Bare Naked.

Dare of the day: No Makeup March.

Aside from the one exception of Mock Rock, I, Kendra Wise will be embarking on a makeupless adventure for the next 30 days. Let me tell you, I thought giving up makeup was hard, but I've also paired it with giving up sugar as well. If I can't be a river guide this summer, I mine as well pretend I'm living as though I am!

If you had asked me a year ago to do this I would have laughed at you, peed a little, and ran away to buy more MAC eyeliner. (It's a good thing if you don't know what that is) But seriously, I used to hide behind it as a way to mask who I was. In high school, I was told that I needed more makeup to be pretty..and I used to believe that. The sad thing was that I held so much of my identity in who I could look like, not who I belonged to. (Cheesy..but you get the point)

So my gorgeous friend Katherine challenged me to go a month without makeup...and let me tell you, it is going to be awesome! I'm learning to find confidence in my own beauty (rather God's I should say) and I'm loving it. It is hard though, even when I'm just hanging in my room I'm tempted to throw on a few pounds of cover up to hide that nasty scar from sophomore year....lol okay it was a pimple and it was two weeks ago (just a bit dramatic) but the truth is that it is causing me to recheck where I'm laying my identity!

Also, today I went on a lovely BIOLA date to the cafeteria with Joey, an incoming student on my brother floor at school. I learned that dates can actually be fun (I guess it was more of a "frate" or "friend date") because out of it I gained a bomb new acquaintance and a new opportunity to hear someone's story. I also learned that I really enjoy just meeting new people, and love any opportunity to gain a friend!

So, back to life...today was seriously super hard. I woke up at 4, on a plane at 7, at school at 10, class at 10:30, lunch with Joey, class at 12:30, work at 2:30, work at 3:30, dinner w/Amanda, college group, feeling sick came home early, talk with the girls, in bed now :)

Oh not to mention a few trials here and there, some craziness mixed in with everything i have to get done this week for both my jobs, some added pressure of what i'm doing this summer (I hate that my "i's" won't all capitalize!) But I had an incredible weekend home with the family, loved seeing Rachel and Tom and the Hall family, enjoyed catching up with old friends, got a cute new haircut for spring, and even managed to get some homework done! All in all, life is good, God is great, and I'm going to bed because I don't even know if this whole blog makes a bit of sense! Sleep tight!

--Kendra