Life, life

[Graces4you]

I start my senior year of high school tomorrow.... It feels weird, but a good kind of weird

[IrishTiger]

Tomorrow I leave for college....six hours away from home. I'm excited and nervous, but I'm looking forward to how God works in my life these next few months.

[Stop Wooton' Around]

Happy birfday, Ms. Shennifer

Thanks, Marv

Happy birthday!

I just finished my second week of college! It's a lot of work, but I love it. My professors are awesome; I'm making friends; and I am learning so much.

That's so great Sapphire! Did you move away to school, or are you close to home?

I am staying at home and commuting to school. I was really nervous about it at first because it can be hard for commuters to make friendships, but I have been making friends since day one. So, I am very happy!

Yeah, I have heard the same thing (as I am living off-campus but not at home), but like the first class a girl I was sitting next too has like 3 classes with me so we exchanged phone numbers if we need help in those classes. That is the only "friend" I have made but one of my best friends from high school is also going here and I still talk to the group of friends she comes from on a nightly basis. I am satisfied with that because I am an introvert and I am here to go to school to socialize...but that is just me.

FYI: The church I found is OdysseyFan1's home church (in fact his dad is the pastor). I realize he hasn't been on here in forever but I figured someone might remember him.

[Amethystic]

Happy birfday, Ms. Shennifer

Thanks, Marv

Happy birthday!

I just finished my second week of college! It's a lot of work, but I love it. My professors are awesome; I'm making friends; and I am learning so much.

That's so great Sapphire! Did you move away to school, or are you close to home?

I am staying at home and commuting to school. I was really nervous about it at first because it can be hard for commuters to make friendships, but I have been making friends since day one. So, I am very happy!

Yeah, I have heard the same thing (as I am living off-campus but not at home), but like the first class a girl I was sitting next too has like 3 classes with me so we exchanged phone numbers if we need help in those classes. That is the only "friend" I have made but one of my best friends from high school is also going here and I still talk to the group of friends she comes from on a nightly basis. I am satisfied with that because I am an introvert and I am here to go to school to socialize...but that is just me.

FYI: The church I found is OdysseyFan1's home church (in fact his dad is the pastor). I realize he hasn't been on here in forever but I figured someone might remember him.

This probably comes a bit late for most of you, but university orientation is an amazing way to make new friends and to get to know your campus, whether you go as a new student or as a volunteer. I was an orientation volunteer this year after having such a great time as an attendee (I made friends!), and I met lots of awesome new people and learned more about my campus than I ever knew existed. If any of you guys have orientation sessions that run through the rest of the week, find the info/registration tent for the event and you should be able to join right in on the festivities, even if you're late in the day or you haven't pre-registered. If not, well, you should definitely consider volunteering for your school's orientation next year.

Oh, and if you're a returning student who wants to hop the orientation bandwagon a little late in the game, that's totally cool too. Not only is it super common for second years to join in on orientation, I even had a grad student in my group who randomly decided to do orientation just to get a better feel of the school.

[Catspaw]

I went to a teahouse/restaurant with my mom and my sister today, which was fun. We had yummy food and even yummier desserts, plus there was a wedding happening there, so we got to see the bride and groom get their picture taken in front of the pgymy goats that they have in a little outside area, so that was something unexpected. We also exercised our sense of adventure, since my mother decided to go with her vague memories from a previous time we had been to this place (several years ago, and we got lost) instead of my Google directions, at a certain point. She kept saying things like, "I'm pretty sure this is the way we went last time," and I'm thinking (but not saying), "We got lost last time, and if you had followed my directions, we wouldn't need to go based off of your memory." Oh well. We only got a little turned around and made it there relatively unscathed, which is what matters in the long run. Next time when we decide who should drive, I think I will make sure to insist that it is my turn. (This is probably a guarantee that I will get lost or do something terrible the next time that I drive my mother and myself anywhere, but oh well.)

[Shennifer]

*bump*

Yesterday, there were room checks, which means we have to clean our dorm rooms. That wasn't too bad, I actually gave myself enough time to do it.

[Marvin D.]

I have so much on my plate

[Catspaw]

I had such a fun evening with a couple of friends! We went to a dinner theatre thing that none of us had been to before, and it was very well done and we enjoyed it a lot. We were all really glad we had gone.

I was also happy because the trip to the dinner theatre brought me very near a gas station that was a few cents a litre cheaper than the ones I normally go to, so I also saved money. Woohoo!

[Sapphire]

Hello, everyone! It's been quite a while. My life has been consumed with school and work. This week was full of midterms and essays. Thankfully, it's now over, and I have a week long fall break. Overall, college is going great. I am very tired yet very happy.

[Old Brad]

Wow, where to start?

I guess I should start off by saying, hey! It's been a while! Life has been crazy lately! This summer was spent at a Bible camp in Missouri. I went home to spend time with my family for a couple weeks before my brother an I drove out here to Michigan. Now I am attending a small, non-accredited Bible college. I am a student alongside 13 others while my brother is on staff. While I only knew about half of the other students, we are now great friends. (It amazing how being fellow Believers makes strangers friends and friends family!) We've been going for about a month now and every day is a new experience.

[Catspaw]

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving if you are one of the lucky people who gets to live in Canada so we had a bunch of family over today to eat their weight in turkey and homemade pumpkin pie (and a ton of other stuff that basically covered the entire surface of the table) and I don't have to work tomorrow because it's a holiday, so life is looking pretty good right now! I like pie and I like the thought of getting to sleep in tomorrow.

[Shennifer]

I'm nervous about tomorrow because I deliver my first sermon!

help.

[Catspaw]

Wow, that sounds exciting! And also scary. Let us know how it goes!

[Angel]

I ate Canadian Thanksgiving with my wonderful Canadian roommate.
I paid my internet bill.
I made a delicious chicken, cheese and pasta casserole.
I watched I Love Lucy on DVD and Gilmore Girls on Netflix.
I read C. S. Lewis.
And.....currently I am procrastinating on homework during my Senior year of college at Liberty.
The End.

[The Top Crusader]

My boss is on vacation all week so I get paid to be at work more than usual but don't have anyone to tell me to do things, thus posting on the ToO.

[Shennifer]

Wow, that sounds exciting! And also scary. Let us know how it goes!

It was a bit nerve-racking. But I did well overall; everyone had nice comments and I got to keep what people wrote down (mostly positive but some negative which isn't fun, but hopefully next time I'll do even better)

My teacher said I had the makings of a good speaker and he was excited for me

so yay

[Catspaw]

Wow, Angel is a very efficient recorder of her life events! I'm glad that you have a Canadian roommate to help you enjoy two Thanksgivings!

Top, this is your boss. Get back to work!

Shennifer, that sounds very positive overall! Constructive (and less constructive) criticism is never fun, but hopefully it was all helpful to keep growing for next time!

Today I went to the grocery store to buy two things and forgot what one of them was. I then examined the entire flyer (which I often look at back to front, for some odd reason) before I realized what it was - the green grapes advertised on the top of the front page. Oops. At least I figured out what it was before I got home!

[Amethystic]

You know, it's funny, I don't feel as if I've been particularly absent from the ToO, but I just realized the other day I've been doing all lurking and no posting. To be fair, though, real life has been keeping me busy: I've been working to reestablish the pro-life club on campus, as well as serving as treasurer of the sci-fi/fantasy club. Also, I've been volunteering doing pro-life activism stuff on Saturdays, so that's been pretty awesome.

[Marvin D.]

Lurking is the cooler version of posting, Amy. You get to. .wear sunglasses and lurk in corners.

[Amethystic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_HlTGzkKeE