...your super cool (& sneaky!) best friend takes over to blog about life.
So alot has happened since September-some of our many adventures include Val throwing an awesome Guiter Hero 25th Bday party for me, rearranging our room 3 times!, a cross-country drive to Seattle from College Station in 3 days! you can check out pics from the trip here. treking over TX to san antonio, austin & houston!
Other events worth mentioning:
Valerie has changed jobs. She now works for the Corp of Cadets Association doing publications (& whatever else Bill & Mr. Crawford tell her to do!). And by publications, I mean producing & desigining The Guidon, a quarterly magazine about the Corp and designing the enitre Quadrangle, the corps yearbook-yeah that's right, shes so awesome while normal schools & orgs have teams to do a yearbook, and she's tackling it by herself. Valerie really likes her job & especially the people she works with. And, if I may say so myself, they really are fun!
Over Christmas break, Val stayed in good 'ol College Station and was able to spend Christmas with Nicole Holland, a friend we met through HOPE Group. She got some good hours in a work and we saw lots & lots of movies including Lars & the Real Girl, The Kite Runner, Charlie Wilson's War, Juno, The Great Debaters, I Am Legend, & Atonement.
So Val is nearing her last couple semesters of school! YEA!! This Spring she's got some pretty cool classes including Communication & Media Audiences, Political Geography, and Spatial Thinking. Her senior level History of Geography class unfortunately is at 8am! yuck--i mean come on, a 400 level class at 8 in the morning--sheesh, someone didn't plan that very well! Hopefully at the end of this semester she'll be able to order her ring!!!
Valerie is also workin' on her kid skills-every Sunday night we get to spend 2 hrs with some pretty cool k-2nd graders. She works with the 2nd graders helping them with their verses, playing with them at game time & making sure they follow the rules & know Jesus loves them! And lately, we've got to spend some quality time with the Hendrick boys-oh how we love playing at their house.
A couple of weekends ago, we ran/walked/COMPLETED the Houston 1/2 Marathon, and very soon after decided that would be our last. The Houston half was Val's 3rd half marathon and she was a trooper & great encourager to me, who basically was injured. She cheered me on and made me laugh when I was about ready to give up! Thanks Bestfriend!
I would also like to take the opportunity and let you know what an AWESOME best friend and roommate i have! For the past couple of months, Val's graciously is letting me share her car while I'm saving up to get my own (hopefully this spring!). She also makes us lunches during the week & is always on top of getting the coffee maker ready at night so we have a fresh cup o' joe in the morning! The list could go on about how Valerie is always a good friend and servant to me, our roommates & friends--but its just too long!
That's about it-while there's probably more I could've written, I think this adaquately highlights some of the happenings & on-goings in the life of Val. Now don't get your hopes up as this being the re-birth of her blog...i'm not making any promises, because well-this isn't my blog :o)
cheers!
alisha
