New Laws

Two things happened today that have encouraged me to make new laws, they are as follows:

1. Today I drove all the way to school so that we could sit in class for 30 minutes. All that driving and getting up early for 30 minutes, on a Friday no less.
Therefore,

VP Law #4: There will be no college classes no Friday. Additionally, any class that is deemed a waste of time, or a lecture that could be learned by simply reading the professor's prepared slides will be canceled.

2. After the 30 minute class, I went to the gym. When at the gym, I work out in the women's area, because its less crowded, and because men are not allowed, hence "Women's Area".

Anyways, I stopped about halfway through my work out to go get some water, and unfortunately the water fountain is not in the women's area. While I was drinking, some guy came up to me and said, "Man you look like you are really working up a sweat. You'd make a great workout partner. Maybe I could get your number and we could work out together sometime." Seriously creepy gym guy? Seriously? That's the best you could come up with?

I replied with, "Yeah, my boyfriend really likes that I take good care of my body, so he is usually my workout partner, but he's in class right now."

Side note: I know I lied, please don't judge, this guy was creepy.

To which the guy put his hand on my shoulder, leans in and says "Having two workout partners probably wouldn't hurt you."

I gave up with trying to nicely lie and just said, "Not interested" and went back to my work out.

Dear Creepy Gym Guy,
You are a weirdo. The fact that you thought it appropriate it hit on a woman at the gym says to me that you probably still live at home with your parents, and that you are probably very lame. Something about you is very illegal in our new government system.

VP Law #5: No man will no allowed to use ridiculous pick up lines on a woman, unless he is making a joke. Additionally, no man is allowed to hit on a woman unless the woman would like to be hit on that the time.

I don't know how we will enforce this, but we will come up with something.

Eliminate creeps everywhere,
Jenna

Winter

Yesterday and today it was cool outside. I needed to wear pants. I didn't start to break a sweat when I walked outside. What does this mean readers?!?

Winter is on its way.

Let me explain something to you. I love love love the winter. Don't get me wrong, I like summer too, beaches, swimsuits, sno cones, tanning by river, its all great, but Texas winter is wonderful.

It gets cold enough to wear cute winter clothes, but not so cold that you get frost bite when you walk outside. Also, it only snows on occasion, so when it does snow, everyone gets excited, you play in it even if your 40, and you get to miss school and work.

The best thing about winter? It means Christmas is coming. My devotion to Christmas needs a whole other blog, but I love love love it too.

(On a side note, Hobby Lobby brought out their Christmas decorations this week, so exciting!)

Here are my favorite days out of the year in order:
1. Christmas
2. My Birthday
3. Thanksgiving
4. The first day out of the year I can wear my pea coat

That's how huge the coming of winter is to me. Needless to say, I'm uber excited.

Looking forward to scarves and mittens,
Jenna

Why I Won't Be a Good Mom

We'll get to the title later, a ton of things happened in my life today that I must update you on:

1. Sometimes when I am driving to school I like to explore the web on my phone to keep myself entertained and awake. Today, I was reading over comments on my blog, and I discovered that I have a reader I didn't even know about! Her name is Amber and she is a fabulous girl from Phi Lamb at Texas State. You can check out Amber's blog here. P.S. Amber, what happened to you coming to TV night? We really miss you there!

2. David called me today at school and gave me an update of his first week or so on Mission Year. He still isn't living in his house, so be praying that repairs on his team's place will be finished soon.

3. At school, in my Adult Neurological class we have been learning how to treat people who have problems with chewing, swallowing, and eating. One thing you sometimes have to do is puree food, or put corn starch in liquids to thicken them up. Our teacher thought it would be a good idea for us to try some of these things, so we had pureed Salisbury steak and lasagna, and thickened apple juice and water. A few things I learned from this experience:

1. The more time I spend around people, the more I realize that I am an absolute freak. No one else in my class had trouble eating any of the food because its tastes exactly the same. I, however, could not finish it without gagging because the textures of the food bothered me so much. Also, our teacher took a survey and I was the only one in my class who won't eat their food if it touches. What a weirdo.

2. I have a new respect for nurses, speech language pathologists, and occupational therapists that focus on feeding issues. Doing the feeding therapy was difficult on people just pretending to have disabilities, I don't think I could handle the real thing.

4. Today, Brett officially made me Vice President if he ever becomes President of Texas. He even posted my laws with some adjustments. I shall continue to post new laws as I come up with them on here and in the group, just in case you aren't a member. I wouldn't want you to inadvertently break a law.

5. Another problem I have? An obsession with T.V. My roommates and I counted over 20 shows a week that we DVR when all of our shows are in season. Additionally, today on One Tree Hill one of the main characters died and my roommates and I were very upset. Almost like we actually lost a real friend. I get way to emotionally involved in T.V. shows.

6. On a side night, Paris Hilton has a new show on MTV where people compete to be her best friend. It looks promisingly hilarious. There is a gay Asian man who I mistook for a woman until halfway through the preview show. I'm holding out for him to win it all, although I'm still not sure what exactly you win....Kelsey, given your love of the Simple Life, I think you will like this show.

7. Today, I noticed that throughout the day, I come up with tons of blog post topics, but then forget them when its time to write. To solve this problem, I have started writing down my blog post ideas. I think this will take my blogging to a whole new level.

8. And lastly, the point that relates to the title. Today, I went to work at the church daycare and there was a kid named T.J. Today we talked, our conversation went a little something like this:
Me: "Hey little man, want to know my real name so you can stop poking me to get my attention?"
T.J.: "Yes please"
Me: "My name is Jenna."
T.J.: "Cool, My name is T.J. and I am four."
Me: "What does T.J. stand for?"
T.J.: "Timothy James. I go by T.J., but my mom calls me Timothy James when I get in trouble, so you'll probably be calling me that a lot."

Tonight T.J. purposely dumped snacks on the floor and stepped on them just to make a mess. He also called a girl who wouldn't share toys names. He also jumped from furniture so he could play Superman. I didn't discipline him because T.J. is cute and we are friends. I noticed that I didn't discipline my favorite kids at Kactus Kidz either.

So, now I have a fear that I won't be able to discipline my children, because half the time, when kids do bad stuff, its funny, so I laugh instead of discipline. I'm also pretty sure that I'll like my kids a bit more than I like the average child, and I find I have problems disciplining children I like. I really don't want to be that mom that doesn't discipline her kids and raises a big bunch of big brats. Hopefully, my fear of this will change my ways when I have my own kids.

Fearing Motherhood,
Jenna

Updates

So, I havn't written in a while. I apologize. I've been doing the whole school thing, with the exception of last weekend, which was spent with Nic and Jo on Friday, and a slumber party with my three of my best friends from college on Saturday.

This past week, nothing interesting happened with the exception of a guest speaker who came in on Thursday. His company has developed a stomach pump that connects to the spinal cord and pumps drugs through the nervous system to reduce spasticity in the muscles of patients with cerebral palsy, strokes, traumatic brain injuries and the like. I may be letting out my inner nerd, but the stuff has the potential to be huge for the medical field, and the presentation was really interesting. Not only that, but the presenter is allowing us to come in and watch some surgeries and therapy sessions if we want.

Sorry if that bored you.

Anyways, this weekend, I headed up to Stephenville to visit Jaron. This whole every other weekend thing is really no fun at all, but it was great to get to spend time with him. I got to see Jaron's new car, which is really nice. Also, Jaron is going to be coaching a youth flag football team this year, so I helped him set up some stuff for that. The rest of the weekend was pretty much spent watching football. I've come to accept the fact that Jaron's life will revolve around football when its fall, so I suppose its a good thing that I enjoy it too. I also got to meet a bunch of Jaron's friends weekend, I really liked them, and we had a great time. Overall, it was a great weekend and I'm really glad I got to spend some time with Jaron. I already miss him and I'm counting down the days until I get to see him again.

On a side note, Jaron got me a new game for my Wii. It's Mario vs. Sonic at the Olympics, and its the official video game of the Bejing Olympics. I bet you didn't know that the Olympics had an official video game. Anyways, its a mix of two of my favorite things (Wii and Olympics) so I'm really looking forward to trying it out. What a great boyfriend I have.

Finally, I'm starting a new portion of my blog. I don't know what I am going to call it, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Anyways, many of you may know that my Youth Minister, Brett, has a group on facebook about him becoming President of Texas and what laws he would enforce if such an event would occur. Now, I am not trying to take over his position, I can barely keep plants alive, so I would in no way want to take on the responsibility of President of Texas. However, given the fact that the Republican Party is now nominating a woman for Vice President and the fact that I'm one of Brett's favorites, I am hoping Brett would allow me a position in his government.

In case this happens, I too would like to start keeping a list of rules that I would establish if Brett would ever give me a position in his government.

My first few are as follows:

1. When a hurricane occurs, and an evacuation is ordered, people will be forced to leave. Especially when government officials and weather forecasters are warning of "Certain Death" if you stay. In these situations, you will be dragged out kicking and screaming if needed.

2. If you choose not to evacuate when forecasters and government officials warn of "Certain Death" when you stay, and on top of that, refuse to leave your home again after rescuers risk their lives to come and get you from your home:
1. You're an idiot. You're home is flooded and will be for quite a while. You will have no access to food, water, electricity, A/C, or even restrooms.
2. You're selfish. Those people have families at home and are risking their lives to come and get you, even though you weren't bright enough to leave in the first place.
3. Because of number 1 and 2, you will no longer be allowed to live in Texas. Additionally, a vote will be taken on whether or not we should just send you straight to Mexico.

3. All individuals driving in the fast lane must maintain a speed of 65 to 70 miles per hour. If caught not maintaining said speed, you will be given a ticket similar to speeding tickets. This is mostly to keep from you from making me angry.

*Please note that on Law 2, I am in no way referring to individuals stuck by the tragedies of Hurricane Ike. Well, I suppose I am, but I am not referring to those individuals who have lost someone or suffered damaged as a result of Hurricane Ike. I am also not referring to those individuals who evacuated and took other appropriate steps to prepare for Ike. I am praying for everyone stuck by this tragedy, even those who chose not to evacuate. I am just greatly upset by the fact that people are having to risk their lives to save those who chose not to drive a few hours up state. Especially when they are given a second chance to leave as well. I apologize if this offends anyone, as it is not meant to.

Excited about my new position in the political process,
Jenna

A Very Special Blog

Today's blog is dedicated to a very special person named David. David has been my friend since 11th grade. When I first met David, he wasn't a Christian and used to shamelessly hit on me and my friends on a daily basis at lunch (not that the two are related, those are just things I remember about him, although most of the comments were inappropriate, so I guess it could be related).

Anyways, over our friendship, I have watched David accept Christ and develop a relationship with Him. He just spent this past summer as a youth ministry intern for Austin Baptist Church. It has been incredible to watch David grow from a lost individual to someone who feels passionately about leading lost souls to Christ. I feel so honored that God let me be a part of it.

David is also an absolutely wonderful friend. A visit home to Georgetown is not truly a visit home unless I have spent some time with David. David has been there through bad boyfriends and break ups and has always given the best advice on situations. He even credits himself with getting me and Jaron together (which is partially true), so thanks for that too. David is also always up for spending time with me, no matter what the time or how lame the activity (late night Whataburger trips, swinging at the park, roaming around Wal-Mart, and embarrassingly sitting in a car in the Ward's neighborhood (not in front of their house so they would see us and make fun) jamming to Journey waiting for them to get home because we literally had nothing better to do).

If you don't want to read through the previous dedication to how great David is, here's the summary: David is a great person, friend, and man of God.

The whole point of the blog is to let you know that something wonderful is happening in David's life. David leaves to go on his Mission Year to New Orleans tomorrow. You can find out more about Mission Year here. If you don't feel like clicking the link, the summary is that David is going to spend the next year of his life serving and spreading the Word of God to the people of New Orleans. I think its so amazing that God' plan involved sending such a hard working and awesome person to an area that could use a lot of those kinds of people at this time. Good planning God!

Anyways, I am extremely sad that David is leaving, because like I said, trips home won't be the same without him. I am also extremely excited about the opportunity God has given David, and the opportunity God has given me to see what He is going to do through David, because I know it will be incredible.

Finally, I ask that you spend the next year praying for David, the rest of the members on his team, New Orleans, and everyone else involved in Mission Year. Some great things are going to be done through them this year!

Loving David,
Jenna

P.S. You should read David's blog, even if you don't know him because 1: It's funny 2: I've been told that he will update as much as possible. Check out David's blog here.

Fun New Things

Ok, so I'm no Jonathon Mobley, but I like to think I know a few things about a few things, and since nothing new has been happening in my life with the exception of school, work, and a weekend at home with Jaron, I thought I'd let you in on a couple of them.

1. Google Reader-(thanks to Jo for showing me this one) Google Reader is simply a must if you are involved in the blogging world. How does Google Reader work? Quite simply, it keeps tract of whenever someone you follow writes a new blog. It saves you countless amount of time going from blog to blog to see if people have updated. Check out Google Reader here .

2. Organic Milk-My roommate has been on this new thing about trying out different kinds of milk. Many of you may remember my experience trying organic milk. Today I tried Soy milk. My findings? Organic milk-good and good for you. Soy milk-disgusting and to be avoided at all costs.

3. Kaboodle-All of my avid readers (i.e. Jaron) know that I have given up shopping for a while. In order to curb my addiction to shopping, I have started "Kaboodling" if you will. How does it work? After installing a little add on Firefox, whenever you find something online you want, you simply click the button at the top to add it to your Kaboodle list. Later on, when you have money, you can go back to the list and get what you want. You can even organize your lists into different categories and e-mail your lists to people for your birthday or Christmas. Check out Kaboodle here .

4. Sly Dial-I found out about Sly Dial on The View. Whoopie told me about it (yes, I watch The View, no need to make fun, I already know its lame, add it to the list). Sly Dial is great for those situations when you're calling someone and while the phone is ringing, you're praying they don't pick up. Here's how it works: 1. You call Sly Dial 2. You type in the number of the person you are trying Sly Dial 3. You listen to a 10 second advertisement 4. You are directly connected to the person's voicemail, without having an awkward conversation. Best of all, its totally free. The only downside is that a missed call shows up on the other person's phone while you're leaving the voicemail, so they might call back. I've already used it on two of my bosses (sure hope they don't read this!) and its wonderful. You can check out Sly Dial and get the number here.

Staying Hip,
Jenna