Another Day in the Life

Dearest beloved readership,

It's only been six days since the last entry, and I'm back with another! By now, I hope all your fears of your favourite weekly reading slipping into irregularity have been silenced. You can now put those nights of fitful sleep behind you, resting assured in the hope of a new blog every Sunday.

This week went by fast. Actually, truth be told, I don't really remember much of what happened. My class doesn't start until 1 p.m., so the days go by pretty quickly. I wake up late (around 10), do my homework for that day's class, go to lunch, sit in class for three hours, head to the pool at 4, run up to dinner at six, sit around in Lottie for a long time (to avoid the frigid cold outside), and then busy myself with a whole host of fun activities come nightfall.

Class is going really well. If you don't remember, I'm in Intro to Christian Theology. There's been a lot of homework, but it's really educational and interesting.. so it's not so bad. We had our first exam (of three) on Tuesday. I got an A, which, I'm sure, comes of no surprise. We have another test on Tuesday.

This weekend is of the long-variety, thanks to a certain Martin Luther King Jr. I was supposed to spend a day in Harrisburg tomorrow volunteering, but no one offered to take my work shift. So, unfortunately, I'll be sitting around all day (just kidding, I'll be productive) before going to my first Phonathon shift from 5:45 to 9:00. I'm done training (all five hours of it), but now I'm just nervous about remembering everything. Think of me Monday night, sitting in a swivel-chair, glued to a computer screen, trying to move a mouse with sweaty palms.

Continuing completely out of chronological order, Friday night I went out with some friends (a different group -- the 'usual crew' had all dispersed for the long-weekend) to see Defiance -- a new movie about Polish Jews during WWII. Based on a true events, the story of three Polish brothers that shelter Jews in the woods of Belarus could have been told more powerfully. It was still really good, and very informative, but it just .. missed something. I'd recommend seeing for yourself.

Here's something that is of no real relevance... to anything, really, but will give you another glimpse into the hard-knock life of a college kid:
After the movie, we faced a most terrible of circumstances: we were hungry. And if that wasn't unpleasant enough, it was almost 1 AM. Surprisingly, there are very few places to get food at one in the morning. When fast food proved to be out of the question (Eat great, even late? ... psh, whatever...) we turned, in desperation, to the only thing we could find: a gas station. Suffice it to say that a dozen powdered donuts and 3 bags of chips later, we were satisfied. Yet still I ask myself: what is this world coming to when a band of 7 hungry youth can find nothing to satiate their appetites in the wee hours of the morning?

Anyways, swimming season is wrapping up. Work is starting up. J-Term is awesome. Volunteering will start up soon (still waiting to figure out my Spring schedule, including work, before I commit). Devotions have been as consistent as my ice-cream consumption (in other words... they've been daily)... (but, then again, I haven't been eating nearly as much ice cream these days... I guess there's just no time for ice cream with all this time spent in the Word)!

In other news, the Philadelphia Eagles just lost the NFC Championship Game. Most people around here are carrying dejected expressions as everybody's favourite birds just lost their shot in the Super Bowl. I'll admit I was a tad disappointed too; enthusiasm for these things is quite contagious.

So that's life: class, homework, fun, friends, God, work (not, by any means, in that order). Thanks again for all your prayers.

If you want anything from me, just ask.
J.M.B.