Dear Research Paper,

I am very sorry that I have neglected you throughout the semester. Really I am. However, you are due tomorrow and I am tired. So, as I sleep and dream of sno cones and giraffes, please write yourself--you need to expand at least another 11 pages, please and thank you.

I look forward to reading you when I wake up in a few hours.
Much love,


P.S. If you so desire, you may also write several pages (or 12-15) on the paper that is due Tuesday. :)

The First Day

Tuesday was my first day of class. I had an absolute blast. I love all my SCS friends and teachers. They're great. First class was World Religions...we're going to have two field trips; one to a Hindu temple, the other to a Jewish temple. I'm really excited about learning the different religions in the world. After WR, we went to lunch at Pizza State!!! YUM! :) For those of you who don't know, Pizza State is a buffet close to SCS and the University...it's $6 (with student id) all you can eat Salad, Pizza, dessert pizzas, soup (usually like chicken noodle), and sodas! Not a bad price at all. So Eric, Taylor, Mike, Andrew, Josh, Britany, and I went...it was nice having another girl there...usually it's just me and the guys. After lunch, we had John & His writings. It's gonna be a super intense (it's a Senior level class!), in depth study of John's writings (obviously, hence the name, lol). Then I had a 3 1/2 hour break in which Larry, Mike and I caught up on all the happenings over the summer (Mike's wife is expecting, Larry's wife and kids and his new ministry, my cruise...etc). At 7, I had Church Leadership. There are four students in the class, Mike, Andrew, Joshua (not Josh from lunch, different Joshua), and me...so we are having a seminar-type class...all of us with our laptops sittin' around a table just talking and discussing leadership. I realllly liked it...though I was a little outta my comfort zone because I had to talk and answer questions (and I'm not a talker in a class setting---hard to believe, I know). I have a TONNNN of reading to do...

Monday I'll have Survey of Religious Education for the first time...excited to see what we'll be doing and who is in my class.

'till next time,

I love Fall 2009.

:) I love the first day of school. I love the newness and freshness of starting a new year (or semester), new teachers, new friends. I love the first page of a spiral notebook. I love new backpacks, pens that you have to scribble for a second to get the ink flowing, and choosing 'your seat' for the duration of the semester (look at me using a big word like duration, lol). I love the nervousness in my stomach as I walk into the building, wondering who is going to be in my class, and the excitement of friends I know who will be there with me. I love the expectations of what the semester has to hold. I love that I'm only at SCS this semester!!!! :) I love that I'm one step closer to graduating. :))))))))--that's a really REALLY REALLY big smile. haha). I love SCS. I love the teachers and the faculty---I love that they pray for us, care for us, send us cards when we're sick. I love that they treat us with respect.

I love that I'm taking awesome classes this semester: Survey of Religious Education, World Religions, John & His Writings, and Church Leadership. I love that I already know of at least one friend in my class. I love that my friend Hollie will be teaching a class there this semester and I love that I'll get to see her at least two days a week because of it.

I love that every sentence of this blog started with the words "I love."