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SOO much to do

April 17, 2005 on 12:00 am | In Blog |

Everyone has new year’s resolutions right? Or at least something they would like to do more or better or in the very least, live less destructively. My only resolution I considered was studying more. Yeah, like THAT happened. However, last monday I slept like 14 hours and missed almost the entire day’s worth of activities. That was an eye opener to me that I should not do that. And by that I mean skip classes. I have made it official that for the rest of the year, I will do my best not to miss school anymore. I’ve decided that getting good grades is important and am ready to step up to the proverbial plate.

On that note, I’ve been very proactive and busy as of late. It all starts over weeks ago when I went home to Lex, Ky, to visit peeps and mainly Sam. Sam was in for a couple of weeks and I needed to see him so thursday morn I packed up and went home. I didn’t get much one on one time with him but what we had was good. The format in which you are reading my site now is thanks to him making all this whatnot “dynamic.” One of the primary things that does is make it to where you can go look at old entries in the Archives section. So I hung out with Ryan, William, Amy, and a slew of others making the trip incredible. As soon as I came back I had like a ton of things to do–studying, star gazing on Tue night, catching a rat and 3 mice (some deaths are documented)–you know the normal college life.

I’ve started playing basketball regularly now and really enjoying it. In fact one of the coolest things I’ve done here at UVa happened on the court. Two thursday’s ago Jonathon, second year friend–sorry no pic of him yet, Aaron, Jason Turner, and I went over to Mem Gym to play after Agape meeting. We get there a little before 10 and by 10 there are 19 guys vying for a half court game! Well, that’s obviously rediculous and we decided to go play on an outdoor court. Well, it had been raining earlier all day and we knew the court might still be a little wet. It was recently refinished so when we arrived there were virtually no puddles. Jason and I vs. Jon and Aaron. I have not idea who won (probably them), but we played for over an hour just two on two. After about 20 minutes, it started to sprinkle and very gradually turned into a mild downpour! Jason and I become handicapped for both of us had to take off our glasses (which is what I will attribute the loss to, despite Jason’s famous “shake ‘n bake” skilz). We were sliding all over the place! It was warm rain but cool enough that none of us were hot. We all had our shirts off and by the end were steaming! It was SO much FUN!

The next day was the Holiday Party at the HOP (dress like any holiday you can find on a calendar). However, it was the same night as a FREE Jars of Clay concert at JMU. Turns out I didn’t even have to round people up for this one! Their new album is primarily hymns and other old songs redone and is quite worth the 13 bucks. I bought mine at the concert cuz they had another cd that came with it but when I got in line they had just run out. The concert was really great ( -another Liquid/Worlds Apart-less concert)! When the stopped playing I went up to the stage and sure enough they came back on and played Flood and I’ll Fly Away. It was SO SWEET to be that close! Oh, and on the way home, Sanho our driver missed the exit and turned out 45 minute trip into a two hour, dialogue filled, gettin’ really tired endeavor. And when we showed up at the HOP the party was still going on but in the form of DDR!!

The next day, Saturday, was filled of goodness of Springfest. This is a day long festival of sorts with bands and games and all the rest. The next day was amazing. For it was Sunday and indeed filled with both the sun and the Son. I enjoyably studied outside for the first time and had some really good conversations with people. On Tuesday I took a test that I got a 92 on in Abnormal Psychology! Wednesday after Judo I went over to Tracey’s house and chilled with she and Sarah and had a little dinner before a great bible study by my housemate Dave since our leader Aaron (not bball Aaron) was at the hospital helping his wife have a baby!

Thursday Agape had Professor Elzinga speak aobut the history of Christianity on UVa gounds. He had been there since the beginning and we found out that until 1968 no christian organization could get ANYTHING started at UVa. That may have something to do with the fact that christian groups couldn’t reserve rooms on grounds and were horribly shunned for carrying a Bible around. Elzinga could have lost his job just by having his Bible on his desk! God has moved powerfully in the hearts and lives here since then. And it started when a young man named Darrell Richards came and witnessed in Mem Gym to two students. They accepted and he took them under his wings. The movement never stopped after that. Darrell himself actually was at Agape thursday night and was able to encourage us! Once again it just goes to show that those who step out in steps of faith will be rewarded because GOD SHOWS UP!

Last night I got a phone call while I was out that said I had to come home because everyone was going out into the woods for a bonfire. Sure enough, like twenty of us went about 15 miles out and had an AMAZING time! This ranks among the bball in the rain for coolness factor. We rolled out the blankets and sleeping bags, chopped up wood, burnt it, had s’mores, told lots of stories, and Justin ended the night with some guitar songs and prayer. I went to sleep a little before 4. Even after a shower I still smell like campfire.

Today I made 75 bucks at a follow up Ed school experiment thing, cleaned my car inside and out, bought a plane ticket to Guatemala!, found a place to live next semester (not definate yet), laundry, went to a impromptu cookout at 360, got to talk to Sam on the phone, and updated my website! So I’m about spent. I had to turn down a swing dance, a Latin American festival, and other random goingons. I love sleep and I’ve decided to give God control over my daily cycle.

He tells me to do a quiet time in the morning. I say ok but that means gettin up earlier. That means going to bed earlier since sleep is of utmost importance to me. That means doing my work during the day which means less wasted time. SO I’m back to being productive and proactive! Since I’ve got those archives, I can update more often. Now I just have to figure out how the new pictures work. So check those as well. G’night!