#prayforboston

We all saw the coverage of the Boston Marathon yesterday and all of the tweets and posts with #prayforboston. It is such a sad event that should never happen, but really what do we expect?

God is slowly being removed from our society, so bad things like this are bound to happen. I do not think that God makes them happen, but he does allow them to happen to open our eyes to how much we need love, and God is love.

 The people that do these things do not have God present in their lives, and there is no way around that.  So should we stay inside, stop going to large events, stop running marathons, and stop doing things we love?? I don't think that's the answer. There's a chance for a terrible accident to occur any day, anywhere, and any time.

Our best bet is to get right with God and trust Him. If we do happen to be involved in a terrible incident like this, it won't matter in the long run when we are with Him for eternity. The only way to protect ourselves these days is to guard our hearts with love and pour at as much love as we possibly can.

Keep praying for the victims, but pray for the bombers too.

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Busy

"I can't go, I'm busy." I can't even count how many times I've said that. Being busy has such a negative connotation today. We are all busy in some way or another, so thinking you're busier than the next person is quite conceited.

I am guilty of being "busy" and I am challenging myself to stop using the word in such a negative light.  A good friend challenged me to stop using the word altogether, which is not a bad idea. Having something to occupy my time is a blessing. Living a boring life just wouldn't be fun, so maybe being "busy" isn't all that bad.

Another good friend encouraged me to alleviate the amount of things on my schedule and I think she was more than right. Having a packed schedule does not leave a lot of time for conversations with God, fun times with friends, or "Me-time."

Having time for yourself is important and absolutely necessary for growth. I hate being alone. I want to be around people 24/7, but sometimes I have to make myself be alone to just sit and reflect on the current state of my life and to think about the blessings and happiness that fill my world.

I encourage you this week to be a little less "busy." Take some time to go have coffee with a friend or go for a run at the park alone. Sometimes even laying in bed and watching a movie on a Saturday night while your friends are out can be a wise choice for your well-being. God created us to interact with one another, but he also wants us to be healthy and happy in and of ourselves.

Less busy. More happy.

LOST

Hi my name is Kaitlin and I’m directionally challenged. On Friday, Marissa, Taelor, Katie and I embarked on a journey to tour Bloomberg Television Station. (P.S. No one in D.C. even knows what Bloomberg is and if you’re in their boat, it’s financial and business television). 

We asked at least 25 random citizens where to go. The consensus was to go to the top of the Macy’s building. We have yet to know how to get to the top of the Macy’s building where Bloomberg is not located. We did, however, illegally get into the locked elevator that we thought would take us up to the Macy’s building. It somehow took us back to the ground floor.

We eventually found the unmarked Bloomberg building and arrived 30 minutes late for the tour. Therefore, we did not get to see the production room, but we did get the inside scoop on Bloomberg from Bloomberg employee Ned Waugaman.

After our four-mile adventure through the streets of D.C. and a break to see Bloomberg, we ventured back out to find Chinatown for dinner and shopping. We got lost again. Let me remind you that it is frigid and windy in D.C.

We walked in and out of at least 5 different eateries that were ridiculously expensive and finally found Fudrucker’s, a sports pub/burger joint. It was the highlight of the day--cheap and delicious. At this point we had also found the middle of Chinatown and it was 8:30 at night-- not the safest situation for four young girls from Alabama. 

After going the wrong way on the Metro and walking miles and miles in the cold, we headed back to the hotel. I fell asleep in my clothes as soon as I hit the hotel bed.

After that day, we downloaded the Metro app on our iPhones and navigated through the city quite well. I’m hoping I do not repeat this misadventure when I visit China this summer. 

Reporting live from D.C., I’m Kaitlin. 

Good Day. 

Keeping It Weird in D.C.

Since a lot of "hard news" didn't happen today, let me give a little report on my life.

Of course I got comments all day about my southern accent, which is never a surprise. I was not embarrassed at all by that. I did plenty otherwise to embarrass myself.

While standing at a table full of college students, (several of them being attractive 20 to 22-year-old males) I spotted the rest of my group. Rather than waving like a normal human, I threw up the star trek hand signal wave that I tend to do. I immediately regretted it and looked down at the table. The most attractive of the guys said, "Yeah. I saw that." I blushed, laughed in embarrassment, and scurried off.

Later, I pulled out my mini American flag in the mall and metro station. I forgot I had it when I got back to the convention center and began talking to students from Michigan. Not until after I departed from them did I realize I had been awkwardly waving the flag while I talked to them and had my mom on hold on the phone all at the same time.

Other than that, there were a lot of mingling with broadcasting professionals at different sessions and some dancing to Rihanna's "Pony" in a store at the mall.

I even keep it weird in D.C. y'all.

God Bless America.

K Chap Takes DC

Hello from the nation's capital!

This week, I will be reporting live from Washington D.C.!

The past two days have been non-stop and full of culture and fun! Traveling is one of my favorite things to do, and having the opportunity to visit such a powerful, historical place is life changing. 

I witnessed a small piece of history on Tuesday night. We watched President Obama be picked up in a helicopter and flown from The White House to the base camp where the Air Force One is held to fly him to Israel. 

Whether you agree with Obama's principles or not, he is the leader of our country and deserves our respect. We spent several hours with a woman who works for him and she told us about his dedication to his children and his patience with his staff. Also, he is usually always late, which made me feel better about being late all the time. (I guess he can do that since he's the president, and I can't since I'm not). 

Seeing The White House, The Lincoln Memorial, the different war memorials, the graves of thousands and thousands of soldiers, the graves of The Kennedys, and the soldiers that now serve our country gave me chills and pride in my country. 

As I watched a flag billow in the wind and read the names of those killed in Vietnam, I was stunned. I walked up the steps to see the massive statue of Lincoln and thanked God for blessing our country with such strong leaders. 

We live in a country full of honor and freedom, and I think we all tend to take advantage of  how special this place is. It has its flaws, but it really is great to be American.

Reporting live from D.C.,

I'm Kaitlin Chappell. 

College Kid Newsroom

Well, so far my blog has told stories about my daily mishaps or insightful thoughts. While my life will continue to be a joke I'm sure, I want to focus on more important issues and really give my blog a topic for readers to focus on.

My dream/goal is to work in news and ultimately become a Good Morning America news anchor. There are so many things going on in the world and, as a college student, I find that the events affect the college demographic differently than other demographics.

I will talk about hard news, novelty news, entertainment, pop culture, sad news, happy news...I will pretty much talk about everything.

Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has the first amendment right to share it.

Here's mine.

First of all, the news is important. SO important. We all talk about the news without even noticing. "Did you hear about...?" I hear that from so many different people daily. Whether we know it or not, we care about what is happening.

As a college student, I sometimes become wrapped up in the safe, fun world I am blessed to live in here at UNA. I think that we college students like to pretend that nothing goes on outside our little world. In reality, so many things are happening that inadvertently change our little world.

People say no news is good news, but that is not always the case. Bad things happen every day; being informed of those things puts life into perspective and encourages people to be the change and to cherish every moment.

From the College Kid Newsroom, I'm Kaitlin Chappell.

Good day.

Spring Breakers

So this new movie with Selena Gomez--- "Spring Breakers"-- is this supposed to be what your typical "sorority/college spring break" is like? If so, I am WAY off on my spring break plans.

Not every sorority girl goes to the beach to get completely wasted and hook up with various guys. Granted drinking and sexual activities do usually occur, I don't think it is quite as bad as the movie portrays. But maybe I'm just naive, which could be very possible.

I like to think that some college students (hopefully some really gorgeous single guy somewhere) does the same thing I will be doing-- laying on the beach with a bottle of water and a stack of books. Call me a nerd (everyone does), but that is the definition of a break to me. If you are an attractive twenty to twenty-five-year-old male that has similar interests, contact me immediately.

I am ready to relax with my friends, soak up some sun, and live in the fictional worlds of the books I read. The wildest I'll get is when we go out to dinner-- I'll probably out-eat anyone in the restaurant. Seafood is not something I play about.

Some students even choose to do mission work and volunteer work during spring break. So, maybe "Spring Breakers" applies to some college students, but don't let it fool you, there are still some of us nerding it up on the "family" beach. Does that mean I won't have fun? No. No sir. I will have the absolute time of my life. I might even go for some morning runs on the beach....IN MY SPORTS BRA.

Happy SB13.