DStilled

Finally!

I have now completed my first full week of classes! I had my last first class this afternoon and I can go ahead and tell you that it’s going to be fun and hard. If I get my way, which is still being debated, I’ll be taking 15 hours (normal 11). Which generally means I have around 4,000 pages to read this semester. I won’t but that’s because UVa taught me well how to read what I needed to and not the fluff. So I have around 2,500 instead. Doesn’t that sound much better? Right…the great thing about it is I get to read stuff that energizes me for the most part. But phone calls from you fine people would be welcome study breaks. I probably take too many as is, but people are very important. A couple of cool things happened that I figured I’d tell you about.

I went to a Rubix Cube party last weekend. As you can see from the picture, the object was for people to wear different colored clothing at the start of the night and by the end, have only one color on. I was weary of the idea at first but soon embraced it. My color of choice was orange due to my shorts being that color. It turns out alcohol is kind of a big thing with these folks so once again, I get to DD for friends. They ARE the most respectful drunks I’ve ever met though. I’ve been apologized to like 5 times for people bad mouthing conservatives like southern baptists and then realizing I was one. It’s odd representing a culture that I don’t really embrace. Anyway they also like playing games. Let’s see what else. I got to lead part of our first student led chapel of the year on Wed.  There’s a person here with a Nov 4th birthday and then another that’s only 10 days younger than me. Almost EVERYONE in my building has dogs and I think they are starting to get worse. Howling and excessive barking are wonderful things. We ALL know how much I LOVE the noises dogs make. But the most unexpected good news I had this week was that I know the Bible well enough to pastor. Not really, I just passed this Bible content exam we take coming in. Almost nobody passes (70) and I got a 77. I didn’t get the highest grade but it turns out that baptists generally do well. PLUS I READ THE BIBLE THIS SUMMER!! It’s amazing how well that works! So not only did it change my theology and, you know, LIFE, but it helped me pass a superfluous test. The weather yesterday suddenly changed to fall and it was FANTASTIC! Today I went driving for the first time since I got here. I don’t have a star-gazing place yet, but rest assured I will find one.