This Must Be College Life

     The first part of our editing final went pretty well, so did the Latin test. The service project thing went all right, Zach and I kept track of how many people came in through the doors.

     I've been thinking, from time to time, it's like I'm starting to lead a normal college student's life. Not exactly sure if that's good or not...there's up- and downsides to that, I guess. Downsides are oversleeping in the mornings and near-complete lack of motivation to study. That means rushed mornings and not as much productivity as would be ideal, probably a lot of that is due to the semester winding down. Upside is that I'm making friends, which is helpful.  Also good contacts to work with in major classes.

     The dessert theatre fundraiser went pretty well, TJ could make it after all, so she was able to do her role in the silent skit. So I just filmed; we had a great time singing Disney songs and acting like complete dorks. James sang a couple songs, so did Ja Li Si, there were a few entertaining monologues, and on a spur-of-the-moment decision to fill a large empty time-gap, I grabbed TJ and Bubba Jacob to do the (extremely) short "Is It Time?" skit.
     Afterwards most of our gang that was assembled(half the team was missing last night for various reasons) set out for a walk downtown. Susan, Elizabeth and Ja Li Si couldn't make it, so me, Bubba Jacob, TJ, Becca and Justin all meandered downtown and on seeing that the coffee shop, Morgan's and Boomerang were all closed, played on a playground in the park. We then hiked down to McDonald's, after small detours at a merry-go-round, a creek and a small exploration through very dark woods, eventually getting to McDonald's and getting coffee. (Still singing Disney songs, by the way.)
     Conversation turned to how to infuse the Gospel and Biblical thinking principles into ordinary conversations with teachers and other students, we discussed that all the way home, too. Also the different roles we each play in the body of Christ, globally and around campus and within SWAT. On the way back, Bubba Jacob said it well, "It's like....I don't know what it is, but all of a sudden I've found out that I've got these really awesome things called friends!" We all agreed. "That's just what I've been saying!" We also were leaping around and on top of and off the sides of every single object imaginable in our paths, parkour style. It was pretty great. Four miles of good times, late at night, and our ever-important caffeine infusions.

     Today's been the other side of that college-life coin, the side I'm more used to seeing: Stuck in your chilly dorm doing homework all day, with not much interesting happening. Caf didn't have anything appetizing, so I walked down the the gas station and got some supplies there. Got my psych quiz pretty much finished for Monday morning, charged the videocamera, did the last nutrition assignment this week. Watched a bit of the OSU-Texas football game, and Pixar's Cars was on TV, so of course I watched that. Love that movie. Love almost all the Pixar movies, actually...wait, that's not news.
     There was a football game and back-to-back basketball games this afternoon/evening/night, but I don't know of anybody who went, except a cheerleader who had to be at all of them. It's just....I don't know. NSU sports are depressing. And besides, there's homework that needs to be done.

     In the morning we're heading out bright and early(for a weekend) to head to our last shows of the semester, then working on various holiday-themed projects Monday night, Harry's giving me a ride to my orthodonist appointment Tuesday afternoon, and then just not much going on until Thanksgiving break. And then dead week and finals. But after that comes Christmastime, and then it'll be time for another four-month sentence, and hopefully it will go all right. Just gotta remember Matthew 6:34, I guess...no use worrying about tomorrow any more than you have to.

     Mom said they got a blue heeler puppy named Banjo Wednesday night, looking forward to getting to meet him.  Caleb's going to Dallas with for a rap concert with Bennett, Laura, Callie and some other people, Steven and Jamie are taking them all, he's pretty excited about it. Not sure when, that might have been tonight.