Jesus Take The Wheel...

I <3 Carrie Underwood, just so you all know :) But more on that later...

I promised a Christmas/New Years update. Here it is :)

Christmas in Rockford was good, The first time i've seen my brother Greg since summer so...ya know...here's a picture of all us kids at my aunt's house

aw how cute huh? course the little boys couldnt just smile normal in any of the pictures so this is the best one...lol...Some pictures of my house (mom went a little decorating wild this christmas, but it looks pretty!) so yes. Christmas=good. After christmas, I went back to my Twosouth Room and cleaned it out and packed it up (ok...I watched Chris pack it up, but who's keeping track, I mean really) So that was fun, Then there's New Years!

I went to Brad's apartment and it was SOOO fun. We all had a really good time. We watched The 40 Year Old Virgin and made fun of Kyle :) and then most of us didnt like the movie so we stopped it early and played games and sat around and ate lotsa food. At midnight we went outside hoping that we could see the fireworks from Brad's parking lot but we couldnt, we could hear them however. So we were out there and someone banged on their window so we'd shut up (good impressions huh) At about 1:30 we all headed back to whereever we were staying (my last night in twosouth) So got to sleep about 3 and woke up around 11 and as I was walking out the door to go have lunch w/Gretchen I got an email from Mae saying that my keys were in my mailbox!! So i ran downstairs and got them, talked to mae for a bit and then went to lunch!

Funny thing of the day was: I was in the parking lot of Panera in Springfield and a man walked to the car parked next to me and i thought to myself, wow that looks like Jim Dunnan (my High School Principal....ok he was my principal for a year and then we got a new one) and I was a little nervous to get out and see if it was really him but then i saw his wife! so I jumped out of the car and realized that it was them, plus my high school english teacher, music teacher, and librarian! Whoa blast from the past! So we stood there for a couple minutes while they asked me why I was in Springfield.

Lunch was good, I've decided to step down as the freshman small group leader, it'd just be too much to handle. So thats good I guess, but ya know, kinda sad. Hopefully I'll find a couple girls that want to do a small group and read Captivating (the girls version of Wild at Heart).

Anyways, since I had my keys I spent most of the afternoon cleaning and bringing all my stuff upstairs. This week has absolutely flown by! I cant belive that in less than 24 hours I'll be in Springfield for the semester! So i've been packing and realized that I'm not gonna be able to fit all this in my car, so I have to bring the Green Van down to Springfield tomorrow so I can bring in all my stuff and then Mom and Dad are bringin my car down on Saturday!





Ok now to the stuff I really want to talk about. So this song. ugh. It just kicks me in the face. Its by Carrie Underwood (American Idol) and ugh. Here are the lyrics:

Jesus Take The Wheel

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat
Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline
It had been a long hard year

She had a lot on her mind and she didnt pay attention
She was going way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didnt even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I cant do this all on my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chacne
To save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder
and the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw the baby in the backseat sleeping like a rock
And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray

She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been living my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I cant do this on my own
i'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on



I guess for me these driving/car analogies are what hit me. Even looking back on old posts about getting in the passenger seat and stuff...I just...man...just been thinking a lot about that lately and how things have just come together, and not how I ever would have expected them to ya know? like finally when i let go of what I wanted and said, hey. do it. you know whats right for me, finally things have been working out. now I just have to keep that attitude about my CIY internship. I know, i havent posted anything about that lately. I wont know (or i possibly wont know) until the end of the month now. not gonna lie, im pretty nervous but it'll work out i'm sure :)

ok.

its time to finish packing, pack the car etc.

My last post from home :)
Shelly