Things are looking up again...

Rob commented below and it reminded me that I should probably post another update. God really worked on me the last couple weeks and He totally carried me through the Thanksgiving season. I didn't really even realize it until it was all over with, but it really is amazing how He works sometimes. It's almost like He can shut off an entire section of your brain and hide it from you when you are the most vulnerable... at least that's how it seemed to happen to me. Either way, I'm so grateful for it.

I'm getting into basketball season again, which always makes me happy. And I'm planning on having lots of friends over to watch with me throughout the winter. In fact, tonight, I've invited our whole tailgating crew over to partake in the festivities (and chili!). Should be a good time...

House-buying is not going so well, but I'm not going to fret about it. As it says in Matt 6:27 "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" This decision and the plans that go along with it are not up to me, and God will help me make it happen (and my dad by co-signing the loan). :) It should be noted that Aubrey is praying that I now find a 4BR house so she can move in to. LOL

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I should be having the best week ever

after that win over Ohio State.

But instead I am having like the crappiest one ever. I don't want to go into too many details, but please pray for me to have peace about something, because I am not going to be able to manifest it on my own. Instead, I have feelings of anger, jealousy, denial & meanness. I don't want to be like that I don't exactly know why I'm feeling the way I am, but nonetheless, I am.

It makes in even harder, when in light of recent events I discovered (like over lunch today), I find that part of me is justified (worldly at least).

The heart is a fragile thing, and mine is very unstable right now. Please pray.

Wow. What a weekend!

I don't even know where to begin or what to say.

WE BEAT UNDEFEATED AND #1-RANKED OHIO STATE! It doesn't get much better than that. We played our best game of the season, and Zook says we can still play better. Juice was a beast. J Leman was a beast. We broke records, we broke winning streaks. We had players step up who most of the country, let alone most of our fanbase, had never even heard of: Miami Thomas, Brian Gamble, Michael Hoomanawanui... THIS FIGHTING ILLINI TEAM GOES DEEP.

I would say I'm sorry, Kirk, but I'm not!! Haha!! So this is what revenge feels like, huh? :)

Pumped for next weekend is an understatement. And I'm just about ready to skip Thanksgiving and Christmas all together and just head down to Florida for the bowl game. THAT'S how excited I am.

And the rest of the weekend was kind of a blur (and not because I was drunk!)... rioting on Green Street, meeting the team at the airport, church, basketball (merely an afterthought at this point!), and an awesome baptism service that seemed to happen all too fast.

We started out at Godsearch with 5 people on the schedule to baptize. WE ENDED UP BAPTIZING ABOUT THIRTY PEOPLE. God was moving. It was awesome. I got to be the photographer, and I got some really great shots. I also got to help baptize my friend Sammy who is in my Alpha small group. I didn't even know she was planning on it, and poof! there she was! I was so glad to get to be a part of it. Some of my pics will be up at www.godsearch.org/blog.

Oh, what a weekend...

Big weekend coming up!!

Taking it easy tonight... getting caught up on some stuff, getting my camera gear ready.

Tomorrow, Illinois takes on the #1 Buckeyes. KIRK, IS AMANDA READING THIS TO YOU?? Because finally after about 5 years, I'm ready to face you when it comes to football. Keep an eye on Rashard Mendenhall... he'll probably tear through your defense.

Then Sunday is the official first game of the basketball season as Illinois takes on Northeastern. I hope they play for real because we have a HUGE tournament starting up in Hawaii on Friday. There's no time to dilly around here, which is what always seems to happen with this non-conference portion of the schedule.

Also, who doesn't love Jeff Jordan? Man, the Today show did a GREAT job with this story. This was kind of a sentimental 7 minutes for me:
MJ & son on Today

Lastly, Match.com blows. Seriously. The end.

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and we're now down by 7% to the little kid from INDIANA. And we all know that everyone at IU is a liar!!

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Ok, so Mike was just a teensy bit off:

I guess it's not RashardMendenhall.com, but rather Rashard5.com. Close enough. Pretty cool, regardless!!