thoughts, in two parts

Life can be so inconvenient. Why is there no one online to keep me distracted while I’m sitting in class? I suppose I’ll resort to writing instead.

Right now, I’m just hoping that I can get through this semester. It’s all weighing pretty heavily right now. Ali and I were actually discussing it a little bit this morning while we were getting ready in the bathroom, and we decided that our goal should be to just get through this week. I’m hoping that by then I will have finished enough of my major assignments to justify some guilt-free chill time, some time without any school-related responsibility on my mind. It’s probably not a realistic hope, but I like to set my ambitions high.

I had fun last week when Lindsey came to visit, though. :) We took pictures, hung out at the Toad Suck Dam playground, goofed off at IHOP, danced at Bop Club…you can see the evidence on Facebook. I wish that I could have seen Lindsey again before she left, but I was so swamped with homework that’s due Tuesday that I couldn’t get away last night. :(

Speaking of Bop Club, I wonder if I can carve out any time this semester to work on forming a dance club. I pushed the idea to the back of my mind as soon as the homework started piling up, but maybe I’ll have a little bit of time to devote to it later this month. If we can finish the process of being recognized as a club on campus and start meeting on a regular basis, maybe then we can start expanding and maybe get some RSO funding. I would really love it if Mike, Kim, or one of the other regulars from Bop Club could come and do a workshop for us. We’ve been ready to step it up for a while now; we just need someone to work with us a little bit. Unfortunately, the ballroom class that is being offered at the HPER right now is only covering the basics that our group has already learned.

And again, speaking of volunteering my time, I was finally able to take care of my table hosting duties for the CPC Banquet on Thursday.

...later today...

I really think that the enemy was doing his best to keep me from helping with the banquet, because I was slammed with fifteen billion crises over the past few weeks. With classes, unbelievable amounts of homework, illnesses, issues with people, and just life in general, I couldn't find the time to devote to it, so all of my invitations were last minute. Logically, one would assume that the results were disappointing, but you know what? God never ceases to amaze me. I felt like I was acting in obedience by going ahead and asking people on short notice, and He blessed it. Ali's pastor wants to talk with the director about the CPC, Jennifer's D-group wants to get involved with the ministry, and I have opportunity now to talk with several people I know within Chi Alpha and my social circle about it, too. I'm so excited -- even I didn't fill a table! I know that God will bring those He wants to bring to the banquet, and He'll use all of the other circumstances to accomplish His will, too. Hmm, this reminds me, after the craziness of this week is over, I should get in touch with the CPC here in town. I wonder if they need any help.

Heh, if I don't watch out, I won't have time to sleep...between being the new French Club President, doing outreach work with my new d-group, and working with the CPC, that's a lot of volunteer hours. I'd rather keep myself positively productive, though. There's no sense in wasting time hanging around the dorm doing busywork when there are more pressing things to be accomplished.

Anyway, it's getting late, and I should get some sleep. I just wanted to catch up a little. À toute à l'heure!

Ps. I think I figured out today why I'm constantly tired, even if I've only been working on homework for a couple of hours. The foreign language homework must be taxing my brain twice as much as homework in English. Doing two hours of French feels just as exhausting as four hours of something else. Now, isn't that convenient? :P It's a good thing I love this language. (Well, there is one cool thing about it: I just start speaking and writing it by accident sometimes, after I've spent a while working with an assignment. And I've even dreamed French, too...) Ok, I really am going to bed now.