an update on life

To the readers of this post: you are the type of people who sit in the theater and watch all of the credits to the very end, aren't you? The ones who will watch name after name scroll up the screen while high school employees stand to one side and impatiently wait for you to leave so they can sweep up popcorn in preparation for the next movie. You may not like to admit it, but if you are still here on this long-inactive blog, you definitely qualify as the movie-credit-lurking type.

These days I have been filling my time with incredible things--like homework and baseball games and bonfires and homework and friends and singing. Right now I am taking a study break, listening to music from the 90's, thinking of eating an orange, and am eagerly anticipating our dress rehearsal tonight for tomorrow's spring works performance with the rest of the concert choir. I also feel that an update is in order, because some of you have been asking.

First, my summer plans. For those of you who haven't heard, I will be spending most of my summer in Washington, working at a summer camp. I have the incredible opportunity to take multiple groups of 13-16 year olds hiking and backpacking for nearly two months. I am extremely excited, not only to live in the wilderness for most of the summer, but also to spend time fellowshipping with fellow Christians and shining the light of Christ's love to my campers. I'm not sure that I'll be able to post anything at all during those weeks, so if you are going to stay around, I'd recommend going and buying some more popcorn, because the credits will be rolling for a while.

After I return from Washington, I will head directly back to school for RA training! Against nearly impossible odds, I was offered a position as a resident assistant in the women's apartments. I was expecting to be consigned to the dungeon-like dorms once more, but instead I filled the one open position in the apartments. Hooray! After RA training, the dreaded pre-season three-a-days begin, under a new volleyball coach. After two weeks of near constant pre-season practices, classes will begin. I am taking a full course load of only upper-division English classes, which will certainly be interesting. I suspect I'll be able to read novels and write papers in my sleep by the end of next semester. In addition to these responsibilities, I have also been honored to accept a position on the Campus Ministries staff. As part of the staff, I will lead Bible studies, organize campus devotionals and chapels, be mentored in spiritual leadership, and encourage faltering or searching students. These and a few other responsibilities will certainly keep me on my toes next semester, but I believe each of these roles will help me grow into the woman of God that I would like to be.

And now it's back to studying. An unfortunate way to spend a blustery Sunday afternoon, but sometimes it must be done. And you--away, before the high school employee sweeps you into the trash, intentionally mistaking you for a large piece of discarded popcorn.