11-21-05

God is good because He is teaching me many things, and showing me many things as well. I think I am finally out of the rut!

upcoming events

• leaving at 1:30 on Wed. w/jOel
• returning to LU on Sun. @5:00
• Acousticafé on Dec.9 w/Jordan
  Smith Band

accomplishments:

• made cool friends! (Brianna+Teal
  +Ellen+Sara+Justin, in some
  strange order :)
• talked to Fin.Aid person, Joni
  Cunningham is a newbie, and
  she's really pretty! (red hair ;)
• talked to Compassion

      Agh, I've been thinking about so many things that I wanted to write down, but I have been so low on energy. Now that I've finally come around to writing things down, all I have left in my head are general ideas! Ah well, I knew it would happen, and it has; I've lost all of my recent brilliant self-discussions in the nether-realm of my mind. Well, here are the scraps.
      I've been very seriously considering staying home [Joplin,MO] at least for next semester. It would be because of money issues. I'm fairly certain I could get a good loan for the extra I need to continue here, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. It's been weighing on me very heavily. I could go to MSSU full-time while working at Chick-fil-A, or part-time while working at the General Mills plant, or I could go to OCC instead of MSSU. I could also work full-time at the plant and Chick-fil-A, trying to make as much money as possible, while beninning to pay off student loans. Whatever I do, I will probably have to help pay car insurance, and maybe a pittance for rent as well, since my sister helps out that way. And on top of changing everyone I know, I would be seriously changing my schedule to something I have never come close to doing before. I believe I could handle it, with the great support I would have, but I wouldn't like the changes very much.
      OK, enough of that seriousness... wait, I can't dismiss seriousness, seriousness is the one thing that should never be dismissed. I'll just have to push it to the back of my "desk" (in my head) so I can get some sleep.
      But before that, I must do this survey that I copied from Jennifer, but in a separate post, like I usually do.

The rnotd is: Erm, hmm... I like sharp cheddar cheese! And I won't kiss until I get married! :-D (although I still practice on my mom)