Constant Protector

Sometimes I write poetry in my journal with things that God is speaking to me about. It lets me put my feelings into words. This poem is about how even when I think I am far from God or I think he isn't there for me, He is constantly with me. (Sorry if it doesn't make sense... my poetry sometimes only makes sense to me)

I am a runaway without a pursuer
I am a prodigal without a cause
I constantly stray and leave
because of perceived independence
but He doesn't chase me
No, He always remains
He is a patient Father waiting
Anticipating His child's return
He delights in my steps toward Him
even if I fail or fall
Even in my defeat and weakness
I am striving closer to Him
and He never leaves.

Mackensey

Here are some pictures I took of fall at Georgetown! I am trying to start photography as a hobby.. slowly but surely!

The Flu Strikes Again!

Hey All! As you can tell by the title of this blog, I got the flu AGAIN! So fun!! But anyways.....

On Saturday we had our end of the week big bash for Freshman Welcome Week. This included the freshman dressing in the costume that their family instructed them to. It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of dancing... Of course the Angels game was in the background and they lost again, but then they won one game, and then they lost horribly last night. But back to the party, the freshman did an awesome job of dressing up... I was very impressed! Shikara, my little sister, was of course the best! :)




I also was able to go to a very fancy dinner with my dad and some of his coworkers at 1789. It was a fabulous dinner and an awesome experience! I got a Bitter Pear Salad, NY Strip Steak, and Apple Cider Donuts and Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert. It was good food, good company, and a good time!


That is all... my birthday is tomorrow so I am hoping to be rid of this sickness by then!!

Mac

"It's like I am walking through a cloud..."

Let's get real... we had three days of fall in DC and then switched to winter! It has been 40 degrees and wet outside most of the week. When I say wet, I don't mean real rain I mean annoying misty disgustingness. Andy Staron said he felt like "he is walking through a cloud!" and trust me it's not as cool as it sounds.

Unfortunately, like I said in my last post this week is Welcome week for the freshman so we have had to modify some of our traditional events, like jumping in the Dahlgren fountain and such. On Wednesday we had our PJ Palooza Party on Prospect and it was an awesome night! The night included amazing food prepared by some of the seniors, annual upperclassmen Jeopardy, and a skit performed by the freshman! It was awesome.


Thursday was the scavenger hunt... It was raining all night so I am sure the freshman had fun with that but we still ended up meeting and taking a bunch of random pictures, which is always entertaining! The events tonight got postponed because of rain so hopefully we will be able to do them on Sunday.


Soooo let's just talk about how the Angels sucked it up against the Yankees tonight. They couldn't do any of the little things right and made so many stupid mistakes, but no big deal we will get them in Game 2.

Also, apparently some guy at my school went to Midnight Madness with a gun and proceeded to go into the men's restroom and shoot it. Yah I am sure he was drunk and stupid, but it caused mass chaos! They searched people and the Metro police, DOPS, and even Homeland Security were swarming the campus! They found the guy and it is all settled but how crazy is that?!? anyways..... Today was an awesome day and tomorrow I get to go to 1789 with my dad and his work colleagues which i am stoked about!

Peace,
Mac

Freshman Welcome Week!

Oh yes! The time has finally come where I can pay back all the humiliation that was served to me last year! This week is "welcome" week where we make sure the freshman know they are freshman. We make them do some crazy stuff, but all in good fun.. nothing dangerous or illegal. Let's see we kicked it off last night. We tried to scare them a little bit, but knowing our team it only worked so much.

Today is the day where they have to wear the crazy outfits that we bought for them, including a hand painted shirt, eye patch things, crazy hair accessories, candy necklace, and their sweat pants tucked into their socks. Oh what fun we will have! :) There are more festivities to come but this is a picture of the outfits:



So much more fun to be had to show our freshman how much we love them!! :)

Mac

Swine Flu and other news.....

I am finally back and i apologize for taking such an extended sabbatical from blog posting. Since it was so long since I last posted I have many events and happenings to catch you up on!

Let's go back a couple weeks to Homecoming... For all of you who have not attended Georgetown, Homecoming weekend is a huge event in the fall where a bunch of alumni come back and there is a football game and tons of parties. Luckily my coach gave us Thursday to Sunday off from practice, which was a much needed break! I had a somewhat nontraditional Homecoming weekend, which included amazing sightseeing on Friday with Demetria and Jordan. After that we went to a Nationals baseball game (I actually find it hard to call the game that the Nationals play "baseball")... We didn't really watch the game. We just enjoyed each others company, including Tina who came down for the weekend. On Saturday I attended a community tour of DC, which was mandatory for two of my classes, put on by the Center for Social Justice. Our tour guide was Father Kemp and he knew so much about DC, so it was a very interesting and informative tour. The rest of the weekend was spent making sure Jordan had seen necessary classic movies (aka Wizard of Oz and Meet the Parents) and just hanging out with my great friends!





This last weekend my team had games on Saturday against GW and Mount St. Mary's. Two games= two wins! Yeah baby! I didn't have my best game against GW but my team supported me with enough runs to leave us on top at the end! That'a way Hoyas! And Jillian Stanley one of my best friends is on GW so that was a sweet victory to say the least. After the games on Saturday, my team had our banquet for last year's season on Sunday. It was so fun to see all the parents and to get to celebrate our inaugural Big East season! Congrats to Jen who won MVP, Kelsie who won Most Improved, and Suria, Sam, and Kelsie for being named captains for this season.




Soooooo I don't want to be all dramatic and say that I am the next victim of the swine flu but.... I am sick in bed, which is noooo fun! Ugh I hate being sick... and missing the games today! Just got a text from Demi saying that they won the first game, which is awesome! I wish I was there..... So we have a three day weekend so hopefully I feel better by tomorrow. I actually feel better already so hopefully it stays that way. Until next time!

Mackensey

Oh practice how fickle a friend you are.....

Softball has once again started and is once again consuming most of my life. This is not always a bad thing because I love playing and being back on the field with my team, but man do I hurt! It is maxing week for weights so basically we do power clean, bench press, and squats at the highest weight we can possibly do. Ya fun stuff. So for those of you who don't lift that often, this means I AM SORE! Yes like currently I am laying on my bed with my head on the pillow because it hurts to even hold my head up.

On top of lifting we started practice again yesterday and man I can tell I didn't do much hitting or throwing over the summer! It has been great getting to know that freshmen and our new assistant coach. I think this year is going to be awesome! Coach Ayers is an awesome teacher and has great drills for us, which is very exciting.

So I am sore, but loving being back in cleats and on dirt!

Mac

One Week Down.....

Oh yes, my first week (if you can call three days of classes and then a three day weekend a week) of being a sophomore at Georgetown is now over! I have been to all of my classes and have not dropped any of them so I guess that is a good sign.

The first class I went to was Astronomy with a professor that I like to affectionately refer to as Santa Claus. Yes, I hope you currently have a sufficient mental image in your head of this guy. He is short, stout, with a long white beard. (Fun Fact #1: Come to find out he is a marathon runner... never would have guessed it.) Surprisingly, this class doesn't seem as intimidating as I once thought. My professor is animated and goes through everything step by step, so I am hoping it won't be too bad.

My next class was History of Ireland. I have to say the professor was quite into Irish history... who would have thought? Anyways, I was somewhat disappointed in this class because i was very bored as my professor outlined the background to Irish history, but hopefully that was just a bad first impression.

First Christians and Christianity Today was my next class. My professor is quite an old priest, but he seems to know everything there is to know about Christianity so I am very excited about this course. Unfortunately, I can rarely look at him when he is talking because he looks like he is in enormous pain but what he says is interesting. (Fun Fact #2: He hand wrote his syllabus, which is kinda awesome.)

Intro To Justice and Peace Studies is by far my most interesting and exciting course, mostly because I have never taken a class like it. The subject matter of the course is very hard to explain but basically it is looking at peace and justice studies from a neutral stance. The material is covered in so many disciplines, like psychology, philosophy, theology, government, and history, but peace studies tries to fill in the gaps and connect all of these disciplines. Anyways it sounds like my cup of tea!

Community Psychology... ya.... this class is extremely intimidating. Most of the work is intensely hands on and on our own time. For example, I am pretty sure next week I am going to be interviewing a principle of a school in downtown DC with a group of people that I have never met from the DC community. So that will be a challenge. Another assignment we are doing is collecting research to evaluate different community building organizations in DC. We have a reflection paper due every week and an intense group project. ya we will see how this one goes...

So those are my classes!

Softball starts tomorrow but drum roll please..... I PASSED my run test! Yes, that thing that I have been worrying about since the middle of May, yup it is over and I passed for the first time on the first try! I am so happy that my hard work paid off and I got my freaking sweet practice gear! People who didn't pass it are running again tomorrow so hopefully the whole team will have gear by practice tomorrow afternoon! We have our first game in two weeks which is RIDICULOUSLY soon! I can't believe everything is starting up again....

Chi Alpha is so exciting this year and I can't wait to see what God has in store for the semester! Jon, our new campus pastor, is so passionate and fired up about impacting this campus that everyone can't help but be passionate as well! We have already done events where we handed out free snowcones one afternoon and free pancakes one morning. This weekend we are teaming up with NCC the local church to do a service project in downtown DC. I am so fired up and excited about being involved with this group!

This weekend has been a long and enjoyable weekend. My friends celebrated Sophie's birthday by going out to a nice dinner, I got to catch up with Jill, go to a movie at midnight, and eat WAY too much food at my second home (Jill, Melissa and Demi's apartment). And to top it all off, Christina came for a surprise visit this weekend! It was awesome.... I miss that girl way too much! So all in all I am loving life right now. God has really blessed me with amazing people in my life and I am so grateful!

Mackenseylicious... (or however you would spell that)

P.S. Check out my parents blog at www.teddyandglenda.blogspot.com