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Monday, September 29, 2003
I am taking only 13 credits this semester. Yet I have no life. I don't get it. Actually, I do. Three Professor Ross classes. Nuff said.
Last Tuesday I gave blood for the first time ever. At least, I tried to give blood for the first time ever. I have no medical reasons not to, nor am I afraid of needles. So I went in, filled out the forms, answered the questions, and had the little pre-check-up. That nurse told me I wasn't hydrated as much as they would like, then sat me down to wait and drink several bottles of juice. Finally, it was my turn. The vein in my left arm decided to burst when she tried to get the blood from me. For the sake of those who would not appreciate it, I will not go into detail about the image imprinted in my mind. Suffice it to say, I have a beautiful purple and green bruise on my left arm. So we tried my right arm next and that went fine. They had to elevate my feet to keep me from passing out, but that's not entirely unusual. However, partly because I hadn't had enough to drink that day, they couldn't get enough blood from me to go to a recipient. They will instead use my blood to test their equipment. This experience will not, however, keep me from attempting to give blood again in November.
Terry Taylor and Mike Roe will be in concert here tomorrow night. Free. I'm going. I'm writing an article. I rock. :)
Random thoughts of the day...
I really need to figure out archives! :-P
I really need quality me time! :-P
I really need spider solitaire on my computer! :-P
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Before jumping in on my homework, I'd like to share a little something I realized this morning.
I was sitting in church as the sermon started having just sung with the choir for the first time. With this on my mind, I glanced at the book Rebecca Nehrt (the pastor's wife) had given me for the women's Bible study I plan to begin attending this week. That's when it hit me: this is a year of transition for me.
I'm still a student and that's very important. I'm still building friendships and making connections down here--also very important. But all my life I have been involved in children or student activities and am now getting into the adult activities. Part of this is brought about because the Lutheran church here does not have a student ministry. However, even at Memorial, it took a year for me to start feeling more comfortable at the student activities because they were still "not for me" in my mind. The same would be true here if I were still at Memorial. No one at Our Redeemer is "Mr." or "Mrs." for me, they have first names (unlike at Memorial ;))....I guess what it comes down to is: I'm becoming an adult. That sounds so cheesy, but it's true.
Even though I will only be with this congregation for about 8 more months, I plan to make the best of that time and get to know some of the members better. It will help me better transition from being a college student attending church to being an active member of the church wherever I am after graduation.
I am more excited about this than I am about most of my classes anymore. Perhaps partially because, truth be told, my dream job is church secretary/administrative assistant/pastoral assistant. This position, I found out last week, is open at Our Redeemer. However, although it is part time, I don't have the time to spare since I had already committed to my job from last year (another job I like a lot cuz I'm weird :)). Besides, I am planning to go back to Iowa after graduation so they'd only have me for 8 months with a month gap in the middle for semester break. :)
I'm also excited about this Bible study because we're studying several people in the Bible that I never have before.
Oh yeah, more transitioning I realized: I'm trying to start good habits. I have been getting up at 6:30 every morning (more like 7 on the weekends :)) and going for a walk for about an hour. It's good exercise, it gets me up, and it gives me a surprising amount of energy during the day. I have yet to fall asleep during chapel or class (except that first chapel day, now that I think of it :-P). Another part of this, then, is getting to bed at a reasonable time--by midnight, usually. So that means I have to have good study habits. This one's hard for me because of my tendency to procrastinate. So, in honor of this attempt at good study habits, I must go try to get some of my paper done before heading over to 2BA for more Gilmore Girls and dreadlocking Melissa's hair. :)
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
In weird news... I just heard Jars of Clay "Flood" on St. Louis' The River 101.1. WGRN The Grin doesn't even play Jars of Clay. It was very random. It was very cool. :)
In good news... Pending the inevitable acceptance of my graduation application by the registrar, I am officially graduating in May! Prof Ross and I went over all my classes and the requirements today and I am 100% set to graduate (minus one class that I will explain later :-P). Pretty amazing, if you ask me, in just four years AND a transfer.
In bad news... I have to finish writing an article for the student newspaper now, so I can't write anything more, but possibly later tonight I will. :)
Saturday, September 13, 2003
Just thought I'd let ya'll know that I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, I'm simply back down in Greenville which sometimes might as well be dropping off the face of the earth. I really don't have anything more to share than that at this juncture. There's certainly quite a bit to tell from the past two weeks of attempting to re-adjust, but I'm just not in the mood to go into details, so you'll have to wait....hopefully soon I'll get to it. :)
