we returned the car. [this 12 hour shift is loco! i'm bored, which makes me tired.] the bottom line: if anyone sees a car for sale that screams francine, holla!

remember how i said i was learning about humilty? i decided to try and not be so snobby when it came to searching for a car and wouldn't you know that i now own a car? holy crap it's ugly and somewhat embarrassing. but it's good medicine for my pride, i think. and it was only $1500, so whatever ( Read more... )

the more i think about life the more i want to go away for the summer again. i don't want to leave the country, but i do want to get out of columbus... i kind of want to go to the beach and waitress and bum around and enjoy nature and see how God's moving in a different part of the country.

hmmm, i guess if it's supposed to happen it'll work out,

they always tell you refrain from praying to be humbled. wait, no maybe it's that you're not supposed to pray for patience. hmmm. point being, i realized back in mexico while i was reading "a voice in the wind" (possibly my favorite book) that i needed some more humility in my life. so i prayed for that, off and on for the last nine months or so. ( ( Read more... )

and we are the body of Christ ( Read more... )

hahaha, okay y'all will like this. my stylist decided that my hair "needed a break"... you know, too much flat ironing and relaxing is just no good. so i got *gasp!* weave in today... yes, it's true. for the very first time in my life. if anyone ever doubted my african american womaness, they can't anymore! hear me roar! rrrrraaawwwwhhhh!! um... ( Read more... )

oh goodness. this weekend i drove to georgia and back... wanna hear the whole story? it's kinda long, i must warn you.

( skimming may be the best plan... )

i'm going to savannah, georgia this weekend to see my friend miranda! it's just real exciting, is the thing :) i'll be gone from friday til early sunday, i think. if i can't get my saturday night shift covered i guess i'll go early early friday morning and come back here saturday afternoon? lets (apostrophe needed? "let's"? i don't even know) ( Read more... )

as most of you know, i just got over a nasty bout of the flu. i'm leaving for my first class in a week in a half hour. if i weren't a week behind i'd be thrilled that next week is finals week and then after my 11:30 final on thursday it's SPRING BREAK! yay!! linz is coming home this weekend and colleen will be here pretty darn soon. it's all so ( Read more... )

tonight was fun... so fun, in fact that i'm gonna write a little bit about it (i know. who am i? 18 year old francine? meh). anyway, we were supposed to have small group tonight but friday evening small group is not very popular (and kind of hard to remember about), so it was just me, kelly, and anna. we watched figure skating and discussed our ( Read more... )