning to show small signs of hysteria and exhaustion...Sarah was moody and yelling at people, Courtney was totally angry, and I was peeking behind trees, haha. It was pretty awesome. I left them and went to practice and tried to explain my hysteria to Denise and Melissa pretty unsuccessfully. I am sure I entertained them, at the least.

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBAL && SLEEPOVER!- I had all these plans to get this schoolwork done after getting a peaceful sleep Thursday night...not so much? I had to clean my room so that the woman that gave us the cat could come visit? Yeah, don't ask...but anyways, I spent most of the day cleaning and then...and THEN she decided not to come. Haha, lovely. So after that I got all my stuff packed and headed to NCCA's home football game. There, I found Wonni and Sawwah, put my dress and junk up and went to the gamee! I wonder if anyone actually watches the game? Haha, in the words of Monroe (my football playing buddy) "How was talking? Cuz I know you weren't actually watching the game?" Can't lie...haha.

After the game, Sarah, Ronni, Hailey, Megan, Courtney and me went to Anthony's pizza with Court's parents and little brother for some fooood! We then dropped Meggie off and went to sleep (or haha, not) at Cwizz's. Actually, we decided to wear black and fork our buddy Garrett's house. Good times :)) We epically fail at that though...well, the toilet paper part. That was not easy...we just did his trees because we heard a barking dog near his actual house. As for the forks, we made a picket fence of forks around his mailbox. Then we creeped away. At Cwizz, all 5 of us tried for a very long period of time to take a picture of us while lying on Cwizz's full sized bed. Haha, we got one. Courtney's mom ended up taking it, but whateverr! Hailey has it on FB.

That night was amazing. Our sleepovers always rock faces off. We role-played and listened to Sarah's made-up stories. I hid in a closet and had special time with Cwizz. We got revenge on Hailey's ex. Ronni and I practiced slow dancing for homecoming. Haha, I loveee us.

The next morning, Saturday, Cwizz left us to go to her little cousin's birthday. We all tried to figure out her oven. It took awhile, but we finally got it! Bagel Bites ended up being the only things we consumed all day. None of us realized that until about 11:00 that night. When Cwizz got back, we went and picked up Meggie and got pedicures! After, we went back to Cwizz's and got ready for four hours. I know that sounds like a lot, but I mean, it was SIX teenage girls getting ready for a dance. Sarah did hair and makeup for most of us, mainly because she is awesome at it! At about 6, our parentals started showing up to take millions of pictures outside of the Kilgore's beautiful house. As soon as our cheeks were sore, we set off in two carloads. For the first time in forever, all of us girls were actually not crammed into one vehicle! Yay!

The homecoming dance was held at a place called Pinehurst Manor in Stockbridge. It was this pretty remodeled home. I think it's a restaurant now also. The place was beautiful, but really small for a dance. The dance itself was great. So much fun, everyone let loose and went crazy. I love it when that happens! :)) Overall, it was an incredible night and an amazing weekend. After the dance, a bunch of us went to Huddle House and were honestly too tired to make a life-changing event out of it. Finally we separated and went to our separate homes.

We made so many memories. I think I wanna stay a sophomore forever.