hm...the week has been an interesting one...some thoughts:

i went into work thursday morning to find my boss in casual clothes. it turned out he had been there since 10.00 the previous night. (one of the servers that is essential for production crashed) i vow to never complain that i work too many hours...

it will definitely be different working only part time. i typically take care of all of the individual user needs, so i was swamped on thursday (after not working since tuesday morning) with a long list of requests. i'm not quite sure what to do with these...there's no way i can get them all done and my boss doesn't have time to work on them...

i was very thankful for the kindness and understanding of the cop a group of us encountered last night...enough said...

i watched the husker-ok state game today with a bunch of nebraskans. i realized that even though i am against violence (to the point of pacifism), i was really happy when any of the opponents got injured (and even hoped it would happen more). hopefully this mindset won't carry on until our intramural football season starts..........

i think i've lost a friend. i don't know what to do about it, or even if i can do anything. grr.

today was a down day for no reason at all. i wish life was logical and explainable. i had alot of fun today - i hung out with my suite, watched the husker game, drank chai, and was even a bit productive. i should have been happy. this lyric comes to mind...

i learned how to play blackjack at a party 41 (our brother floor) held for us. it was a blast, but now i am as sure as ever that i should never gamble with actual money.

i absolutely love sharpie tatoos!!

wow, i had one amazing conversation after another yesterday. in the morning i hung out with God for awhile. i needed His help on a specific issue and He showed me a bunch of things that i already knew, but hadn't applied to this. in the afternoon i had some hillarious talks with the mullets (one of the suites on my floor). in the evening i got to hang out with someone who has been on campus for a few days, but we haven't had the chance to see each other at all. then i had a conversation with two of the mullets about a temptation the 3 of us deal with. it's something that i never would have guessed they struggle with, but it's definitely nice to know that i can go to them when i'm having a hard time with it. (i knew i could have anyway, but it always helps me if the other person has dealt with it too.)

every month, the dana corporation facility in longview has a plant meeting. a big chunk of it is spent with the plant manager reading the cards from the comment box. it always takes approximately 15 minutes, but it's definitely time well spent. many issues have shown up on comment cards that the staff wasn't aware of. but they have made the necessary changes and the plant is much better because of it.

after our last plant meeting, i got to thinking...does letourneau have anything equivalent to dana's comment box? i know we can talk to our floor senators or RA's, but we have no idea if our concerns / suggestions / comments ever make it to the people that actually have the power to change things around here.

more than ever before, i have heard alot of frustrations with the university. all of us complain about the mistakes the administration and staff makes, but can we do anything about it? i would like to think that we can, but i don't know how realistic that is...

i hadn't seen a live human today until about 10 minutes ago. i went down to do laundry and she came in because she heard the door open and wanted to see someone also.

it's really erie...i'm in a dorm room and haven't seen anyone for over 18 hours. it's not that i couldn't find people if i wanted to, just that i had alot to do today. i had plenty to do on my room and definitely needed some time to myself. now that i have that out of my system, i'm really ready for people to get back from the impact retreat. the time couldn't inch along slower...

i've spent the last 3 out of 4 weekends in oklahoma. the 1st 2 were hanging out becky and her family, who have become my 2nd family. the 3rd was spent with my biological family, when we met in oklahoma city for a few days. it's been a long time since my family has done the tourist thing. on saturday we went to the oklahoma city museum of art. the 1st two floors were full of paintings and sculptures that my siblings and i made fun of. (i just don't understand how some of that can be considered art.) the 3rd floor made it all worth our money. the way things go, a 30-minute rube goldberg video, was showing and most of the other art was really good too. at the museum's gift shop, i spent waaaay too much money. i bought the dvd of the way things go and a 20-piece
magnet set, (which has been a blast to play with!!) and some other magnets with quotes on them.

then we walked around bricktown for awhile before hopping on the trolley. we rode a few laps and on the last one, a guy sitting next to me asked where we were from. after talking some more, we realized i went to college with his wife, who happened to be the only other epp at hesston while i was there. what a small world!!

our next stop was the oklahoma city national memorial, which was really cool.

on sunday, we visited the national cowboy museum. none of us were very impressed with this, since alot of the information has been drilled into us all through elementary and junior high.

it was really nice to be able to hang out with my family without feeling pressure to see other people while at home. i could enjoy my time with them and was able to see a bunch of sites at the same time...a wonderful experience.

back in gilbert

hank, my newly-named pc, is really enjoying his new home in gilbert hall. he has more room than ever (as opposed to how i previously had him arranged in gh and the puney desks of the apartments this summer). i am liking the new room almost as much as he is. i say almost because i have to find a place to put all my crap while hank can just sit there watching me.

my roommate and i are living in the smallest style of room in gilbert, but with 2 lofts we still have quite a bit of space. i'm excited to be in a new suite with a new bunch of people. we lived in the same room with basically the same people for the last 2 years and it was definitely time for a change.

i'm very happy to be finished moving my crap. now i won't have to move again until december, when i move off campus! :)

my summer roommate and i are starting a sleep log. whoever sleeps the most takes the other one out for dinner. she's going to whoop me. she sleeps all the time! she often goes to bed at 10.00 or 10.30, sleeps till 7.30, and takes a nap at lunch and/or in the evening. i've been improving on my sleep time lately. until this week, i've been getting about 7 hrs a night. hopefully i'll get back on track and will continue this during school, but i definitely have my doubts...