almost done

my room is almost completely decorated.
beth, mum and i (with a bit of help from anna) painted the walls yesterday, a mammoth task but went pretty well.
today my amazing nan came round to help mum and me do the gloss work.
tomorrow or saturday hopefully nicola is coming to paint another mural for me.
but for now my room is looking good and i'm sleeping in the study!

went out for a meal last night with anna, beth, kate and lucy. we went to frankie and benny's (my favourite restaurant ever!) and then saw st trinians which was pretty good actually. the funniest parts are some of the subtle references to other films that colin firth has done.

today i am praying for some snow (i LOVE snow!) and also looking forward to a quiet evening in. tomorrow night i'm staying at beth's and sunday i'm back at work so i think tonight and saturday night are the only times i have left to relax.

part of me is almost ready to get back into the swing of gap year stuff, part of me knows that last term i'd almost burnt out by the end and i cant let that happen this term.

however its now 2008.
my new years eve was good. annual murder mystery went very well. i didnt win anything. kat was the murderer (i had a sneaky suspicion it was her but my loyalties meant i didnt vote for her- that would have been mean)
everyone played their parts well. gary gallant was particularly good- played by youngest nash boy who was supposed to be my secret boyfriend so spent the night going round asking other people for money so that i could pay by debts to the sheriff and my family would be safe. you had to be there but it was very cute.
at midnight we clinked glasses and then the children/teenagers did our traditional run up and down the road. joined by beth of course. we then stood in the road and watched other people's fireworks while doing our own sparklers.

it being 2008 now, some things seem alot closer. for instance:
this year i'm going to a soulnet leaders retreat at center parks.
this year i'm going to spring harvest.
this year i'm going back to new wine.
and finally....
this year i'm going to university.

there's something about it being this year instead of 'next year' that is weird. i can't wait though. i'm getting excited about it :D

pray that i get letters through from universities soon and that i can get back into gap year stuff without burning out.
much love xxx