Beside you every day

129. I got an email from Jenny.
130. No matter what happens, I always always always have the promise of heaven.
131. I enjoy splitting infinitives.
132. When I listen to Mat Kearney, I remember when Jenny played "Girl America" on our stereo in the living room.
133. When I listen to Fred Hammond's Christmas cd, I remember Justin playing it in his car.
134. When I listen to Twila Paris, I get this incredible all-is-well twinkling feeling and it's like I'm with my mom.
135. Sometimes I'm still able to suspend disbelief and be in Narnia.
136. When Jordan was two years old, he got a bajillion presents but he still preferred to play in the big cardboard box with me.
137. It's great when I'm working on the same math problem for hours, to the point that I'm almost pulling out my hair, and suddenly I figure out what I was doing wrong.
138. Poppy Don took us to see Bill Cosby one year.
139. I really like my friends, even in the moments when I don't like them. The world would be a crappy place without them in it. Sometimes, when I step back, I realize how much I like about them that I can't even articulate.
140. Five Iron Frenzy is so funny.
141. When I think of someone like Sherrill, or Justin, or my dad telling me how much they love me, it's like I have a strong hand on my shoulder and I can do anything I need to do.
142. I enjoy it when my professors talk about each other. Makes me feel like an insider of some sort. Or something.
143. Handwritten notes of any kind are pretty much always fantastic. That's probably more insider stuff. WERE IN A STORY GUYS, DONT THROW AWAY UR TRASH ITS IMPORTANT.
144. It doesn't always matter when someone doesn't approve of me. Truly. (Thank you, Debi Rutledge.)
145. I'm infatuated with the way Kelly's basement is lit with Christmas lights.
146. I'm also infatuated with smelly lotions yay!
147. I'm really grateful for humor.
148. Even though sometimes I don't think I can handle life, I keep trying because I have enough reason to try-- the reason, pared down to its purest form, is the people who love me, and the people I love. (Thank you, God.)
149. I am not at the equator right now.
150. I have never been to the equator.
151. I think Dad and Marty still have these love notes on their fridge from, like, at least ten years ago.

TAKE ME HOME

I love writing papers. Paper-writing is awesome! Holy cow!

And boy, did I write papers last night. I wrote papers so hard. I wrote papers like a baby. I think I could have paper-written through a thunderstorm. I paper-wrote the night away!

I was so busy writing papers, I almost didn't get up. I almost paper-wrote right through my classes. But it's great, because I feel so refreshed.