Life is good...

Life is going great! I realized that a big reason I'm not homesick at all is because at home I was stressing out all the time - particularly over leaving for school - and now that I'm at school, I have nothing to worry about at all! This could end up being the best nine months of my life!

And God being God, he's taken care of every little detail :-) I wasn't planning to get a job, since I didn't have a car, but there is a strong possibility I'll be getting to work as an office assistant for a couple of hours every afternoon... I can't express how excited I am!!
My roommate and I are going to start having a game night every other Saturday... and if I do get this job, I can bring food! Which will in turn bring people! LoL.

We are also going to get fish, at some point.

Last night we headed off to a church to check out their Wednesday night activities... and the children's ministry director put us in charge of the 1st-3rd graders! They are so cute, and it's going to be a blast teaching them (I can't figure out how serving God and doing these things you're 'supposed' to do in the body of Christ can be so much FUN!).

The first night we just watched, though, and got to know them. And I am amazed at how much being involved in a children's summer ministry program taught me... I really don't want to go back to it, now that I've realized how strict and extreme the director is, and I was skeptical that those three summers had not really been all that good for me - but watching a middle school teacher try to keep these kids under control (it did not happen!) it suddenly clicked with me how much we were taught, especially with keeping little kids quiet and calm, making stories interesting for them, etc, etc. So I can't wait to try and put this stuff into practice!

We also dyed our hair last night... it was a good time.
The boy who sits next to me in class has a crush on me, and he's driving me nuts! He was ready to dig in my pockets to find my cell phone to play with today... I pulled it out as fast as I could and gave it to him!
I'm trying to figure out how to deal with him... he is just driving me crazy. I'm afraid I might explode by Halloween! :-P
Funnily enough, two years ago, this was the kind of guy I was totally interested in - funny and cute. Now I am just majorly annoyed. I joked to a girl in the same plight as me - with the same boy... - that we "gotta get boyfriends!" but then I realized that's probably not the answer (duh!). It most likely is not a good idea to get in a relationship within a month of starting Bible school!

So now I have to try and keep that mindset, and not be in a hurry. I feel really dumb, because I'm 'doing it again'! I promise God that 'this time' my heart is all His, and I'm going to be totally focused on serving him... and then WHOMP, I meet a few cute guys and my brain goes into "must find future husband!" mode. UGH!

There's one in particular I'm having a hard time not focusing on. Whenever I take a step back, I'm horrified - I haven't said more than a few words to this guy, and I'm reading into every time I make eye contact with him! I'm already getting way too emotionally involved, so I'm trying to figure out if I have to step away completely and avoid him, or if I can just work really hard at getting to know him and not daydreaming and make it work that way.

Aghhh... again, I'm making too big of a deal about this. Time to sit back and let God do things the way they ought to be done!