My Life and Notable Events therein.

What child is this who laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping

This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds keep and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring Him laud
The babe the son of Mary

Why lies He in such a mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding
Good Christian fear for sinners here
The silent world is pleading

This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds keep and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring Him laud
The babe the son of Mary

So bring Him incense gold and myrrh
Come peasant King to own him
The King of Kings salvation brings
Let loveing hearts enthrone Him

I called a Music Prof at Washington Bible College today, Jeremy had talked to her and gotten her number so I could directly call her office to talk to her about the music program there. She was nice, but I don't really get the feeling that is the place for me.

I was able to find several Grove City students through xanga yesterday, that was cool. I e-mailed several of them to ask about their views on the college and to get an insider perpective without the filter you get from the college it's self. Only one has gotten back to me so far, but I'm sure they're all really busy and I'm grateful to Ally for responding once, not to mention the other 3! :) She's offered to show me about campus if I visit too (and I'm planning on doing that) so that alone is awesome.

Got more mailings from a couple of colleges, some I'd heard from before, one I hadn't. Boy.. confusing times

All for now! :)

Well, not literally. :-D Voice lessons are coming along beautifully... I'm getting to a point that is feels so effortless to go really high with or without long runs. :-D Beautiful. My voice it's self is getting stronger too, oh, it makes me soo happy! My teacher says I'll be in great shape for my audition in Nov! :) *happy, hopeful dance*

I'm getting my Italian vowels down too... Ah, eh as in eggs, eh, ee, O, oh, oo. That was sorta phoneticaly. :)

Oh! More good news! I got in touch with a lady who will be my practice accompianist! My voice teacher had thought of a lady but she was too busy so she refered me on to another lady who I called, and she agreed! :) Reasonable price for an hour, close by, she sounds pretty nice and I am to have my first session with her next week. :-D

Started my Grove City application this evening, boy, they want a lot of info. Makes sense but I have to track down my father and mother's offical job titles and places of employment. I have one of my letter's of recomendation lined up, the other will be harder though. Academic. *shudder*

All for now!

Xanga-less,
Erika

Sorry, that title was inspired by the feeling in my head at this moment. A throbbing sinus headache, brought to me by the change in seasons. Wahoo.. :(

Anyway.. David let me borrow "The Hunt for Red October" and I watched it tonight. It was very good. ...must... see more... sean connery... movies...

*hem*

Progress is being made on many fronts, although I shall have to battle on the school front with far more vigor then normal, fortunatly it is a good week for such exploits as I don't have Chemistry until next week, so I can still work on that without having to kill myself by working on it for exessively long periods. However, I have a essay I must write and another to get started on and I don't even want to think about math.. oh yes, and next week I have my first Chemistry test which will include math. *sigh*


I believe that it is fairly safe to say that the subject of Math is the bane of my scholastic existance.

Heh… interesting true story.

You see I’m looking for a rather rarely stocked knitting needle, so yesterday I called various shops to see if they have what I’m looking for in stock so I could save time and gas money. So, I called Hancock Fabrics, no joy there. Then I called Michaels, the phone call started out fine, was on hold for a bit while they went to look, but that wasn’t bad. Unfortunately they also didn’t have what I was looking for, but I could deal with that, what I couldn’t deal with was what happened next: while I was thanking the person for looking for the item I had asked about I was hung up on! But not only that but I still had another question I wanted to ask!

Imagine my shock and indignation once I realized what had happened… My mind couldn’t handle the shock! :( Michaels! One of my top 5 favorite shopping places! Unspeakably horrible…

So after taking a few minutes to get myself under control and consult with my Mom I called back, and this time, I asked for the manager on duty. The manager’s name was Steve; I told him what had happened, how much I love the store and how shocked and dismayed I was about the treatment I had received. He was very apologetic, which was gratifying and when I said I was sorry I didn’t have the name of the person who had hung up on me Steve said that there wasn’t many people there, thus, it would be easy for him to track down the offender. I hope she got a nice talking to… grr…

Nothing gross or objectionable so don't worry! It's awesome!

http://www.therightbrothers.com/video/IWantToLive/IWantToLive.php


also, got to hang out with Joy from Summit today, it was awesome, and we had adventures looking for an ATM and then went to Michaels and Coldstone! Yay! I'm going to miss her while she's gone for 2 months...

Wahooo! Old stuff is awesome!

I got a tea set for 6 that I think was my great-grandmothers! Lots of cool yarn and 4 pattern books that I think was my grandmothers! Lace yoke and seperate butterfly thingie that I think was my great-grandmothers! Cool Floral sheets that were my moms!

I love having things that my relatives had.. Since I didn't really ever know either my great-grand or grandmother it makes me feel connected. I really feel left out of a lot of things sometimes since in many ways I never really had a grandmother at all. :'(


I think I shall be planning a tea-party soon! it's purple and flowery and Oh! so very pretty! I shall have to dress to match it. :)

"A long time away, back now and I wanted to stay,
A long way away, back now and I just want to say:
Should I have stayed? Should I even say…
I sometimes I wonder if the day’s really so gray." ~Me


Do you ever have times you want to run into the woods screaming and not come out for weeks, if at all? Looking at college stuff and the academic year ahead makes me feel like that…

Well, Summit was awesome, felt really horrible the last Thursday I was there, felt near death actually. It wasn’t cool. But I felt better when I woke up Friday, so that was a blessing. I did do the college credit option, and once I was talking to my roommate it turned out she was doing it too! That was really nice because we could be anti-social studiers together. It was also really funny because we both got the same final grade: B+! We were both really happy. I, because I honestly thought I’d fail, even though I had worked really hard, Lindsay, because she had said she’d be happy with a plain B. I was slightly disappointed though, I looked at my percentage score and I was only 1% away from getting a A- :( Oh well, I’m still really happy about my score! :-D

So course load this year looks sorta like this…

Final part of Alg 1, Alg 2, Geometry
Foreign Language probably at NOVA
Finish Biology
Chemistry
(reading books from Summit, self-inflicted)

*runs to the woods panicking* heehee…. :-/ I’m also looking into a part-time job. Probably something in bike distance, and NOT 7-Eleven… that’s one of the most dangerous places to work, you know.

I CAN'T SLEEP!!!! :( Went to bed at llpm, didn't fall asleep until sometime after 12... woke up 3:47 and couldn't get back to sleep! :( *not happy* Joy.. now I get to fly halfway across the country on less then 5 hours of sleep, and I can't sleep on planes! grrr... :( Although the only flight worth sleeping on would be the first leg, because it'll be nearly 3 hours in the air, but still.. :(

Forgive me if I sound whiney, but this does not bode well for the whole trip. :(

See you in 2 weeks, God willing...

Eep! Final packing.. so here's the addy if you wish to write:

My name (or Karen Getz's I'm sure she'd love mail too ;) )
935 Osage Avenue
Manitou Springs, CO 80829


Also, I'll have my cell, but if I don't answer please leave a message as I was probably in a session. :) Date and time people, please! Or you can leave a message with the front desk, they'll answer 24/7: 719-685-9103

No idea about internet.. but I'm guessing not.

Love ya my Christ sibbies! See you in two weeks! :)

Heh.. I was thinking I probably should add a link to what I'm doing and all.. so Here it is! :)  I'm doing a summer one, obviously, and I'm going to CO, so that's the one you should look at. :) It has the topics presented and even a sample schedule!

 

Back to packing!

Well, I found a image of where I'll be in just a little over a day. You can't tell what it the building looks like, but it's something at least.

 

  Whee! One of my favorite movies of all time!  It's awesome what they can do with clay. :) Sure there are tiny things that maybe shouldn't be there, wires and such, but the overall quality of the story and the richness of the sets overrides that totally in my view. :-)

 

Oh, if you can't tell, I'm starting to figure out how to add pictures and such. ;)

Well, as I have realised how much of a very long time it has been since I last updated, and because Julie has decided to make known her displeasure at the lack of updates I, Erika, have made a decision:

To Update! *fanfare and all that fun stuff*



Mission's trip was awesome, met a wonderful lady who sent me a crochet pattern via e-mail and who I look foward to getting to know better. I also learned to apprectiate cold showers and have been permently changed in my temperature preferance (hot-warm to warm-cold).


After a 2 "full" Days rest it was Flute Camp. It was a day camp and only went Mon-Fri, with a concert Friday evening. That went well, although my afternoons there ended up being almost always a total wash. Although I did get to browse the whole GMU bookstore and see a friend of mine who attends there.

Monday and Tuesday was mostly devoted to helping pack up the Harvester Resource Center's library. Additionaly, on Tuesday I got to have a voice lesson for the first time in a month. :) I now know the songs I'll be preparing for the audition come fall and I'm happy to know my vocal control hasn't left me as much as I had worried.

Gradually on Saturday-most of Friday last week was a very odd time for me.. Closest I've ever actually come to depression I think. It was scary. I only really started to feel better and "normal" after I talked to David for a while on the phone. I hope I never feel that wierd again...

This Saturday on hasn't been too fun either.. but I prefer it to last week. Evil stomach... ish. :-/

Been starting to think seriously about packing for CO.. I'll be there for two weeks,I'll post the mail addy so you can write if you like.

I'm worried about Northwest striking... I don't need more confusion for my first time solo.


All for now!

*sigh* By now what remains is in the ground.

I don't think I really want to type up anything right now, I'm still thinking over what has transpired the last day or so. I'm ok, relalitvely of course, but really, really drained emotionally and tired physcially.

Well, went to doctor this morning, no break or anything like that, so that's good. However apperently I bruised a bone, not fun. Only time he said would heal it, and I never knew you could bruise a bone. So he said to take advil, motrin 3 times a day to help with any swelling and pain and to ice it and stay off it as much I can with comfortable shoes on. Which means he's fully condoning my flip-flops because at the moment sneakers make my foot sore because the laces are right over my poor bruised bone.

After doctor Mom and I went to Hancock Fabric and I got fabric for the quilt I wanted to start, I got batting (the inner layer) while I was at camp. :-D So the quilt is going to be flannel one side, normal cotton the other with the normal cotton being "My Little Pony" pattern. It's great. :) I had enough extra flannel to make a small pocket type thing for ice packs too, it's purple with plaid and random white stars, very cool.

Leaving tomorrow morning around 10, after dropping off birdie at Rhodes' house. Viewing tomorrow evening, open casket first half-hour... not sure if I'll look. :( Funeral Friday, Dad, Jonny and Karl are pull-bearers. Am wearing hat. if it wasn't so hot I'd do the gloves.

Nearly all pre-packed for mission's trip, not sure when saturday we'll be back so it could be really interesting.

We're going to PA Thursday morning/midday for the evening viewing and coming back either late on Friday or early Saturday. I personally think Saturday would be better, because I'm sure Friday is going to be busy and stressful enough as is.

I'm trying to decide if I'm going to wear gloves or a hat to the funeral... crazy I know, but they're both black... we'll see.

I'm surprised how much my creative side has come out the last day, I've made my self two black necklaces, one out of ribbon with a snap closure and a crochet one with beads that I think I'd tie closed. I also made a friendship-type bracelet with black being the primary color. Sheesh... I must be nuts.

Dad's on his way home today, Karl told me he said there was going to be a viewing on thursday with the actual funeral on friday, so I don't know if that means we'd go up early-ish thursday or late-ish wed after my foot appointment. More information after he arrives home.

Well, I'm still in VA, Dad's in PA, foot slightly less decent, (thank you Lord for Advil). About a hour or so after Dad left we found out that Far Far was dead. It looks like we will be going to PA on Thursday. My foot appointment is on Wed.


I shall miss him, but I hope to see him again. Not on this earth, but in Heaven.

In the meantime, I don't know about my Aunts and Uncles. Plus, there may be some arguements about final arrangments between them brewing and of course there'll be the fun estate stuff to deal with, don't know who is in charge of it, but I pray it'll be handled better then what I heard of when Far More died. (Father's Mother in Swedish) There is still some bitterness about how that worked out.


:'(

Off the mountian and down to the dark valley with a one-two punch. I'm realing.

Copied from an e-mail by Mrs. Closs:

Hey guys -
Erika has asked me to forward a prayer request to the group.

Her dad's dad (his name is Bill) is in the hospital. He had a procedure done
a couple of weeks ago that was supposed to help his energy level. He's had
heart surgery several times in the past years. He got home from the surgery
and didn't seem to improve and Thursday went back into the hospital with some
bleeding. His is in ICU - the doctors have discovered that he has a bleeding
ulcer. They managed to stop the bleeding but as of an hour ago - the bleeding
has started again. And he's having trouble breathing.

All to say - Mr. Nyborg is headed to PA to be with his dad. Erika may or may
not go with him. Either way - please pray for wisdom for the doctors and for
the whole Nyborg family, for safe travel, and for God's healing for Erika's
grandfather. Also a sense of peace for them and for the right words to say -
They don't know for sure that he is saved.

Thanks for your prayers!
Blessings - Mrs. Closs
Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be
terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever
you go."



I really want to go. I'm packed. Foot doing decent, I can walk. God's will be done, I'll just need the strength to accept whatever it is.

Hello all! It is less then 12 hours until I leave for camp now. As nearly all you should know by now, I'll be gone until the 16th. I do hope I haven't forgotten anything important... that said, I'm already bringing a lot of stuff. heehee... but I need it. Plus,I'd much rather have a couple of extra shirts, shorts, socks and such then not.

Please pray that the other JC's will be nice and that my campers won't be the ones from... yeah. I had an interesting week last year :-/. I'm glad my second set was awesome. But no matter how the campers are, please pray that I will be a good witness and that I'll be able to get enough sleep to be able to work my best, or at least be able to work my best with however much sleep I get. :-)

See you all on the 17th!


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Note: Will try to update at least once while at camp, but not promising anything due to very limited amount of free time.