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First of all, my GOLDEN brithday was amazing... golden birthday means the same year and day.  it only happens once in your life. i was 23 on the 23rd.  I am so incredibly blessed with amazing family and friends.  I love you all.  My husband is the bomb.  he got all of our friends together to celebrate my bday last night at b-dubs.  my friends are awesome. they brought a cake (although my name was misspelled! haha.)  i loooved the cake and the time they put forth to spend with me.

since my golden birthday is over, i don't really have any other birthdays to look foward to.  16, 18 and 21 are gone.  maybe i'll just have anniersaries of my GOLDEN birthday every year. now.

so today i was driving home from chemistry lab and i passed this dude in a white car - with a traffic cone underneath it.  hahaha! it made my whole day.  i'm not trying to be sexist, but as much as i hear how terrible female drivers are... ;-)  this MALE driver ran over a traffic cone and was pulling it under his car.  as i sat at the red light i watched him put on his blinkers and hold up all the traffic to take the traffic cone out from underneath his car!  it was sooo funnny.  i love people. and i love to watch them...  that's not creepy at all.

i love my family.

my family came up this last weekend and it made me realize how much it sucks to live so far away from all the people that you love.  if i was a millionaire, i'd fly home every weekend.

cyndi, jesse, and steph are coming for spring break and i can't wait!  i think the midwest is an ideal place for paul and i to spend our lives... it's closest to all the people that make such a big difference in our lives.

i think that maybe today i just feel a little H O M E

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even now as i sit on the couch watching the olympics - cross country skiing, it reminds me of my father in law, brian. i think of how nice it would be to be back in minnesota at christmas with those relationships.

i'm very thankful for the people who love me and support me.  the other day i was talking with bob mcdonald (my mom's bestfriend's husband).  he works for wright pat AFB and it was such a blessing to talk to him about the decisions that paul and i have to make about our future (paul doing medical school through the airforce).  i loved how he was not trying to sway our decision and how he was just being open and honest about things and his opinion.  i know that he has our best interest in mind.  that type of love and community is so comforting.

isaiah 40:28-thirty one (my three key isn't working at the momet-haha). i read again today. last week i was talking to my dad on the phone and he brought up this scripture.  i find it so comforting today.

even in the middle of our challenges and struggles as we wait and hope in this moment - in the middle of heart ache and sadness, God doesn't promise "rosey circumstances", but he promises to renew us.... to give us just enough to keep going. to make it through.  and we will soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary, walk and not be faint.  and the peace that this hope brings me is unfathomable.

i love being a newlywed in a new place.  it is such a blessing to learn to serve paul as his wife.  i find comfort in our relationship, in christ's promise and in community.

dookie.

just got done playing in the snow with my poodle and my hubby... it was so much fun.

so des is potty trained. finally. he rings the little bell at the front door when he needs to go outside to use the potty.  we have special "just in case" potty pads that we leave out... just in case he has to go and we're not home or something.  well after i let him out this morning he must have come back inside and tried to use the "just in case" potty pad.  he's still not sure how to use the potty in the snow. he doesn't have very good aim...

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so until this "blizzard" or "snowmeggadin" passes. the dawsons will be cleaning poodle. dookie.

are. you. still. so. DULL?

we're expecting another 8-15 more inches of snow today (on top of the 27 inches we just had saturday).  so all of my classes were cancelled.  and i should be doing homework. but i figure i'll probably be snowed in all day tomorrow. which i'm really excited about because it means spending more time with my awesome hubby and my poodle, des.

so i figured out a good title for my blog! my middle name.  thank you lupe and trav.  if you haven't read their blog you need to.  clck here... they're hilarious.

so paul and i have been listening to rob bell's sermons online every week.  if you don't know who he is... stop whatever you're doing and read ALL of his books. NOW. he has been preaching out of matthew.  so i keep reading the book of matthew over and over.  i really love it.  if you're looking for some good teachings... here you go.

today i read matt 15.  i am a woman of many questions.  in the 4th grade, my teacher, mrs. frost, told me that my brain works differently from everyone else... and to NEVER stop asking questions.  so i always ask questions.  one of my favorite things about Jesus is that he always answers a question with a question!  instead of just telling you the answer... he asks soul searching questions that you can feel in your gut... with which much genuine soul searching... we try to find the answer and we begin to understand him and his love and what he's all about. 

he answers peter, his disciple (a dude who has been following him around everywhere soaking everything up that jesus says like a sponge--- side note: whenever i think of jesus and the 12 disciples, i think of a group of frat boys and it makes me laugh) "ARE YOU STILL SO DULL" hahahahahaha! it makes me laugh so hard.

i feel like this should be the quote of my life.  i feel like most of the time, i miss the entire point. I promise that Jesus isn't a jerk... read this passage before you decide on his character.


Later on in chapter 15 jesus heals the sich and feeds the hungry, just like he does throughout all of the recordings about his life.  this makes me really excited!  you know how everyone is always really good at something... well i'm not. i'm not REALLY good/or talented at anything.  i'm really into learning about jesus and i try to live like he does (although most of the time, i fall extremely short of that).  today, i realized how thankful i am for the passion i have for medicine and learning how to treat the sick.  although i can't perform miracles... it makes me feel connected and i really like jesus because he did so much good for the sick. just a thought....

well i now need to get to work on my homework... i hate general chemistry. it rules my life.  but there will be a good ending to my hard work!  they say if you hate general chemistry... you're usually pretty decent at organinc (which i'm taking in may). so i sure hope that rumor is true!

off to work...

maybe i'll make some yummy mad cap coffee that rach and ryan just sent in the mail to go with my homework! mmmm... then atleast a bit of my afternoon will be delightful :)

my attempt at blogging.

i'm snowed in today.  27 inches of snow.  i've been reading all of my friends' blogs and i think it is such a nice way to stay updated on their lives.  so... on top of classes, work, marriage, and life in general, (as if i'm not already busy enough) i'm going to attempt to blog.  call me crazy.

you know how when you finally get the chance to catch up with your best friend after a month of not talking... and then you forget everything that is funny, deep, or important.  i figure this would be the best way to remember those things and communicate.

this is for you mom and mamaw (and probably amanda... even though you're pretty busy too).  i'm guessing you'll be my most faithful followers.

now, i must go help my husband shovel snow... or just be a menace and throw snow balls at him :)

Paul making a path for Des to play in our front yard :)

The snow is taller than Des! haha. They were having a ball!