Leavin' on a jet plane

But I know when I'll be back. January 11th! I'm going to Thailand for 2 weeks on a short missions trip to the Karen people in the Hill Tribes. I'm so excited, but I'm also very sick. Figures that I'd get sick on Christmas day right before traveling for 20+ hours to a city so far away with foods that could very easily upset my stomach. Not to mention the fact that we'll be driving on dirt roads in open-back trucks for 8-9 hours the following day (Dec. 30th). Oy vey. But it'll be wonderful. I get to go with a great group of people from school, including my handsome fiance, Sean :) It's gonna be an experience worth remembering and documenting so I'm very thankful to mom Hogan, Kathy, for letting us use her camera. If you'd like to follow our adventures, here's the link: http://sdccthailandteam.blogspot.com/

I'm not sure how often the blog will be updated because we have absolutely no internet access in the village. BUT it will be at least something along the lines "we're in Chiang Mai about to go to the village" and then "we're back from the village on the way to LA". So you'll at least know we're all alive and well.

Have a wonderful winter break! I hope you all had a merry Christmas and pray you have a happy new year :) That's life through the eyes of a banana munchkin.

Joy To The World

I'm done with school!!! I had my final and 15-minute presentation on Thursday and when it was over I realized I was a college graduate! It's crazy to think...obviously I won't get my real diploma for a while, but I'm done!! There's no way I failed any classes this semester and if they say I still have a class missing I'm gonna sue. Geez...but I doubt any of that is gonna happen. Praise The Lord I'm DOOOOONEEEE!!!!!! Not only that, but I found out recently that I'm definitely gonna be going to Thailand this winter which makes me superly duper excited!! I didn't think I was gonna make it cuz I still had over $1,000 to raise, but apparently God wants me to go, so the money miraculously came in. Such a blessing! So, now I just don't know what to do with myself. I have no studying to do...every again! Well, maybe a bit since I've been thinking about getting certified as a personal trainer. That'll require some studying. But i'm all moved in to my new living space in Ramona, I'm surrounded by silly old people who are awesome and who never cease to make me smile. And I'm going to Disneyland with some of my best friends tomorrow, and that alone has got me so excited!! Dang, I really gotta get started on this wedding planning stuff...I've been so focused on moving, school, and Thailand stuff that I haven't given the wedding much thought. I do still have some Christmas shopping to do, as well as shopping for the things I'll need for Thailand...I'll do that next week with Sean. Oh yeah, he's going too! The news just keeps getting better, doesn't it?

Well folks, that's it from me!! My life is about to take a drastic turn, for the better!
And that's life through the eyes of an excited, graduated banana munchkin.