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Life is beautiful. At least it is currently. The weather has been breathtaking, albeit sometimes a tad bit HOT. People are finding their way back onto campus so it hasn't been so deserted here. I love my job. I love my coworkers.
I work in the Admissions office as an intern. Basically, I give tours, house prospective students, send out birthday cards, postcards, make phone calls to students and just build relationships with them (I even get to wear a headset! And if you know me, you know that that is a very exciting thing)
My Admissions rep that I work for is Becky Smith and she is just wonderful! Yesterday I had to give her a tour of campus just like I would give any visitors and it went really well - and she had lots of good things to say that really just calmed my nerves and boosted my confidence about the whole procedure.
I daresay I'll be in pretty decent shape after giving tours every week that last an hour -- up and down stairs, all across campus while maintaining a steady flow of university factoids. I'm really looking forward to it.
As for my roommates and living quarters, things are working out VERY nicely. I like the set up of our room - we share two rooms, a study room, and a bathroom. So one of the rooms is our bedroom with our dressers and everything, and then the other room has our futon, couch, tv, rocking chair, etc. Very chill, very comfortable.
Classes start tomorrow and I'm looking forward to most of the ones I'm registered for this semester (except for Zoology... because I'm not so much with the science...)
And last night we had a worship service where we just sang praise and worship songs one right after the other. Ron Kopicko, our University chaplain, spoke and it was truly an empowering and uplifting evening. I wasn't really planning to go because I had fallen asleep on the futon, but the girls woke me up and I groggily stumbled over to the church.
Talk about an awakening. It was just really enlightening and I am really glad that I went. It made me really look forward even more to this year and to chapel, and the new chapel band and everything. There is just so much to smile about.
I really couldn't be more pleased at how this year is starting to unfold... I can't help being nervous though that this is just the calm before the storm, so to speak. That everything is well now but just when I am settling into this seemingly perfect state (with a few exceptions).
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So I wrote this obviously a while ago at the start of the year and somehow I accidentally deleted it. BUT I randomly decided to update my journal today and GUESS WHAT, there it was, restored for me.
So anyway, an update that is a little more recent:
My grandpa had surgery this morning. Things went well so I am thankful for that. My mom called me this afternoon and didn't leave a message which worried me. So when she called me back and said everything was fine, I was very relieved.
In two weeks I'm heading down to Arkansas. Should be a memorable road trip.
I still love my job, friends, classes (mostly), and I have so much to be thankful for. I also picked up the job as Ad Manager for the Crusader... pretty cool and good experience.
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On a different note, I think I am extremely vulnerable lately. I feel like I am ridiculously perceptive or something but I keep writing it off as perhaps ridiculously paranoid. My mind is constantly playing and replaying things and trying to sort out my life in an instant.
I've been trying to trust God more and really live out my prayer life. I've been slacking, I'll admit it - and I am trying really hard to be more earnest in my devotion and faith. It's pretty nice of God not to just give up, I am very blessed.
I work in the Admissions office as an intern. Basically, I give tours, house prospective students, send out birthday cards, postcards, make phone calls to students and just build relationships with them (I even get to wear a headset! And if you know me, you know that that is a very exciting thing)
My Admissions rep that I work for is Becky Smith and she is just wonderful! Yesterday I had to give her a tour of campus just like I would give any visitors and it went really well - and she had lots of good things to say that really just calmed my nerves and boosted my confidence about the whole procedure.
I daresay I'll be in pretty decent shape after giving tours every week that last an hour -- up and down stairs, all across campus while maintaining a steady flow of university factoids. I'm really looking forward to it.
As for my roommates and living quarters, things are working out VERY nicely. I like the set up of our room - we share two rooms, a study room, and a bathroom. So one of the rooms is our bedroom with our dressers and everything, and then the other room has our futon, couch, tv, rocking chair, etc. Very chill, very comfortable.
Classes start tomorrow and I'm looking forward to most of the ones I'm registered for this semester (except for Zoology... because I'm not so much with the science...)
And last night we had a worship service where we just sang praise and worship songs one right after the other. Ron Kopicko, our University chaplain, spoke and it was truly an empowering and uplifting evening. I wasn't really planning to go because I had fallen asleep on the futon, but the girls woke me up and I groggily stumbled over to the church.
Talk about an awakening. It was just really enlightening and I am really glad that I went. It made me really look forward even more to this year and to chapel, and the new chapel band and everything. There is just so much to smile about.
I really couldn't be more pleased at how this year is starting to unfold... I can't help being nervous though that this is just the calm before the storm, so to speak. That everything is well now but just when I am settling into this seemingly perfect state (with a few exceptions).
____________________________________________
So I wrote this obviously a while ago at the start of the year and somehow I accidentally deleted it. BUT I randomly decided to update my journal today and GUESS WHAT, there it was, restored for me.
So anyway, an update that is a little more recent:
My grandpa had surgery this morning. Things went well so I am thankful for that. My mom called me this afternoon and didn't leave a message which worried me. So when she called me back and said everything was fine, I was very relieved.
In two weeks I'm heading down to Arkansas. Should be a memorable road trip.
I still love my job, friends, classes (mostly), and I have so much to be thankful for. I also picked up the job as Ad Manager for the Crusader... pretty cool and good experience.
__________________
On a different note, I think I am extremely vulnerable lately. I feel like I am ridiculously perceptive or something but I keep writing it off as perhaps ridiculously paranoid. My mind is constantly playing and replaying things and trying to sort out my life in an instant.
I've been trying to trust God more and really live out my prayer life. I've been slacking, I'll admit it - and I am trying really hard to be more earnest in my devotion and faith. It's pretty nice of God not to just give up, I am very blessed.