long talks and whiskey rock

long talks and whiskey rock

the moon is setting on 2 am.
i'm still up.
being back on campus is invigorating. but i need to remember to sleep. my stuff is all moved into my room, i still have to arrange it... but at least i've got my music stuff squared away.

i'm excited for residents moving in within the next few days. there are a few people from my hall that i can't wait to hang out with, and the rest, i'm just glad we're all going to be under the same roof again.

my two frat boys on the hall are finally done with pledging, and can hopefully enjoy a more academically profitable semester, now that they're not required to be out all hours of the night. toward the last few weeks of last semester i was really praying for one of them, both really, but one in particular was having a much harder time of it. but i knew he wanted to stick it out. and he was going to. and as much as i'm not a huge supporter of frats, all i could do was encourage him, and let him know i had his back trying to finish up. as long as he didn't do anything against dorm policy in our building of course.

i'm excited for the return of our building musicians. there are a lot of people here who are musically gifted. we're definitely going to have an all-building open mic sometime this semester. i'm sure of it. i was hoping for one last semester, but now that we're all acquainted and generally comfortable with each other, i see this as being a great environment to foster artistic creativity. please pray for this to be a success. i'd love for musicians to see it as an opportunity to showcase their gifts, and maybe show up to origins to play a set every now and again and maybe get a taste of why living for Jesus is the best way to live.

i'm really excited for this semester. i think God's really at work. i think he's strengthening friendships, and repairing broken ties with people. i feel alive.

thanks for finishing. i know it was long. long talks. and whiskey rock.