here it goes again

once more, i have found myself at the proverbial fresh start/clean slate…

it is the begining of a new semester, and i have found myself full of great expectaxions…and new anxieties.

so far, the weeks leading up to the start of classes (Thursday for everyone, Friday for me) has been wonderful.  My roomates are amazing, our apartment more like home, and the routine of my job has come back to me easily.  as a matter-of-fact, i sit here right now at work, finding that I was so efficient with my time, i’ve nearly had an hour to myself to sit and contemplate life.

i’m looking forward to classes, though not to the extensive work load and extrenous stress brought about by fighting for certain grades and a decent gpa…  my Stats class is at the forefront of my worries.  (Anyone out there good at explaining math?!)

Adding to my fears of the upcoming semester is the daunting task of leading a Bible study with FCA.  (which i am soo excited about, and looking forward to with great anticipation, but nervous as to my ability and the responsibility that such a task requires….  but, with prayer and study, I hope to step up to the challenge, and desire that it would result in above all, growth for myself.)

I’m missing home a bit–not really homesick, just melancholy realizing that life is still going on there without me…  Friends are leaving for school (Noah to N.D. and Erin and david to Calvin, plus other friends to Covenant.  And if those boys at UCF decide to transfer, it had better be to Florida…because I don’t think i could stand having so many dear friends so far away…)  And there are also those things for which we so often want to be there for…to find comfort in and give comfort to.  At home people are going about their daily lives, and i can’t help but want to be a part of them.  (So here’s to 4 day weekends and the hopes that i will see them all soon!)

FCA, RUF and CRU are all starting back up…last night i enjoyed a pretty cool game of ultimate, and tonight is dinner with an awesome group of friends. 

As soon as I can, I want to get back to more of my writing…  I still have the goal of publishing a book within a year after i graduate college.  I figure that if only 1 out of every 5 pieces i write is at least decent, that i have a long way to go before i have an actual book.

so here’s to a good start to a new semester!  new adventures…  new stories…  new horizons.