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So I haven't updated in a while. I have been so busy beyond belief. Andrea picked up my planner tonight and said simply, "You're crazy. I think I'd die if I were you." So obviously, I haven't had a lot of time to update here. Anyway, this will be short but I feel like I should at least write something on here so people don't have to read the same post until I have another small window of time where I can post again.
Coming back to school has been hard. People (including me) think the first weeks of class are relatively easy. WRONG! The first weeks can actually be harder than most of the rest of the semester because everything is just sort of thrown at you and it takes time to organize it all. PLUS, in those first couple of weeks, you're still figuring out which classes you can blow off the reading for and which classes you can't. It's a hard road we travel, us college kids...
These past two weeks haven't been hard just academically, though. Over the summer, I had made some MAJOR changes in my life and I am CONVINCED within myself that they were ultimately for my own good. However, the adjustment is taking some getting used to...and frankly, there are days when life sucks. I had breakfast with my campus minister, Ross this morning and we were just talking about how we have to be patient with the process. God is in the business of fixing lives but it's not like he fixes you once and then you're good to go. He fixes you every day, every hour -- it's all part of the process. I just honestly wish I could be the person I know I was made to be every day but that sin thing just kind of screws it all up. I feel like I'm constantly in the way of God's work. But as much as I can say "Get over yourself", I don't actually do it until God says, "Katie, what are you doing?" and somehow brings me to a point where I am ready to let him be the rockstar instead. Funny how that works, huh? I'm definitely not a fan of sin -- we don't get along well at all. But somehow we always manage to find time to hang out.
One more thing: my family has been a little more than slightly worried the past couple of days about my aunt Suzanne, uncle Harry, and little cousin Ruth. So like, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, etc -- yeah, Suzanne and Harry and Ruth live on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain (for those unfamiliar with that area, it's the major lake north of New Orleans) and we haven't heard anything from them since Sunday morning. They were supposed to leave and head to Shreveport, which is in the NW corner of the state but we have no clue what's going on. So when you think of it, say a prayer for God to keep them safe and that they would be able to contact us soon.
Coming back to school has been hard. People (including me) think the first weeks of class are relatively easy. WRONG! The first weeks can actually be harder than most of the rest of the semester because everything is just sort of thrown at you and it takes time to organize it all. PLUS, in those first couple of weeks, you're still figuring out which classes you can blow off the reading for and which classes you can't. It's a hard road we travel, us college kids...
These past two weeks haven't been hard just academically, though. Over the summer, I had made some MAJOR changes in my life and I am CONVINCED within myself that they were ultimately for my own good. However, the adjustment is taking some getting used to...and frankly, there are days when life sucks. I had breakfast with my campus minister, Ross this morning and we were just talking about how we have to be patient with the process. God is in the business of fixing lives but it's not like he fixes you once and then you're good to go. He fixes you every day, every hour -- it's all part of the process. I just honestly wish I could be the person I know I was made to be every day but that sin thing just kind of screws it all up. I feel like I'm constantly in the way of God's work. But as much as I can say "Get over yourself", I don't actually do it until God says, "Katie, what are you doing?" and somehow brings me to a point where I am ready to let him be the rockstar instead. Funny how that works, huh? I'm definitely not a fan of sin -- we don't get along well at all. But somehow we always manage to find time to hang out.
One more thing: my family has been a little more than slightly worried the past couple of days about my aunt Suzanne, uncle Harry, and little cousin Ruth. So like, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, etc -- yeah, Suzanne and Harry and Ruth live on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain (for those unfamiliar with that area, it's the major lake north of New Orleans) and we haven't heard anything from them since Sunday morning. They were supposed to leave and head to Shreveport, which is in the NW corner of the state but we have no clue what's going on. So when you think of it, say a prayer for God to keep them safe and that they would be able to contact us soon.