My first post!
I am now finished with my first month at CU, and part way into my second month and so much has happened. I already feel as though God is using the school to change my views on life, relationships, and work. It has stretched me into new limits and taken me out of my comfort zone and I have to say that today I am LOVING IT!
There have definitely been days when I wanted to give up and wondered what I am even doing here....do I even fit in? I miss home, I love my home and my family so much. I have gone home about half the weekends I have been here and I am not proud of it, though I am not ashamed. I just need to adjust like every other freshman, this weekend I am going home and my roommate Lanie is coming along for the ride since she lives near me. After this week I plan on trying harder to stay for the weekend and see what exciting things go on here at CU when I am gone. Here's an extremely weak discription of what I have been doing since I came....
Day 1 -- Move in to Cook Hall and begin my time living with Lanie....first impression of Lanie? I LOVE her..... I never had a sister but Lanie is an excellent roommate and I am sure her family must miss having such an awesome family member. Day 1 I also meet Annelyse and Vanessa, the best suite mates there are!
Week 1-- Can I just say I love college? I spent the week with my Terra Firma group and I have to say I still love them to this day....there isn't a more fun, caring, or inclusive group of college students anywhere else. We worshipped, played games, got to know each other, ate together, and stayed up late in the lounge on our laptops. I thought that college was going to be easier then anything else in the world.
Week 2-- Classes started Wed. of this week and lets just say reality hit. School work. I love bib. herm. and I wish that speech was easier..... the big thing was that this week was pretty even .... not to many worries but I didn't see my Terra Firma people as I had the week before and I was worried about making friends....at least I had Lanie!
Week 3-- The panic set in....classes weren't hard just time consuming, I wasn't making friends as fast as I though I should, I felt sleep deprived, and I didn't know what I wanted to major in. This was probably the hardest week. but hey I get Leroy soon! (Leroy is my car)
Week 4-- Same as week 3 but I feel more at peace about my major choice and now I get Leroy and visit home. And I am seeing my Terra Firma people again, dorm life is good, and I love my Suite
Week 5-- I LOVE COLLEGE! What an emotional roller coaster but I feel dedicated to cornerstone and my friends, I would guess that I am not the ONLY one to feel this way the first few weeks. Now I know so many great people, I am not overly concerned with life, classes are going well, I am getting good grades, and I have felt more connected to God again.
AND the now....
I don't know what I did to get into a school as wonderful as CU or to make the friends I made but I will say it again, I love my group of people. I love my classes. I love the chapels. The last couple weeks girls in the dorm were dying their hair and it was turning out pretty good so I thought I should get in on the deal. Tonight I dyed (it). My hair now looks wine red, and though it is slightly different then expected I can honestly say I like it....I really do! I am listening to music, sitting on the rug, fan blowing cool air in my face and remembering these first few weeks and all the stuff I have done. Art Prize, Meijer is my new love, Noodles, Breakfast Club with my people, meals in the cafeteria, grab and go, my frist college speech, sitting in the dorm at night talking, going to sporting events, 80"s night, dying my hair, having class outside, driving an old man car and feeling on top of the world while listening to Kanye West and the Young Veins, and intermural foot ball right outside my window, chapels, visiting new churches, meeting new people. So many great oppurtunities and still more to come. Yeah I must have done somethingn right :)
Sorry for my ramblings my coming posts will be more coherent hopefully and well thought out, but for now I think you get the idea; college is a struggle but VERY worth it, stick it out and be greatful <3
I am going to post this cause the young veins- die tonight is stuck in my head and must be played
