Now, this time, it's REALLY been too long...

Soooooo...

It's been too long, that much is obvious now...
I updated like last month, now that's shameful but I do have a valid reason; my sister's laptop (which I use to do all of my blogging), it broke down and for like three weeks it had to be repaired, after that, I've been really busy with my Mock exams and loads of school stuff, not to mention that I fell pretty ill in between all of that.
But I'm back now, and hopefully for good too...:)
So what have we missed?

The illness -
First of all, it started with a really dry throat and then a sore throat followed that and just when I was starting to get better, I woke up the next morning with my bones aching and with a fiery hot body (not in the attractive way lol, I wish). I went to school that day anyway and boy did I pay for it or what...I couldn't concentrate and my body temperature went even higher and everything continued to hurt. It was so irritating because it started to play games with me, sometimes my temperature would return to normal then out of nowhere, I'd get really hot again, but alas, my God is good and I survived...no swine flu here lol.

Mock exams -
I was really prepared for the study leave, with the exception of my first Maths paper; I don't think I did too well on that one, one of my worst examinations ever. Period. Everything else went swimmingly and the study leave (which I'm currently still on) has been all kinds of awesomeness. I got to hang out with friends in between exams and that was really cool. It's also really challenged me and it's made me want to do exceedingly well in the real GCSE exams, more so than ever. It's also given me a taster of what it'll be like when I leave, it's so weird being in year 11, really you've never been more a part of your school but at the same time, you're on the edge, you're about to leave, and the memory of you, well, it does start to diminish after a while.

Life -
Things have happened lately, more like yesterday, things that nearly stole my peace from me, but God, He's so beautiful and so good. It's funny, I have begun to understand that faith is not reasonable. Reasonable is not dancing and praising God when you've lost something you've worked very hard for. Reasonable is not laughing and smiling when everyone else around you is crying or brokenhearted. Reasonable is not saying that God is in control when your eyes tell you otherwise.
So there it is, I'm the most unreasonable person I know.
Anyways a few things to remember when the storm hits -

"God will never let you go through something that is too tough for you, He has prepared you for what you're going through right now.
True faith says, "let God be the truth and every man a liar."
The Hands that hold the earth in place are holding your heart and your life.
God never leaves your side."

Also, Christmas is upon us! Woopdeedooooo! I so cannot wait, my brother-in-law is coming over for Christmas just like year and I can't wait. I've been listening to Christmas songs all through, having chocolate biscuits and watching Christmas movies, the whole shindig! I LOVE Christmas, I love taking time to appreciate the magnitude of what Jesus' birth meant for me and continues to mean for me. I am a big Christmas person so I'm just going to say Merry Christmas to everyone, have an amazing holiday, whether you've got tons of loved ones around you or not, Jesus is always there so yeah...
Buh-bye now :D