12:46AM, WAKEFIELD, UK.

yo! it’s my favourite month of the year. wanna get married under airplanes, crisp autumn air, bright blue skies, a golden sun, falling leaves, christmas tree lights? ok ok. my eyes are burning; how does this always happen to me. it’s ok, i’m glad i’m in life awake, rather than sleeping these days.

i won’t bore you with details, but lets say i was up for almost thirty hours, after a fourteen hour flight, exiting arrivals at the airport in london i was surprised by a friend with a bunch of flowers for me, they also took me out for dinner. i felt loved. after that i took a couple more trains, a five hour bus ride to leeds, then a taxi ride and walked into a new home for me. here i am, first sleep was last night. woke up at five for work and headed to ANOTHER new city to me called ‘birmingham’. went to ANOTHER M.A.C training event for christmas. christmas!!!! i bought lots of make up today, 60% off! gotta, comon’.

damage done!

first day wearing this new dress i like.

i plan to catch up on sleep tomorrow and figure out the transportation system here, unpack and do all those kinds of things. gosh i’m writing a lot huh? well crazy crap has been going on in my personal life. but lets just say God has shown me SO clearly the crap i’ve been avoiding on purpose. i want to give you the verse and the dream i was given but that would be complete violation of my soul as i’m in repair right now, but maybe one day. i woke up to the dream jumping out of my skin, and the verse - i think my iris’ grew ten times my normal size.

i don’t know if you dig country, but i listen to this song everyday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Zfx5qra_g

LOVEEEEEE! <3

so bummed to be going in a few days, but a girls gotta get back to work and start saving the £ all over again. saving and budgeting is my new hobby. i’m getting better. ha.

all my love! <33

sitting on our balcony in hong kong. i started laughing and had to re-blog. completely agree - england can do things a little small though. oh boy, funny. our large popcorn is probably tripple the price of your large drink in the usa. good times.

aaronrgillespie:

So your at your favourite band’s show and they are headlining. To say the least your stoked. The lights go down, they take the stage, the crowd response in undeniable. The energy is palpable. They tear through their first three numbers with audacity and without stopping. Something is wrong they go on to play eighty more songs. They play all the choice nuggets like you want and expect, but then they continue to play b-sides and soundtrack songs and not to mention their daring covers. Your feet hurt, your bored and ready to grab some greasy eats and hit the hay.

In the music business we call this “overplaying”. When playing a show you need to play everything the people wanna hear and also some interesting things they have not heard, but i think playing too much can get boring and boring is bad. Right?

I feel like this applies to food to. Have you ever been to The Cheesecake Factory? The place is decent i mean not my favourite, but its fine food. My beef is that as Americans we have demanded larger and larger portions to the point where proprietors of restaurants have actually begun giving them to us. If you walk into the cheesecake factory and order a sandwich, they are gonna bring you something that albeit fairly tasty is the size of a 86 buick le sabre.

I remember the first time i left america. I was twenty-one years old and green as it comes on the ways of the world. I walk into some fast food joint in England and ordered a “large” coke. To my chagrin what i received was more like the “kids” sized coke from your average American fast food spot. I was confused, so i asked the local guide what the deal was and he said, ” yeah, yeah thats a large coke”. My mind was blown. I didn’t understand, and it definately took me a few to finally get it.

When you go and watch a band how great would it be if they did their set and then left you wanting a bit more? What if you went to a restaurant and ate and become satisfied but not overly gorged to the point of sickness and swearing off all food until your aarp plan kicked in?

Now i totally agree that big portions are fun at times, but i think we should use these times sparingly. I mean grab your loved one and cuddle up with more popcorn than five people need. Get your buddies and a few pitchers of nasty beer and a bazillion chicken wings. Eat sixteen of your grannie’s special peanut butter cookies,and live to tell the story, she will love you for it.

be well,

aaron

HURTS! the lady waxing me burned me. apparently it’ll go down tomorrow or the next. i feel ugly!! :(

ohhhhh dear.

asian snacks are the best!

my amazing new camera. guarding this thing with my life! now let me take photos of you :)

♥

i want to be with you in the night. when i fall asleep you are there; pressing against my skin, as i breathe in your air. when i wake you are still with me. i breathe me out, because i don’t like me, i like you. you are the only one i know. be my meditation, morning and evening. prepare me to see you, and search my heart. you hear me and you care for me. thank you for your patience, thank you for waiting on me. thank you that you passionately pursue me with your love.

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” - revelation three verse twenty.

SO! today! baked some GOODS!

another interesting event, i went down to meet my mum at the gold coast - it’s a marina where boats dock, and its like an outside mall, i guess you could compare it to victoria gardens.. it’s just down from our place here… and anyway, on the way home we got into a taxi and this taxi driver for sure, had some personality goin’ on.

fish tanks on the back of the seats?! wild. i’ve never seen that before.

tonight we had bible study. it’s always so humbling. we open our home up to the refugees and eat and discuss together. mostly they’re all french speaking which is really fun, i enjoy speaking with them. they have been through more than you could imagine and have some incredible stories. mostly they’re separated from their families and children, don’t know where they are, dead or alive, and haven’t heard from them. they’re amazing prayer warriors and sing to the Lord with all their hearts. i sat and listened and watched them all evening. they’re such sincere people.

one of them was on the phone at the table for a long time and his friend threw him this. was funny.

i got given some hello kitty gifts! WIN!

oh, ran out of this today. bummed, and i don’t wana buy it here… cause with work back in england i get it for 65% off… this photos just me being bored.

goodnight from hong kong :)

<33

playing guitar at night sends me into a coma.