So, I got to visit Esther at college last week..so much fun!! I got there around 5 on Weds. afternoon and we had dinner together Chick-Fil-A. You ever tried dipping those waffle fries in the ranch dip?? It's GOOD. After dinner, we went and put my things in the dorm room we were saying in and went off to church. It was awesome! The youth group is a bit smaller than Cornerstone, and runs a little differently, but it was still really cool. They had music--my favorite part of worship and one of the few things I couldn't live without, nice people, and a good message that reminded me of the one Pastor Karl gave the Sunday prior..hm. Maybe God is trying to tell me something? I got free stuff too, and candy, although it wasn't really necessary. I enjoyed my time there, I had a lot of fun.

On Thursday, we went to two classes in the morning, and one in the afternoon. I don't remember what the classes were exactly, but some of the students shared their experiences of witnessing to others. Mike told a story about him and his partner were witnessing to an old man, who was friendly at first, but got angry at them when he learned one of them was sometimes hard of hearing. Later, when they caught up with some of their other Christian friends, they found out another pair had come across the same old mine--they just didn't see his angry side! The second class of the day was...well I don't remember. I started doodling...I think it may have been something to do with poetry or whatnot.

Before lunch, and after the second class of the day, Esther and I walked around the campus. At least..we're pretty sure we were still on Trinity Property. We sat with Charlie and some of his friends at lunch before going to a dorm meeting that was being held that day. After lunch we attended another class, and I doodled again. I was starting to fall asleep at the point, and indeed took a nap after the class ended and Esther went to work. After napping, I hung out for about an hour, sent a few messages on MySpace, and then went to dinner. (Would you believe I got quite a few messages and comments while I was gone? I never get any when I'm at home!)

Ed called after dinner and I got to talk to him for a little bit while I waited for Esther to return from work. I also watched some Tv and Pirates of the Caribbean. We went out to Starbucks once she got back with Charlie, who is a really cool dude who shared 'the mormon bathroom' story during the drive. I don't think there is any way I could retell it the way he told it, but it is hysterical! He's a bit of a comedian, that Charlie is. He told a couple of jokes while we walked around outside of Starbucks, next to Publix and Target, before we headed back to Trinity.

Friday, I attended two more classes with Esther: Interpersonal Communications and Intro to Psychology. Those two were probably my favorites. They both kept my interest long enough to keep me from doodling too. IC was probably my absolute favorite. I don't quite remember what was being taught, but something about relationships with friends and how the professor is friends with some people who are now in jail..Yeah. In Psychology we learned some of the different symptoms and behavioral patterns of people with schizophrenia which was very cool to learn about. (I'm planning on majoring in psychology/counselling, so it's no surprise I found that course interesting.) We had chapel after Psych. and I don't remember the message exactly as my mind kind of drifted elsewhere, but I got to learn a few new worship songs, which was way cool! The speaker did a really good job, and there were a few announcements made concerning the graduating seniors and whatnot.

After lunch on Friday, Esther and I both finished packing our things for the weekend and headed back home. All in all, my trip to Trinity was AWESOME. I totally loved it and I cannot wait to go there full time in the fall. Great classes, nice people, and someplace where I finally feel I belong. That's where I'm meant to be, I can feel it. I just have to wait a few more months..now to get that $200 I need to reserve my space in the dorms and in the classes...hm. Any ideas? I'm job hunting, but it's not going very well, so any ideas would be welcome!!

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I got to see my baby's webcam!!! I almost forgot how cute and handsome he is...pictures just aren't the same. They really aren't. God, I miss him. And he is SO CUTE AND SO HANDSOME. Man, I want a hug from him. What wouldn't I do for a hug!?!?!? I love you, beau!!!

I should go to sleep since I gotta pack for my trip tomorrow....but I can't!!! I keep thinking about Ed and NOT sleeping!!! Not that Ed keeping me up is a bad thing..

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So, I've talked to Esther, and I'm definitely going over to Trinity next week[end]. She was even able to get me free food vouchers! . I love Esther; she's one of the few people that can cheer me up just by saying "Hello" whenever I call her. I needed that last night. I can't wait to see her again and just hang out; I miss her!!!

About yesterday's blog...um..I got an email that Ed's unit is most definitely getting an extention. . . We were expecting, sure, but it still sucks. I just want him to hold me real close and real tight right now; I just wanna cry in his arms. And I can't!! I hate this right now. I can't wait for this whole thing to be over.

Esther has been saying she's going to help keep me busy over the summer when she's here, and that school will definitely help the time move along much quicker. I hope she's right. I really hope she is. I've got some stuff planned for June, like Vacation Bible School at FUMC, and -maybe- SuperWow again this year. I don't know, SuperWow is fun and all, but I feel a little too old for it. It's more aimed at high schoolers, not college students.

July may be a long month though. I know some people I definitely wanna hang out with this summer, maybe have a few beach days in July, assuming they stay here for the summer. At Cornerstone last summer, they had a few activities throughout the summer, like bowling and ice skating..maybe they'll have that again this year? That'd definitely be a time killer.

Also, job hunting is horrible. Nobody's called me back and I NEED a summer job. I need money for school next year, dangit. And I don't qualify for too many scholarships..though I'm going to apply for all of the ones that I can. Pray for that, k?

So yeah...that's my blog for the day. Sorry I haven't written in a while; I'm sort of going back and forth between blogging and writing in my notebook (which got totally trashed yesterday when it fell in the tub!!).

Love, Laura Elizabeth

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Yeah..I know I haven't written in awhile and I was fixing to, but after checking my email just now I don't really feel like writing in here...I want to cry or something. I'll try to write something tomorrow; and maybe let ya'll know what's depressing me (some of you probably already know.)

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Stupid computers-stupid internet. The cable went out last night, so I wasn't able to get online to talk to Edward. And wouldn't you know... that's the night he actually gets on! I emailed him from my phone to tell him my cable was out, but I haven't clue as to whether or not he got and read those messages. I really wanted to talk to him last night too. I wanted to tell him about how I got into Trinity College, and how about excited I was. I wanted to tell him about how Esther and I have set a tentative tent for me to go and visit her at Trinity in a few weeks. I want to tell him that my dad has almost got the webcam working-he found the software and everything, but Yahoo Messanger is saying it's behind a firewall and can't allow it to run. Even when the firewall is disabled! There are so many other things I wanted to talk to him about, and I didn't get to last night because the cable was out. You have no idea how irritated I am right now. And not even a quick email, a quick comment on my page or my last blog to let me know he's thinking about me, and may have gotten my messages about getting into Trinity and the cable going out? Hmph. This week is so a high and low week--and it's barely even Tuesday morning. I found out on Sunday that Sydney is having two surgery's over the next couple of months, on Monday I find out that I got into Trinity and will get to go to school with Esther in August--but the cable goes out so I can't even tell Edward, the one night he get on after a couple days of not getting online. Makes me wonder what kind of news Tuesday will bring..if any. Hopefully it'll all just be good news from here on out--that'd be nice! I hope I get to talk to Ed soon, cause I've got a lot of things I want to say, to get off my mind and off of my chest..so yeah. That's all I've got say for today..Love, Laura Almenas.

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So I found out at church last night that Sydney is going to be having two surgerys, one this month and another next month. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE when people I know and love are in hospitals..mostly because I can't stand hospitals. I guess that fear comes from the fact that the first person I ever visited in the hospital, my grandma, passed away that same night. Okay, well now I'm scared..and her first surgery isn't until Apr 17th. But that's not really that far from now.. I won't say what the surgeries are because I don't really know, just that it's something to do with her heart like missing a valve or something, and her ribcage needing to be pushed down or whatever. You add that on top of my other worries, the ones about whether or not Ed will have to stay an extra four to five months in Iraq, and I'm bound to be hysterical. I had to leave and go to the restroom after everybody prayed for Sydney just so I could be alone and cry. I was already on the verge of tears before I found out about the surgeries 'cause I keep thinking about something that Ed said while he was here on R&R. Something he considered doing but didn't..I won't expand on that, but I can't stop wondering how different everything would've been had he done it. God, I don't know. I need someone to talk to right now; I want to talk to Ed, I hope he gets online tonight so I can talk to him. I miss him so much right now. Pray for them, okay? And that I'll get some sort of peace in the very near future and learn how to deal with all of it.

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