February 2009

So, it looks like it has been another whole month since my last post. I'll do a brief summary of things because I can't honestly say that anything big and fabulous has happened.

Well, except for this one thing....

DAD IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*dances around the room*
I'm so happy, this is the first time he's been here since Welcome Week when I first moved in, and I love having him here! He got here Thursday night and we had dinner in the Bean (I'm glad I can save him the trouble of buying food while he's here) and then he came up to my dorm because Thursday nights are open house so that boys and girls can visit each others' rooms. So that was GREAT. And then Friday we had lunch together after my one class and then we hung out in his hotel room all afternoon. Then we came back, had dinner at the Bean (take out actually) and then went to see a small student art gallery which had some neat pieces. Then we went back to his hotel where we hung out even more, watched a movie, and I spent the night. So now it is almost Friday afternoon and dad is still asleep (poor guy, I always feel so bad for him, because I know he is seriously sleep deprived, even more than all the college students I go to class with!!!!). I am just so excited that he is here, I'm so blessed to have a dad that is willing - more than willing - to come out here just to spend time with me. I've been introducing him to all my friends because I just want everyone to know him and know that my dad came all the way out here just to see me! I feel so special, but then again my dad always makes me feel special. ^_^

Other than that, this week coming up is the week before Spring Break, which is so weird, because it does not feel like the semester has lasted long enough for it to be time for Spring Break. But hey, whatever. I'm planning on staying here so I can get some work done for classes. Hopefully I will get to stay in my dorm this time unlike during Thanksgiving when I had to move over to a different dorm building. That was inconvenient. Oh well, we'll see. I probably would have gone home if my Spring Break had lined up with Elisa's Spring Break, but hers is the week after mine, so I'd be home alone most of the time if I went back, and I'd rather just stay here if that's the case. I can stay focused rather than being home and being annoyed by the dogs and all of that. I like how clean it is here.

I have a test in Lifetime Wellness on Monday, which will hopefully be ok. I have decided officially that I never want to take another night class again. I'm glad I'm taking it for Lifetime Wellness, but if I had to sit in a classroom for three hours for any other subject... oh goodness, no, I couldn't take that. But I am happy to have the experience so that I can be sure. And besides, I like having my nights to myself.

I'm really looking forward to my next classes that I am going to be taking. I'm hoping to take a couple classes over Old Testament books along with my English classes. I'm planning to take some writing workshop classes and of course more time period reading classes. I'm probably going to have to take an Advanced Composition class which is a lot about grammar and syntax and all that, which is kind of intimidating since English grammar is so malleable, but hey, whatever. If I have to take it, I'll take it.

As for this semester, I really like it. My schedule is great because it gives me the opportunity to have dad be here on Thursdays without worrying about being busy with classes on Friday. It's great! It really is so nice to have a three-day weekend every week, since I don't think of going to my Acts to Revelation class as a burden. I enjoy that class so much, I really look forward to it. Plus my teacher/professor/whatever is the appropriate term, reminds me a lot of my Grandpa (Singletary) so that's nice. And so far I am doing well. Good grades and all that. Hopefully I can keep it up and keep my 4.0GPA, and keep my scholarship, God willing and with His help, as always.

I'll be happy when my Walking for Fitness class is over. We are required to take three "activity" courses here at ACU and I chose Walking because that seemed simple enough. And it is, it's very simple and straightforward, but man, I've always loved walking, and I still do, but when we're out there walking 4 mlles at high noon, it's like, seriously? Do we really need to be doing this? Oh well, I brought it on myself by signing up for the noon class, but it's worth it to be done with my day by 1. Very worth it. I'm hoping to do Bowling next semester, which is an indoor class, yes! ^_^

Let's see, what else? Oh, I have made an educated guess about a phenomenon that happened to me last semester. When I first got to college I was staying up late every night, like midnight or later, without fail, without even trying. It just happened. Now, ever since I got back from Christmas, I have been going to bed at around 10, like back in high school. Now, I thought I was staying up late because that was the natural thing to do in college, or something, but I am guessing that it happened because of all the diet Dr. Pepper I drank last semester. Before college I didn't really drink much soda (which of course, if I did, was always diet), but when I got here it was so readily available that I started drinking it a lot. And I mean, a lot. Like, I would drink it without ever having any water (I look back on that now and think, yuk! How could I do that?). I drank it so much, that I am guessing that caffeine in it kept me up later than I had ever imagined I could stay up, every night. This semester, I haven't had a single soda. I gave it up, mostly because the first day I got back I got thirsty and after I drank one soda, I was still thirsty, but not only that, I couldn't finish the one I had. I drank half of it and had to stop, I just didn't like it, and I was soooo thirsty. And that was when I decided not to waste my time or Bean Bucks (food money at ACU) on soda. And ever since, I have been going to bed at around 10 every night, and I like it. I think I'm sleeping better overall, too, which is a plus. Of course I get a few nights every now and then where I'm just tossing and can't seem to sleep for more than an hour and a half, but those are few and far between. So anyway, that's my guess, the caffeine kept me up.

Hm, well, I can't think of anything else, so, until I do, good-bye! Love you all! And as Paul would say,
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Philippians 4:23)