It's a race....I'm winning; I'm winning.

Well, I am kind of racing against the clock because my computer doesn't have much battery left right now and I am not near the power cord. I just want to write a few things about my weekend because it was pretty awesome.
On Friday I worked and had fun with Jessica (a co-worker) and her brother Richard playing with bouncy balls and stuff. Also, my friend Katie came in a couple times and brought me lunch one of those times. After work I went to the Unity Ball with Katie, which was pretty fun. I went mostly because I knew she wanted to but it was fun learning 3 different ways to do the hustle. After that we went and got Lindsay and watched a movie at Katie's and all fell asleep. I just slept on her couch that night and then hungout a little in the morning before coming home and then going to play racquetball with some friends. Then I went with Mitch to go sledding with some friends and so we went over to their apt and ate and then went sledding in the dark on a dangerous hill and there is more to that story but you will have to ask me if you want more details.
I got to play bass and sing this morning at church and then came home and ate and went to the U cup to meet with Alyse and talk and then ended up talking with several other people there afterwards. Came home and took a nap and then ate and had devos. Good devos and then a good talk with Grant. I may have forgotten something, but it was a good weekend, in general. God is good.

If you were a hypothetical situation, what situation would you be?

Well, I have now been to all of my classes at least once, but only one all four times in the two weeks due to the cancellation of my four tuesday classes last week.
They are going pretty well. In lifeguarding I have been learning how to swim properly which is a slow and difficult process but exciting. It is mainly exciting for a couple reasons. First of all, I think I will enjoy swimming more once I actually know how to do it right. Secondly, I was able to swim 550 yrds last week, with much difficulty, and I am figuring it will be much easier to do when I know how to swim.
In two of my classes, I am the only male. The joys of being a Family Studies major. Yeah, I know, many guys would love being in a room full of ladies. I, on the other hand, am currently somewhat afraid/uncertain of females.
Another interesting fact about my classes this semester is that right after HEV 411, which according to my prof is the capstone Family Studies class, I have HEV 100, which is the introduction to family studies and other HEV fields. Needless to say, HEV 100 tends to be somewhat boring. Today, in that class, I learned about Freud for the 1,235th, give or take a few, time in my college experience.
I am looking forward to doing volunteer hours for one of my classes. I am just not good at setting that stuff up.
I am also somewhat interested in my PSY 330H class. I like the professor because he is organized and sticks to the point while also giving interesting stories and examples. Today, we discussed a study that dealt with religion and psychology and it was interesting to have that discussion with a professor from the Psych side rather than the religion side. He readily admitted he doesn't have a great understanding of certain religions, whereas the religion professors who have had similar discussions seem to have a great understanding of religion along with a good understanding of psychology, at least psychology related to the topic being discussed.
That is just a little bit about my classes. I will leave it at that for tonight. You have a good one. God bless. Remember, if your wife don't find you handsome, she sure will find you handy.

Awwwwesssomme

Well, I finished my first week of my 6th semester. I still have not had one of my classes because classes were cancelled on tuesday, my day of four classes, because of a power outage. My lifeguarding class is interesting. I am realizing how bad I am at swimming. However it has also been exciting because even with my lack of swimming skills I was able to perservere through 550 yds of swimming, and I think once I actually know how to swim it will be much easier.
One thing I am learning about myself and working on is about relationships. I need to work on loving people. Most of the time I pursue relationships for my own benefit rather than the other person's. I also started reading Five Love Languages of Singles today on my first day back at work. It was good to be back. My day today consisted of swimming for about 1 1/2 hours with some guidance from one of our assistant instructors in my class, making and eating lunch/planning dinner for monday with Matt, working for 5 hours, eating dinner, playing racquetball with Chris and Nick, and watching Bourne Ultimatum with those two and others.
Tomorrow I am going to Issue Day. I am not really sure what it is all about, but I figure I should go since I have issues. Actually, I am pretty sure it is about issues such as hunger and homelessness, AIDS, etc.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:3-4

What a friend we have in Jesus

I had a wonderful time in Chicago. Overall, my break was excellent. I am glad to be back home with my brothers. I am excited for what God will be doing this semester. Here are some of my goals/expectations:
-Pray expectantly
-Live purposefully
-Focus on God, rather than myself
-Get guys excited to serve with His House
-Be more intentional with relationships
-Get back on track with God
Please, keep me in your prayers for these things. Also, I am trying to figure out what to do this summer. I have two main possibilities right now, but who knows what God will throw at me. I am currently applying for Youthworks and for missions in Senegal. I am excited about doing either.
Well, I should maybe go to bed soon. I am excited that I only have one class tomorrow, and it is my lifeguarding class. After that I need to run some errands and get some of my life organized.
Goodnight

Viola

That's right, I got a viola for Christmas. It was kind of broken when I got it. At least a piece of it was, so the company sent us a new piece and I fixed it today. I am pretty excited.
I had a good Christmas. It was fun being with my family and just hanging out, playing some Dance Praise and stuff.
I have just been chillaxin around the house, getting some things done. I found a mission trip to Senegal in the summer that seems pretty sweet, so I am probably going to be applying to that, since it is what I was looking for. Speaking of missions, I have been getting back on track with my relationship with God, and that's really nice. I have been having a hard time with it lately. A few months ago I started kind of going downhill, questioning things and focusing on myself. Since then, I have had a couple of periods of working my way back up but it is a slow process. Hopefully this time I can keep my focus on God and stay out of the pit.
I look forward to this weekend. I think my brother and his wife are coming up. Then we are going to spend new years with some cousins and such. After that I am going on a road trip to Chicago. It's going to be pretty sweet, and you should be jealous but not too jealous because I am sure you will have a good time too. Then back to school. woohoo.

If I had a muffin

Yup, I took after my sister and titled this post completely randomly. I am not even hungry, in fact. Although, I suppose writing about the title does not make it completely separate from the post. Anyway,
The semester is over and I did about as well as I hoped. I had an awesome trip to Florida with Alternative Breaks, wrestling alligators, petting tigers, staying at a hostel, eating pineapple, showering outside, etc. If you want to see pictures, you can check out my facebook profile. If you want to know more, you can talk to me about it. If you want to know less, I guess you will just have to forget.
Merry Christmas.

Finals

It's finals week here at CMU. I have not had any finals yet, other than a take-home final that was due today that took way too long to do. It ended up being about 10 pages of writing. I was up until a little after 5 doing that. then I woke up at 9 45 because I thought I should study for my final at 12, but at 11 30 I talked to a friend who informed me my 12 oclock final isn't until thursday. so, I got my other final turned in at 2 and since then have been just hanging out and having fun. Although, during the time I thought I had an exam, I did get some studying for tomorrow's final done. Other than that, Mitch, Derek and I had a snowball fight. then mitch and I made a snowman named ssccg. then Katie came and she, mitch and I had a snowball fight. The snow is perfect today for packing.
After that, I went with Mitch to pick up some stuff from meijer and aunt millie's and then went with Katie to get something at a store downtown and then to meijer to get something mitch forgot to get. then came back and hungout until a wonderful venison steak dinner with baked potatoes, salad, green beans, biscuits, mushrooms and onions. it was wonderful.
then i went and played racquetball for two hours. I did pretty well, and it was fun.
Overall, I have had a wonderful day. I hope you have too.