Names

Boy: Michael, Justin, Gabriel, Ephraim

Girl: Gillian, Julia

I think my name is a derivative of Rosalinda (beautiful rose in spanish). I was named after Rosalyn Carter (President Jimmy Carter's wife). You can see, he obviously had a huge influence on my parents. Enough to name their daughter after his wife. Sometimes I don't know if I'm special enough to be named after a famous person or beautiful enough to be named after the flower, but it's my name. And I suppose it reminds me of how much my family loves me. Even when I don't feel special or beautiful.

Good Feeding

Connie came for the weekend and we got to Dine about Town at Rose Pistola in North Beach. It's nice seeing old friends and catching up. Connie's one of those people who I haven't seen in ages, but when we talk, it's like I just saw her yesterday. I love friends like that. :)



And this was our dessert. Isn't it awesome? Yeah, pretty awesome. ----->

Here's what I'd imagine God saying to us if we're mournful:
Pensive, Doubting, Fearful Heart

Pensive, doubting, fearful heart,
hear what Christ the savior says.
Ev'ry word should joy impart,
change thy mourning into praise.
Yes He speaks and speaks to thee,
May He help thee to believe;
then thou presently will see,
thou hast little cause to grieve.

Fear thou not, nor be ashamed;
All thy sorrows soon shall end,
I, who heav'n and earth have framed,
Am thy Husband and thy Friend;
I the High and Holy One,
Israel's God, by all adored,
As thy Savior will be know,
thy Redeemer and thy Lord

For a moment I withdrew,
and thy heart was filled with pain;
But my mercies I'll renew;
Thou shalt soon rejoice again;
Though I seem to hide my face,
very soon my wrath shall cease;
'tis but for a moment's space,
ending in eternal peace

Though afflicted, tempest tossed,
comfortless awhile thou art,
do not think thou can be lost,
Thou art graven on my heart.
All thy wastes I will repair;
Thou shalt be rebuilt anew;
And in thee it shall appear what the God of love can do.

Distracted

School has come into full swing, but the long weekend was FABULOUS. Thanks to everyone who made my MLK weekend wonderful. :)

Dine About Town is this month and is highly recommended. You can try different restaurants in the City at a fixed price menu. I don't know the fancy-pants way to say that, but it's ULTRA-cool.
Wow, i'm so distracted right now. Coming up in the next few weeks is 6 midterms. Things are starting to get busy, Roz is starting to PMS and work is piling up. The first few weeks of the quarter was AWESOME and I praise God for it, but I can't forget that I ALWAYS ALWAYS need His strength, even in the good times. I think I'm learning that this week as I snap at the people I love and feel incredibly distracted when I need to study, or can't wake up for class.

I need to remember that the joy I have is a gift only from God that that it's possible if I get desperate and lonely. 5.5 months and counting. Things are great. I can't wait. For it's only Jesus who can set me straight.

(cheesy, I know. But i'm in a cheese place, please humor me).

Welcome to my first ever all-nighter. We played none other than the game for "demi-gods," Settlers of Catan. I can't believe this was my first all-nighter ever. We ended at 5:30am. I had an extremely productive morning where I caught up on Physio reading and did my BPS problem set. And then, I headed off to the SF Zoo where I did manual labor, pretended to be a ninja and learned how to salsa dance from a latin instructor. Good times, good times.



And when you feel sad or blue, remember this picture. These are the faces of PURE JOY. Yes, yes, remember the smile on our faces, the twinkle in our eyes and the absolute ecstasy exuding from us.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from my family to yours.
These are the most important people in my life. No one can say I'm too attached or needy because this is my family. I love them no matter what and they love me no matter what.








Back in the grind of school and I'm so not wanting to study. Spent last week playing settlers with mah peeps and working. Went to tahoe this weekend with my new gear and the funnest car EVAR~!!! But now it's back to reality. I notice that I like to run away, not wanting to face my challenges head on because they seem so overwhemling. But, I welcome challenge, that was the point of my college admissions essay. The alpha-female part of me loves that. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? Well, it turns out that the human body can only take so much of it and conscioiusly or unconsciously, it starts to run away from whatever pressures are applied. Reality has set in. I have classes to study for, appointments to make, things to think about and mull over. I've lived in the moment during vacation...taking it day by day because it was exciting. Now, I need to actually, consciously choose to live one day at a time.
Anyway, if you have a chance, go to Tahoe. The snow is amazing. :)