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Hello! "Our God is an awesome God! He reigns from Heaven above with mercy power and love, Our God is an awesome God!"

In Paul's letter to the Ephesians, he didn't start off by saying how are you, (like all of my letters or text messages!), no he started by praising God and sharing what God had done! So i thought i would do that in my blog today!

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Today is Thursday (5 more days to go! :D) i started off my day very early! I was at the bus stop for 10 to 7 this morning! You're impressed aren't you?! I then got the bus into town and met Cat and we went off to the exam prayer meeting at CU. Now we're at uni, another assignment handed in, yay! So we were sitting having lunch, i had bought the best donuts in the world (they are from ASDA, again no greetings at the door, the checkout female didnt even say hello or goodbye to me!) and Cat and i were having one each for lunch. Luckily we had finished them when the fire alarm went off. So everybody jumped up and ran out screaming FIRE! FIRE! well, no they didn't everybody sat there looking around at everyone else looking around, then one of the ladies who works in Woody's said that everybody should probably go outside. So then we ran out straight away screaming FIRE! FIRE! well, no we gathered our belongings, put our rubbish in the bin and walked outside! It amused me, but all is ok, the Fire Engine came and went and we were given the all clear!

Am now in the library surrounded by stressed students! I wish i had a camera, the faces are just magic! hehehe!

Ooh exciting news on the Ebay front! I won a set of alphabet matching cards last night! woo! am just waiting to see if i get the number fans tonight before i pay up! Im also waiting for another book which finishes tonight, so i'll let you know!

Yesterday was a very stressful day for us B. Ed. 2s, we had to do work for our 2000 word Exp Arts assignment (due in today) and our 2000 word 'Societal contexts of Professional Roles' assignment (due tomorrow). I decided at the beginning of the day, when i had no idea where to start my assignment for tomorrow that i would read one of the devotions that i get via email. It was about praying through tough times! So im going to leave you with a really cool verse which kept me going in my stressful day (and will keep me going in the next few days!)

"Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder." Romans 12:12 The Message

Ho Hum, Ho Hee, I'd like some tea!

This is my final procrastination stint before i really get into my work! I've done 4 presentations and completed (and handed in) 2 assignments, i've only got 3 assignments to go and 1 week from now it will all be done and dusted! but its getting to this time next week thats the hard thing!

Bebo is evil! it has like a magnet on it or something and you can't just go onto it for a minute, u must stay on it and check up on other people's bebo things! grr!

I gave in this week, well it was another procrastination, and i joined Ebay. Which is fine and dandy, but i found a good price on a couple of books, so have bid on them, so now muct check every so often so that im not out bid! and its also trying to work out how to pay for things, and then whether or not to bid on the masquerade mask that is very nice! Grr! and they said that the internet would make life easier!

Nobody has come forward to offer to cut my hair for nothing, so i've booked an appointment at the hairdressers, another thing to add to my busy June schedule!

It is a little over 3 and a half weeks to Frenzy! and im getting excited! we (the royal we, meaning ppl who i have tickets for and other people planning on coming with me!) will need to get organised about cars and things! but that can wait for a little while!

was at CU this morning, tis always great to go in early and spend a bit of time in prayer and praising God, gets u sorted for the day! speaking of which, my day is going to be filled with writing 1000 words (hopefully!) on gender and social concepts and social contexts. (no i don't understand it either!) and of course i will be catching up on The Apprentice tonight, and watching Lost!

Happy studying, working, relaxing, stressing (delete as applicable!)

I have a theory!

I have a theory that one day this nation will rise up and live out its belief that all men were created equal! (ok so i stole (ish) that from Martin Luther King Jnr (what a guy!) but really i think it should be: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out its belief that God wants everybody to be equal but man gets in the way! (ah, got u thinking didn't i?)

OK, so i have a lot of theories on things, so i shall tell u some of them! :D

I have a theory that every female will be proposed to at least twice before they accept the guy that they marry! So far this is true of me, my mum, my gran, Lins, Katie (i think, i know she's def. been asked once!) and thats how far i have got with my investigation! now another interesting question would be is it the same for guys? do guys ask a girl (or different girls!) to marry them twice before they actually do it properly and the girl accepts? Any insights would be gratefully appreciated!

I have a theory that ASDA lie! well u know how u get the 'Happy greeters' at the door? well i have been into our local ASDA twice this week, both times the 'happy greeter' wasn't actually happy and once he didn't even greet me! I was shocked! and there was 8 people infront of me in the queue for a tandom, only 1 person on tandoms and about 5 standing talking doing nothing! It wouldn't happen at Tesco! (yeah, i probably could be biased, but i only have 5 shifts left at Tesco, before i leave! awww! they still havent got back to me about the letter i gave them and thats been 3 weeks! shocking!)

I have a theory that football has gone crazy! Lol, well first of all in the final of the Tennants Scottish Cup it was Hearts and Gretna (and as u guessed neither of them are Rangers or Celtic! there hasnt been a final since 1991 that Rangers or Celtic weren't in!) so in true assignment writing procrastination i watched the extra time and penalties of the Hearts/Gretna game, twas very exciting and well done to Hearts who won, and well done to Gretna for clapping Hearts, very sportsmanly. In the FA Cup final (Liverpool against West Ham) today it also went to extra time and penalties! well done to Liverpool there!

I have a theory that the next generation are going to be very anti-social! At the moment we all walk around with square shaped pockets (from our mobile phones) and headphones in, we don't take the time to talk to people! there's nothing more annoying than serving a customer who has earphones in, they cant hear what ur saying and end up shouting at u! simple solution people, take them out when ur at the checkout!

I have a theory that junk food tastes so good because its bad for you! (ok yes i stole that one too, do u know who i stole it from tho????)

I have a theory that it's easier to get work done when ur with people who aren't doing the same course as you! This is from my day of studying at the main campus library! twas very exciting, we worked all morning and then sat on the grass outside in the glorious sunshine for lunch! I was at a table with Fiona, Katie, Dave, Alison and Oonagh. Alison is diong pharmacy and the others are all doing something connected to Chemistry! It was funny they were all sitting with piles of notes, and i had the laptop, lots of bright books (And the TES!) with post it notes all over them and the wonderful '5-14 guide to Expressive Arts!' made me laugh anyways, and i got quite a lot done, i wrote 500 words on why art is important in the curriculum and started a power point presentation for Environmental Studies!

I have a theory that children are the best kind of people! hehehe, they are like sponges, they asorb sooooo much! there was a little girl at my checkout today and her mum was letting her play with the pin entry thing whilst she packed the bags. This girl was only about 15 months and she knew that she had to do something with the card and press the numbers! There's also little Peter from church who at 16th months when he had his big sisters crying doll on his knee, knew that he needed to give the doll its bottle and proceded to try and get the bottle in the dolls mouth! He's only a baby himself (altho getting sooo big now!) but he knew how to do that! I'll stop talking bout children coz i could tell u lots of stories and observations and bore u to death! lol!

I have a theory that 'God loves u and I love you and that's the way it should be' ok so thats not a theory but truth! remember it!

I have a theory that i should go and eat my dinner now before it gets cold! ttfn! :D

In the library, should be working! :D

Well hello there, faithful readers!
Last time i blogged i told you all about the thunderstorm that we had on Thursday! Well, Friday was a gorgeous day, the sun was out, George Square and the Steps of the concert hall were packed with people enjoying the change in weather! I handed in assignment number 1, only 4 more to hand in (but i still have 3 of them to write, hmm) then had lunch at Pizza Hut! (which i still owe Sharon money for!) Was playing pool in the afternoon, i was so surprised that gamezone was open, it did have a dampish smell to it tho!

BB Inspection on Friday night, again i didn't have a seat, so sat on the floor beside stuart or infront of anna to take pictures! After the inspection some of the officers were going up to Massimos for a drink or two. Anna and i headed up first and got ourselves a cocktail, im really into cocktails, this time it was an orange and peach bellini! Others came, chatting was done then we left at 1 (that rhymes!) Tesco was xciting as usual on Saturday, infact i can't remember it at all! i didnt get my break until 10:45, which meant i only had an hour to work when i had finished my break!

Saturday night i was working at the Golf Club for a 40th Birthday. It was pretty hectic, there was 4 of us behind the bar. However i was able to realise a few things: first, working behind a bar is quite a 'touchy feely' job, or maybe it was just the guys i was working with, but if u needed something you would just kinda move the person out the way, and someone was constantly putting glasses away near your legs as you were preparing a drink! Second, i realised that drunk man can be very 'caring' shall we say! One guy put out his hand, so i thought he was going to shake my hand, but no he kissed the back of my hand and then started going up my arm, i was like eh no, and pulled my hand away! Thirdly i realised that i like the busyness of working behind a bar, you're just about always on the move with something to do and it gives your legs and arm muscles a great work out! Lastly i realised that the tips from working behind a bar can be very good! we each got £19.50 in tips and i think they took £25 from the total to buy drinks on their night out on sunday. plus i was personally give a £5 tip, which was again very kind of a guy who had had 'a little' (hehehe) to drink!

Sunday was church, and i was on Sunday School, with my primary 7s to S3s! It was good fun, we can talk for ages on really random things, but then when i get onto the more serious Bible Study, they all become as quiet as mice and don't want to say anything! Sunday afternoon was meant to be spent writing assignments, but i dont quite know what happened! but i did get stuff for my presentation done! Sunday night, church about The Da Vinci Code! twas very interesting, we watched a DVD discussing the fact that the Bible is not actually corrupted as Dan Brown suggests! Then onto a Romania Metting, which last for 3 hours!!! we didn't get home till 11! grr, but a lot of work was done stuffing envelopes and organising the football event, anyone own a bouncy castle that i could borrow??

I shall leave you with the children's memory/talk thingy so far! "The Lord's my Shepherd, I have everything i need, He makes me lie down in green pastures." Psalm 23:1-3

Thunder Bolts and Lightning very very Frightening!

So, tonight was the first CU meal and fellowship during exam times! There was yummy food (thanks Katie!) and then there was a short 'Freshers Team' meeting, where those who wished to be involved had a get together and we discussed a few things! Lots to think and pray about!

As usual we (Alastair, Chris, Dougie, Erin and I) went to play some pool! I was actually playing quite well tonight, i was surprised at this, but nonetheless happy! Chris and Erin left quite early, but we continued playing! UNTIL (du du du!) A very strange thing happened, they had one half of the pool hall kinda closed off, well the lights weren't on, but this is not unusual. Then at about 9:40ish the security people came in and told us that we all had to leave, they would refund us and those who had student cards at the bar (to get pool queues and the white ball) would need to come back another time to get their card, but that we all had to leave immediately! So as we were walking out we noticed that there was water dripping (well it was more than dripping, but not quite pouring!) from the ceiling of the side where the pool tables weren't in use.

We went down the stairs and got to the door and found out that it was raining, but not just raining absolutely pouring with thunder and lightning (sheet and fork!) Lee on the door told us that if we were leaving then we better leave then because it was the lightest the rain had been in the last hour! (you'd think that would put off the smokers, but oh no they were huddled together under a sheltered bit so that they could have their 'fix') We ran for the car, n i was like, but is a car a safe place to be? am i going to be ok to drive home? is it going to be safe to drive home? I voiced these concerns and was reassured that a car was a safe place to be because of the faraday cage which stops the electricity from hurting you, and the rubber tyres would ground the lightning. The worst that would happen would be that the power in the car would go out! We headed to Alastairs flat for refuge, it was only 10pm! Whilst there i txt my dad n watched like 2 seconds of Futurama! My dad said i should leave then as it had died down and wasnt actually raining!

So i drove home in the thunder and lightning that was still going on! Believe me it is worse than driving in the snow! I was so scared and pretty freaked out! but i made it to Bearsden only having to go through 2 floods in the roads. I then headed to the BB hall to help set up for the inspection 2moro night. The burn had burst its banks and was running down the road that i had to cross! A couple got out of a car on the other side and he gave her a piggy back across the water, it was so sweet until they started laughing at me tip toeing through the water holding my trousers at me shins! On the way back across the river of a road i saw a dead mouse, aww but euh!

Wow, that was a long story for you! sorry! It wasn't meant to be! but now i shall bid you farewell, re-print my assignment put it altogether and head to bed! Be careful out there tomorrow if the weather is still bad! tc n Gb x

Today is just one step closer!

Well, isn't it funny how life has a habit of being busy? or is it just me?!

Since i last wrote to you, we had our last Small Group, where we went bowling then to China Buffet King, and no prawn crackers and ice cream do not go! Our evening was then finished off with some pool playing! (as was Wednesday and Thursday evenings!) how come i can play about 10 hours of pool in 8 days and still suck so bad? At least you can't complain i make it boring!

Thursday was also the kind of last CU, we had a BBQ at the Halls! there was a good turn out by CU folk and by Halls folk and the sun stayed out! A group of us then went to play pool, hmm there seems to be a theme running here! I thought Thursday was going to be an earlyish night, but after pool playing i went back to Fiona's flat where we had a cup of tea and discussed everything under the sun! We came to the conclusion that life can be annoying and very complicated, but that God works in amazingly mysterious ways and blesses us abundantly!

I had a holiday from Tesco on Saturday, and what did i do? I washed cars of course! another end of the month car wash to raise funds! In the afternoon my mum, dad, bro and i all went to the new Xscape place at Braehead! Wow! it was soooo amazing! I'm not going to bore you with all the details, becoz u can use the link below! but it was certainly one amazing place!
http://www.xscape.co.uk/snow/braehead/?PHPSESSID=c58332ddb6e0ee6472057fb5618170b7 If anybody is up for some skiing, then please let me know! i can't wait to try it out! :D We had dinner in Chiquitos which was a mexican restaurant, slightly on the expensive side, but well worth it! yum!

Saturday night was spent at an EPIC music rehersal! our 2 rehersals definatley paid off as everybody felt really happy with Sunday evenings service! This was the first sunday where i've actully really enjoyed it and not worried to much about the music!

This week has been consumed by assignment writing! My assignment due on Friday is completed, am just adding appendices! Our presentation for tomorrow is getting there, there will be a lot of ad-libbing, but hey, your only young once!

Here are some quotes for you from the week!

'Some pens are too fat, some are too thin, just like children' A Strathclyde University Tutor!
'You can come and ask me about anything. Whether it's asking permission to use an exclamation mark or to read part of your essay.' My tutor who doesn't like Exclamation marks!
'You don't need to remember anything if you tell the truth!' Me, but i think someone else said it!
'Make your own kind of music even if nobody else sings along' Lost, which was amazing!

Word of the blog: amazing!

Verse for the blog: "We are a numerous people and the LORD has blessed us abundantly." Joshua 17:14