Classical Rome & China,

are what I just finished writing an essay re-write about. awesome, right? ( :

Anyhow, I have so much to do this weekend, it's not even funny! Saturday I'm basically busy all day, seven hours of which I'm babysitting. & on Sunday I'm running the slide show at church for the first time ever, & I'm kind of nervous about that, because I hate it when slides are wrong, so I REALLY don't want to mess it up.

But with such a busy weekend, it means that on Saturday I have to be by the lake at 8:15, & on Sunday I have to be at the recreation center (where we meet for church) at 9. Looks like there will be no sleeping in for me! Bummer.

Anyhow, it's been getting colder here recently, which really excites me! I took the PSAT on Wednesday, & am pretty anxious to get my scores back [IN DECEMBER! I mean, come on!! It's all by a document, does it really take THAT long to complete?! Well, I guess with every sophomore in the country taking it, it does.] But I think I did alright. Although I'm pretty sure I'll be taking it again next year, just for precaution.

Oh my goodness it's almost midnight?! Yikes, I guess I'll close off with saying that j* posted the pictures from Katelyn & Michael's wedding on Sunday on her blog today!! I'm pretty sure I'm going to be looking through that slideshow very often ( :

Oh, & you should totally listen to this amazing song that I'm in L.O.V.E. with!!

xo, rachel!

today,

was 10/10/10.

today, Katelyn James & Michael Alsop got MARRIED!! I've only been following Katelyn's blog for a few months, but I LOVE it. & her & her *now* husband! I cannot wait to see J*'s picture from the wedding! I've seriously spent all day (& some of yesterday ( : ) just looking up so much stuff about this couple. They really are such an inspiring couple, not only in how adorable they are (they known each other all their lives, & they started dating when she was a freshman in high school! Fast forward eight years & they're getting married!) but they are also sooo inspiring spiritually!

Anyway, recently I've just been struggling. Not like hardcore, but I just don't know how my life is going to turn out, & it really frustrates me. If I'm being totally honest, I'm kind of jealous, yeah, jealous, of Katelyn & Michael & the life they've had together. I just really wish I could marry a high school sweetheart, or a life time family friend, but that's not my story, that's theirs, & for some reason it just really frustrates me.

ANYWAY, I'm almost done scanning all those darn pictures. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get them done tomorrow.

But for tonight, I'm going to go fold some laundry (oh goodie) while watching a movie, & then probably go straight to sleep.

xo, rachel.

p.s. today I became more active on Twitter! you can follow me here!

p.p.s. yesterday at Target I got a bag of 105 AirHeads for $6! & the Phoenix CD, "Wolfgang Amadeus" I love it ( :