catching up! (or trying to)

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...but today I had my homework done by about 1:00! I had English class this afternoon, and since then I've just been enjoying some free time! :D I'll try to keep from getting too long winded here.....

Friday, September 11
I definitely had a long day......
Had a GREAT run that morning, three miles in 29:43!!!
At 10:00 I went to a special class where we talked about our strengths. All the freshman here are required to take a strength finder test (very similar to a personality test). We had taken it before we went and the class was kind of explaining it...so it was interesting to hear more about that.
During my Honors Orientation class, the professor took us to State Line Road, the border between Arkansas and Oklahoma. We were supposed to interview people to find out more about Oklahoma. I saw a sign for a Farmer's Market, so my group headed down the road...but it was too far away...and a lot of the stores were empty...so we only ended up talking to one guy, who didn't think there was any real difference between OK and AR!
I worked that evening, but don't remember anything in particular about it...I think it was my first time to work in the dish room though.... :P College students are so messy and wasteful sometimes :P

Saturday, September 12
I was able to get up in a good time and over to the Honor's Center to do my laundry by 7:30! And I was still there until 10:30 waiting for my loads to get done.....ugh! I was able to get some various stuff done in the meantime though, so that was good.
When I got back to my room, Kaley (my room mate) and her friend were about to go downtown to do some shopping, so I went with them. I needed to go downtown in order to start working on an assignment that is due tomorrow (don't worry, I have finished it!!!! :D), and I was thinking I would have to ride my bike. But I was able to catch a ride with them instead. So I spent the next two hours describing all the buildings on one city block!!!! It was definitely a very interesting block...and I like how it worked out for my paper too :D
I finished just before one, but Kaley had already gone back to campus (she offered to take me back, but I wasn't quite ready to go yet). I wanted to get back for lunch by 1:30, so I walked the 1.25 miles really fast, and hurried up the 100 stairs on campus and reached the cafeteria by 1:10, quite pleased with myself........only to find out what I had forgotten...that the caf closes at 1:00 on Saturday :( The California Cafe (here on campus) wasn't even open...so I got some crackers from a vending machine and ate that and an apple I had in my room for lunch.
I did some homework, then headed to the caf for my four hour shift...they had me vaccuum the whole thing again, but this time it took me 1 hour and 15 minutes rather than 2 hours and 30 minutes! :D I worked at the salad bar during dinner...there wasn't much for us to do, so I ended up cutting honey dew melons for an hour. I think I did about 10 of them. As a result, I got a pretty bad blister right on the inside of my right index finger's middle joint. It hurt almost like a bruise on Monday, so I went to the school nurse and she gave me some interesting little squares of a gel type stuff that soothes the skin by giving it moisture to absorb...or something like that. It's fine now.



[I wrote all that yesterday........now I need to head for class.....At least I got caught up on a couple days! This evening I am leaving for Breakaway, a student weekend retreat for any JBU students. I think it will be a lot of fun! I won't get back till late Saturday night though....I will update again as soon as I can.]