Finally finished!

Well, I finished my paper for my English class, finally. It always seems to take forever to write papers, but blogging or writing emails seems to go by so quickly...I wonder why that is?...

Since I'm done my English paper, and since tonight is the last night of my Physiology of Wellness class, I would dare say that today's my last day of the semester. Go me!

I have not got anything remarkable planned for the next week, although Sunday I am supposed to have a bird-watching excursion with some friends...That's still up in the air, though...

I don't have anything planned for Monday, and part of me wants to make plans, but part of me doesn't want to, either...I will probably at least go to the White Mountain Cafe and visit Andrea if she's working...

I have decided that I will most likely take the summer off from school. I really feel as though I need a break, and I also feel like I want to take time to draw closer to the Lord, and discover Him more, and discover who I am in Him...

I also want more time to "play outside" -- whether I spend extra time fishing, bird watching, honing my photography skills, or just walking around the property looking for Monarch caterpillars, I really think a short break from school to have more time outside and more time for myself would be a wise thing at this point.

Also, while I'm here...yesterday I said I wanted to talk about some dreams...Mostly, there's just this one that I want to talk about...

I had a dream early Tuesday morning that was really interesting...

In this dream there were two figures running around outside of my house...One was dark, shadowy, and evil...And was pursuing this other figure...The other figure finally found a place to hide, and the shadowy creature was trying to come into my house through the window screens...I started shutting the windows all around the house, keeping one step ahead of the spirit...

I came to the last window in the house, and realized first of all that there was no screen in it -- the screen was inside the house...I also realized that there was still someone outside...I looked down realized that it was a friend of mine... I asked her what she was doing there and she said "hiding...that thing is terrible!..." I said "I know...Get inside, quick!..." and I helped her in through the window...

She got in and was standing up behind me, and I was bent down for a brief second to get the screen and the spirit came towards the open window...I got up and stuck my head out the window and went to open my mouth to speak to it and to take authority over it...But then, a strange thing happened...When I opened my mouth I found that instead of speaking, I was ROARING...and the reason for that is because I had the head and mane of a lion....

When I did, the whole house shook, and so did some of the trees on the property...I pulled my head back inside the house and was myself again...

My friend then helped me put the screen back in and I closed the window...We didn't speak at all, though we did embrace...

That was about when I woke up...

Later on during the day Tuesday, I was litening to Misty Edwards and the song "Break The Chains" was playing...(For those that are wondering, Misty Edwards is a worship leader )...Anyhow, there's a part in "Break The Chains" that goes like this

"Who is this, garment stained red?...
Who is this, crowns on His head?...
Who is this running like a Lion?...
Who is this, He's roaring from Zion...
He's roaring from Zion..."

I didn't think too much about the song before that, really...But it's interesting to think about that part of it in light of the dream I had...

The other interesting thing is that I didn't even make the connection until I was listening to that song...I wasn't even really planning on listening to her, either...It just kind of happened, and then it all just came together...

I really think I should start keeping a dream journal...

Anyhow, I'm signing off for now...

Blessings to all,
-Ramona Anne