Nelle's Notes

Today is a grey day outside. I woke up with the sun trying to peek through these dark clouds. Then I decided that it is a perfect day to go to my favorite coffee shop Judes and of course wear my gold jewelry. Simple gold jewelry always enhances a grey day. I packed my floral jean backpack full of my community health books, my macbook, and blue spiral notebook and headed down the road. The only thing missing was the cool crisp air of the Colorado mountains... but you can't have everything right? Today is a grey day outside, but not inside where the Creme Brulee coffee is set at the right temperature, the chitter chats of the regulars is close, and the thought of wearing a red skirt is perfectly present. Even though it is grey outside, I know this week will be a great one. We have now been in school for a few weeks and to sum it up... I really love my classes. I love that I am out in the community helping those in need, learning how to do accurate research, and editing photos for a class! It really makes for a wonderful semester. Not only do I enjoy my classes, but I am loving living with my best friend. We laugh. We stay up late. We go to bed when were tired. We work out in our wonderful fitness center. We make BLTs (bacon, lettuce, toast). It's pretty great.

I hope my readers have just as beautiful week. Enjoy something you love doing. Take a break from your full schedules and sip on a delightful cup of coffee or go for a walk on a hiking trail. Do something for You today. You deserve it!

I like this new place.
Its clean.
Its big.
It has no bed in my room.
It does have a couch and a dining table.
We have lots of kitchen utensils and appliances that are white, silver, and green.
I like this place.
It has a pool, a mini movie theater, a work out room, and a quaint lodge that looks like a log cabin.
This place is where I will be living.
This place will savor lots of memories.
I like this place.

Tomorrow I will be moving into my first place with the best roommate ever. I am really excited. The Lord has shown his faithfulness through and through. He will continue to do so here just like He has done in the past. I am pretty excited for this new adventure.

I usually am always up for a new experience. I like adventure. This weekend I participated in my first ever casting call to be an extra in a movie. You see, a few weeks ago there was this big hype about a celebrity being in town to film a movie. Well, come to find out, they were doing casting calls. I had not planned on participating until we drove by the high school where they were being hosted and saw that it was the perfect opportunity to make a memories and squeeze in a few moments of laughter. We pulled up to the high school and stepped out into the muggy air. Ok ok... it wasn't muggy (like today is), but it was rather warm. We stepped out of the two door sports car and headed inside the school. We saw all kinds of people... there were mothers powdering their children's noses, those young at heart wearing their favorite Caribbean shirts, complete families in head to toe dress suits, young aspiring tweens with resume in hand, and the small handful of cowboys (hats & boots included). It was quite an exciting adventure. I could probably place it within my top 100 things I have done... well maybe. :) It was finally our turn to go inside the small (but overly crowded) room. We filled out a quick survey and then got back in another line which led us to another room... There we "tried out". Tried out meaning they gave us a number, took our photo, and sent us on our way. I'm not really sure how one can decide on extras by just looking at your photo amongst millions, but hey you never know.

Afterward, we took a few pictures underneath the big bruin bear and went on our merry way. I can definitely say it was an experience that will be talked about.

What kind of new experiences have you been up to lately? Are you the type of person that likes a good adventure or do you prefer a quiet evening at home?

Take every opportunity. Live life to the fullest.

Can you tell that I am back in school? Not as much blogging going on... I truly believe that this year will be great. And who will make it great? God. I know that differences come in and out of our lives, but He is the true stability and I know that He will take care of me and every lesson I go through.

For the first time in a LONG time, I can sit at the picnic table with a slight cool breeze whistling in the air. Its been a long time since I could sit outside and bare the weather, but today is different. Today it is Sunny 70 degrees outside. No cloud in the sky. Perfect. These days... make life feel so simple and beautiful. It is these days that I let my battery on my computer completely run out before I go inside to recharge, use a small short straw for my sweet tea so I can savor every taste, and peek in on the laughters and little chit chats around me (no ease dropping though!).

Something I have been learning this week...
You have to let the good in life weigh out the negative. For example...

The incoming freshmen at school are a huge class, but from what I see, they really are here just trying to gain the same kind of growth that we seniors have been working towards the past four years. They come in just as nervous to meet people as we are to see new faces. They want to build friendships and make lasting memories, and we want the same for our last year.

You can't let negative words, frauds, discouragement take a hold of you and pull you down. What good does that really do in our life? Does it make our days longer? Our dreams bigger? No, it simply takes away from the opportunity to really grow and be stretched in the Lord's faithfulness.

Don't let those moments in life destroy you. Take what is the best and live off of that. It will be worth it.

It's a beautiful day. Music strums in the background and weightless butterflies flutter around. The leaves are dancing on the trees and the reflective ripples mimic our shadows. It's a beautiful day. Indeed... it is.