Fighting the crowds....

O.k...so maybe I am an idiot (is there any doubt?) but I decided to get up at 4 am Friday morning and face the "black Friday" crowds! NOT a smart decision on my part! I headed first to Best Buy (looking for an mp3 player for Weezer that was marked WAY cheap) and ended up being faced with a crowd so big I thought I had ended up at a Chief's game! Stupid me, I decided to park a mile away and wait in the line anyway. It took me about 45 minutes to work my way through the line just to find out that what I wanted was loooong gone. (all this before the store even opens!) Oh well, I managed to have a good time talking to the people in line around me! One guy in front of me told me had spent the night in the parking lot with about 100 other people. Are you KIDDING me? Nothing is worth it to me to leave my bed and sleep in a parking lot! He actually was in the computer line, but he had already waited in two other lines. He said a guy brought his big truck with his big screen tv and generator in the back and they all watched the Chief's game! (Guess I WAS pulling into a Chief's game!)

So after my unsuccessful attempt at Best Buy, I headed to Wal-Mart and then Independence Center. I had more fun there! It was crowded, but I was alone, so I can maneuver crowds easier by myself! I had a good day! Got a lot of shopping done and even put up my tree and decorations! The kids will be excited to see all the presents wrapped when they get home today! Yeah! I miss them!

Yesterday I actually worked out on the treadmill and did Pilates and weights. I had a lot of food to work off....and still a long way to go! I didn't get as much studying done as I wanted, but I did get caught up on my sleep! That is very important!!

Well, church was great today. Phil, the youth pastor, preached because Pastor Vernon was gone. His sermon was one I needed to hear. I need to be set on fire again for the Lord. It is easy to get caught up in my "busy-ness" that I fail to remember there are people that need to know the hope that is within me. Search me, Oh God, and know my heart. See if there is any offensive way in me and purify me today, I pray.

Well, got to get busy writing papers and studying. My blogs were becoming scarce, but I decided to update more frequently, but with fewer words! School is over for the semester on December 8! Yeah!!!