college, a new adventure.

so first of all can i just say that i love college. my roommate is so fun and our room is beginning to feel like home. i have a few pictures but they're all pre-decorating so they're a little blah.

the first picture is my side and the second is my roommate, kayla's.

the first is a picture from where i sit under my loft looking through my mirror and the second is my "tea party" table. i got crap for it for a while but we've all come to love it.

kayla and i have decorated out mirrors with window crayons and moved things around over and over (not the big stuff, but food and random things.) kayla is from nothern kentucky and she is biracial. she's hillarious and we get along very well. occasionally i like to talk ghetto and she always gets a kick out of it. almost every night since we've been here we've shared snippits of our lives with each other and i'm really glad God brought her in my life for me to love and accept with open arms and an open heart.

i also have 2 other new friends. chelsea who lives to the right of me and shelbi who lives to the left. they are both from different cities in ohio and did younglife in high school like i did. we are alike in a lot of ways and once we found out we had something in common we easily attached to each other, unaware of what our friendships would bring to each others lives. if you know anything about me you know that im never ready on time... neither is chelsea. shelbi on the other hand hates being late and is always early. together we're usually almost on time to everything we go to haha. if i remember correctly the first thing we went to together was 608 and they loved it. from the statement the It series made, to the atmosphere of the church, to that weeks acapella worship, they were sold. then we started going to CSF things together. first to shift and then to synergy (which blew my mind with happiness). at shift they got to meet one of my favorite singers and now, a new freind, adaeze. becca and syerra know about my secret obsession with her music but i just can't get enough of the meaning behind the lyrics to her songs and how the things they speak were part of what kept me going through struggles i faced when i was first learning how to give my all to God. somehow i let it slip that she was like my hero and chels and shelbi made it a point to have someone introduce her to me. i was so embarassed and now i seriously see her everywhere haha. but enough about that, and more about college!

monday wednesday and friday i have elem. calculus and chemistry and i'm not gonna lie they're my favorite classes and i'm kinda disappointed that i didn't try to take che 105 because i really think i could have done it. i know it's just the first week or whatever, but i have an incredible professor and you can tell she loves what she does and she's very good at it and wants to make it understandable to her students. i'm actually still excited to start learning calculus and i'm pretty sure i'll need some help with it because my professor is kindof vague and i have never taken calculus but i like math so i think i'll be fine! (im such a loser haha.) on tuesdays and thursdays i have com 252 (interpersonal com), german 104 (weimar berlin), and a discovery seminar about islamic beliefs. sadly, no one has started communicating in my communications class. it's awkward and uncomfortable, but the professor is a hoot! shes so energetic and excited about everything and she makes me wish i wasn't so shy sometimes haha. today she wore chacos and a dress. i'm not really ok with that. no lies, my german 104 teacher is a stud and he knows more about germany than i could ever think about knowing about anything ever. he wore chacos with socks today. also not ok. my islamic beliefs class is incredibly boring because the professor is a soft spoken, deep- and mono-toned muslim man who continues to repeat himself over and over saying the same thing that we understood the first time he said it because i'm pretty sure he has nothing else to talk about for the class yet. by the time i get to this class i'm already either about to fall asleep or so hungry i could eat myself. (i survive off of tictacs alone.) i should learn to pack my lunch or get coffee before my first class bc i tried to get some at 11 and that was a BAD idea. the line was like 15 people long and i only had about 12 minutes before class started by the time i got there.

i have a new love also. working out. well i dont think i can say love yet, but i went to the underground monday with shelbi and we ran and did elliptical machines and abs and arms and bikes and man, i felt good afterwards. go endorphins, go! i felt so good the rest of the day and even better after a cold coke (another love of mine). except it really sucked to have to walk up the 4 flights of stairs to get to my room afterwards. ):

so basically all i have to say is i love college and i love every person God has brought in and out of my life through coming to live on campus and the things he has taught me so far. i have been tested and pushed, accepted and comforted, encouraged and called inspiring by people i have known for a week and 4 days... and there's still 4 years to come!

i can't wait to tell stories about my freshman year.

love & big hugs from room 447 (: