Friday, March 30, 2007

Fading into Mediocrity

It's been a rather uneventful couple of weeks since spring break. Yikes, it's been two weeks. That went by fast. It's been very nice weather wise since spring break, which is very sweet. Driving through campus with the windows down and blasting music is a lot fun. We've played frisbee twice since then. The first time was on the fields next to the stadium. It was very very muddy. We played on the stadium football field on Sunday. It's very nice to walk and run on, but take a dive on it, lots and lots of pain. I have a habit of sliding onto my knees after a running catch. That kinda rips the skin off your leg. I did it last year, and you think I would have learned, but nope, I did it again. I now have 3-4 inch diameter burn on my leg.
In other news, I had to withdraw from a class for the first time. I was failing badly. It was a really strange situation for me. I was really disappointed because that means I have to be here at IUP for classes over the summer, for both sessions. I really wanted to be back home over the summer, so it's very disappointing. If I can I'm going to try to come for a week or two at some point, but I can't manage more then that.
If you guys think of it I could really use prayer. I've been really struggling with trusting God especially with the recent class situation. It's been very hard not to become depressed. So if you could be praying for me I would appreciate it a lot.
It was a very interesting day today. It was visiting day, ie tons of highschool kids with parents taking up precious parking spots, plus there were 4 notable alumni, including Chad Hurley, who founded YouTube. And you know how much IUP tries to milk non-famous alumni for all they're worth, so famous ones get pumped up a lot. It's kinda annoying. I mean he was addressing the business college, and he graduated with a freaking Fine Arts degree. C'mon.

3 comments:

Ryan said...

You posted this twice. FYI. :-) Yeah, college gets kind of mediocre after a while. That's how it goes. And I'm sure you'll be fine over the summer. Not ideal, by any means, but God has a plan for you.

I can promise you (from personal experience) that one day you will look back and wonder how it could have worked out any other way.

Oh, and speaking of visiting day, did you hear that Shanna decided where she's going to college? Not surprisingly, she got accepted at like a million different schools. She decided on Kutztown. Yep, that's right, my parents are letting her move away to school (it's only an hour away, but still).

Anonymous said...

Hey,

Thanks for the update. You can count on my prayers for you, and specifically prayers for your future, and for your faith for the future. As I was reading Psalm 3:3, I was thinking of you and praying for you. It says," But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him." He has been leading and guiding you to this point, and He hears your prayers. You just plan your steps and He will guide your path. He is a faithful God.

Love you,
Mom

Joel said...

Whoops, thanks for the heads up on the double post. I think tried to stop it to edit and I must have been too late.