Long overdue blog entry

School has been going well. I have resolved to do my best this semester. I would like to get a 4.0 just to say that I did... Actually, i'm tired of being lazy. I know that God gave talents and a brain, and I hope to use both of them to the fullest. My truck had been broken since Friday. I finally got it back from the shop yesterday. Had to bum rides everywhere as well as home from school each day. I was stuck on campus most of the time. For lack of things to do, I spent a lot of time on campus. While wasting time, I found the BSM to be a pretty neat place to spend it. I was able to go there and study. When I say study, I actually mean study. I didn't sit there for 3 hours trying to read and get through a whole page. I was able to complete all my homework, listen to my ipod, attend 2 classes (yea, two classes in the BSM...), play chess, play pool, and not feel like I had to be doing anything. I do like the Wesley (if not, i wouldn't have been president of it), but it's hard to do homework there. Anyway, enough said about that. I did so much of the reading that I got far ahead in most classes. While I was reading my historical geology book, Turner walked up and talked to me. I was informed that I wouldn't be doing that all semester. Reading before absolutely necessary, or reading at all. I hope to prove him wrong, not just because he told what would have been truth last semester, but because i know i can do better than has been done in the past. Last semester, my major was pool... Although i have my beautiful yellow school bus back, i still plan on spending time at the BSM. I know my homework won't get done here at home.

Still reading my Bible. Having a wonderful time with that. Learning all kinds of incredible things. Also, at Campus Crusade on Thursday, Stephanie showed me a really neat idea. She got a little book of vocabulary cards, wrote various Bible verses on the cards in colored permanent markers and put stickers on them. It was pretty fun making them, and i don't think i'll get bored with looking at them very easily.

My presidency is going... It's kind of stressful knowing that i'm in charge of so much. Perhaps that's why i don't really want to spend a lot of time at the Wesley. It's no longer for fun that i go (not that i don't have a good time when i'm there). There are things that I'm required to do. I have to come up with ideas and see them through. One thing i'm excited about is the opportunity to teach a Bible study Friday afternoons. I'm sure i'll learn more teaching than i will attending any of them. More than anything, the thing that i want to see happen this semester is people coming to Christ and Christians developing their relationship with him instead of being luke-cold. Sure wish i knew what to teach over. There are so many choices...

Between school, i've had to make time for fun. I've had a great time talking to a new friend about various topics. I enjoy learning new things about people. It's kind of like unwrapping a present for Christmas without having the slightest idea of what it could be.

In other news that i don't have enough information to type a paragraph on: Today is Hayley's birthday. Tomorrow we get to go celebrate in Longview with a cookie cake from the mall and a bag full of presents. I'm hoping Dave gets to come too. Whether he is able to or not, we should have an awesome time tomorrow... This is funny, so i figured i might as well share it. I've had to bum rides from various people. One of them was my sister in her 1991 mustang. It kind of scares me to ride in it. I can't help but think if you take a hit in that over 30 mph, you die... You can quote me as telling my mom "Mom, i don't want to ride with her to school. She drives a tin can! Food comes in a tin can and i don't want to be dead meat!"

This does require a paragraph all by itself: Contrary to popular belief, it can snow in East Texas! Oh how beautiful and magnificent it was! As i was playing chess with Turner at the BSM, word spread like wildfire that it was snowing outside! The snow was so beautiful! Big white flakes that floated like feathers! They didn't stick to anything but dead leaves and wood, but who could complain? After Mom came to pick me up, we grabbed lunch. As i was getting out of the car, Randall called to inform me that it was snowing. I was walking inside, it started to snow harder. I couldn't help but laugh with a true laugh of joy. It wasn't just some short, fake laugh, but a true, long, real one. I haven't been that happy in quite a while. Well, i have been happy, don't get me wrong, but there's a difference between the joy that the snow brought and the happiness that i get while playing pool or chess or hanging out with friends. It's the kind that only God can give. Also, how could i forget about the double rainbow that i saw last weekend? -Another one of those God moments. How awesome it is when those happen!

I do have all kinds of things that i can write about, but i'm thinking they don't need to be said right now. Perhaps i'll save some of them for tonight. Maybe longer. Who knows?