living with me has its perks...

It is official... I am the queen of marrying off roommates.... :)

On Sunday afternoon, at around 3:30 in the afternoon BOTH my roommate now (Laura) and my roommate for the last 3 years (Kim) got engaged. :) Yea!!!!! It is oh so exciting but quite abnormal that they would both get engaged at the exact same time.

This phenomena caused me to be retrospectively introspective (hehe) and it dawned on me that everyone I have ever lived with has gotten married after living with me! (Now, this is not true for ONE girl when I lived with three girls... but the other two that lived in the apartment with us are in fact married/engaged... and the one who lived closest to me (Erin) was the first to go, then the one next closest to me (Kim)... So Tess, I am convinced it is only a matter of time! Haha ;) Anyway, I have officially married off five girls... I feel quite proud of my accomplishment. :) Not only that but in 4 of the 5 cases the girl was not dating the guy when we moved in together but was either dating him or engaged to him by the time we stopped living together. This means not only can I marry you off, you can get the hook up while living with me too! :)

I have told the two girls I am living with next year that I plan to do the same for them! Hopefully I can time it so they get engaged at the same time too, because that would just be cool! If it works, I plan to start a business with my ability! I think I could make some money... "Live with Jen, meet a guy and get married." "J Lew to 'I do'" :)

Note: I do realize that I had absolutely nothing to do with my friends getting engaged and I realize I do not have any supernatural abilities... Just thought it was a weird coincidence and made for a funny post. I am sure there are a ton of girls out there that have similar marrying off ability... We are, in fact, young singles... people just end up getting married.... Nature of the beast. :)

Also, I feel the need to say that I am extremely happy with my life and with all the many blessings the Lord has bestowed upon me! I had three (I kid you not) of my friends read this post before I published it... Mainly because I wanted it to be funny and I wanted to make sure I did not sound bitter or sad, because I am neither. I feel like single girls cannot talk about others getting married without coming off as jealous... Well I am extremely joyous that two of my best friends are getting married and I am content with where the Lord has me. Just so you all know. ;)

The weirdness of Jen...

So I must be cooler than I thought because I just got tagged... (See comment below :) Now I know you are all confused... Tagged? Whatever do you mean?!?! Well, apparently it is the hip new craze in the HFBC blogging world...

"Each person who gets tagged needs to write a blog post telling 6 weird things about them self... as well as clearly state the rules. After you state your 6 weird things, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Also, leave a comment on their blog telling them that they have been tagged."

I laughed when I received my loving "tag" from Abby because I, in fact, do not "know" 6 other people that blog... Well other than the ones that Abby also tagged when she tagged me. :) I however do "blog stalk" more than 6 other people... I debated on "tagging" my stalkees to introduce myself but decided against it... So, I will gladly tell the whole world 6 things that make me weird, but unfortunately the tag stops here...

1) I blog for my mom. It is true. I blog because she likes to "know" what is going on in my life. Now, we talk on the phone so she is privy to my life... But she likes to see my life up in web lights... So when I don't blog for a while (with the craziness of law school and all) she emails or calls me and tells me to blog!

Maybe that is not something that makes me weird, but I don't know how many other 23 year olds write a blog because their mommy told them to! :)

2) I have never seen Beaches or Braveheart. Actually, there are a ton of other movies I have not seen, but I tried to throw out one for the guys and one for the girls. Again, this does not so much make me weird... but I bet you said "What?!?! You have never seen Braveheart?!?!?!"

3) I love lists. I am an organized, methodical person and I get giddy at the thought of a list. I make lists of everything that I need to do in a day/week/whatever and then I am elated when I finish a task before me and get to cross it off the list. Sometimes, if my list is getting too long and I feel overwhelmed... I will add to the list (I know... not good for the stress) other random things that I have done just to cross them off after I finish writing them... So that I can feel more productive... Then I get back to my other tasks on the list...

Now I didn't do this before law school. I fear I am becoming more OCD through the law school process...

4) I must tell people things that I know. It is a compulsion. I answer questions for other people, I state random facts that I am aware of, I remind people of dates that I should know (like their birthdays)... Just so people will know that I know... But it goes beyond that, even if another person knows that I know something, 9 times out of 10 I will tell them anyway... Just in case they doubted my knowledge... (Sad but true)

5) I HATE feet by my face. Now this is a rather normal phobia... But I freak out anytime a foot is ANYWHERE near my face... EWWWW. However, feet do not bother me in general. I can touch other people's feet... Just not with my face. :)

6) I do not eat breakfast food for breakfast. Instead I eat Chef Boyardee Ravioli or Spaghetti and Meatballs, Spaghetti O's, a TV Dinner, or left overs from the night before... You get the idea.

Basically, I cannot eat sweet food in the morning. I would rather have steak and a baked potato for breakfast than waffles... However, at 6pm... once I have had a whole day to prepare myself... I can eat waffles and I like them quite a bit! Just not in the morning...

High School High...

Ladies and gentlemen, it is official. I am boldly going where I have gone once before... Back to High School. For the past few months I have been contemplating helping out with my church's youth group. Though school is still and will always be crazy, I have felt like my life was lacking something. I realized I love my amazing fellowship and I am so blessed by all of my wonderful friends, but I miss serving.

So after much prayer and meeting with our youth pastor last week, I decided to try leading a High School table group this week. I absolutely LOVED IT. The girls were real and wonderful and honestly I was a little blown away by their depth. Long story short, I have such a peace about serving in the High School ministry for the rest of the semester. Oh, and the icing on the wonderful cake that was the youth group this morning was our lesson on how to serenade a woman from Nacho Libre (Have to get the kids ready for Valentines day... don't ya know)!

The only down side to serving with the High School is it means I have to leave Journey. I have been in the class for a year and a half and it is going to be hard to leave. Some of my best friends go to Journey (not to mention Craig and Shannon) and I am not going to get to see them on Sunday mornings anymore. :( Tear... Though I am confident in the depth of my friendships and I know I will still see my "Journey friends" quite often... Just not on Sundays... So those of you who are in Journey reading this... You can't get rid of me that easy... I will still be around and I plan on making you hang out with me! :)

Instead, I will be attending Lighthouse. It meets after Church so I can go to High school stuff, Church, and then Bible Study. I attended Lighthouse during my first few months in Houston but I left because I liked that Journey got done earlier. Well now I need a late Bible Study and I am back! Thank you to everyone that welcomed me again with open arms. :) It was good to see all of your smiling faces!

Basically, God is moving in me and renewing my fire for Him and to make Him known and it fills me with joy! :) I am honored to get the privilege of walking alongside four to eight 9th or 10th graders and sharing life with them. :) Please be praying for me as I embark on this new ministry!!! :) I am SO STINKING EXCITED!!!

Home Sweet Home...

I am back in good old H-town and it is good to be home! I had such a blast on the ski trip though!!! I was refreshed and rejuvenated by the trip. Utah is beautiful and the powder is out of this world!

As far as actual skiing is concerned, I managed to ski down ONE double blue run and I about had a heart attack!!! It was icy and SO STEEP but I made it... (Though half of the steep part I was on my butt... but I made it none the less...) Boastfully, I am now a decent blue skier! :) And I am not all that sore, praise God!

My favorite part of the whole trip was going to a tubing park on Saturday night. It was SO FUN!

Hope you enjoyed the quick update about my trip! Now I am back to writing that paper that I have been posting about for the past few months... The finish line is in sight (the 13th)! Pray I finish strong!!!