I'll blog for a hot second

I'm not sure why I haven't felt inspired to blog recently. Here are a few sentences that might not be sentences that probably won't be connected. There is always something going on. I am so thankful for my mornings. They are beautiful and peaceful.
Life is seldom what you plan.
National Coffee day was great. I went to a new coffee shop. It was cute. I'm not sure how I am going to stay up till 2:30 tonight on duty... Its homecoming chapel today...last year was a sex talk so my guess is the school is going to try and redeem itself. The weather is yucky. We hung out with our brother staff last night. They are fun. I enjoy it. We had bro/sis mini golf yesterday. Huge success. I miss home. Last night I hung out with the dirty 6:30 crew (aka people from home who go here/taylor). It was great. "You wont tell your kids about the night you went to bed early."I think I'd like to sleep all morning. I probably should have slept in at least a little bit today. Oh well. Everything goes so fast. A week ago we had No/So movie on the lawn. It seems like yesterday. I wish my running was more consistent. I blame myself.

Ohhhh there's the wall!

I hit a wall yesterday. But its ok. It happens. This is the song that Jesus kept putting in my mind. Enjoy.

Time to get out and away

All week I was craving a nice little hike. I wanted to be outside. I wanted to breathe fresh air. I wanted to see lots of trees. I wanted to be off campus. I wanted to be in God's beautiful creation. So I planned that Saturday morning I would go to a state park 30 min away and hike a little-with someone or without. I just needed to go. I ended up bringing a friend who also has a great love for being outside. It was great out. A little chilly but it was nice. It felt like fall. We found a great trail that I would love to go back to and run sometime. We hiked for about an hour and a half and headed back to campus.


I then went to a picnic...followed by puppy play day (they bring in puppies from the humane society for us to play with). Then got McConn and did homework on the North Hall porch.

It was a pretty great morning. I then was asked to go out to dinner with the Ray family! I love the Rays..and what college student would turn down a free dinner? Not this one!

Friday night was pretty epic as well. I went to dinner at Casa Brava with friends. That night was all campus capture the flag. So for sure I played. They were trying to break a world record but we were 1,000 people short. Bummer. I think around 300 people played which is still great. I was super intense into it...like I am with most things.

And people say there is nothing to do! They just dont try. They will probably be "bored" the rest of their lives.

So active

. Here are words I do my best not to use: stress, worry, and now busy. I don't like that one. I'd rather say active, or something positive like that. I hate when people always talk about how busy and stressed and worried they are. I don't think its healthy. I think its annoying and unattractive....and maybe if you didn't talk about it so much you could get things done...and be less stressed...and not so busy? The word busy is new on my list. So I've probably used it recently. Enough venting about that!

I have been very active recently! It has been great. Here are some high lights. This week Kim and I went on a bike ride together. It was cute. We went on a trail I had always wanted to go on but had never had the chance! It's actually really nice! In the fall (once the leaves turn) its going to be stunning. We biked for about an hour and stumbled upon a random little zoo of strange animals...baby buffalo included.

Last night we had an RA par-tay. We were told that we were just celebrating all the hard work that was put into training and RESlife week. We all figured it was just a little dessert and we would be on our way. However....when we arrived there were people with name tags taking pictures...which was just a little odd. I mean yes we are all the fun that exists on this campus...but you cant really capture it with a picture. We did some RA appreciation things and then they announced it....the cow walked out. We were at a VIP premiere event.. for Chick-fil-a! It wasn't going to officially open until Monday but all the RA's were going to get it tonight... for free-anything on the menu. We went crazy. They were throwing out little stuffed cows and it was insane. We all acted very American and just hyped it all up. So great.

The riches of YOUR love will always be enough.

Wait...summer happened?

Summer feels like a year ago I know I'm getting less and less tan by the minute. I feel like I have been at school for a year. I have only had class for a week. It feels like 8 months. Is that bad? I have no clue. I'm happy. I do love it here. Do I love summer? Yes. For sure I do. Oh how true it is that there is a time for everything.

Right now I am just excited that Reslife week is over. Is Reslife week great? Yes it is. Is it a little crazy? Yep. Do I only get to participate as a college student in Reslife week 4 times? Probably. That's how I try to look at it. Did I want to go to the Shatford gong show? Not really..but hey its things like that you don't get to enjoy after college. So "Eastside live it up!". My residents were for sure "Living it up". I was so excited by how many turned out to different events even if they were just cheering.

E1E getting pumped for lodgeball!

This is my first semester that after attending all my classes I didn't panic and think I needed to drop/add anything. I finally felt content and prepared for every class on my schedule. Its going to be a good amount of work but hey...its college... only 3 more years.

Emily at dinner last night said that we should get a vacation after this week. I think that is a great idea. It probably will feel like a vacation without all the craziness of the first week of classes. Still craving a normal schedule. I am sure it'll happen soon.

#Godisfaithful.