Woah... long time.

So, long time no blog... dang. more than a month.

Well then, let's see... what has happened since September 28th? hmm... well, to put it mildly, lots. I've had 3 Business Law tests, 2 Networks tests, 3 Financial Management tests (two of which I finished late... darn take-homes), one Managerial Accounting test (a midterm) and a few case studies, and a Database test or two. I have not done the two or three Programming assignments for Networks, nor have I completed all of the SQL exercises for Databases. I have seen one play/production at the school, Tomas' Kubinek... lunatic extraordinaire or something like that. I'm passing 4 out of 5 classes with A's as of midterms (really need to get on those programming assignments...) and I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving break. :-D Whew. that's a lot of school.

As far as life in general goes, I'm doing pretty good I suppose. A few major hiccups in the general routine here and there, but so far it's been fairly smooth. I've rediscovered the amazing results that not-procrastinating can do, namely: things get done! Incredible, I know.

In the realm of relationships, things have been tipsy-turvy emotionally, but outwardly they've been pretty darn smooth. The ex is now dating someone, so I'm glad for that. There was still the possibility we might get back together, but that was putting a big strain on me, possibly my own fault, 'cause I've set a deadline of the spring for a yes or no on that... things can't really flow naturally when you put a deadline on relational decisions... Speaking of which, there was a major bump in the road... and I mean REALLY major... like life decisions flashing before my eyes (almost literally, in fact) back in the middle of October... I did get back together with Laura, but then reason got the better of me and I broke it off 26 hours later... because I'd made a promise not to date at all this semester. :-/ In the end, I realize it was a rash decision, but I'm pretty sure I would have been pleased with the results, but I'm still good this way, and I think it might be better.

I'm looking out for new friends to hang out with, and still keeping in touch with the ones I love, namely Dano and Laura, my two best friends. I hope to carry their relationships with me until the day I die.

Speaking of new relationships, I'm also looking for a mentor to help guide me through life a little bit, someone whose brain I can pick every so often about questions I've got about this or that. Still haven't found one, but I haven't been looking extremely hard either. I've emailed one guy, my RD's husband, but he hasn't responded, so I'm questioning whether I sent it to the wrong email address... I'll probably just go down and knock on their door once I'm done writing this.

Another thing that happened was the (bi?)annual Career Fair hosted by LeTourneau... which gave me a few contacts for internships and co-ops for this summer. I'm hoping to get paid, but there's an opportunity through Gospel for Asia that seems really intriguing and something I'm quite interested in. It's a small operation managing their administration, so I'd get to wear a lot of hats, managing a network, databases, help desk, even some web development, front and back end stuffs... so all in all it'll give me a bigger taste of real-world problems and hopefully set me off in the right direction for the rest of my career, which might even be with them for a long while.

A last word of wisdom, from me to you, and advice for us both:
We've all got some growing to do. The one person to stick your life together with is not someone that is perfect (aside from Jesus, no one is), but someone that is committed to improvement, and continual devotion to Christ, the supreme ruler and example for us all. :-) So don't try to be perfect, but strive for it daily, and don't get discouraged when you fail. We all do, and God loves us anyways.