Review and Update...

I'm so happy and content right now. Things have been good over break. I've been working like crazy and relaxing the rest of the time. Last night I went caroling with some friends. It was the first time I've done anything like that, it was a lot of fun.

I'm finally excited about this next semester of classes. I'm excited 'cause I'll get to try everything that I think I might like to major in. I'm doing a play, taking a class on broadcasting, teaching English to High Schoolers in Slovenia, and I'm probably going to start getting voice lessons. I'm excited because I finally feel like I'm getting a chance to figure out what I want to do. I kinda feel like I wasted this past semester. I sat around twiddling my thumbs because God's plan wasn't going the way I wanted it to, therefore I decided to sit and wait for things to happen the way I planned. I also think that God was doing a lot of breaking and teaching me many things. For the first time I was having to find my identity away from my family. I was having to learn who Raychel was, not who Raychel was through her family. It was exciting at first, then it was uncomfortable, then I began to loath it. I wanted things to go back to normal, but they couldn't. I also began to see things clearer with my family. Because I was away from home, it was almost as if I got a chance to know the inner workings of my family but see it from an outside perspective. It was a good and scary thing. I saw things that I would have loved to change, or I saw the way things could've been handled differently but I couldn't do anyting. I had to sit and watch and let my family figure it out. That was hard. At the same time I saw so many amazing qualities from my family. Things that I really admired and things that encouraged and challenged me to be better. It made me love my family all the more.

I look forward to the rest of this break and going back to school! God Bless and have a wonderful Christmas!
~Raychel~

home!

I am home!! I'm so happy! Finals went really well, and I actually wasn't really stressed. I am so excited because I'm surprising my sisters and taking them to a Jump 5 concert. They have no idea!

I will try and write more later. I just wanted to say hi, and I am so happy at home. (Although Inversion wasn't the same without the Belmont students)

I will miss you all!

Love you!
~Raychel~

Finals

Ok. So I'm getting really bad at this blogging thing... But things are really crazy right now. I'm trying to get ready for finals, deal with roommates and my own drama... and whatever else my come my way.
Right now I laughing cause my roommmates and I are having a fun time making fun of each other. We are having a good laugh over each others problems. The thing is, by having the girls laughing at my problems, it helps to see the problems in a true light and realize that they're really not that major. I love the fact that my roommates are comfortable enough to laugh at each other and know that things will still be ok.

Right now I don't care about anything. I've given up on caring about my tests, but I still need to study.

I have to go. I'll let you know if I survive my first finals week.

God Bless,
~Raychel~