i miss my buddies!!!

I'm sitting here, in my dorm room.. lonely, but not alone. My "sisters" are out of town visiting their parentals. My "brothers" are in Jackson--even though they were both going to be here this weekend, they postponed and are now having a great time... 4 hours away. I miss my friends!!!

I can't wait for this weekend though! I'm plannin a whole load of NOTHING while my best buddies in the whole world are here, in Tobie-town, to love on and joke on... but mostly joke on. It's funny how we NEVER get to see each other. and you'd think that when we do finally get together that we'd be as nice as possible... but no. we love stepping on each others' toes and we love having our toes stepped on. it's an interesting friendship. :)

I MISS THEM!!!

fewer distractions, more time!

It's amazing how much more time you have when you cut out some of the distractions in your life. Today I've been, dare I say it? BORED!

I'm hiding my phone for the rest of the night and probably all day tomorrow. I'll keep it around in case of an emergency, but I won't be using it for any other reason. It's so distracting. Today in class I got caught checking it, and then I realized when I sat down to do my homework, I didn't have a clue about what we discussed in class. ALSO, I realized the other day when I sat down to do my Bible study, that I wasn't able to focus on God's word because my friends were texting me, and I was texting back. So I'm hiding it. I guess need to invest in an alarm clock and greeting cards.

I also deleted my facebook account today. DELETED it. This is a huge deal for me. If you think my phone sounds like a distraction, you should see me with facebook. It's ridiculous how much I use it. The chat feature is awesome and I can stay so connected with my friends on it. But then today, it hit me... I'm more attatched to my facebook than I am to the friends anyway. I get on to see how many new comments I can get on a photo or if someone has "poked" me or to beat my friends in the number of friends they have. It's insane how addicted I am to that website. So I deleted it. I know it's kind of rash and a bit impulsive, but I think it will be for my benefit. Now maybe I can get online for research without taking a detour to facebook. And maybe I can sit down at my desk and read, without getting distracted by friends who want to chat with me.

I know I may become a little less connected with my friends, but I'll become a lot more connected with my Savior without those distractions, and a lot more connected with my school work.

Pray, though. because it's HARD work.