A Little Twist of Tuesday

I have to stop for a moment and laugh at the title....I wanted to use an alliteration so I was trying to come up with a word to go with Tuesday, using a more creative word than something like 'terrific.'  As I type this blog, I'm eating Synder's Braided Multigrain Twists. (a healthy dorm room snack better than my abundance of mint chocolate ice cream) That aside, I was able to come up with the current title.

So back to Tuesday. The day started off at 6:45 with the sound of my alarm. Still feeling tired from last night's workout, I opted to skip showering and sleep in until 7:30. At 7:30, my alarm sounded once again. Considering I had to work at 8, I had no option of going back to sleep. I threw on a hoodie and capris and sat down at the computer. I had to check facebook to make sure nothing drastic happened in the world while I was sleeping. It was while I was on my laptop that I ate a Clif bar for breakfast and drank some water. I've become a pro at eating a quick breakfast! Time flies when you're on facebook, so when 7:55 rolled around, I quickly grabbed my backpack and keys and ran out the door. Work started at 8.

From 8-10 I sat at the desk, answering the numerous questions of customers, and then began scanning financial aid paperwork for my boss. It's during work, that I have the great opportunity to think about life; an opportunity that otherwise probably wouldn't happen if I didn't work.

After work, I came back to my room and proceeded to take a shower. After showering, I sat down at my desk and pulled out my Bible, journal, and OTD (on track devotional). Today, I started in the book of Matthew. I'm going through the September booklet. As I read Matthew chapter 1, I began to realize how much Joseph allowed God to have control over his life. It wasn't only Mary that was obedient, Joseph was just as obedient and willing. When he found out that Mary was pregnant and thought she was unfaithful, he didn't disgrace her. Rather, he was willing to quietly divorce her to prevent her from being humiliated. He had his own plan, up until he saw an angel of the Lord in his dream. The angel told Joseph to stay with Mary and name their son Jesus. Without putting up a fight, Joseph surrendered and let God take control. It made me realize that there are many areas of my life where I desire to be in control; and it's a fear of losing what I have that keeps me from trusting God. I'm afraid of not having enough money to pay for college or to buy the necessities I need to survive. Or I'm terrified of losing friendships for the fear of being lonely. But God promises to provide for me. The birds don't reap or sow but God gives them food. Again in Jeremiah, God tells me that He desires for me to prosper and He wants to give me a future; He has no intention of harming me. As hard as it is, my prayer today is that I would be able to give God control, especially of my relationships. If I were to lose all my friends, I would still have the God of the Universe...but would I really be okay with just God? I would like to be okay with that one day.

So after some devotions, I finished getting ready and headed out to lunch. I grabbed a to-go box at Rob's and  filled it with what I thought was something healthy and edible. I brought it back and ate in my room, while helping a floor mate deal with a lot of family issues and a recent conflict between her and her boyfriend. I did my best to give her godly advice and encourage her. After that brief psychology session/lunch break, it was off to my 12:15 stats class. I sat through stats trying to stay awake, until class finally let out at 1:30. Fifteen minutes later I have a class in a building that is pretty far away and somewhat in downtown Akron, off campus. My friend Jason and I walk from stats to our communication disorders class, a walk that takes a good 13-14 minutes (if you walk fast). We settle into seats in the back of the lecture hall. It's during this class, that I pull out my laptop and take notes, or check facebook to keep myself awake...class doesn't end until 3.

When class finally lets out, it's a long fifteen minute walk back to my residence hall. I normally walk back with a group of friends, but today I walked alone and called my friend Melissa. I vented to her about how I felt betrayed and that she was one of the only people left who have yet to judge me. It was great catching up with her.

Shoving the key into the doorknob, I was officially back to my room. I threw my backpack against the wall, propped my door open, and sat down at my desk with some pretzal twists and my laptop. It was at this time that I started blogging. But as you can guess, when your door is open it's an open invite for other to stop in....I love company regardless of whether or not i'm doing homework, so my door is always open, ALWAYS. My friend Alex stopped in so we sat and talked, and our conversation was quality girl talk. We talked for a good half hour about birth control! It was quite the conversation, but it ended when more company came in. We were joined by John and Haley, so we talked with them about hall government and different activities going on. After John left, Christine walked in and we talked more about girl stuff. This time, we talked about hair accessories, braiding, and fishtailing...I'm telling you, I have some quality conversations!

After everyone left, I got back to blogging which is what I'm doing now. I have class in about an hour so I'll probably work on homework until then. (I'm a fan of working ahead and getting stuff done on time) When five o'clock comes around, I'll head to my 5:10 speech class that goes until 6:25. After speech class, my friend Mackenzie and I usually head out to dinner at Rob's and catch up on life. Being that it's Tuesday, we have to go back to our residence hall at 7:30 for a MAC (music and comedy) meeting. Each Tuesday at 9:09, there is some sort of entertainment in EJ Thomas hall. As a part of the MAC comedy, we meet and discuss what's going on that night. After our meeting we walk all over the campus passing out flyers and inviting people to come to EJ at 9:09. When the flyers are gone, we head over to EJ ourselves and get ready to welcome in the crowd. The committee makes two lines and forms a tunnel for people to walk through, leading up to the entrance door. We have a lot of fun screaming and being loud!

At 9:09 the event starts, and usually goes until about 10:30. At 10:30, we head back to our hall and hangout in the lobby or in someone's room. If we have homework, we'll usually grab our backpacks and have a homework party in the lobby until some outrageous hour of the night.

When the party disperses we head up to our rooms and get ready for bed. But once again, this is college; just because you're ready for bed, doesn't mean you're going to bed. It usually means that we'll get distracted by some other group that is 'having a party' (socializing) in their room, or we'll talk to people in the bathroom and continue the conversation in their room.

If that doesn't give you enough detail about the everyday college life, then I don't know what you're looking for. And just because I say Tuesday, doesn't mean that this doesn't happen everyday. I'll do my best to post about tomorrow, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. (Prepare for a treat when I talk about our crazy weekends!) Anyways, my point is---every day is different, but full. I'm surprised that I was able to type the rest of this without another visitor. Which means that once I publish this post, I'm gonna go look for people to see what's going on...it's too quiet.

I hope that this gives you an idea of what I do here at college. I don't mean to hurt anyone or make them feel left out. You just have to try to imagine what life living on campus is like, but you'll never fully understand. Sometimes I wish that more of my friends lived on campus so that they could relate. Maybe then I wouldn't feel as guilty.

As for now, it's back to homework (and looking for people). Actually no, someone just walked in my door. Yay company! :)  Ta ta for now!