i was thrilled.

inspired.

amazed.

pretty much every wonderful adjective

there is to be said: i embodied them all.

my host student was a boring transfer,

but she lived in howard and that's all i

needed.

the dorms kinda sucked; i think i'm

going with kerr instead, just because

it'll be crazy awesome. i'll save quiet

for a later year. perhaps when i'm a

stodgy senior.

actually, i think i'll be a crazy college

student, no matter what. i'm gonna be

a tri-dub, part of the herd, and in every

fun thing there is to imagine. and did you

know, there's walmart bingo?! google it.

but yet again, i'm looking into a sorority.

i know, i know... me, a sorority girl? but

this is different, this isn't crazy secular

emporia. this is, well it is what it is. and it's

awesome. what gets me is the philanthropic

part, and the crazy, dorm-like atmosphere

that sorority's create. but who knows, we'll

see when i get into the RAWC with all of

it's frats and sororities, begging for pledges.

it's all so interesting.

i'm ready to leave, but at the same time,

i'm not. there's still some unfinished business,

but that's normal. i guess... i still have a

semester and a summer of indy, and then i'm

off, all by myself, with those crazy baptists.

the closer it gets, though, the more excited

i'm becoming me. i still feel like there's just

one more thing i need to do before i leave.

i have yet to discover with it is.

sean and i discussed mafia, right after we

talked about gramma's fried chicken and

changing today's church... yes, baptists and

catholics talk about things like that. i'm pretty

sure he's irish mafia, and he's convinced i'm

polish mafia. hey, you know it could all be

true. he left to study history. the world may

never know just how many licks it takes to

get to the center of a tootsie pop.

i wish all of you students a happy tuesday,

as i stay home and do nothing but watch

daytime television.

one more note, for the first time ever, i was

a part of a college worship service. i cried.

the music, the message, the atmosphere...

people say that that's just emotional, but it

wasn't. it was amazing and God-inspired.

it was fantastic to be back in "church" with

students, peers, people my age! and did i

mention the music? for me, music is my way.

it's my attention getter, it's how my heart

speaks to my Creator. and this music, it was

amazing.

but then, nothing is beyond God's realm,

therefore anything and everything is amazing,

simply because He created it.