You know me and Zelda! So of course my first GBA game HAS to be this game! Haven't played it yet because of the reason I bought it which was because I needed something to play on the trip to Canada other than Super Mario 64 DS (collecting ALL the stars). Bought it at my EB games which is a few miles away, only because games that I really want and want to be good quality, I go to my EB instead of my much closer, but much less qualified GameStop.
So I'm packed for Canada and packed as much as I can for camp next week, excluding things I'll need to use for both Canada and camp like my pillow. I spoke with Mindy today so far for about 3 or 4 hours. She's probably calling me a half hour before her phone curfew just so she can talk to me before I leave (even though I'll be talking to her by cell phone as much I can). But because her friend is here, then I won't be able to talk to her AS MUCH, which is good and bad. She won't talk to me as much because she finds it rude to talk A LOT with someone by phone when (a) friend(s) is/are over. I agree with her. We'll still talk as much as possible before her friend wakes up and we'll talk for amounts of time while her friend IS up. We’ll probably average 3-5 hours a day of phone conversation until I actually GET IN Canada. Because once you get in Canada it costs money so I'll have to not talk to her for the day or so I'm in Canada.
Anyways, I'll probably review Minish Cap once I finish it and do most or all of the sidequests. I need to write a review for a lot of my games actually.... I planned to write a review for Super Mario Sunshine before I sold it, but the review network was down that week....
So if you read my last entry, you'd know I'm more than prepared to do stuff if I'm not talking to Mindy. So here's the list again in case you're too lazy to scroll down. (lazy bums...)
- My Bible*
- DS with Super Mario 64 DS in the DS slot and Minish Cap in the GBA slot*
- DS charger if we reach a place with a plug that we'll be staying at for an extended time*
- GBC
- Harvest Moon 3
- Super Mario Land 2
- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
- The Legend of Zelda: The Oracle of Seasons
- Mega Man IV
- Pokemon Silver
- CD player with my only Christian mix CD because I'm too poor to afford blank CDs*
- Clothes and stuff*
- Shoes
- Old Spice Deodorant*
- Pillow
- This red squishy pillow I have that is really comfortable to hold (Camp exclusive)
- Toothbrush & toothpaste*
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen*
- Wallet*
- Last and certainly not least, my journal to write in! And of course my special pen that I only use to write in my journal with*
Odds are I won't even touch my GBC during the whole trip. I'd probably write in my journal before I even play my GBC again, but who knows? Maybe I will. Got to be prepared.
So today was mostly packing and oh! My mom decided to go with us to Canada after all, which my dad moaned upon hearing. He says she's going to ruin the trip with her incessant complaining, which is right IN HIS CASE, but as long as I can tune out my mom and him arguing and just either listen to Mindy's voice, or write in my journal, or play my DS, I'll be fine. I spoke with him today while my mom went to the store to get drinks and food and stuff for the trip and he was telling me how he was upset with her and how he's leaving once he comes back from Canada. And I asked him a couple of questions to make him realize that it's his entire fault in the fist place; that he has no one to blame but himself. One of the things that really stabilize my belief is when I look at my dad's life, I see that he wouldn't be where he is today if he had followed the Bible. Example, ME! I was a mistake (although I know God made me for a reason, that he planned me out as well as my life). My mom had me before my dad and mom got married. They tried to abort me but praise God, my mom's lazy and she put off seeing the doctor (this is back n Cuba) and when she finally DID he said, "it's too late, you waited too long. You're having this kid." And my mom and dad were angry and it's possible that they resented me because I lived. Then God took me out of Cuba, out of the public school system, and put me in a place where one of His servants could lead me to Him. And now I'm living life and enjoying it! I love this life, no matter what happens I'm still always thinking "There's a brighter day to come." Reminds me of The Valley Song(Sing of Your Mercy) by Jars of Clay. "I will sing of Your mercy, that leads me through valleys of sorrow, to rivers of joy." I'm still grieved at my whole family's perverseness from God and His Word, and I pray for them and ask God that He uses me or some one else to lead them to Him. I pray that God opens a door for me that I can bring them to Him, and today there WAS a door, but Satan shut it for me. Because after I had asked my dad these questions and he realized that if he DID do the way the Bible says then he wouldn't be where he was and just as I was about to break him down, break his heart so that he might come to God, all of a sudden my mom's-cousin's-son comes and rings the door bell and the moment my dad opened that door, I realized that MY door had shut.
Maybe I'll have another chance this trip to Canada, but if I don't get one and he leaves after we come back, then I can only pray that SOME ONE in Baton Rouge (where he plans to go) will meet him and lead him to the Shepherd. My dad says he'd be happier if he had not had not married my mom. I'll tell you now that you'll never be at your happiest if you never accepted Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. I mean look at me! My parents are probably going to divorce, I could be taken out of my school and away from Mindy, and yet the first thing I do when I pray is I praise God, and I smile the entire time. Because I know He's in control and that all I can is follow Him in all I do. If my parents divorce will I be grieved? Of course. For more then a week? No. I'll grieve for a day or so but as long as I remind myself that He is in control, I'll have nothing to worry about.
Wow I really skewed off topic but that was what was on my heart. Well I need to go double-check to make sure I have everything, expect my next entry to not come for almost two weeks! See you guys!